Right-wing militias and other anti-government organizations have received heightened public attention since the Oklahoma City bombing. While such groups are often portrayed as extremists, the values they espouse have influenced mainstream politics and culture far more than most Americans realize. This important volume offers an in-depth look at the historical roots and current landscape of right-wing populism in the United States.
Right-wing militias and other anti-government organizations have received heightened public attention since the Oklahoma City bombing. While such groups are often portrayed as extremists, the values they espouse have influenced mainstream politics and culture far more than most Americans realize. This important volume offers an in-depth look at the historical roots and current landscape of right-wing populism in the United States.
Chip Berlet has written about right-wing movements for over 20 years, with bylines in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Progressive, and scores of other publications. He is senior analyst at Political Research Associates in Somerville, MA, and editor of Eyes Right! Challenging the Right Wing Backlash. He has contributed articles and chapters to several scholarly books and journals and his media appearances and citations as an expert include Newsweek, National Public Radio, and Nightline. Matthew N. Lyons is a historian, activist, and writer whose work has focused on systems of oppression and social movements. He is research associate for the Hansberry-Nemiroff Archival, Educational, and Cultural Fund, and author of The Grassroots Network: Radical Nonviolence in the Federal Republic of Germany, 1972-1985.
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Introduction 1. Rebellious Colonizers: Bacon's Rebellion and the American Revolution 2. The Real People: Antimasonry, Jacksonianism, and Anti-Catholic Nativism 3. A Great Mongrel Military Despotism: The First Ku Klux Klan and the Anti-Chinese Crusade 4. Barbarians and Plunder Leagues: Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressives 5. 100 Percent Americanism: World War I-Era Repression and the Second Ku Klux Klan 6. The Industrialist as Producer: Henry Ford's Corporate Empire 7. Driving Out the Money Changers: Fascist Politics in the New Deal Era 8. From New Deal to Cold War: Political Scapegoating and Business Conflict from the 1930s to the 1950s 9. The Pillars of U.S. Populist Conspiracism: The John Birch Society and the Liberty Lobby 10. From Old Right to New Right: Godless Communism, Civil Rights, and Secular Humanism 11. Culture Wars and Political Scapegoats: Gender, Sexuality, and Race 12. Dominion Theology and Christian Nationalism: Hard-Line Ideology versus Pragmatism 13. New Faces for White Nationalism: Reframing Supremacist Narratives 14. Battling the New World Order: Patriots and Armed Militias 15. The Vast Clinton Conspiracy Machine: The Hard Right on the Center Stage 16. The New Millennium: Demonization, Conspiracism, and Scapegoating in Transition Conclusions Notes Bibliography
Introduction 1. Rebellious Colonizers: Bacon's Rebellion and the American Revolution 2. The Real People: Antimasonry, Jacksonianism, and Anti-Catholic Nativism 3. A Great Mongrel Military Despotism: The First Ku Klux Klan and the Anti-Chinese Crusade 4. Barbarians and Plunder Leagues: Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressives 5. 100 Percent Americanism: World War I-Era Repression and the Second Ku Klux Klan 6. The Industrialist as Producer: Henry Ford's Corporate Empire 7. Driving Out the Money Changers: Fascist Politics in the New Deal Era 8. From New Deal to Cold War: Political Scapegoating and Business Conflict from the 1930s to the 1950s 9. The Pillars of U.S. Populist Conspiracism: The John Birch Society and the Liberty Lobby 10. From Old Right to New Right: Godless Communism, Civil Rights, and Secular Humanism 11. Culture Wars and Political Scapegoats: Gender, Sexuality, and Race 12. Dominion Theology and Christian Nationalism: Hard-Line Ideology versus Pragmatism 13. New Faces for White Nationalism: Reframing Supremacist Narratives 14. Battling the New World Order: Patriots and Armed Militias 15. The Vast Clinton Conspiracy Machine: The Hard Right on the Center Stage 16. The New Millennium: Demonization, Conspiracism, and Scapegoating in Transition Conclusions Notes Bibliography
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