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film

November 24, 2020

The Mythic Whiteness of the Hillbilly

Ellen Wayland-Smith Boston Review

Ron Howard’s Netflix adaptation of Hillbilly Elegy continues a long tradition of seeing hillbillies as a symbol of pristine American whiteness. It’s the same nostalgia Trump has mobilized on the far right.

May 4, 2020

Echo Chamber Could Hand Win to Trump… Again

Erin Heaney Organizing Upgrade

...white progressives and leftists underestimate the...power of strategically racist messaging, and fail to...engage in the communities the Right is targeting — white folks who are impacted by a system that consistently puts profits before people.

books

July 5, 2017

Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America

Robert Fantina New York Journal of Books

This new book joins a growing literature that takes a look at and tries to uncover the roots of today's right wing movement.

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