The upcoming national election will be the most consequential since the 1860s. The electorate will choose between keeping our republic or or surrendering to the dark forces as did Germany in the 1930s.
To that end, I have put aside everything else today to focus on urging people to sign up for an event this Thursday. Those of us of a certain vintage will remember the Teach-Ins of the 1960s. We now have a Teach-In to get the word out how dangerous another Trump-Republican election would be for our nation. Please open this link, sign up for the event and spread the word.
This Teach-In follows a webinar last week hosted by the Center for Media and Democracy, American Constitution Society and Common Cause called Setting the Stacked Court in Stone?. Award winning Duke University historian Nancy MacLean, who, wrote the ground-breaking “Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America,” moderated the webinar. The one-hour event is now available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edqgyJld3kY.
One of the best reviews/summaries of Dr. MacLean’s book can be found at https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/meet-the-economist-behind-the-one-percents-stealth-takeover-of-america
To fully understand this and other fascist culture wars, read these books, preferably in this order:
“Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America,” by award-winning Duke University historian Nancy MacLean;
“Dark Money” by Jane Mayer;
“Shadow Network: Media, Money, and the Secret Hub of the Radical Right” by Anne Nelson;
“The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism” by Katherine Stewart;
“Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation,” by Kristin Kobes Du Mez; and,
“Hiding in Plain Sight” and “They Knew” by Sarah Kendzior.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and consider my request. Please reach out to me if you want further information.
