This is not an aberration: Jan. 6 and Americas heart of darkness
b'The insurrectionary violence at the US Capitol that Donald Trump instigated on Jan. 6, 2021, marked another dark page in American history. But while many saw the events of Jan. 6 as an aberration that did not represent who or what America is supposed to be, the fact of the matter is that anti-democratic conservative minorities resorting to violence to maintain power is as American as apple pie. Confronting this fact is essential for understanding how the antecedents to today\\u2019s right wing have shaped our society\\u2014and how we can fight back today.
In this segment of The Marc Steiner Show, published one year after the attack on the Capitol, we discuss the long road to Jan. 6, the failures of corporate media and a feckless Democratic party to address the serious threats posed by the right, and what everyday people can do to stop the rising authoritarian tide. This is the first installment of \\u201cRise of the Right,\\u201d a new, ongoing series on The Marc Steiner Show co-hosted by Marc and Bill Fletcher Jr. that critically and fearlessly examines the roots of today\\u2019s right-wing movement\\u2014where it came from, the existential threats it poses, and how to combat it.
In this conversation, Marc and Fletcher Jr. are joined by world-renowned journalist and historian of the American right Rick Perlstein. Perlstein\\u2019s most recent book, the fourth in an award-winning series investigating the history of modern American conservatism, is Reaganland: America\\u2019s Right Turn 1976\\u20131980. Bill Fletcher Jr. has been an activist since his teen years and previously served as a senior staff person in the national AFL-CIO; he is the former president of TransAfrica Forum, a senior scholar with the Institute for Policy Studies, and the author of numerous works of fiction and non-fiction, including \\u2018They\\u2019re Bankrupting Us!\\u2019 And 20 Other Myths about Unions and The Man Who Fell from the Sky.
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Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/this-is-not-an-aberration-jan-6-and-americas-heart-of-darkness
Pre-Production/Studio: Dwayne Gladden
Post Production: Stephen Frank
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