{"product_id":"the-age-of-insurrection-the-radical-rights-assault-on-american-democracy-9781685890360","title":"The Age of Insurrection: The Radical Right's Assault on American Democracy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"An important book  offering the clearest explanation of how dark forces conspired to overthrow our democratically elected government and install a fascist regime in its place. And its a warning that what comes next might be even worse... His prose is passionate  thoughtful  at times blisteringly funny and always deeply morally engaged with the importance of the work.\" -- The Seattle Times  \"A brisk and searing history... Its a disturbing look at how hard extremism is to stamp out.\" --Publishers Weekly  The strange and terrible tale of the far rights long war on American democracy . . .  From a smattering of ominous right-wing compounds in the Pacific Northwest in the 1970s  to the shocking January 6  2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol  America has seen the culmination of a long-building war on democracy being waged by a fundamentally violent and antidemocratic far-right movement that unironically calls itself the \"Patriot\" movement.  So how did we get here? Award-winning journalist David Neiwert  who been following the rise of these extremist groups since the late 1970s  when he was a young reporter in Idaho  explores how the movement was built over decades  how it was set aflame by Donald Trump and his cohorts  and how it will continue to attack American democracy for the foreseeable future. Neiwert especially studies how the Pacific Northwest has long been a breeding ground of extremist violence  from the time when neo-nazis migrated to the area from southern California in the 1970s  through the great battles in Portland and Seattle and neighboring towns over the last decade.  Laying out how these groups organize their terroristic violence and attacks on democratic institutions at every levelincluding local  state  and federal targetsNeiwert details what their strategies and plans look like for the foreseeable future.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647895625781,"sku":"ByrdShop_1685890369","price":22.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781685890360.jpg?v=1781699338","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-age-of-insurrection-the-radical-rights-assault-on-american-democracy-9781685890360","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}