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January 6th and the Global Far Right Revival
On Shifting Ground
English - January 02, 2023 10:00 - 53 minutes - 73.9 MB - ★★★★ - 163 ratingsNews Government council global policy affairs arts business democracy development economy foreign Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
When President Trump incited his followers to storm the US Capitol, he punctured a 220-year-old tradition in the United States of America. Two years later, we’re still reckoning with the consequences.
Rising political violence is no surprise to Ruth Ben-Ghiat, scholar of fascism and advisor to the House Select Committee on January 6th. Ben-Ghiat and Ray Suarez discuss the stakes of the committee, and how to prevent another riot in the United States. Then, Ray is joined by Julia Ebner, a journalist who went undercover in the world of political extremists. Ebner reveals how conspiracy theories like QAnon have taken hold in Germany.
Guests:
Ruth Ben-Ghiat, author of Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present
Julia Ebner, author of Going Dark: The Secret Lives of Extremists
Host:
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