Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump

6 best books like Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump (David Neiwert): The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin, The Chapo Guide to Revolution: A Manifesto Against Logic, Facts, and Reason, Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America, Republic of Lies: American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power, Making Sense of the Alt-Right, The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality

The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin

Author	Corey Robin
ISBN	0199793743

Late in life, William F. Buckley made a confession to Corey Robin. Capitalism is "boring," said the founding father of the American right. "Devoting your life to it," as conservatives do, "is horrifying if only because it's so repetitious. It's like sex." With this unlikely conversation began Robin's...

The Chapo Guide to Revolution: A Manifesto Against Logic, Facts, and Reason

Author

Chapo Trap House

“Howard Zinn on acid or some bullsh*t like that.” —Tim Heidecker

The creators of the cult-hit podcast Chapo Trap House deliver a manifesto for everyone who feels orphaned and alienated—politically, culturally, and economically—by the bloodless Wall Street centrism of the...

Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America

Author	Kathleen Belew
ISBN	0674286073

"Belew's book helps explain how we got to today's alt right."―Terry Gross, Fresh Air

The white power movement in America wants a revolution. Its soldiers are not lone wolves but highly organized cadres motivated by a coherent and deeply troubling worldview made up of white supremacy, virulent...

Republic of Lies: American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power

Author	Anna Merlan
ISBN	1250159059

A riveting tour through the landscape and meaning of modern conspiracy theories, exploring the causes and tenacity of this American malady, from Birthers to Pizzagate and beyond.

American society has always been fertile ground for conspiracy theories, but with the election of Donald Trump,...

Making Sense of the Alt-Right

Author

George Hawley

During the 2016 election, a new term entered the mainstream American political lexicon: "alt-right," short for "alternative right." Despite the innocuous name, the alt-right is a white-nationalist movement. Yet it differs from earlier racist groups: it is youthful and tech savvy, obsessed with...

The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality

Author	Bhaskar Sunkara
ISBN	1541617398

From one of the most prominent voices on the American Left, a galvanizing argument for why we need socialism in the United States today
With the stunning popularity of Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Americans are embracing the class politics of socialism. But what, exactly, is...