{"product_id":"vigilante-nation-how-state-sponsored-terror-threatens-our-democracy","title":"Vigilante Nation: How State-Sponsored Terror Threatens Our Democracy","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor readers of \u003ci\u003eHow Democracies Die\u003c\/i\u003e, two legal scholars \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eexpose\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e the MAGA Republican strategy to roll back civil, political, and privacy rights and subvert American democracy--and prescribe a plan for beating the Christian nationalists at their own game.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTime and again, when confronted with serious challenges to their power and privilege, white Christian nationalists seek solace--and satisfaction--in state-supported forms of vigilantism. This was true at the dawn of the American republic, when Northern abolitionists threatened the Southern slavocracy. It was also true in the aftermath of the Civil War, when emancipated Black Americans and their Northern allies sought to fulfill the promises of Reconstruction. And though this pattern was seemingly broken after the Civil Rights revolution of the 1950s and '60s--and abandoned once and for all--\u003ci\u003elegal \u003c\/i\u003evigilantism has made a surprising, roaring comeback in the months and years following the failed coup of January 6, 2021. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Committed to never again losing power, let alone experiencing the humiliation that followed on the heels of the ham-fisted insurrection, overlapping networks of right-wing lawyers, politicians, plutocrats, and preachers have resurrected state-supported vigilantism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eVigilante Nation \u003c\/i\u003etells this story of the American Right marginalizing, subordinating, and disenfranchising the increasingly diverse and cosmopolitan members of the American polity. This book exposes the vigilantes' plans, explains their methods--everything from book bans to anti-abortion bounties to attacks on government proceedings, including elections--and underscores the stakes. Now that supporters of democratic equality are numerous and dexterous enough to finally secure the broad promises of the civil rights revolution, the race is on for Donald Trump, J.D. Vance, and the architects of Project 2025 to subvert our democracy before a countermovement can rise up to thwart their insidious plans.","brand":"David Noll, Jon Michaels","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46335467487468,"sku":"9781668023235","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46335467520236,"sku":"9781668023242","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781668023235.jpg?v=1743647090","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/vigilante-nation-how-state-sponsored-terror-threatens-our-democracy","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}