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1) Of orcas and men: what killer whales can teach us

Author

Neiwert, David

Publisher

The Overlook Press

Pub. Date

2015.

Language

English

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A revelatory history of orcas evaluates them as one of the planet's most intelligent animals, challenging beliefs about their "killer" natures while citing the threats to their populations.

2) The age of insurrection: the radical right's assault on American democracy

Author

Neiwert, David

Publisher

Melville House

Pub. Date

2023.

Language

English

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"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 has been following the rise...

3) Alt-America: the rise of the radical right in the age of Trump

Author

Neiwert, David

Publisher

Verso

Pub. Date

2017.

Language

English

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Just as Donald Trump's victorious campaign for the US presidency shocked liberal Americans, the seemingly sudden national prominence of white supremacists, xenophobes, militia leaders, and mysterious "Alt-Right" leaders mystifies many. But the extreme Right has been growing steadily in the US since the 1990s, with the rise of patriot militias. Following 9/11, conspiracy theorists found fresh life; and in virulent reaction to the first black president...