num_pages: 456
description: The story of the remarkable resurgence of right-wing extremists in the United StatesJust as Donald Trumps 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 when conspiracy theorists found fresh life; and in virulent reaction to the first black president of the country. Nurtured by a powerful right-wing media sector in radio TV and online the far-right Tea Party movement conservatives and Republican activists found common ground in Producerist ideology and Constitutionalist interpretations of US law  an alternative America that is resurgent even as it has been ignored by the political establishment and mainstream media. Investigative reporter David Neiwert has been tracking extremists for more than two decades and here he provides a deeply reported and authoritative report on the background mindset and growth on the ground of far-right movements across the country. The product of years of reportage and including the most in-depth investigation of Trumps ties to far-right figures this is a crucial book about one of the most disturbing sides of the US.
language: English
title: Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump
publisher: Verso