Title: On the fault line
Description: Due to the economic globalization over the last twenty years, white workers have seen their racial dominance challenged and the security of their jobs assaulted, making them ripe for mobilization. On the Fault Line examines the American Patriot Movement -- a broad, right-wing social movement that includes militias, Second Amendment activists, tax protestors, and individuals who drop out of the system. Carolyn Gallaher uncovers how the Patriot Movement addresses the conflicting social positions of its members -- predominantly white, working class males. Arguing that discourses of patriotism obscure the class-based nature of their concerns, Gallaher asserts that these patriots buttress their racial anxieties through safe, acceptable nationalistic coding. While patriots have been mobilized by the right wing, this book presents potent reasons why the left could intervene, and to better effect.
Subjects: Politics and government, Race relations, Patriotism, Race identity, Political aspects of Patriotism, Whites, Racism, Political aspects of Racism, Rural conditions, Political aspects, Working class, Political activity, White supremacy movements, United states, rural conditions, United states, race relations, White people
Places: Kentucky, United States