Rachel Maddow at the Bardavon

RACHEL MADDOW will discuss the topics in her latest book  PREQUEL: An American Fight Against Fascism with University of Pennsylvania Professor Anthea Butler on Saturday, May 4th at 7:30pm at UPAC in  Kingston, NY.

Rachel Maddow charts the rise of a wild American strain of authoritarianism that has been alive on the far-right edge of our politics for the better part of a century. Before and even after our troops had begun fighting abroad in World War II,
a clandestine network flooded the country with disinformation aimed at sapping the strength of the U.S. war effort and persuading Americans that our natural alliance was with the Axis, not against it. It was a sophisticated and shockingly well-funded campaign to undermine democratic institutions, promote antisemitism, and destroy citizens’ confidence in their elected leaders, with the ultimate goal of overthrowing the U.S. government and installing authoritarian rule.

For more information go to https://www.bardavon.org/