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Charlottesville and the Politics of Left Hysteria

30-8-2017 < Attack the System 76 102 words
 
Spot on analysis. The Current Momemt The murder of an anti-fascist protestor (and the less-noted deaths of two National Guardsmen) at a “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia has gripped the United States and many observers elsewhere. It has revived claims about the rise of a “fascist” threat in the West. This is simply hysterical, and symbolises the US left’s incapacity for reasoned political analysis, particularly since the election of Donald Trump. The most striking aspect of the left’s hysteria over Charlottesville is its failure to understand that it won the US culture wars, More…
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