Blowback: How the War on Terror Built the American Far Right | Matt Kennard
Topics discussed
Introduction: Matt Kennard and the recruitment of white supremacists
Pete Hegseth, MAGA, and the rise of extremist military leadership
End-times theology, Iran policy, and Latin American interventionism
The toxic mix of Israel, evangelicals, and US foreign policy
Domestic terrorism, Jan 6, and the threat of neo-Nazi veterans
Whiteness, fascism, and the ideological roots of the Trump movement
Fascism as a capitalist crisis response and US imperial overstretch
US military incompetence, Iraq, and the failure of regime change
Atrocities in Iraq: Moral waivers, impunity, and systemic cover-ups
Blowback: Gangs, drugs, and extremism returning to US society
Neo-Nazi ideology, accelerationism, and lone wolf attacks
Parallels with the fall of the Roman Empire and mercenary armies
US military bases abroad and the push for sovereignty movements
Tucker Carlson, anti-Zionism, and the shift in right-wing discourse
UK Labour Party, Starmer, and the future of the pro-Palestine movement
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