Reading List: The Demagogue’s Playbook
Reading List: The Demagogue’s Playbook
Radical Reports monthly hangout on Zoom will include special guest Dr. Jennifer Mercieca ― the topics will include the far right’s fascist rhetoric and how Donald Trump uses the demagogue’s playbook.
Radical Reports monthly hangout on Zoom (April 24th at 1:00pm EDT) will include a special guest Dr. Jennifer Mercieca. To join the conversation become a paid subscriber to Radical Reports, and take advantage of a special 33% discount on annual paid subscriptions.
Dr. Jennifer Mercieca is an historian of American political rhetoric, and a professor in the Department of Communication and Journalism at Texas A&M University. Mercieca is a Contributing Editor for Zócalo Public Square and a Contributor for Resolute Square.
Reading List:
Violent threats, rhetoric becoming commonplace, researchers warn [United Press International]
Trump’s intensifying rhetoric offers insight into how he might govern again as president [Associated Press]
‘Bloodbath’ aside, Trump’s violent rhetoric is unambiguous [The Washington Post]
Trump's call for a "bloodbath" was literal — let's not waste time pretending it was ambiguous [Salon]
Tom Cotton, Kari Lake show how much Trump, Republicans have normalized violent rhetoric [USA Today]
‘It’ll be bedlam’: how Trump is creating conditions for a post-election eruption [The Guardian]
Public Officials Face Surge of Threats Ahead of 2024 Election {Time]
Election Workers Are Already Burned Out—and on High Alert [Wired]
The Border Convoy Was a Green Light for Political Violence [Common Dreams]
Texas GOP border rhetoric could incite violence, critics say [Houston Chronicle]
Suggested Books:
Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump by Jennifer Mercieca [Texas A&M University Press]
The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith [Public Affairs]
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder [Penguin Random House]
Strongmen: How They Rise, Why They Succeed, How They by Ruth Ben-Ghiat [Profile Books]
Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism by Anne Applebaum [Penguin Random House]
This event will be an opportunity for you to provide your perspective, engage in conversation, and ask questions about this month’s topic: The far right’s fascist rhetoric, the language of politic violence, and how former president Donald Trump uses the demagogue’s playbook.
The monthly hangout on Zoom is scheduled for tomorrow (Wednesday, April 24th) at 1:00pm EDT (12:00am CDT / 11:00am MDT / 10:00am PDT). The meeting registration will be email tomorrow to all paid subscribers of Radial Reports — upgrade your subscription today, and take advantage of this exclusive event.
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It seems to me that even the popular and well known Aggie gig’em sign has been corrupted by the former guy. So much so that it probably will become known as the gag’em sign!