Links

Colin Gordon – Democracy’s Critics

Link to an article by Colin Gordon, discussing Nancy MacLean‘s book Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America (2017):

“Democracy’s Critics”

There seems to be no justification for inserting the word “modern” in the phrase “modern right” here — see also on political struggle.

Bonus links: “Historian Nancy MacLean on the Right’s Ultimate Goal: Rolling Back the 20th Century” and “Historian: Republican Push to Replace Obamacare Reflects Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America” and “Duke University Professor Nancy Maclean on Democracy in Chains” and The State and Revolution

Paul Street – Obama: a Hollow Man Filled With Ruling Class Ideas

Link to a book review by Paul Street of David Garrow‘s Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama (2017):

“Obama: a Hollow Man Filled With Ruling Class Ideas”

The bits about not citing Street’s own books sound a bit like “sour grapes”.  Anyway, by way of contrast, try liberal historian Christopher Read‘s biography Lenin!