Blood Red Lines, Brendan OConnor
Blood Red Lines, Brendan OConnor
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Blood Red Lines
How Nativism Fuels the Right

Author: Brendan O’Connor

Narrator: Adam Grupper

Unabridged: 9 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/10/2021


Synopsis

An engaging and reflective look at how austerity and the billionaire class paved the way for Trump’s presidency, the rise of the “alt-right,” and the caging of migrant children and adults in detention centers across the countryFor all of the energy that the far right has demonstrated—and for all of the support that they receive from institutional conservatives in the GOP and affiliated organizations—the United States is experiencing an upsurge in left-wing social movements unlike any other in the past half-century, with roots not in the Democratic Party but Occupy Wall Street and Black Lives Matter.Drawing on his original reporting as well as archival research, O’Connor investigates how the capitalist class and the radical right mobilize racism to defend their interests, while focusing on one of the most pressing issues of our time: immigration.

About Brendan O’Connor

Brendan O’Connor is a journalist and writer in New York. He has written for the Baffler, the New Yorker, and the New York Times. He is a member of the Writers Guild of America, East, and the National Writers Union.

About Adam Grupper

Adam Grupper, award-winning narrator, has garnered honors from AudioFile magazine, Publishers Weekly, iTunes, the Society of Voice Arts and Sciences, and the Audio Publishers Association. He has been in eleven Broadway productions, including the acclaimed revival of Fiddler on the Roof. His film and television credits include The Rebound, Homeland, Master of None, Music and Lyrics, Two Weeks Notice, Elementary, and Allegiance.


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“O’Connor’s argument about worker power is a persuasive one.’’ The Nation

“Makes an important contribution to the political debate over immigration…This is a call to continuous action on the left.” New Republic

“A searing and wide-ranging investigation…envisioning a broad-based coalition of progressive groups to defeat ‘today’s border fascism’….O’Connor’s impressive research and investigative skills shine through.” Publishers Weekly

“Blood Red Lines has set the bar for new works on the contemporary fascist right, for researchers and antifascist organizers both.” Dissent

“This is a painful, clear-sighted, casually shocking, necessary read.” Jia Tolentino, New York Times bestselling author

“A forensic deep-dive into the dark arterial network of the anti-immigrant far-right.” Justin Akers Chacón, author of No One is Illegal

“Lucidly distills scholarly literature and marshals years of on-the-ground reporting.” Daniel Denvir, author of All-American Nativism

“Deftly unties the odious rat king of old-money nativism, murderous fascism, and rapacious neoliberalism.” Vegas Tenold, author of Everything You Love Will Burn

“A vivid account of the rise of a unique kind of US fascism…Indispensable.” Greg Grandin, Pulitzer Prize–winning author

“A work of groundbreaking reporting and intense urgency” Anna Merlan, author of Republic of Lies


Awards

  • New York Times Book Review pick