The Attack on the US Capitol: An American Kristallnacht
| Autor: | Jorge Heine |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | Protest. 1:126-141 |
| ISSN: | 2667-372X 2667-3711 |
| DOI: | 10.1163/2667372x-01010004 |
| Popis: | The attack on the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 was the first such attack on the US Congress since the British-American War of 1812. It was also the event leading to the highest number of injured first responders from any single event in the US since 9/11. What led to it? To respond this question, this article places this event within the broader crisis of Western democracies and the rise of populism that has been its hallmark. It explains the attack on the Capitol as a result of the “Big Lie”, that is, the assertion that the November 3, 2020, presidential elction was stolen from Donald Trump. The remarkable resonance this unfounded claim has found among the US population, in turn, can be traced back to the huge division by race, class and geography currently affecting the United States, a division that makes for a highly polarized polity. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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