Upcoming Events
American Political History Conference: "New Directions in the History of the Military-Industrial Complex"
In a 1971 address, Black Power leader Kwame Ture, then Stokely Carmichael, nodded to the structures of white supremacy joining U.S. domestic and foreign policy, which he characterized as “White Power, Incorporated.” In his analysis, “the power may start from the local police, go all the way to the state militia, run through the army and the navy, and reach NATO.” Anna’s paper draws on Black Power-era critiques of policing and U.S. military empire to consider the significance of “White Power” in our understanding of the military-industrial complex. Her study embraces Ture’s more capacious definition of White Power while also building upon Kathleen Belew’s attention to the role of veterans and active duty military personnel in the formation of the modern white power movement emergent in the 1970s.
Screening and Panel Discussion
One week after the 2016 presidential election, white nationalists gathered in Washington, D.C., to celebrate the victory of President-elect Donald Trump. Addressing the crowd, the far-right leader Richard Spencer exclaimed, “Hail Trump! Hail our people!” to fanatical cheers and Nazi salutes. The Atlantic’s cameras captured exclusive footage of this moment, and the clip was shared widely on news networks and social-media platforms around the world.
WHITE NOISE, The Atlantic’s first feature documentary and Daniel Lombroso’s feature film debut, is the result of a four-year commitment to expose the roots of rising white nationalism in the U.S. and abroad. The film is a deeply reported journey through the underbelly of the alt-right, bringing viewers an unfiltered, clear-eyed look at a powerful extremist movement.
Join the Center for Jewish History for a screening of WHITE NOISE followed by a panel conversation with director and journalist Daniel Lombroso,Gavriel D. Rosenfeld, President of the Center for Jewish History and Professor of History at Fairfield University, and historian Anna Duensing. They will discuss the ideas the alt-right has unleashed and how the movement has succeeded in infiltrating mainstream political discourse and shaping the direction of the United States.
Panel: Antifascist Histories and Models for Resistance
“U.S. Fascism and Antifascism: Past and Present” Panel Series, presented by the April Institute. I will be moderating a discussion on “Antifascist Histories and Models for Resistance” featuring Charisse Burden-Stelly, Steve Ross, and Mark Bray.