Book Review
The Storm is Here: How mass delusion fuels the actions of America’s far right
In a fascinating but depressing book, journalist Luke Mogelson spends time with far-right movements in America and endeavours to explain their grievances and why they have been taken in by crackpot conspiracy theories
On January 6 last year, television audiences around the world watched in horror as a mob of Donald Trump supporters stormed the United States Capitol and attempted to block his election defeat. Few would have paid much attention to a bearded, middle-aged, unassuming man who was part of the crowd, but there purely to observe.
While Luke Mogelson secretly felt as appalled as anyone, the New Yorker magazine journalist must also have realised that this ...
