Fear the next American revolution

In a divided United States, Hannah Arendt foresaw violence. Was she right?

by Lyndsey Stonebridge for The New Statesman

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‘On the evening of 6 January 2021, I sat down for a regular lockdown Zoom chat with the historian Sarah Churchwell. Minutes before, news of the mob breaking into the Capitol had started to come through. “You seem to be having a coup in your country, Sarah,” I said. “That we do,” she replied, not sounding surprised. Churchwell had studied the cultural legacies of American fascism since the election of Donald Trump in 2016. Our eyes flickered to the CNN live feed we both had running in the corner of our screens and then back again to our faces, attempting to lock gazes…’

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