Chuck Darwin on Nostr: “Hillbilly Nationalists” is a well-researched and superbly written history of ...
“Hillbilly Nationalists”
is a well-researched and superbly written history of radical, poor white social movements of the 1960s and ‘70s.
-- Particularly timely and, quite possibly, even more relevant and urgent today than when it first came out, thirteen years ago,
as it provides an antidote for the fear, anger, dismay, and disillusionment so many are feeling with the re-election of Donald Trump and the rise of white supremacy and fascism in the United States.
It focuses on interracial solidarity with the Black Panthers, Young Lords and other groups of the era.
This fascinating and largely forgotten piece of history debunks the myth that poor whites, hillbillies, rednecks, and “deplorables”, are incurably racist and incapable of organizing beyond their immediate needs.
Rather, Sonnie and Tracy provide numerous historical examples of revolutionary and anti-fascist working-class white organizations
🔸Chicago’s JOIN, Young Patriots and Rising Up Angry;
🔸Philadelphia’s October 4th Organization;
🔸and White Lightning, from the Bronx),
and describe how these organizations were built through community organizing,
providing insight as to how activists can accomplish the same today.
@michaeldunnauthor
https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2025/01/11/review-of-hillbilly-nationalists/
is a well-researched and superbly written history of radical, poor white social movements of the 1960s and ‘70s.
-- Particularly timely and, quite possibly, even more relevant and urgent today than when it first came out, thirteen years ago,
as it provides an antidote for the fear, anger, dismay, and disillusionment so many are feeling with the re-election of Donald Trump and the rise of white supremacy and fascism in the United States.
It focuses on interracial solidarity with the Black Panthers, Young Lords and other groups of the era.
This fascinating and largely forgotten piece of history debunks the myth that poor whites, hillbillies, rednecks, and “deplorables”, are incurably racist and incapable of organizing beyond their immediate needs.
Rather, Sonnie and Tracy provide numerous historical examples of revolutionary and anti-fascist working-class white organizations
🔸Chicago’s JOIN, Young Patriots and Rising Up Angry;
🔸Philadelphia’s October 4th Organization;
🔸and White Lightning, from the Bronx),
and describe how these organizations were built through community organizing,
providing insight as to how activists can accomplish the same today.
@michaeldunnauthor
https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2025/01/11/review-of-hillbilly-nationalists/