CBH Talk | Could It Happen Here?

Throughout America’s history an illiberal strain of political thought has existed within our democratic society, argues Pulitzer-Prize winning historian Steven Hahn in his new book Illiberal America. We see it today in White Nationalism, “America First,'' demonization of immigrants and people of color, anti-Semitism, stand your ground laws and more. But when does illiberalism cross the line into fascism, and what are the warning signs? These are the questions that will center a conversation with Hahn and Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a leading expert on authoritarianism and democracy protection whose latest book, Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present serves, in a sense, as a wakeup call to America. Moderated by Michael Waldman, president and CEO of the Brennan Center for Justice, these experts will bring perspective to the moment we live in as American citizens debate education, guns, and abortion, and countdown to the November elections.