26 Comments
User's avatar
Contarini's avatar

I have a copy of Days of Rage, one of many I want to read.

Expand full comment
The American Tribune's avatar

I would recommend it as soon as you can get to it. It was very eye-opening

Expand full comment
c Anderson's avatar

The Kamala Harris interview by Rachael Maddow validates your post. You are prophetic on this! https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/23/kamala-harris-knocks-trump-tyrant-maddow-interview/86307453007/

Expand full comment
The American Tribune's avatar

Will check it out, thanks

Expand full comment
zettahash's avatar

Great article! Learned a lot and just bought the book now.

Expand full comment
The American Tribune's avatar

Thank you! Hope you find the book interesting

Expand full comment
Dale Flowers's avatar

Thank you. Long read, worth the time. It gave me that frog in the pot of boiling water feeling. You are doing good work.

Expand full comment
The American Tribune's avatar

Thank you! Absolutely

Expand full comment
An American Writer & Essayist's avatar

Do you think we’ll be entering our own Years of Lead scenario like Italy in the 60s & 70s?

I’ll definitely add Days of Rage to my TBR list. 👍

Expand full comment
The American Tribune's avatar

Probably something like it. The Troubles is probably close to what we’ll get, imo, though probably more gunfire than bombs

Expand full comment
An American Writer & Essayist's avatar

Yeah, I forgot about the Troubles, that’s another likely scenario.

Expand full comment
Jeff Haffley's avatar

Excellent. Who do you think takes up the mantle of right wing youth now?

Expand full comment
Jeff Haffley's avatar

Another excellent history lesson from our forgotten past. The American Tribune is a treasure and a rare historian who does the reading.

Expand full comment
The American Tribune's avatar

Thank you very much!

Expand full comment
The American Tribune's avatar

No idea, sadly

Expand full comment
Jeff Haffley's avatar

Fuentes made a strong play for it last night. Who knows if he can maintain message discipline.

Expand full comment
The American Tribune's avatar

I tend toward doubting it, given his history of indiscretions, but we will see. There’s not a particularly deep bench of people that come close in terms of influence, but it is possible

Expand full comment
Brettbaker's avatar

Fedentes? Doubt it.

Expand full comment
the long warred's avatar

Just obey the law and vote harder.

Expand full comment
Dmitry Esaulov's avatar

Only Stolypin’s necktie works against them. These radical leftists think future administration will pardon them, or some sympathetic judge will quietly free them years later.

Expand full comment
Nobody special's avatar

Excellent piece! Of all the historical examples I’ve considered in trying to analyze where America is on the empire collapse arc and “what’s next”, I’m embarrassed that I really hadn’t considered that the period covered here was just the opening act of what’s to come. Now I need to get smarter on the Troubles… thanks for taking the time to write this and for the book recommendation.

Expand full comment
Ken Kovar's avatar

These were radicals not leftists. They wanted an actual revolution and people on the left were trying to change the system and not destroy it. These people did shock people but most of them were killed or left the country. And if you are an actual liberal or progressive you don’t condone this violence and hatred!

Expand full comment