Episode

11/13 Isaac William Martin: Rich People’s Movements: Grassroots Campaigns to Untax the One Percent

November 13, 2013

Author Isaac William Martin explains his new book Rich People’s Movements: Grassroots Campaigns to Untax the One Percent, the roots of the plutocratic backlash against taxation, the role of the income tax in reactionary politics, the connection between far right populism and plutocracy, how the center gets pushed to the right, who is JA Arnold his role in creating the modern right, what exactly is the Tea Party and why the next Tea Party mass freak out will be on immigration.

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