The Republic Shall Be Kept Clean, 9780252087431
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America’s colonizing wars fueled anticommunism, shaping repression within its own borders.

The Republic Shall Be Kept Clean

How Settler Colonial Violence Shaped Antileft Repression

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    288 pages

  • Release Date

    4 September 2023

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Summary

The long relationship between America’s colonizing wars and virulent anticommunism

The colonizing wars against Native Americans created the template for anticommunist repression in the United States. Tariq D. Khan’s analysis reveals bloodshed and class war as foundational aspects of capitalist domination and vital elements of the nation’s long history of internal repression and social control. Khan shows how the state wielded the tactics, weapons, myths, and ideology …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780252087431
ISBN-10:0252087437
Author:Tariq D. Khan
Publisher:University of Illinois Press
Imprint:University of Illinois Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:4 September 2023
Weight:426g
Dimensions:235mm x 156mm x 23mm
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Critics Review

“This is an important book. Well-told, diligently researched and splendidly written, Khan maintains his Left and anarchist perspective throughout, yet never does the narrative falter into rhetoric and hyperbole. The history told in The Republic Shall be Kept Clean needs no hyperbole to emphasize the savagery of those who founded, expanded, and rule it.” –Counterpunch

About The Author

Tariq D. Khan

Tariq D. Khan is a lecturer in the history of psychology at Yale University.

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