Mark Danner

Tag: Trump

Article

Reality Rebellion

By doubling down on Trump’s Big Lie that the election was stolen, Republicans are making their base angrier, more radical, and more likely to turn to violence.

June 3, 2021

Orations

At the Stupid Coup: Mark Danner in the NY Review

Mark Danner discusses his piece ‘Be Ready to Fight’ with fellow journalist and journalism professor David Barstow. Danner describes his experiences at the Capitol on January 6 and the violence he witnessed that day, and he elaborates the difficulties of covering the Trump presidency as a journalist.

March 10, 2021

Orations

Journalism in a Time of Crisis

The New York Review of Books presents “Journalism in a

March 6, 2021

Collage with U.S. Capital building, overlaid with scraps of red paper, on an off-white background

Lectures

Political Science 179 Lecture and Interview

Mark Danner joins Professor Alan Ross’s Political Science 179 class at the University of California, Berkeley, to give a lecture on the events of January 6 at the U.S. Capitol, President Trump, and the future of American Politics, followed by a Q&A with students.

February 21, 2021

Crowd of people, many with MAGA hats, carrying American flags and Trump signs

Article

‘Be Ready to Fight’

The New York Review of Books

Trumpism is driven by cruelty and domination even as its rhetoric claims grievance and victimization. The attack on the Capitol showed that Donald Trump’s army of millions will not just melt away when he leaves office.

January 14, 2021