Why the far-right loves racist vigilantes w/Spencer Ackerman | The Marc Steiner Show

White vigilante terror is older than the United States itself. The lawful use of violence by white citizens to establish political supremacy can be found throughout US history—from slavery and Indian killings to lynchings. Today, figures such as George Zimmerman, Kyle Rittenhouse, and most recently, Daniel Penny, carry on this shameful American tradition. And the far right can’t get enough of it. Spencer Ackerman joins The Marc Steiner Show to examine the right’s embrace of vigilante violence, which he recently wrote about for The Nation, and what it tells us about the future the far-right wants. Spencer Ackerman, a Pulitzer Prize and National Magazine Award–winning reporter, is the author of Reign of Terror: How The 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump. Since the dawn of the War on Terror, Ackerman has reported from Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay, and elsewhere as a staff writer for outlets like Wired, The Guardian, The Daily Beast, and The New Republic. He writes a newsletter, Forever Wars, on Ghost; and is the co-author of the DC Comics miniseries Waller vs. Wildstorm. Click here to read the show transcript: Studio / Post-Production: David Hebden The Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us continue producing The Marc Steiner Show by following us and making a small donation: Donate: Sign up for our newsletter: Get The Marc Steiner Show updates: Like us on Facebook: Follow us on Twitter: