Against the Web: A Cosmopolitan Answer to the New Right

Brooks, Michael

ISBN 10: 1789042305 / ISBN 13: 9781789042306

Published by Zero Books, 2020

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Title: Against the Web: A Cosmopolitan Answer to ...

Publisher: Zero Books

Publication Date: 2020

Binding: Paperback

Condition: VERY GOOD

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Synopsis:

"A brilliant critique of the Right with very sharp insight on some of the shortcomings of the Left, this book is a must-read for anyone looking to understand how dishonest actors spread their propaganda." Ana Kasparian, Host and Executive Producer of The Young Turks

Michael Brooks takes on the new "Intellectual Dark Web." 

As the host of The Michael Brooks Show and co-host of the Majority Report, Brooks was a progressive fighter whose work brought people together from around the world. In this, his first book, he lets his understanding of the digital media environment direct his analysis of the "conservative rebels" who had taken YouTube by storm in 2018.




Brooks provides a theoretically rigorous but accessible critique of the most prominent "renegades" including Sam Harris, Jordan Peterson, and Brett Weinstein while also examining the social, political and media environment that such rebels thrive in.

About the Author:

Michael Brooks was the host of the Michael Brooks Show and contributing host for the four-time award-winning independent political talk show, The Majority Report. He was also briefly the co-host, along with Anna Kasparian, on a new YouTube show for Jacobin Magazine entitled Weekends. His writing appeared in Al Monitor, Al Jazeera, The Washington Post, among other publications.




Upon Brooks passing the former president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, expressed his condolences: "May his passion for social justice be remembered and inspire people around the world."