IN PERSON: We have often heard that those who fail to heed the lessons of history are doomed to repeat it. Echoes from the past can inform us about the white-hot issues that confront us today. Students will listen to the podcast "Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra” and come to class prepared to consider the following factors for the period 1929 to 1940 and how they compare to the same factors for the period 2013 to 2023: a) extremist landscape; b) social, cultural, economic and political determinants of extremism; c) mobilizing issues used by extremist groups; d) profiles of extremist groups; e) media and misinformation; f) politicians and business leader enablers; g) funding of extremist groups; h) government/law enforcement response to extremism; i) interventions to counter extremism. This discussion-based course is for followers of the history and politics of extremism in its many forms. | Facilitated discussion.
Max enrollment: 10.
Location: Judea Reform Congregation, 1933 W. Cornwallis Rd, Durham NC 27705
Howard Goldsweig is an unabashed news junkie with an interest in the history and politics of extremism in its many forms. As such, he has studied source information on extremism in the interwar era and has contemplated how these experiences from the past can inform us about the white-hot issues that confront us today. He is a medical oncologist with a deep respect for fact-based decision making. In retirement, he has found the time to pursue these interests and share them with others.