{"id":10038,"date":"2021-01-19T01:58:08","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T01:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/2021\/01\/19\/america-has-entered-the-weimar-era-walden-bello-on-how-neoliberalism-fueled-trump-violent-right-2\/"},"modified":"2021-01-19T01:58:08","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T01:58:08","slug":"america-has-entered-the-weimar-era-walden-bello-on-how-neoliberalism-fueled-trump-violent-right-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/01\/19\/america-has-entered-the-weimar-era-walden-bello-on-how-neoliberalism-fueled-trump-violent-right-2\/","title":{"rendered":"America Has Entered the Weimar Era: Walden Bello on How Neoliberalism Fueled Trump &amp; Violent Right"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ccb_single_video_player \" data-controls=\"1\" data-autohide=\"1\" data-fs=\"1\" data-theme=\"dark\" data-color=\"red\" data-iv_load_policy=\"3\" data-modestbranding=\"1\" data-rel=\"0\" data-showinfo=\"1\" data-autoplay=\"0\" data-disablekb=\"0\" data-nocookie=\"1\" data-aspect_ratio=\"16x9\" data-width=\"640\" data-video_position=\"above-content\" data-volume=\"100\" data-video_id=\"feneGtQHSnU\" style=\"width:640px; height:360px; max-width:100%;\"><!-- player container --><\/div>\n<p>Democrats in Congress are pushing ahead with impeachment following the violent insurrection that killed five people at the U.S. Capitol on January 6. The single article of impeachment against President Trump cites his incitement of insurrection and accuses him of subverting and obstructing the certification of the 2020 election. This comes as authorities are warning of more right-wing violence around Joe Biden\u2019s inauguration on January 20, with possible armed far-right protests planned at all 50 state capitols as well as the U.S. Capitol. We speak with Walden Bello, an acclaimed sociologist, academic, environmentalist and activist, whose latest column argues the United States has entered a \u201cWeimar Era,\u201d in which democratic elections are increasingly delegitimized as street violence becomes the norm. \u201cThis is not something that\u2019s unusual that has happened in the Capitol. Right-wing groups, when they begin to lose electorally, \u2026 they resort to the streets and to violence in order to stop that process,\u201d says Bello.<\/p>\n<p>#DemocracyNow<\/p>\n<p>Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on nearly 1,400 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 8-9AM ET: <a href=\"https:\/\/democracynow.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/democracynow.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today: <a href=\"https:\/\/democracynow.org\/donate\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/democracynow.org\/donate<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! 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