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Where U.S. Capitol Attack Fits Into The Worldwide Rise Of The Far Right
By Steve Bynum
Jan. 8, 3:25 p.m. CT
Supporters of President Donald Trump climb the West wall of the the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. Jose Luis Magana / AP Photo
Not since pre-Civil War times have Americans contemplated insurrection to stop a transition of power. Reset asks a historian how the recent attack on Capitol Hill compares to modern coup attempts in so-called "banana republics."
GUEST: Juan Cole, professor of history at the University of Michigan; publisher of the Informed Comment blog; author of Muhammad: Prophet of Peace Amid the Clash of Empires.
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