The radicals of the 1960s failed to overthrow America by force — so they set out to capture it from within.
The Left's long march through the institutions was the defining political project of the last 50 years.
Now, the Right must take those institutions back for America. 🧵
The Left's long march through the institutions was the defining political project of the last 50 years.
Now, the Right must take those institutions back for America. 🧵
In one 18-month period between 1971-72, there were 2,500 domestic bombings on U.S. soil—a stunning rate of nearly five per day.
For many Americans, that fact is shocking. In today’s popular imagination, the politics of the 60s and 70s were Woodstock, peace signs, and hippies.
For many Americans, that fact is shocking. In today’s popular imagination, the politics of the 60s and 70s were Woodstock, peace signs, and hippies.
But that wasn't the feeling among most Americans who were actually alive during that era.
In 1968, amid urban riots and increasingly violent campus unrest, a Gallup poll found that a whopping four out of five Americans believed that law and order had broken down in the U.S.
In 1968, amid urban riots and increasingly violent campus unrest, a Gallup poll found that a whopping four out of five Americans believed that law and order had broken down in the U.S.
The truth is, the left-wing radicalism of the 60s and 70s was far more violent—and deadlier—than the modern narrative suggests. It’s been whitewashed today, in large part because the radicals themselves conquered the mainstream liberal institutions that shape our popular memory.
As I detail in my @FoxNews op-ed today, the ringleaders of violent left-wing terrorist groups like the Weather Underground "went on to work at white-shoe law firms, major nonprofits and Ivy League universities." They even launched the political career of a future U.S. president.
The left-wing radicals lost the street war, but their worldview won the far bigger war for America’s elite institutions.
The New Left of the 1960s didn't disappear into obscurity. Instead, it took over the nation’s systems of education, law, philanthropy, media and mass culture.
The New Left of the 1960s didn't disappear into obscurity. Instead, it took over the nation’s systems of education, law, philanthropy, media and mass culture.
Today, the progeny of groups like the Weather Underground can be seen on the streets of cities like Portland and Chicago, throwing Molotov cocktails at cops and federal agents. (Often with the backing of the very institutions their predecessors conquered.)
For decades, left-wing extremism has been normalized and celebrated across our elite institutions.
Now, America is at a tipping point. We've endured years of left-wing riots, attacks, bombings and a series of assassination attempts that culminated in the murder of Charlie Kirk.
Now, America is at a tipping point. We've endured years of left-wing riots, attacks, bombings and a series of assassination attempts that culminated in the murder of Charlie Kirk.
But it’s not 1970 anymore. In fact, it’s not even 2020.
It is time for the Right to undo the revolutions of the 1960s. It's time to take back our streets, take back our culture, and take back our country.
You can read my full @FoxNews op-ed here. ⬇️
foxnews.com/opinion/how-tr…
It is time for the Right to undo the revolutions of the 1960s. It's time to take back our streets, take back our culture, and take back our country.
You can read my full @FoxNews op-ed here. ⬇️
foxnews.com/opinion/how-tr…
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