administration. for the oath keepers january 6th was not the end point. it was apparently the beginning of a new phase of their fight against the government. as of today 11 of them are facing seditious conspiracy charges. which is a serious felony count. brought by u.s. federal prosecutors in washington, d.c. joining us now is university of chicago historian kathleen balou she is the offer of bring the war home, the white power movement on paramilitary america on the anniversary of the january 6th attack you may recall her op-ed saying we still lack adequate understanding of one of the imminent dangers, the threat of militias to american democracy. she has spent a long time studying both the white power movement and militia movement in this country. professor belou thank you for being here. thank you for having me. so we ve had more than 700 people charged for doing various
prosecutions of white power and militant groups. when there is a failure, people are acquitted and movement packages acquittal as a victory for organizes we see big upparticulars in violence on the other side. you can draw a direct line fl the ft. smith to the oklahoma city bombing in 1995. the other thing i m speaking now as a historian not a legal scholar. but the bayo way the burden of proof works in seditious conspiracy trials makes it tremendously difficult to translate white power ideology and militant right ant agovernment ideology into this particular form. so for instance in ft. smith people were interested in how could a plot like this possibly succeed in right if it s a seditious conspiracy do they have a chance of in fact overthroeing the government in if you are sitting on the side of an ordinary person, a regular ideology or mainstream political
step to a better public response to white power violence. professor, pleasure to have you on. thank you. thank you. next on gps, if anyone had any doubt that the u.s. and china are in an economic war, those doubts were dashed this week. the two nations entered into a ever nastier game of tit for tat. i will talk to larry summers when we come back. olay ultra moisture body wash gives skin the nourishment it needs and keeps it there longer with lock-in moisture technology. skin is petal smooth. because your best skin starts with olay. so nice to meet you june, jay, ji, kay, raj, and.
white supremacist violence in america is a deadly national security threat. but despite all of the headlines, it s still misunderstood. el paso and other attacks are seen as isolated acts of hatred by loners, but really they re part of a coherent movement with a long history which includes the oklahoma city bombing in 1975 that willed 168 people. professor kathleen balou s fascinating book is called bring the war home. professor, welcome. thank you very much for having me. so in your work, what strikes me as the sort of most important point that we should understand is that these are not isolated attacks by loners who are motivated by a particular anonymous against a particular group.