Go back to where you came from: the backlash against immigration and the fate of western democracy

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The xenophobic backlash against refugees and immigrants gets put under the lens as we are introduced to those living through this emotional tide crashing over Europe, the United States, and beyond. Brexit and Donald Trump's victory were just the beginning—and Marine Le Pen's defeat does not signal a turning of the tide. —From the IntroductionFrom Europe to the United States, opportunistic politicians have exploited the economic crisis, terrorist attacks, and an unprecedented influx of refugees to bring hateful and reactionary views from the margins of political discourse into the mainstream. They have won the votes of workers, women, gays, and Jews; turned openly xenophobic ideas into state policy; and pulled besieged centrist parties to the right. How did we get here?In this deeply reported account, Sasha Polakow-Suransky provides a front-row seat to the anger, desperation, and dissent that are driving some voters into the arms of...