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Jason Kessler was our guest on last weekend’s meeting of the Counter-Currents Book Club, where he discussed his new book, Charlottesville and the Death of Free Speech, which is available from Dissident Press, with panelists F. Roger Devlin, Greg Johnson, and Anne Wilson Smith. The book recounts the full story of what happened at the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia from the pen of the man who organized it. The recording is now available for download and online listening.

Topics discussed include:

01:41 Why did Jason Kessler write the book?
04:07 Anne Wilson Smith’s initial impressions of the book
05:23 F. Roger Devlin’s initial thoughts
08:01 Why Charlottesville was a turning point
10:04 Was the outcome of the rally disillusioning?
12:30 The fallout from the event is an example of a lack of solidarity
15:27 The Dylann Roof shooting
17:10 Kessler’s personal history in Charlottesville
21:13 On amnesty and oblivion
28:49 What is the book missing?
30:26 Will Jason keep writing about Unite the Right?
33:58 How can we unite the Right?
41:29 What have been the reactions to the book so far?
46:12 How can people buy and promote the book?
47:32 Would you do Unite the Right over again?
53:21 Final thoughts

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