The Invisible Empire Strikes Back and Other Essays: Trump, the Klan, Immigration and the Direction of the United States - Paperback

by Glenn P. Young (Author)

The Invisible Empire is a name used by several of the many versions of the Ku Klux Klan; this work is a series of essays which support the premise that the modern Republican Party, with Trump as their leader is the true inheritors of one of the versions of the Klan that actually gained national power during the first quarter of the 20th century. In many ways, what the Trump Presidency represents is this invisible empire sticking back against the more progress nation that has been created since the last time the Klan held national power. The collection of essays presents the similarities to Trump to that version of the Klan, with a concentration on the issue of immigration. What may prove confusing to many is that the title of the Ku Klux Klan has been used for many groups in the past; There were four main ones; the first fought against Reconstruction and to return Southern state governments to the control of the whites; the third was the force within the South that tried to preserve segregation and to fight against the rise and continuation of the Civil Rights movement. The fourth is primarily a neo-Nazi type groups, that is primarily a white hate group closely related to the prison based Aryan Nation. The second, however, was the group that used the incredible success of the blockbuster movie of their time named