The History of January 6, 2021

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Yale professor Alice Kaplan describes her own experience on January 6, 2021. She says her mind went immediately to the February 6, 1934 attack on the Parliament in France. Jonathan Katz, who wrote the Smedley Butler book, Gangsters of Capitalism, said he also felt like he was watching some kind of horrible replay. Some people feel that taking January 6th too seriously means you have no faith in American institutions.

A violent right-wing mob interrupts lawmakers formalizing the transfer of power to a new leader. But this isn’t Washington, D.C., on January 6, 2021, but rather Paris on February 6, 1934. Rachel Maddow and Isaac-Davy Aronson explore that earlier event, the way it reverberates to this day and how it could help us understand what January 6 will mean for the U.S.

Featuring guests:
Jonathan Katz, author of Gangsters of Capitalism
Alice Kaplan, Sterling Professor of French at Yale University, author of The Collaborator: The Trial and Execution of Robert Brasillach

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