ABSTRACT

This book celebrates the life and work of scholar-activist Chip Berlet. His contributions over four decades have had broad-ranging impacts on activists, independent intellectuals, and academics, from think tanks and social movements to generations of scholars.

Berlet’s work over the decades has covered a wide range of topics, from the Christian Right, armed militias, social movement theory, and white supremacy to conspiracism, civil liberties, and government surveillance. This book features contributions reflecting on many of these topics by leading scholars and activists who have been inspired by his work and example.

This book will be of great interest to scholars, students, and activists within anti-racist, anti-fascist, and progressive social movements.

part I|28 pages

The early years

chapter 1|3 pages

Chip in the 1960s

chapter 2|2 pages

My friend Chip

chapter 3|8 pages

From way back when to now

chapter 4|4 pages

Chip

The “Winni” years

chapter 5|2 pages

Our best friend

chapter 6|7 pages

Awe-inspiring moments and radical alterations

A conversation with Chip Berlet

part II|90 pages

Analysis

chapter 8|15 pages

Transnational right-wing populism

Chip Berlet's enduring insights

chapter 10|11 pages

Reading Chip Berlet in the Rose City

chapter 11|8 pages

Chip Berlet and the fidelity of the clerks

A historical excursus

chapter 13|6 pages

Social movement theory and right-wing conspiracism

Hints from Chip Berlet's work

chapter 14|3 pages

What I learned from interacting with and reading Chip Berlet

An appreciation and thank you

chapter 15|13 pages

Why I'm a Chipite

Lessons from Chip Berlet

chapter 16|4 pages

Agent and archive

Chip Berlet and the historicity of right-watchers

part III|58 pages

Practice

chapter 18|1 pages

Our Chip

chapter 19|4 pages

In praise of Chip Berlet

Intrepid and trustworthy trail guide

chapter 21|2 pages

Homage to Chip

chapter 23|2 pages

Righteous mensch

chapter 25|1 pages

Chip

You rock my world!

chapter 26|2 pages

Fighting the good fight

No chip on his shoulder

chapter 27|2 pages

Genuine Chip

chapter 28|1 pages

He opened the library to me

chapter 29|4 pages

Chip Berlet, co-author

chapter 32|3 pages

Passing the Torch

chapter 34|4 pages

Desperately seeking Chip

part IV|34 pages

Legacy

chapter 35|5 pages

Reflections on reading Chip Berlet

chapter 36|1 pages

Chip Berlet and defending dissent

chapter 37|1 pages

Always there in my corner

chapter 38|3 pages

A bridge called Chip Berlet

chapter 39|1 pages

The generosity of Chip Berlet

chapter 40|2 pages

A tribute to Chip

chapter 41|2 pages

For Chip

chapter 42|1 pages

A hero

chapter 44|2 pages

The significance of Chip Berlet