Rachel Maddow Presents

Déjà News - Ep. 1: Riot at the Gates (Again)

Rachel Maddow Presents

Show Notes

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 Find out more at msnbc.com/dejanews This episode was originally published on June 12, 2023.

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