America's nightmare : remembering Orwell's 1984 and Huxley's Brave new world -- Authoritarianism and the legacy of fascist collaboration --Beyond the politics of incivility --The culture of cruelty in Trump's America -- The politics of disposability in the age of disasters -- State violence and the scourge of white nationalism -- Neo-nazis in Charlottesville -- Death of the Democratic Party -- Toward a politics of ungovernability -- Conclusion : democracies in exile.

Provides a collection of essays warning of the consequences of doing too little as Trump and the so-called alt-right relentlessly attack critics, journalists, and target the hard earned civil rights of women, people of color, immigrants, the working class, and low-income Americans. As we face down the reality of living under a system that serves only the interests of the wealthy few, Giroux makes a plea for ordinary citizens to organize, educate, and resist by all available means.