Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Noah Rothman is a senior writer at National Review and author of the new book Blood & Progress, which makes the case that left-wing political violence has a long and largely forgotten history in America. He joins Coleman Hughes to argue that the commonly held belief that political violence is largely a right-wing phenomenon is not just inaccurate but actively dangerous. He believes America has forgotten a century’s worth of anarchist bombings, Marxist guerrilla movements, and ideologically motivated assassinations. And with the trials of Luigi Mangione and the alleged Charlie Kirk killer now underway, the pattern is repeating in real time.
0:00 Intro
4:30 Why Write a Book Specifically About Left Wing Violence?
8:30 The Charlie Kirk Assassination and the Narrative War
13:36 The United Healthcare CEO Shooting and the Left's Reaction
19:06 The Memory Holing of Left Wing Violence
24:16 What Explains the Memory Holing?
32:31 The Preparedness Day Attack and Early 20th Century Anarchist Violence
36:34 How Did the Anarchist Violence Subside?
38:34 The Puerto Rican Independence Movement
42:26 The Weather Underground
49:00 Black Urban Violence of the Late 60s
51:48 Portland, Seattle, and Antifa
56:51 How Should We Handle Politically Motivated Lone Wolf Killers?
Noah Rothman is a senior writer at National Review and author of the new book Blood & Progress, which makes the case that left-wing political violence has a long and largely forgotten history in America. He joins Coleman Hughes to argue that the commonly held belief that political violence is largely a right-wing phenomenon is not just inaccurate but actively dangerous. He believes America has forgotten a century’s worth of anarchist bombings, Marxist guerrilla movements, and ideologically motivated assassinations. And with the trials of Luigi Mangione and the alleged Charlie Kirk killer now underway, the pattern is repeating in real time.
0:00 Intro
4:30 Why Write a Book Specifically About Left Wing Violence?
8:30 The Charlie Kirk Assassination and the Narrative War
13:36 The United Healthcare CEO Shooting and the Left's Reaction
19:06 The Memory Holing of Left Wing Violence
24:16 What Explains the Memory Holing?
32:31 The Preparedness Day Attack and Early 20th Century Anarchist Violence
36:34 How Did the Anarchist Violence Subside?
38:34 The Puerto Rican Independence Movement
42:26 The Weather Underground
49:00 Black Urban Violence of the Late 60s
51:48 Portland, Seattle, and Antifa
56:51 How Should We Handle Politically Motivated Lone Wolf Killers?
