NextGen Marxism

Mike Gonzalez is the Angeles T. Arredondo E Pluribus Unum Senior Fellow at the Heritage Foundation. He writes on a variety of subjects, including critical theory, critical race theory, identity politics, education, and foreign policy. He spent the better part of two decades as a journalist, clocking 11 years with the Wall Street Journal all over the world. He joined the administration of President George W. Bush and worked in the State Department’s European Bureau. In his first foreign assignment, Gonzalez was arrested and expelled from Panama by the dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega. The following year, 1989, he traveled with the Mujahideen in Afghanistan. Today, he devotes nearly all his passion to defending the US and the West in general from systemic overhaul and cultural genocide—thus this book.Katharine Cornell Gorka served as a presidential appointee in the Office of Policy at the Department of Homeland Security, focusing on strategies preventing terrorism and targeted violence. She was president of Threat Knowledge Group from 2014 to 2017, providing expertise and training on irregular warfare and terrorism to the FBI, US Army Special Forces, Marine Corps, and law enforcement. From 2009 to 2014 she was executive director of the Westminster Institute, which conducted research and education on threats posed by extremist ideologies. She co-edited the volume, Fighting the Ideological War: Winning Strategies from Communism to Islamism.

"Mike Gonzalez and Katharine Gorka document the Left’s metamorphosis into a bastardized, racialized Marxism that is a threat to everything Americans hold dear. By reading this deeply insightful book, Americans will understand the nature of the beast—and how to fight it in their communities."— Christopher F. Rufo, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute"America is in a war with a radical left-wing ideology. NextGen Marxism traces the rise of wokeness, from its beginnings in radical university departments to its current dominance of corporate boardrooms across the United States. To win a war, you need to understand your enemy, and Mike Gonzalez and Katharine Gorka’s book gives Americans a clear view of the battlefield."— Jim Banks, Indiana Congressman"In NextGen Marxism, Mike Gonzalez and Katharine Gorka demonstrate how the spread of Marxism never ended with the fall of Communism in the early 1990s but continues in nearly every institution today in the form of wokeism, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and critical race theory. While there may be many reasons to lose faith in America, NextGen Marxism gives its readers renewed hope for her future by providing the weapons they need to go on offense and win this battle."— Kevin Roberts, President, The Heritage Foundation"NextGen Marxism is an indispensable guide to understanding and battling the poisonous and destructive philosophy that has corrupted so many of our elite institutions. Concise, precise and deeply informed, this is a must-read for anyone who cares about what is going wrong with the country and how to begin to make it right."— Andrew Klavan, Author, The Truth and Beauty"As an unfortunate lifelong scholar of Marxism, I've struggled to come up with a catchy phrase for the useful idiocy of the current generation of weirdo American Marxists—the sexual Marxists, the cultural Marxists, and the race Marxists who are poisoning our campuses and country. Even Marx and Engels would be befuddled. Thankfully, Mike Gonzalez and Katie Gorka have figured it out. This is NextGen Marxism. Not only have the authors found a clever phrase to capture the phenomenon, but they've written this engaging, crucial book describing what it is and how to combat it."— Paul Kengor, Ph.D., professor of political science at Grove City College, editor of The American Spectator, and author of The Devil and Karl Marx