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Book · 2020 · Political Science

Unmasked

Inside Antifa's Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy

by Andy Ngo · Recommended by 7 people on 4 podcasts

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Why people recommend it

Unmasked: Inside Antifa's Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy by Andy Ngo is a controversial exposé that examines the tactics, ideology, and structural organization of radical leftist extremist groups. The book received prominent recommendations and mentions from multiple podcast hosts and guests. Jordan Peterson praised the work on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast, stating that it provided valuable insights into how such extremist groups are structured and how they spiral out of control. Tim Pool repeatedly urged listeners of Timcast IRL to purchase the title on Amazon to support conservative and anti-establishment writers. On The Rubin Report, Dave Rubin strongly recommended the book to his audience during discussions about political censorship and cultural controversies. Similarly, Chris Williamson endorsed the volume in the show notes of Modern Wisdom, while Douglas Murray celebrated its commercial triumph on Amazon during an appearance on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast, noting that he had written a blurb for the bestseller.

Who recommended it

Tim Pool — 5 mentions
Recommended
“just like when i read unmasked by andy”
Recommended
“you've got andy noe's book unmasked you've got michael malus's book”
Discussed
“and if there was something there i'm not familiar with perhaps he wanted to write a chapter for his book he could have hired someone and sent them down”
Discussed
“Andy just wrote a book i think i think it hit number one on amazon for for uh i think it did really well”
Discussed
“and andy uh asked to come on this show earlier this year to promote his book but he was in london for his safety he asked again and he wanted us to review his book and i reached out to him recently”
Dave Rubin — 4 mentions
Recommended
“He's the one who dared to recommended Andy Ngo's scary book about Antifa.”
Discussed
“I'm Dave Rubin and joining me today's an American journalist best known for covering the Antifa protests in Portland and author of the new already best-selling book "Unmasked, Inside Antifa's Radical Plan "to Destroy Democracy."”
Discussed
“Yeah Andy, before we wrap here we should talk a little bit about what happened at that bookstore in Portland because your book, which comes out this week, and again the link to it is right below, you are selling I don't even know if you have the numbers.”
Recommended
“So listen people don't burn this book. "Unmasked, Inside Antifa's Radical Plan "to Destroy Democracy."”
Jordan Peterson — 3 mentions
Discussed
“his february 2021 book unmasked inside antifa's radical plan to destroy democracy was a new york times bestseller and quite a gripping”
Discussed
“so you said you don't intervene now in your book there the account of your severe beating”
Recommended
“i liked your book a lot and i and it made me think a lot about how these groups are structured and about how this goes out of control sideways”
Andy Ngo — 3 mentions
Discussed
“In my book I look specifically because I got leaked public documents internally from Rose City, Antifa, which is the Portland Antifa Organization, the largest one in the US.”
Discussed
“Yeah, so I write about that in the book.”
Discussed
“She did, I write about that in the book.”
Chris Williamson — 3 mentions
Discussed
“you go through basically a curriculum in the book of how they indoctrinate and train new members into antifa”
Discussed
“You said something in the book that i really thought was a good a good quote”
Recommended
“certainly will be unmasked inside antifa's radical plan to destroy democracy will be linked in the show notes below”
Elijah Schaffer — 2 mentions
Discussed
“He was like recording like for his book like he was just watching things happen”
Discussed
“i believe he could have died that night like i mean they their threats aren't veiled with with false you know working i mean where would we be in terms of knowledge about antifa andy just all of a sudden his twitter account was gone he's all of his reporting all the things he's written for the new york post”
Douglas Murray — 1 mention
Recommended
“and uh his forthcoming book unmasked which i blurbed and uh is now the number one best-selling book on amazon happily”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker — 2
Recommended
“you should buy unmasked by andy noah”
Discussed
“The attack occurred on may 28th while noah's covering the ongoing protests and riots in portland for a new chapter of his book unmasked inside antiva's radical plan to destroy democracy in a twitter”

Also mentioned in the same episodes

Other mentions (15: passing, ad reads, own books)
Own book
“author of The New York Times best-selling unmasked inside antifa's radical plan to destroy democracy”
Own book
“my the main thesis of my reporting for all these years from of my book as well unmasked is that political violence on the on the left is being mainstream and made into something that we should just sort of all accept”
Own book
“I wrote about this bit in my book about the idea laundering and how Wikipedia in Google can be manipulated in a way through like activists writers”
Own book
“right and author of the new york times bestseller unmasked inside antifa's radical plan to destroy democracy”
Own book
“and in my book i publish some of the primary documents of the curriculum from rose city antifa which is actually one of the cells that's part of a network called um the torch antifa network and they have cells in other cities”
Own book
“and in my the purpose of writing unmasked my book was to shed light really on the ideology that i think is is ultimately much much more dangerous than these instances of violence that um lead to um people getting seriously injured or killed in that”
Own book
“have a book out called unmasked salt and paperback now in updated uh new chapter right on”
Own book
“I write about this in the update for my book on Mass and one of them said I remember they surrounded me”
Own book
“uh my updated book unmasked inside antifa's radical plan to destroy democracy is coming out”
Passing
“So when you started seeing this, right, so as you said, you were part of a student group you invite a couple people that we all considered ourselves good liberal moderates and I remember before the event because there was this threat of violence they had to hide us in a room and we had a police escort that had”
Own book
“So a lot of people weren't even aware that "Unmatched" was coming out. So I'm really thankful to people who have pre-ordered it so far. And you know, really thankful that you allow me to come on your show again and talk about why this is so important and what this book is about.”
Own book
“and this book tries to explain in in one place where people can understand the ideology the history and how they organize and what what all that comes together actually looks like in practice”
Own book
“um and i'm not exaggerating what i'm saying you can read as can see in the book how because the local officials gave them the space to do what they were doing for so long”
Own book
“and you'll see that in every single way they are a formal organization and the book details it”
Own book
“i write about all of their acts of terrorism in the book”