The Nerd Reich

‘Gil Durán is an essential voice on this technofascist moment – and where it comes from and where we are going’ – Carole Cadwalladr, investigative journalist, The Nerve‘A clear and compelling account of the threats posed by technofascism to democracies everywhere’ – Ruth Ben-Ghiat, historian and author of Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present ‘Reader take note: Gil Durán is a deep, thoughtful and expansive observer of events that shape the current and future of our American democracy’ – George Lakoff, author of The All New Don’t Think of an Elephant!: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate ‘The Nerd Reich is a clarion warning about the rise of techno-fascist sociopaths who seek to profit off of our collective misery. In clear, compelling and meticulously researched detail, Gil Durán sounds the alarm about this incestuous cabal of broligarchs. He brings the receipts and the righteous rage’ – Wajahat Ali, The Left Hook

Gil Durán was born in Tulare, California, in 1976. The grandson of Mexican immigrant farmworkers, he got his first taste of work in the fields, but took an interest in journalism after winning the local newspaper’s “My Mom Is the Best” contest in the fifth grade.

In the tenth grade, his family moved from California to Kentucky, where he dropped out of high school for a year, then returned and befriended an English teacher who encouraged him to apply to college. He graduated DePauw University in 1998 and started his journalism career at the San Jose Mercury News.

As the newspaper industry hit turbulence, he pivoted to politics and spent ten years as an advisor to politicians including Jerry Brown, Dianne Feinstein, and Kamala Harris. In 2018, he returned to journalism as California opinion editor of The Sacramento Bee, and then became editorial page editor of the San Francisco Examiner.

Now an independent journalist, he publishes two newsletters: The Nerd Reich, focused on extremist tech politics, and FrameLab, focused on political language.

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