How Profoundly is the Radical Right succeeding in hijacking democracy in the US? Nancy Maclean is Professor of History and Public Policy at Duke University. Her recent book ‘Democracy In Chains’ has set a ferocious cat among the pigeons in American academia, and she is the most praised and reviled political writer of the day in the US media. The Salt Spring Forum is thrilled to have a scholar of her stature visit us in these extraordinary times.