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Showing posts with label fascism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fascism. Show all posts
Monday, January 20, 2020

President Trump, the Republican Party and the Parrington Question

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by Nomad M ost of you have probably never heard of Vernon Parrington . I know I hadn't until I stumbled upon an interesting quote. T...
Tuesday, January 7, 2020

History Has Shown Us the Dangers of a Weak Congress and Where It Leads

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by Nomad W hen the Democratic-led House of Representatives was attempting to investigate the allegations against President Trump in ...
Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Notes on Philip Roth's "The Plot Against America" in the Age of Trump

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by Nomad Published in 2004, novelist Philip Roth's last book what-if alternative history has definitely come back to haunt us.  ...
Friday, June 8, 2018

A Nation of Suckers: How a 1947 Film Exposes the Truth about Trumpism

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by Nomad R eleased in 1947, this 23-minute film, " Don't be a Sucker " was produced by  United States Department of War ....
Thursday, May 31, 2018

"Hate Was Their Handshake"

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by Nomad R ecently I stumbled across a fascinating book called " Under Cover: My Four Years in the Nazi Underworld of America . &...
Thursday, May 24, 2018

Father Coughlin: How Christian Fascists in the 1930s Perverted the Term "Social Justice"

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by Nomad L ast week, Rev. Grady Arnold , pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Cuero, Texas, submitted a draft resolution demanding th...
Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Louisiana Parish's Ignorance of Constitution May Cost Taxpayers in Legal Fees

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by Nomad Taking a Stand in Louisiana L ast week, a Louisiana parish school district took a controversial step to support Preside...
Monday, January 30, 2017

From the Archives: Fascism's First Steps: Heywood Broun's Warning From the Past

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by Nomad I n June 2012, Nomadic Politics took a moment to honor an old-school reporter in the post entitled "Fascism's Fi...
Monday, March 14, 2016

European Perspective on Trump: Have Americans Lost Their Minds?

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by Nomad And it is very possible they might be correct. A Most Dangerous Man C ertainly the support for Donald Trump has a lo...
Saturday, November 21, 2015

Fascism Made in the USA: The Night Nazis Fought on the Streets of New York City

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by Nomad The United States has had its share of fascist groups that have come and gone. One of those was the American Nazi Party , the Bu...
Monday, December 9, 2013

Henry Wallace and The Last Progressive Party

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by Nomad (image courtesy of MoveOn.org) In the Midst of all These Riches T he quote on the right comes from Henry A. Wallace's ...
Monday, April 22, 2013

The Roots of Right Wing Religious Extremism: The Winrod Legacy 1/2

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by Nomad Most Americans have not heard of the name Winrod but decades ago, Reverend Gerald Winrod was at one time a charismatic voice of ...
Saturday, June 9, 2012

Fascism's First Steps: Heywood Broun's Warning From the Past

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by Nomad T he name Heywood Broun has largely been forgotten by most people today. That's a real pity too. As a newspaper wr...