Episodes

  • The Business Plot: When Rich Fascists Almost Took Over America
    Feb 4 2021

    In the early 1930s a consortium of America's wealthiest men conspires to overthrow President Roosevelt and institute a fascist state. This is the story of how they almost succeeded.

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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • The (French) Capitol Insurrection
    Feb 2 2021

    The most direct precursor to January 6th, 2021 was a fascist assault on the French Capitol on February 6th 1934. Today we talk about that and, as a bonus, French Jeffrey Epstein.

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    1 hr and 38 mins
  • How Fascism Won The Spanish Civil War, Part 2
    Jan 28 2021

    The incredible, heartbreaking story of the antifascist struggle in Spain.

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    1 hr and 52 mins
  • The Birth of Spanish Fascism, Part 1
    Jan 26 2021

    In this episode, we discuss the birth of Fascism in Spain and how it led to the first great armed conflict between Fascism and Democracy: the Spanish Civil War. 

    FOOTNOTES:

    1. https://www.amazon.com/Fascism-Spain-1923-1977-Stanley-Payne/dp/0299165647/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=fascism+in+spain&qid=1611636892&sr=8-1
    2. https://libcom.org/history/spanish-civil-war-osprey-book-collection
    3. https://www.marxists.org/archive/bookchin/1985/12/spanish-civil-war.htm
    4. https://www.historynet.com/persistent-myths-guernica.htm
    5. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/may/06/george-orwell-homage-to-catalonia-account-spanish-civil-war-wrong
    6. https://www.rs21.org.uk/2018/11/22/petain-franco-and-chemical-warfare-in-the-rif/
    7. https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/arts-and-books/spanish-legion-viral-tweet-twitter-history
    8. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/oct/22/the-contested-legacy-of-the-anti-fascist-international-brigades
    9. https://www.tutor2u.net/history/reference/why-did-the-nationalists-win-the-spanish-civil-war
    10. https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii67/articles/ronald-fraser-how-the-republic-was-lost
    11. https://limun.org.uk/FCKfiles/File/Spanish_Civil_War_Source_2.pdf

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    1 hr and 40 mins
  • Hitler's Munich Beer Hall Putsch, Part 2
    Jan 21 2021

    In Part Two, we continue to discuss Hitler's disastrous beer hall putsch.

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    45 mins
  • Hitler's Munich Beer Hall Putsch, Part 1
    Jan 19 2021

    We continue our study of fascist insurrections with the most famous of them all: Hitler's disastrous beer hall putsch.

    Footnotes: 

    1. https://famous-trials.com/hitler/2524-the-hitler-beer-hall-putsch-trial-an-account 
    2. https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/adolf-hitler-s-time-in-jail-flowers-for-the-fuehrer-in-landsberg-prison-a-702159.html
    3. https://www.thoughtco.com/hitlers-beer-hall-putsch-1778295
    4. https://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00003880/00001/pdf
    5. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XHJ8685/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 
    6. https://www.amazon.com/1924-Year-That-Made-Hitler-ebook/dp/B011J4H47W

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    1 hr and 27 mins
  • Mussolini's March on Rome: The First Fascist Insurrection
    Jan 14 2021

    Travel back to the very birth of fascism in this episode about the March on Rome. You'll learn how the first trailblazing fascist dictator took power and destroyed a democracy.

    FOOTNOTES:

    1. https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/2018/02/01/benito-mussolini-the-fascist-march-on-rome/
    2. https://www.wnyc.org/story/cautionary-lessons-mussolinis-march-rome/
    3. https://www.wkms.org/post/history-democracy-mussolinis-rise-power-italy#stream/0
    4. https://scholar.valpo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1241&context=jvbl
    5. https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/j-clark-three-way-fight
    6. https://books.google.com/books?id=BrjNJoMD9bQC&pg=PA177&lpg=PA177&dq=the+arditi+del+popolo%27s+action+has+to+be+defensive.+but+defense+means+above+all+to+prevent&source=bl&ots=NHbNEGFHWd&sig=ACfU3U1kdM8t-IV8pIREqrxIrH-V_FERXw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwimk6m8ypruAhUcFjQIHeZnAMoQ6AEwAHoECAQQAg#v=onepage&q=the%20arditi%20del%20popolo's%20action%20has%20to%20be%20defensive.%20but%20defense%20means%20above%20all%20to%20prevent&f=false
    7. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FWSK9PQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_d_asin_title_o01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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    1 hr and 51 mins
  • Behind the Insurrections Trailer
    Jan 13 2021

    The insurrection on January 6th, 2021, was just the latest in a long line of fascist attempts to take power. Many of these were successful. And by learning their history, and the historic successes and failures of the antifascists who opposed them, we can better prepare ourselves for the future.

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    1 min