#120 – The Trials Of Harry Bridges
In his “New Deal”, FDR brought back the ideals of the “Social Gospel”, a 19th century Christian reform movement, to justify the creation of the modern welfare state. For a while, at least, some American Christian leaders were big fans of...Edward Bernays and Propaganda
A short clip about Edward Bernays and propaganda from episode #119 of our Cold War...
#119 – Red Scare Part 5
Manufacturers and the media also used the Dies Committee to silence their critics. Any attempt to criticise the behaviour of industrialists was called “socialism”. Along with communist witch hunts, another tactic industrialists used to protect themselves...
#118 – Red Scare Part 4
The Red Scare continues. In 1939, Martin Dies Jr claimed that the Justice Department was investigating 2,850 known communists in government and that FDR had ordered a purge of all those named. But it was all a disinformation campaign launched by Hoover. The President...
As soon as he writes nonsense like "Western civilization... presumes the existence of a higher power over and above society and the state", you know how seriously to rate this. Obviously certain people are worried that the Communist bogeyman is losing its influence on younger Americans.
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