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Kid Berwyn

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11. BBC aired a nice program on this buried history...

Fri Oct 22, 2021, 02:45 PM

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The coup was aimed at toppling President Franklin D Roosevelt with the help of half-a-million war veterans. The plotters, who were alleged to involve some of the most famous families in America, (owners of Heinz, Birds Eye, Goodtea, Maxwell Hse & George Bush’s Grandfather, Prescott) believed that their country should adopt the policies of Hitler and Mussolini to beat the great depression.

Mike Thomson investigates why so little is known about this biggest ever peacetime threat to American democracy.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/document/document_20070723.shtml

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The fascist tried a coup attempt before in 1934 with backing by the wealthy. [View all] Hotler Oct 2021 OP

More history not taught in schools... IrishAfricanAmerican Oct 2021 #1

Yep, never taught at my school either. Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2021 #4

Yes, I also learned about that post 12th grade. --nt IrishAfricanAmerican Oct 2021 #6

My high school history teachers covered a lot... Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2021 #7

Gen Butler nailed it... War is a racket to make obcene amounts of money for the select few.... mitch96 Oct 2021 #2

Yes. For obvious reasons this is called by some The Business Plot. Hortensis Oct 2021 #3

Not to mention that German industrialists... Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2021 #5

And there were no consequences to anyone. malthaussen Oct 2021 #8

Bush Crime Family. roamer65 Oct 2021 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author malthaussen Oct 2021 #10

BBC aired a nice program on this buried history... Kid Berwyn Oct 2021 #11