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"Sogobia" |
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31 Dec 2004 01:50:40 AM |
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Rightwing sedition and corporate fascism. |
The Roots of Corporate Fascism in America
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In 1934 Irenee du Pont and William Knudsen, the president of General Motors
along with friends of the Morgan Bank and General Motors backed a plot to
overthrow FDR. They provided three million in funding for an army of
terrorists that was modeled after the French fascist group, Croix de Feu. 4
The objective of the plot was to either force Roosevelt to take orders from
this group of industrialists as part of a fascist style government or to
execute him if he chose not to cooperate. The plotters selected General
Smedley Butler to head the plot, a WWI hero. Unbeknown to the plotters
however, Butler was a man of honor and believed in the constitution and
democracy and informed Roosevelt of the plot. Roosevelt realized that with
the backing of such a plot from such high sources, it couldn't be dismisses
as a crackpot scheme. Yet he also was well aware that by arresting the
leaders of such industrial powerhouses of the day as the Morgans and the du
Ponts, he could create a national crisis that would abort the fledging
economic recovery and perhaps trigger another Wall Street crash. To foil the
plot FDR had news of the plot leaked to the press and formed a special House
committee to investigate the matter. Four years after the formation of the
committee, it released a white paper, concluding that certain persons had
attempted to establish a fascist government. Further investigations
disclosed that over a million people had contracted to join the terrorist
army and that Remington, a Du Pont subsidiary would supply the arms and
munitions5.
-cont.-
http://alexconstantine.50megs.com/the_roots_of.html
--
They Knew...
Despite the whitewash, we now know that the Bush administration was warned
before the war that its Iraq claims were weak
http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/they_knew_0802/
--
A pattern of deception
A hard truth appears to have escaped the notice of the public and received
scant attention from the media: Bush is the first president in American
history to use deceptive propaganda as his main means of communications in
selling his policies. His pattern of deception continues unabated and in
direct conflict with the notion of the public's informed consent that is
central to American democracy.
Walter Williams is professor emeritus at the University of Washington's
Evans School of Public Affairs.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/opinion/6378746.htm
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| User: "Ken Cornelius" |
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| Title: Re: Rightwing sedition and corporate fascism. |
31 Dec 2004 09:39:17 AM |
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Exactly what "fledging economic recovery" are we talking about here? The
country was in a mess and there was no sign of recovery. Things were
getting worse and the unemployment rate reached 20% at one point. In fact,
the only thing that finally pulled us out was WWII. If FDR had leaked
something like that to the press, I think people would have noticed. I was
old enough at the time to remember, and I sure don't.
"Sogobia" <windriver2000@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1104479445.c0ec9fe2332ca9eb4e5f94739d03bd15@teranews...
The Roots of Corporate Fascism in America
-snip-
In 1934 Irenee du Pont and William Knudsen, the president of General
Motors
along with friends of the Morgan Bank and General Motors backed a plot to
overthrow FDR. They provided three million in funding for an army of
terrorists that was modeled after the French fascist group, Croix de Feu.
4
The objective of the plot was to either force Roosevelt to take orders
from
this group of industrialists as part of a fascist style government or to
execute him if he chose not to cooperate. The plotters selected General
Smedley Butler to head the plot, a WWI hero. Unbeknown to the plotters
however, Butler was a man of honor and believed in the constitution and
democracy and informed Roosevelt of the plot. Roosevelt realized that with
the backing of such a plot from such high sources, it couldn't be
dismisses
as a crackpot scheme. Yet he also was well aware that by arresting the
leaders of such industrial powerhouses of the day as the Morgans and the
du
Ponts, he could create a national crisis that would abort the fledging
economic recovery and perhaps trigger another Wall Street crash. To foil
the
plot FDR had news of the plot leaked to the press and formed a special
House
committee to investigate the matter. Four years after the formation of the
committee, it released a white paper, concluding that certain persons had
attempted to establish a fascist government. Further investigations
disclosed that over a million people had contracted to join the terrorist
army and that Remington, a Du Pont subsidiary would supply the arms and
munitions5.
-cont.-
http://alexconstantine.50megs.com/the_roots_of.html
--
They Knew...
Despite the whitewash, we now know that the Bush administration was warned
before the war that its Iraq claims were weak
http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/they_knew_0802/
--
A pattern of deception
A hard truth appears to have escaped the notice of the public and received
scant attention from the media: Bush is the first president in American
history to use deceptive propaganda as his main means of communications in
selling his policies. His pattern of deception continues unabated and in
direct conflict with the notion of the public's informed consent that is
central to American democracy.
Walter Williams is professor emeritus at the University of Washington's
Evans School of Public Affairs.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/opinion/6378746.htm
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| User: "Steve R" |
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| Title: Re: Rightwing sedition and corporate fascism. |
31 Dec 2004 10:57:30 AM |
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It wasn't FDR who went public. It was a US Army general and war hero
named Butler who had been approached by the Morgan and DuPont
conspirators to lead the Fascist coup. Instead, Butler went before
the McCormack-Dickstein Committee (forerunner of the HUAC) and
revealed the details of the plot. Under severe pressure from Wall
Street, Congress suppressed the information and it wasn't until 1967
that the Committee's secret report was uncovered by nationally
prominent journalist John Spivack, an anti-Fascist activist largely
responsible for the downfall of anti-Semitic broadcaster Father
Coughlin. The report confirmed Butler's testimony.
Bear in mind that in 1933 the ultimate evils of militaristic Fascism
were not yet apparent. In fact, most American businesses fully
supported Mussolini's philosophy of a ruling alliance between the
government and corporate entities. In those days corporate entities
meant not only business groups, but an array of organized groups
including labor unions. In a sense, these groups were the lobbyists
of their day. Today, however, the Neocon movement has essentially
stripped away the broad base of corporatism, and Mussolini's corporate
Fascism has degenerated into a system where the country is controlled
by an alliance between the government and big business, with the
ordinary citizens of the country being largely disenfranchised.
(Despite the so-called right to vote, in most elections of
significance the public is really only given a choice between two
candidates already pre-selected by the various elements of the power
elite; the concept of democratic elections in the US is an illusion at
best).
Make no mistake about it. The US government and its business allies
have a long history of support for Fascist economic principles. It is
not an accident that the US avoided active participation in WWII until
is was clear that Germany was going to lose (after the Battle of
Britain and the opening of an eastern front against Russia). It was a
matter of when Germany would be defeated, not if.
Now we all know that the US is not a true democracy but a democratic
republic, a hybrid form of government that enables the power structure
to retain absolute control while convincing the public that the power
lies with them. In this context it should be clear that on the
spectrum of political ideologies, the US falls much closer to Fascism
than it does to democracy.
On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 10:39:17 -0500, "Ken Cornelius"
<ke8732co@comcast.net> wrote:
Exactly what "fledging economic recovery" are we talking about here? The
country was in a mess and there was no sign of recovery. Things were
getting worse and the unemployment rate reached 20% at one point. In fact,
the only thing that finally pulled us out was WWII. If FDR had leaked
something like that to the press, I think people would have noticed. I was
old enough at the time to remember, and I sure don't.
"Sogobia" <windriver2000@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1104479445.c0ec9fe2332ca9eb4e5f94739d03bd15@teranews...
The Roots of Corporate Fascism in America
-snip-
In 1934 Irenee du Pont and William Knudsen, the president of General
Motors
along with friends of the Morgan Bank and General Motors backed a plot to
overthrow FDR. They provided three million in funding for an army of
terrorists that was modeled after the French fascist group, Croix de Feu.
4
The objective of the plot was to either force Roosevelt to take orders
from
this group of industrialists as part of a fascist style government or to
execute him if he chose not to cooperate. The plotters selected General
Smedley Butler to head the plot, a WWI hero. Unbeknown to the plotters
however, Butler was a man of honor and believed in the constitution and
democracy and informed Roosevelt of the plot. Roosevelt realized that with
the backing of such a plot from such high sources, it couldn't be
dismisses
as a crackpot scheme. Yet he also was well aware that by arresting the
leaders of such industrial powerhouses of the day as the Morgans and the
du
Ponts, he could create a national crisis that would abort the fledging
economic recovery and perhaps trigger another Wall Street crash. To foil
the
plot FDR had news of the plot leaked to the press and formed a special
House
committee to investigate the matter. Four years after the formation of the
committee, it released a white paper, concluding that certain persons had
attempted to establish a fascist government. Further investigations
disclosed that over a million people had contracted to join the terrorist
army and that Remington, a Du Pont subsidiary would supply the arms and
munitions5.
-cont.-
http://alexconstantine.50megs.com/the_roots_of.html
--
They Knew...
Despite the whitewash, we now know that the Bush administration was warned
before the war that its Iraq claims were weak
http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/they_knew_0802/
--
A pattern of deception
A hard truth appears to have escaped the notice of the public and received
scant attention from the media: Bush is the first president in American
history to use deceptive propaganda as his main means of communications in
selling his policies. His pattern of deception continues unabated and in
direct conflict with the notion of the public's informed consent that is
central to American democracy.
Walter Williams is professor emeritus at the University of Washington's
Evans School of Public Affairs.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/opinion/6378746.htm
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| User: "Dave Simpson" |
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| Title: Re: Rightwing sedition and corporate fascism. |
31 Dec 2004 07:35:50 PM |
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You are correct. The New Deal, with its various forms of fascism, did
not end the Depression. World War II did (things were pushed to such
extremes that deflation was replaced by inflation), along arguably with
pent-up demand among the soldiers, to live it up when they returned
home.
FDR and his friends, who engaged in some fascism, also toyed with some
aspects of Communism, which many of them admired. (See, for example,
the planning-and-other-minded thoughts of Rex "the Red" Tugwell.)
They didn't care about the Constitution (which remains routinely defied
to this day). At least they were honest about it -- they saw the
Constitution (and a legitimate, non-activist, Supreme Court) as
standing in their way.
Given what happened in Europe, with a much more collectivist and
authoritarian tradition that remains alien to this day to normal
Americans here in the USA, in the 1930s, we got lucky.
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| User: "Topaz" |
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| Title: Re: Re: Rightwing sedition and corporate fascism. |
01 Jan 2005 06:31:54 PM |
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On 31 Dec 2004 17:35:50 -0800, "Dave Simpson"
<david_l_simpson@yahoo.com> wrote:
fascism,
On April 10, 1938 the Germans voted for or against Hitler. 99% of
them voted for Hitler. Here are some quotes from a pamphet urging them
to vote for Hitler:
Do you remember the state of Germany and the German people in the days
before the aged Reich President von Hindenburg chose Adolf Hitler and
his party as the last hope of saving Germany from certain political,
social and economic collapse that would lead to chaos? Tens of
thousands of factories had closed their gates. Millions of workers and
employees lost their jobs and were thrown ruthlessly into the gray
misery of mass unemployment. There seemed no way out...
By the end of 1933, 2 million citizens had jobs again. By September
1936, the number of unemployed had fallen beneath a million. By 1937
unemployment had vanished...
One of the foundations of National Socialism is the knowledge that
only work creates value and prosperity...
But not only the dreadful misery before 1933 reduced the desire of
countless Germans to have children. Crass egotism and materialism also
played a role. The System Era saw having children as foolish and
backward. The transformation that has occurred is clear in the rising
German birth rate...
The National Socialist state gives major tax reductions to fathers for
each child. Families with three or more children receive payments of
10 and 20 marks monthly. By the end of 1937, 510,000 children were
receiving such support...
By the end of 1937, 252,000 mothers had received free vacations...
The Winterhilfswerk is the most beautiful expression of the new German
people's community. It is not the work of a small group of rich
people. No, each German, all of us, rich and poor, manual laborers,
farmers and city-dwellers cooperate in fulfilling the Führer's will:
No German may be hungry or cold!
One does not know whom to admire more: the cheerful willingness of
those who collect, or the rising amount of the gifts, to which even
the poorest contribute their share. The success of the
Winterhilfswerk, written permanently into the law of 1 December 1936,
demonstrates the efforts of the entire German nation. Gifts of money
alone totaled over 920 million marks during the four winters from
1933/34 to 1936/37. An additional 570 million marks of goods were
contributed. 50,000 freight cars alone would have been needed for the
potatoes contributed in the past years. The three million meters of
clothing given out by the WHW would stretch from Berlin to the Middle
East. The two million kilograms of coal would form a wall ten meters
high around all of Germany. These few examples, and more could be
given, prove the strength of the German people's will to be active
socialists..
Another sign of this socialism is the entirely different status of the
German worker in factories. The social honor of each working German is
guaranteed by law. The state's representatives ensure that exploiting
workers is impossible. The legal working conditions correspond to
National Socialism's high opinion of work. Workers have a right to a
vacation and for paid holidays, even hourly and temporary workers.
There is nothing like this elsewhere in the world.
The dignity of labor is evidenced by improvements in the appearance of
the work place. Wherever one looks in Germany, ugly dark buildings are
vanishing. The "Beauty of Labor" movement in today's Germany is not
empty talk or an impossible demand, but living reality. Large sums
that formerly would have been wasted in strikes and lockouts have been
used since 1933 to improve work places. 23,000 places have been
transformed form soulless drudgery to pleasant places to work. 6,000
factory courtyards now offer space for real relaxation, which was not
true in the past. 17,000 canteens and lounges, 13,000 shower and
changing rooms have been transformed. The dirtier the work, the
cleaner the workers. More than 800 community buildings and 1200 sport
facilities , including over 200 swimming pools, have been established.
The crew quarters in over 3500 ships have also been improved.
The NS Society Kraft durch Freude brings cheer and pleasure to
workplaces through concerts and art exhibits. The art exhibits alone
introduced more than 2,5 million workers to the creations of true
German art. Just five years ago, it was obvious that the great works
of German culture belonged to a small group of the upper class.
Besides the factory concerns and art exhibitions, the NS Society Kraft
durch Freude uses theatrical performances, other concerts, singing and
musical groups to introduce the creations of German art to every
working German. 22 million citizens have attended theatrical
performances..
Of no less importance is the KdF's vacation program. Earlier, German
workers did not know what to do with their, at best, five days of
annual vacation. They could not visit the beauties of the German
landscape, much less travel abroad. The NS Society Kraft durch Freude
gave German workers the possibility of vacationing at the beach or in
the mountains, or to explore the homeland. Over 20 million have
participated in KdF trips since 1934. That is more than a quarter of
Germany's population. 19 million citizens participated in 60,000
vacation trips at home. Hand to hand, they would stretch from Berlin
to Tokyo. KdF trains have traveled 2,160,000 kilometers, or 54 times
around the world. The nine large KdF cruise ships have covered a
distance equal to twice the distance from the earth to the moon. They
have carried German workers to Madeira, Italy and Norway, broadening
their horizons and giving them unforgettable experiences. Three
additional ships will be added the KdF's own fleet of four. A KdF
resort is being built on the island of Rügen. It will not be the only
one. A series of other vacation and spa resorts will be built. They
will fulfill the Führer's wishes at the start of the NS Society Kraft
durch Freude: to lead a cheerful, creative and strong people to
success in the world.
The goal of bringing German culture to the entire German people,
regardless of their income, is especially clear with the German radio.
Thanks to the People's Radio Set, a solid, inexpensive and capable
receiver, the number of radio listeners has risen from around 4
million in 1932 to 9.1 million today. The un-German programming of the
System Era has been transformed by National Socialism. Now radio
acquaints the German people with the work of their great masters of
music and literature. Alongside these artistic programs, the
entertaining programming provides for the relaxation of hard-working
people.
Clear proof for the rising prosperity of the German people is provided
by the growing consumption of foodstuffs and luxury items of every
variety. During the prewar year 1913, only a little more than 2.9
million tons of meat were consumed. In 1937, that figure had risen to
3.7 million, up about 5% from 1932. Thanks to the elimination of
unemployment, bread consumption increased by about 10%, sugar by 15%.
Butter consumption rose from 420,000 to 519,000 tons. Milk production,
both for drinking and for making butter and cheese, rose from 23.5 to
25.4 billion liters from 1932 to 1937. Coffee consumption rose from
104,000 to 140,000 tons. Beer consumption has risen from 3.3 to 4.4
billion liters. That is an increase of about 3 billion glasses of
beer...
The growing prosperity and rising consumption of foodstuffs and luxury
items required hard work. A people can only consume what it produces.
In the face of this obvious truth, which however only became clear to
us after 1933, all the parliamentary resolutions, all the decisions of
international conferences and the demands of the international unions
become silly talk. The German people have proved that by our own work.
Germany has worked untiringly since 1933, producing itself the goods
it needs to improve its standard of living.
The rising production in all areas, which has never before been seen,
is the fruit of our work. The foundation of our life is agriculture,
whose task is to guarantee that the nation is fed. When the Führer
took power, agriculture was in a ruinous state. Officers of the court
were regular visitors at German farms. The animals and the harvest
were seized ruthlessly because taxes and interests had risen to
impossible levels that German soil could not meet. Forced auctions
drove tens of thousands of German farmers from their land. Desperation
prevailed in the villages. As a result of the desperate situation,
agriculture could not ensure the feeding of the German nation. The
ghost of hunger threatened.
Here too the Führer set to work immediately. Interest and taxes were
lowered, and the German soil was freed from usurious capital. Between
1927 and 1931, German agricultural debt rose by 2,9 billion marks.
From 1933 to 1936, it fell by 800 million marks. The interest burden,
which was over a billion marks in 1931/32, was reduced by National
Socialist actions to 630 million marks. The crowning achievement was
the creation of the Reich Inherited Farm Law, which guaranteed that
the German family farm will always remain the wellspring of the
nation...
Just as for farmers and agricultural workers, the urban population is
also being cared for. Although more than enough willing and able
workers were available in 1932, and although the housing need was
certainly great, the government put workers on the dole and built only
141,265 dwellings. This was an area in which the need for new jobs was
particularly clear. Even in 1933, the number of new dwellings rose to
178,000, with particular attention being given to small and mid-sized
units for those with limited incomes. This number grew year by year,
reaching 340,000 dwellings in 1937, double the number of 1932. In all,
National Socialist has built more than 1.4 million new, and above all
healthy and affordable, dwellings for the German people since 1933.
This is enough to house the entire population of Berlin...
Growing prosperity and production led to a growth in traffic. The
entirely neglected German highway system had to be repaired and
expanded. 40,000 kilometers of highway have been repaired since 1933.
That is enough to go all the way around the world! Then there are the
Reich Autobahns, the most splendid construction project in the world.
2,000 kilometers were open to traffic by the end of 1937. 1,000
kilometers more will be added yearly, until Germany has a highway
network unique in all the world.
Automobile production has reached a level that no one would have
thought possible a few years ago.
The number of motor vehicles in Germany has doubled, exceeding the 3
million mark in 1937. Thanks to the growing prosperity, broad circles
of our nation can now afford a car. 137,141 of the new vehicles in
1937, well over half, were purchased by workers and employees. 30,015
workers and employees were able to buy a car the previous year. Cars
are becoming both better and cheaper. The increase in cars will be
even more striking when the Volkswagen comes on the market. Enormous
factories are even now being built. The best proof for the quality and
good pricing of German cars is the fact that automobile exports have
increased by a factor of eight since 1932!..
The great improvements in the German transportation system have
resulted in a growing stream of foreign visitors. The pulsing life in
Germany is drawing more and more visitors to the Third Reich. The
number of overnights by foreigners has risen from 2.7 million in 1932
is far above 7 million in 1937. These foreigners, who often come to
Germany with false ideas, see with their own eyes the work of the
Führer and the remarkable efforts of the German people. They return
home as the best witnesses of the greatness and strength of the German
Reich...
The Führer has repeatedly reminded the German people that strong
policies are the absolute prerequisite to our economic, social and
cultural health. Only intentional hostility and stupidity can still
deny that the Führer was right in every respect...
www.spearhead-uk.com http://www.natvan.com
http://www.altermedia.info http://www.RealNews247.com
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