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Part One: How The John Birch Society Invented The Modern Far Right
1:38:59
Published: Tue Dec 15 2020
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Robert is joined by Jordan Holmes ·& Dan Friesen of Knowledge Fight to discuss The John Birch Society.1. https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2017/04/rise-fall-john-birch-society-50-years-ago/2. https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.saturdayeveningpost.com/uploads/reprints/Mutiny_in_the_Birch_Society/index.html?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAI3QGKNAHC7QBOIAA%2F20201124%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20201124T035411Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-Signature=92cd53a347ae1447de3854390a1897837ddcb4d04ffe347af9c98f7f81453bc73. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/01/11/a-view-from-the-fringe4. https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/growing-john-birch-society/5. https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/07/16/the-john-birch-society-is-alive-and-well-in-the-lone-star-state-2153776. https://www.history.com/news/barry-goldwater-1964-campaign-right-wing-republican7. https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/07/18/hunter-s-thompson-origins-of-his-fear-and-loathing/8. https://sites.google.com/site/ernie1241/9. https://www.amazon.com/World-John-Birch-Society-Conservatism/dp/0826519814 Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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