American supporters of the European Fascists
A clique of U.S. industrialists is hell-bent to bring a fascist state to supplant our democratic government and is working closely with the fascist regime in Germany and Italy. I have had plenty of opportunity in my post in Berlin to witness how close some of our American ruling families are to the Nazi regime. . . .
“Certain American industrialists had a great deal to do with bringing fascist regimes into being in both Germany and Italy. They extended aid to help Fascism occupy the seat of power, and they are helping to keep it there.”
– William E. Dodd, U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 1937
Didn’t fascism begin as a labor movement?
Signing a defense spending bill, President Bush declared America’s terrorist enemies “never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people” — then he added, “And neither do we.”
Publicly speaking, I have no comment. The cartoonists should have a field day with this one. You can see it now, “Bush to terrorists: ‘We have a plan, you can back off now’.”
Deciding to make the organizing focus of a racist, nationalist political movement — the unemployed and underemployed, doesn’t make it a labor movement. In Italy and in Germany, the 1st goal achieved was removing any hint of democracy from organized labor. The 2nd was putting the same folks well under the thumb of the IG Farben’s, etc.. The rest of the goals were very much enabled by these.
The US government — including the military — wasn’t exactly forthright opponents, either. Right through the war. I had kin involved with crossing that bridge at Remagen who were ordered to avoid Farben’s factories in the neighborhood — even when they were used as command posts for the dudes with 88’s.
Then there are dorks who don’t know danglers from dongles.