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Part One: The Birth of American Fascism

Behind the Bastards

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The German-American Bund - Part One

A Jewish-American protester who worked as a janitor in Madison Square Garden rushed onto the stage and was horribly beaten and stripped, mostly naked by the Nazis. The whole moment was actually filmed and we are going to watch it. That is 22,000 people cheering the beating of a man. It's like a fucking screen grab from a bad alternate history movie. So, that's so upsetting.

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