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Let's Start a Coup! Ep 1 – A Basket Full of Fascists

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The Black Legion - A Night Writing Terror

Alex Castellanos: The American Legion was a proto-fascist organization. He says the group wanted to force Jewish people into ghettos and exclude undesirables from voting.Castellanos: They were such fans of Mussolini that they invited him to speak at their convention in 1923. It's no doubt some portion of the crowd carries membership for the Black Legion, he says.

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