The Empire Never Ended

TENE pod gets to know the 'Brain' of Interwar American Fascism, Lawrence Dennis, from his wild beginnings as a traveling 'colored' child preacher from Atlanta at the end of the 19th century, to his racial 'passing' into the highest echelons of political and class rule in the United States leading up to the Second World War. Reading: The Color of Fascism - Lawrence Dennis, Racial Passing, and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism in the United States by Gerald Horne Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

Lester Glint joins TENE pod to recount the horrifying history of the Black Legion, one of the most important American fash networks of the interwar period, as well as one of the least understood. The Black Legion took over entire towns and government departments, unleashing a stunning period of quiet terror and assassination, all with the backing of industrial superpowers like Henry Ford. Check out Lester's satirical conspira-cast, Something Unexplained on Patreon! Contact Lester at somethingunexplainedpodcast@gmail.com For those who missed it, click here for Lester's appearance on The Farm.

episode originally published October 19th, 2023. TENE pod hears the cinematic true story of a group of Yugoslav communists in Canada who traverse the Atlantic to join the anti-fascist struggle in 1942. They survive U-boat attacks,  get stranded at sea, and tell off asshole British officers just to parachute themselves into a war and kill them some Nazis. Features music from the films Sutjeska and Bitka na Neretvi, along with other partisan songs. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

In another TENE pod news update, the boyzies discuss Rise Above Movement founder Rob Rundo's recent legal tribulations as well as those of the Patriot Front, and then follow the Active Club train to a couple of Oregon teenagers and their American Banderite Network of weirdos. Stumptown Research Collective: Terror Tots: Neo-Nazi Youth In Hillsboro Oregon American Banderite Network: How Teenage Twins Launched a Nazi Brand  Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

The TENE Pod film club meets to watch John Wayne's 1952 anti-communist propaganda film, Big Jim McLain, about a psychotic House Unamerican Activities Committee investigator who hunts for commies in one of the US' most picturesque colonies. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

Fritz brings his study into the fascistic history of the American Legion to a temporary close with a look at their colorful interwar career, including involvement in a couple of whacky coup plots! Recommended Reading: The Inside Story of the Legion by Justin Gray (1948). American Legion as Educator by William Gellerman (1938). Enforcing Conformity: Race in the American Legion, 1940-1960 - Olivier Burtin (2018). Music: "In Honor", "Elevator Ride", "Evil Rising", and "We Fought for Freedom" by fesliyanstudios.com All others from various copyright-free sources on archive.org Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

Rey introduces the tight relationship between US Academia and the Nazis through the Eugenics movement, and its near total hold on US scientific institutions up to the second world war and, for some, long afterward. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

TENE pod begins its study of the American Legion, America's largest veteran's organization, examining the shifty characters that pieced it together from a world war they themselves pushed, and from the First Red Scare.   Recommended reading for part one: For God & Country: The American Legion, 1919-1941 by William Pencak (1989)  The Inside Story of the Legion by Justin Gray (1948)    Music: "In Honor" fesliyanstudios.com All others from pixabay.com and archive.org   Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

Boris tells the tale of 'Count' Anastasy Vonsiatsky, and his ANP-like larp through the world of Russian fascist emigrees from his man cave in 1930s USA. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

The boyzies review and analyze the 1947 film, Violence!, directed by Jack Bernhard and co-written by Stanley Rubin, and (very) loosely based on the downfall of American neo-nazi group, The Columbians. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.