When Nazis Took Manhattan : Code Switch : NPR https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2019/02/20/695941323/when-nazis-took-manhattan
When Nazis Took Manhattan

In 1939, an event at Madison Square Garden was billed as a "Pro American Rally." It was, in fact, a rally in support of Hitler and fascism.

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2019/02/20/695941323/when-nazis-took-manhattan
Riots erupted between anti-Fascists and Blackshirts (British Fascists) https://time.com/4516276/cable-street-battle-london-east-end-80-years/
The Enduring Lessons of the Battle of Cable Street, 80 Years On

The infamous 1936 confrontation between ordinary Londoners and fascists is still significant

https://time.com/4516276/cable-street-battle-london-east-end-80-years/
The spread of fascism in the 1920s was significantly aided by the fact that liberals and mainstream conservatives failed to take it seriously. Instead, they accommodated and normalised it. https://www.torch.ox.ac.uk/article/no-this-isnt-the-1930s-but-yes-this-is-fascism
No, this isn’t the 1930s – but yes, this is fascism

James McDougall discusses recent global events and shocks, and their historical contexts.

https://www.torch.ox.ac.uk/article/no-this-isnt-the-1930s-but-yes-this-is-fascism
Why we have to cut off the head of fascism again and again. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/sep/08/fascism-must-be-resisted-wherever-it-raises-its-head
Why we have to cut off the head of fascism again and again

From Oswald Mosley’s Blackshirts in 1930s London to the recent violence in Charlottesville, the cult of hatred lives on

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/sep/08/fascism-must-be-resisted-wherever-it-raises-its-head
Seriously. Look at the image.

American Nazis in the 1930s—The German American Bund https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2017/06/american-nazis-in-the-1930sthe-german-american-bund/529185/
American Nazis in the 1930s—The German American Bund

In the United States, the German American Bund, an American Nazi organization, was formed in 1936, and soon grew to have tens of thousands of members.

https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2017/06/american-nazis-in-the-1930sthe-german-american-bund/529185/
Origins of Neo-Nazi and White Supremacist Terms and Symbols https://www.ushmm.org/antisemitism/what-is-antisemitism/origins-of-neo-nazi-and-white-supremacist-terms-and-symbols
Origins of Neo-Nazi and White Supremacist Terms and Symbols: A Glossary

The leaders of today’s Neo-Nazi and White Supremacist organizations are not Adolf Hitler, and America is not Germany, but, in order to understand their agenda, it is vital to understand the history...

https://www.ushmm.org/antisemitism/what-is-antisemitism/origins-of-neo-nazi-and-white-supremacist-terms-and-symbols
This image here

Is America https://www.teenvogue.com/story/american-nazis-jewish-gangsters-history
Meet the Jewish-Americans Who Were the OG American Nazi-Punchers

Anti-Nazi groups like the Minutemen were punching American Nazis even before WWII.

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/american-nazis-jewish-gangsters-history
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/20/nyregion/query-for-home-buyers-in-a-long-island-hamlet-are-you-german.html
Nazi Past of Long Island Hamlet Persists in a Rule for Home Buyers (Published 2015)

A couple in Yaphank, N.Y., is suing a community organization, saying the housing practices are discriminatory and violate the Fair Housing Act.

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/20/nyregion/query-for-home-buyers-in-a-long-island-hamlet-are-you-german.html
Only 100 years later and we are here again. Making the same mistakes. Normalizing fascism.
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