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In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]OhNo-Really
(3,985 posts)18. The Business Plot coup, 1934 funded by billionaires using veterans to pull it off.
About the coup. NYTimes called it fake news.
Congress refused to call the wealthy conspirators to testify.
Veterans organizations were used at the rime to bust unions.
Our democratic battle of majority vs rich bastards dates back to the New Deal
Hers a snippet about the coup.
1934
During the first half of 1934, MacGuire traveled to Europe and mailed postcards to Butler.[32] On March 6, MacGuire wrote Clark and Clark's attorney a letter describing the Croix-de-Feu.[33]
On August 22, Butler met MacGuire at a hotel, the last time Butler met him.[34][35] According to Butler's account, it was on this occasion that MacGuire asked Butler to run a new veterans' organization and lead a coup attempt against the President.
On September 13, Paul Comly French, a reporter who had once been Butler's personal secretary,[36] met MacGuire in his office.[37] In late September, Butler told Van Zandt that co-conspirators would be meeting him at an upcoming Veterans of Foreign Wars convention.
On November 20 the Committee began examining evidence. Journalist Paul Comly French broke the story in the Philadelphia Record and New York Post on November 21.[38] On November 22, The New York Times wrote its first article on the story and described it as a "gigantic hoax".[2][39]
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You can bet the Kochs and the Adelsons of the American oligarchs are going to be dumping
Texin
Feb 2018
#17
Any reference to the attempted coup against FDR by the American Liberty League during this time?
brush
Feb 2018
#10
The Business Plot coup, 1934 funded by billionaires using veterans to pull it off.
OhNo-Really
Feb 2018
#18
It was no hoax though. Seems the Times tried to cover for the prominent industrialists involved.
brush
Feb 2018
#28
Fabulous book! I never dreamed when I read it, it would begin to develop here - and so soon.
Texin
Feb 2018
#19
Interesting, the original DKOS article warning us was written in 2012 fighting Mittens
OhNo-Really
Feb 2018
#36
Great comment. May I add that inflation and stagnant wages breed discontent, our reality
OhNo-Really
Feb 2018
#43
The original speech offers a history lesson on "economic nationalism" imposed on North Carolina
ancianita
Feb 2018
#16
Thanks. I'll order this one. Nothing today isn't connected to old relationships and events.
ancianita
Feb 2018
#38
I would suggest that most Americans have no desire to know the lessons of history.
YOHABLO
Feb 2018
#52
K & R Great post. "It Can't Happen Here" 1936 political novel by Sinclair Lewis.
appalachiablue
Feb 2018
#57