1944: “The American fascist method is to poison channels of public information”

Here’s a sage warning from the controversial U.S. Vice President Henry Wallace, as recorded by the Senate on April 17th, 1944: Wallace wrote this for the New York Times, which had sent him a request to “write a piece answering the following questions”: What is a Fascist? How many Fascists have we? How dangerous are … Continue reading 1944: “The American fascist method is to poison channels of public information”

Nazi Germany chose Zyklon-B for genocide based on prior American use to “disinfect” Mexicans

Weird. An important BBC story about racist use of Zyklon-B on Mexicans by the Americans… doesn’t seem to be reported in English anywhere. Crucial quote: No hay que comparar peras con manzanas, pero el Holocausto no fue un hecho aislado y la frontera entre EE.UU. y México sirvió como un centro de experimentación importante de … Continue reading Nazi Germany chose Zyklon-B for genocide based on prior American use to “disinfect” Mexicans

Statue of Liberty is a Monument to Abolition of Slavery

Here is an interesting write-up from the National Park Service (NPS), explaining how abolition was central to the monument known today for something different. The Statue of Liberty would never have been conceived or built if its principal French and American advocates had not been active abolitionists who understood slavery as the cause of the … Continue reading Statue of Liberty is a Monument to Abolition of Slavery