In the early 1930s a consortium of America's wealthiest men conspires to overthrow President Roosevelt and institute a fascist state. This is the story of how they almost succeeded. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Behind the Insurrections

The Business Plot: When Rich Fascists Almost Took Over America

The most direct precursor to January 6th, 2021 was a fascist assault on the French Capitol on February 6th 1934. Today we talk about that and, as a bonus, French Jeffrey Epstein. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

The (French) Capitol Insurrection

The incredible, heartbreaking story of the antifascist struggle in Spain. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

How Fascism Won The Spanish Civil War, Part 2

In this episode, we discuss the birth of Fascism in Spain and how it led to the first great armed conflict between Fascism and Democracy: the Spanish Civil War.  FOOTNOTES: https://www.amazon.com/Fascism-Spain-1923-1977-Stanley-Payne/dp/0299165647/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=fascism+in+spain&qid=1611636892&sr=8-1 https://libcom.org/history/spanish-civil-war-osprey-book-collection https://www.marxists.org/archive/bookchin/1985/12/spanish-civil-war.htm https://www.historynet.com/persistent-myths-guernica.htm https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/may/06/george-orwell-homage-to-catalonia-account-spanish-civil-war-wrong https://www.rs21.org.uk/2018/11/22/petain-franco-and-chemical-warfare-in-the-rif/ https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/arts-and-books/spanish-legion-viral-tweet-twitter-history https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/oct/22/the-contested-legacy-of-the-anti-fascist-international-brigades https://www.tutor2u.net/history/reference/why-did-the-nationalists-win-the-spanish-civil-war https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii67/articles/ronald-fraser-how-the-republic-was-lost https://limun.org.uk/FCKfiles/File/Spanish_Civil_War_Source_2.pdf Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

The Birth of Spanish Fascism, Part 1

In Part Two, we continue to discuss Hitler's disastrous beer hall putsch. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Hitler's Munich Beer Hall Putsch, Part 2

We continue our study of fascist insurrections with the most famous of them all: Hitler's disastrous beer hall putsch. Footnotes:  https://famous-trials.com/hitler/2524-the-hitler-beer-hall-putsch-trial-an-account  https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/adolf-hitler-s-time-in-jail-flowers-for-the-fuehrer-in-landsberg-prison-a-702159.html https://www.thoughtco.com/hitlers-beer-hall-putsch-1778295 https://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00003880/00001/pdf https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XHJ8685/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1  https://www.amazon.com/1924-Year-That-Made-Hitler-ebook/dp/B011J4H47W Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Hitler's Munich Beer Hall Putsch, Part 1

Travel back to the very birth of fascism in this episode about the March on Rome. You'll learn how the first trailblazing fascist dictator took power and destroyed a democracy. FOOTNOTES: https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/2018/02/01/benito-mussolini-the-fascist-march-on-rome/ https://www.wnyc.org/story/cautionary-lessons-mussolinis-march-rome/ https://www.wkms.org/post/history-democracy-mussolinis-rise-power-italy#stream/0 https://scholar.valpo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1241&context=jvbl https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/j-clark-three-way-fight https://books.google.com/books?id=BrjNJoMD9bQC&pg=PA177&lpg=PA177&dq=the+arditi+del+popolo%27s+action+has+to+be+defensive.+but+defense+means+above+all+to+prevent&source=bl&ots=NHbNEGFHWd&sig=ACfU3U1kdM8t-IV8pIREqrxIrH-V_FERXw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwimk6m8ypruAhUcFjQIHeZnAMoQ6AEwAHoECAQQAg#v=onepage&q=the%20arditi%20del%20popolo's%20action%20has%20to%20be%20defensive.%20but%20defense%20means%20above%20all%20to%20prevent&f=false https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FWSK9PQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_d_asin_title_o01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Mussolini's March on Rome: The First Fascist Insurrection

The insurrection on January 6th, 2021, was just the latest in a long line of fascist attempts to take power. Many of these were successful. And by learning their history, and the historic successes and failures of the antifascists who opposed them, we can better prepare ourselves for the future. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Behind the Insurrections Trailer

In the wake of the January 6th insurrection in D.C., Robert Evans and co-host Propaganda take a look at fascist insurrections throughout history. They also unpack the evolution, successes, and failures of antifascists in Italy, Germany, and Spain.

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Behind the Insurrections

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