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Facts and Fascism Paperback – July 4, 2009

by George Seldes (Author), Helen Larkin Seldes (Contributor)

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"This book names the most powerful forces in Europe which organized the Fascist and Nazi parties and movement, the powerful American forces which own, control and subsidize native Fascism, and the spokesmen, radio orators, writers and other agents of reaction in America." Facts and Fascism is the definitive account and source book on Fascism in the United States after the First World War and on into the Second. No doubt every subsequent work on this explosive topic owes a great debt to this original research. By crusading investigative journalist George Seldes, the book is in three parts: 1) The Big Money and Big Profits in Fascism, 2) Native Fascist Forces, and 3) Our Press as a Fascist Force. The first part reveals the backing of U.S. and British big business behind the rise of Fascism and militarism, with chapters on Germany, Italy, Japan, and Spain, the Nazi cartels and the National Association of Manufacturers. The author was a reporter in Italy in the early 20's as Fascism got its start, and wrote a full-length, critical portrait of Mussolini. In "Native Fascist Forces," Seldes first tells the story of the botched putsch by J. P. Morgan and the American Legion against FDR in 1934 - surely one of the most hushed-up episodes in US history. Next Seldes dissects the Ford empire's support for Nazism and its repressive, even murderous labor practices, and Nazi apologists like Lindbergh, Father Coughlin and the Reader's Digest. The third part explores and deplores acts of treason by war-profiteering heavy industry and by the major newspaper chains. He exposes their habit of faking news for their political agenda, going back to the 1850's in support of black slavery, and white servitude - that is, with attacks on labor and social justice. The last chapter discusses profiteering from a different form of slavery, the tobacco addiction. Among the appendices is one on the definition of Fascism, and data on Who Owns America - thirteen plutocratic families.

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292 pages
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English
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Progressive Press
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July 4, 2009
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6 x 0.66 x 9 inches
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1615770437
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978-1615770434
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Progressive Press (July 4, 2009)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 292 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1615770437
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1615770434
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.66 x 9 inches

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Written by a wonderful old Jewish Marxist

Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2017

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Written by a wonderful old Jewish Marxist. This work is a perfect collection of controlled media evidence gathered during the 30's! A must read for all Americans, but readers must be aware of the history of the period, especially our Marxist FDR President and dorky Truman couched in the tragedy of WWI Wilson. Seldes exposes controlled media but, ofc, suppresses the history of his own psychotic ideology, Marxism. Princes fight among themselves but record history nicely. Must read!

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Robert Kirkconnell

A Must Read!

Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2012

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Author goes into the whole development of Fascism leading up to WW-II. Of interest is the strong support Fascism had in the United States which has been largely hidden. He identifies, by name, Hitler's supporters in business, banking, and the press. The connections are most revealing. He also goes into the eugenics movement in Germany and the United States, and many other inconvenient truths. Taking what the author has well documented lays the ground work for the almost unbelievable fact that the CIA took in most of the Nazi criminals after WW-II. The program was code named Operation Paperclip. Why would they do that? Apparently because they were setting up a Fascist state in this country, and we are seeing the results of it right now. George Seldes was a courageous American and a master of the written word. He reveals much of America's hidden past that is destroying the country at the present.
Robert Kirkconnell
Author of: American Heart of Darkness: Volume I: The Transformation of the American Republic into a Pathocracy (Volume 1)

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Allison W. Thomas Jr.

Still relevant for today

Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2019

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I was looking for this remembering it from years ago. Excellent explanation and description of fascism. Despite it set in World War II and using people of that time fill in a name of todays fascists and it still is relevant.

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Worth reading in these times

Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2011

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George Seldes is all but forgotten today, but was the I.F. Stone of the early part of the 20th century. His fear was of an American Fascism rather than a Communist state. The first third of this book is an examination of American organizations and movements that he perceived as a threat to American democracy, and a thorough examination of the little known coup plot against Roosevelt and the resulting Congressional investigation by an early HUAC. Read about it in The Plot to Seize the White House: The Shocking True Story of the Conspiracy to Overthrow FDR .

A very interesting take on the origins of today's political crises. Buy a copy while still in print and read a few chapters with the benefit of hindsight.

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Joe Adams

Should be required reading for all American high school students

Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2016

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A course on American citizenship should be required for all high school students. This book should be one of the books that students write a review of, in their own words.

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Lee Van Der Heiden

I love the information I'm getting from George on the rise ...

Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2016

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I an currently reading this book. I love the information I'm getting from George on the rise of and life under Fascism in the 30's and 40's.
Highly recommend it.

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Study of German Fascism Important for Today

Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2013

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This is an excellent study of German fascism supported by international cartels of the 1930s that has relevance for today's world.

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Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2015

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Excellent, No Problem,So Satisfied,Good Luck to the seller

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Mervyn Hagger

A BOOK OF ITS TIME

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 28, 2013

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Like my purchase of 'Three New Deals', (see review), I bought this book when I was researching the history of the New Deal in the USA, In American fascism was originally a cloned variation of Mussolini's attempts to create a new economic order that was branded as the New Deal. This book is snapshot of earlier thought on the subject.

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