America first and American fascism
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As ongoing protests against racial injustice and police brutality in the United States are met with militarised police action, tear gas, the National Guard, and threats of military intervention from representatives of the Trump administration and U.S. Congress, many observers are asking if this is what American fascism looks like. It is a question the Trump campaign itself raised when it decided to revive a forgotten political slogan, "America First" in 2016. In this 10-Minute Talk, Sarah Churchwell offers a brief history of "America First" and answers the perennial question of American fascism: can it happen here?
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Thank y for this condensed version on this topic. I recently viewed your hour long session & enjoyed it also. Everyone needs to know this insightful history & why it's being embraced today. Thank you again 👍🏾
This is a brilliant talk. May I suggest you take the recording, turn up your volume and repost? Please do, Id love to share it. ❤👍
Lucid, remarkably clear history of the phrase "America First". Powerful, and not a little chilling. Thanks much.
Its basically just the American version of "Deutschland Uber Alles".
@@ilinfestissumam3232No. It means, literally, we will put our country before any one else. That’s it. It’s in the name. It doesn’t mean suddenly we want to conquer the world. It means we would rather help our own than millions trying to illegally enter our country, or to help our own downtrodden instead of sending billions annually to Israel. The woman in the video is an internationalist propagandist who is arguing in favor of open borders and the eradication of national sovereignty. Do your own research instead of listening to some overpaid ideologue.
ms churchwell's important work deserves greater currency, especially in today's political climate.
Yale and many other scholars have repeatedly placed American proto-fascism as the basis for a lot of the ideological basis of European fascism. This very succinct but detailed overview deserves a much more elaborated session, now more than ever! Thanks for posting!
Awesome, I for one appreciate the fine skill of brevity. You summed it up rather succinctly.
There is something about American Fascism that seems rather unique in comparison with the European variety.
It's that strain of Puritanism and the contradictory love affair it has with status, bound by the coordinates of Capitalist ideology.
A subtle difference between Puritanism and dogmas of Purity.
When I think of an American Nazi, I think of Patrick Bateman reading Julius Evola.
Excellent lesson. Thank you
it was obvious since 2016 - anyone who doesn't see the Trump's movement as fascist is either politically ignorant on this subject or purposefully deceitful
You have no clue what you are talking about. Fascism comes from the far left. Cope harder.
@@chachacha2023hahahah...nice try you liar:
Fascism (/ˈfæʃɪzəm/) is a form of far-right, authoritarian ultranationalism,[1] characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition, and strong regimentation of society and the economy[2] that rose to prominence in early 20th-century Europe.[3][4] The first fascist movements emerged in Italy during World War I, before spreading to other European countries.[3] Opposed to anarchism, democracy, liberalism, and Marxism,[5] fascism is placed on the far-right wing within the traditional left-right spectrum
There - its In direct political opposition to leftists ideologies - so which one is it?- are you a liar or an ignoramus?🤣🤣🤣
Ok Snowflake ❄️
The Republican Party wanted a leader with true skills and value.
But all they got was a Fascist Creep.
This is a hallmark of Liberal Capitalism...Weimar Germany is an example..the Liberals always fall into the trap....BUT it goes back even further ..the Greeks/ Roman's embraced Republic because of the failure of Pereclian Democracy to solve and placate the existential crisis of its time..and so it lends itself to the necessity of the Dictator ...this was also the case with Napoleon and France as well as Francos Spain.
Prophetic esp. post 1/6
This is about as good a ten-minute history lesson as I've ever heard. This is fantastic.
Thanks for this untold (in school) history. Now I know why my Aunt told me of how they stopped teaching German in a German Catholic school in just one day to the next. I didn’t know my father could speak German except for prayers until I was 21.
Well, I've always said that you need one of them, to talk to them, about them, who ever them is. Great Job young lady, a black man could never reach the audience you have.
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This is a great talk. The only problem is the audio is garbled. Also, TH-cam's closed captioning is not accurate (it seems the garbled sound impacted this as well). Is there any source for the text of her speech?
amazing video
I just picked up a copy of your recent book from the New York Public Library this afternoon. Reading.
Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge. The times we are going through here in America are some of the darkest times I've seen in my 6 decades. I grew up in the Jim Crow south. Grandpa even took us, kids, to a George Wallace convention. I saw the riots in "68" in Milwaukee because we had moved there the year before. Still, I don't believe the dangers we faced then are as great as they are now.
I believe there is a dangerous rise in fascism in the United States. I have been doing my part to stop it by warning politicians of the danger I see, and of the atrocities of WWII that were committed by fascist states with concentration camps. I also have been reminding them of the retribution unleashed onto the Nazis in the form of firestorms and complete destruction of their cities.
I could imagine the future of America if the fascists ever gained total power here. I believe that at the end of it, the world would unleash its fury upon us. Our cities might burn in firestorms.
I live in california and some areas have more homeless people than well off or atleast people with homes. In some areas it looks like a 3rd world country and ppl are so used to it it's insane
I grew up in Alabama and have lived my whole life here and what’s scary is that I’m starting to recognize and see the same horrors that my grandparents told me about seeing when they grew up here in Jim Crow times. I agree with you 100%, we are at a serious cross roads in our country and I’m horrified at how close we’ve come to the breaking point. I believe the Republican Party is the greatest threat to our democracy and that they are full on fascist. Thank you for sharing your story and perspective, it’s great to see that someone else sees this happening too.
Great video. Americans will change the narrative of these times also. Everyone will say that they were ignorant of the loss and treatment of black lives. Just like how now my associates claim the Atlantic Slave trade wasn’t very prominent at all and very few owned slaves.
Do you mind telling me who sold those slaves to the Europeans
@@cinnamon_art4016 African tribes & Arabs. I’m very accountable (unlike others) when it comes to accepting responsibility and being accountable of the atrocities of the African diaspora.
@@cinnamon_art4016 -- Does fake coyness really work?
@@Proof77777Who owned the ships?
AMERICA 🇺🇲🫡 FIRST 🥇❤
I think you go way too far with your "dog whistle" theories. However, I am impressed with your research and think you make a lot of really good points. Well done overall.
Interesting content but terrible audio - unlistenable 😕
Great work. Get a better mic tho
Great video
CAN YOU CONSIDER ONE ABOUT THE LIES THAT MIRANDA TOLD ABOUT HALMINTON THE PLAY
So America first is isolationist and jingoistic?
"America first" is just a slogan. There are underlying implications based on the policy desires and rhetoric of those who shout that slogan.
Basically to summarize, the ideology believes the world is a zero-sum game: meaning what hurts another country, helps us. It's a ideology that dehuamzines anything that isn't like them in terms of religion, race and politics.
That is the overarching principle of "America First," and those who shout that such as our president.
Yes, it is because of the history of the expression. Trump knew this when he chose it.
How in God's name can you work at a university if you don't know the difference between a Corporatocracy and Corporatism. They are two vastly different systems
A little reaity -- ILLUMINATE THE BENIGHTED. | Spell it out. . . . Prove your points; otherwise, why are you defending Murican fascism?
Trump is not a racist. He would like to see people vetted at our borders to protect Americans. He is most times not precise in his speech which gives plenty of ammo for the haters and there seem to be a lot of anger. Chill, it is bad for your heart and really pathetic. Get a life. 4:48
nice video bro
I support an America First agenda even more now. Charles Lindbergh was a hero and a national treasure!
This statement is a grave insult to the families of the hundreds of thousands of Americans who died in the war to defeat Germany in WWII . If you hate America , just say so .
His reputation was ruined, as is yours by your comment.
KKK, Including Fred Trump.
BLM and Antifa are new facist, litteraly doing the same stuff nazis did in 20s and 30s in germany
Fools.
It's irrelevant. 15-19 million Jewish folks are simply not relevant to 330 million USA citizens. Do folks know these numbers? We aren't interpreting poetry here.