Michael Kinsley Quotes
Donald Trump is a fascist.
Michael Kinsley "Fascism comes into focus" The Washington Post, December 10, 2016
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Greece was bitterly divided between left and right. Morrow and others were very critical of policies, practices and corruption of both sides much to the chagrin of our State Department which was siding with the right out of fear of communism.
Ironically, the fascist organizations that did form in America did just that. The American Firsters claimed patriotism motivated them to support Hitler and Father Coughlin and his fascist movement was his own version of Christianity—one which the Roman Catholic Church was so opposed to that they prohibited him from appearing on the radio with his virulent preaching. He was one of several who “hijacked” American Christianity not unlike the way radical Muslims would later in the century hijack Islam.
Fascists were variously described as “brown shirts” or “black shirts” at the time.
American Communist Party Newspaper. The communists were so supportive of the war effort that they were often unconditional defenders of the Roosevelt Administration’s war program. Most communists suspended their advocacy of labor strikes and Black enfranchisement during the war because it would ultimately lead to the weakening of the Allied efforts against the Nazis. Programs such as the “March on Washington Movement” were seen as untimely and therefore subversive and fascist. For more communist criticism of attempts during this period to further civil rights see {603312}
See Huey Long for a similar point of view.
Michael Kinsley is an American political journalist and commentator. Primarily active in print media as both a writer and editor, he also became known to television audiences as a co-host on Crossfire.
