The Whitehouse Coup

Alada

The Living Force
Heard a trailer for this this morning, sounds like it may be worth a listen.

The Whitehouse Coup BBC Radio 4. 8pm (UK time) Monday 23 July 2007 - it'll be available on the website after that too.

'Document' uncovers details of a planned coup in the USA in 1933 by right-wing American businessmen

The coup was aimed at toppling President Franklin D Roosevelt with the help of half-a-million war veterans. The plotters, who were alleged to involve some of the most famous families in America, (owners of Heinz, Birds Eye, Goodtea, Maxwell Hse & George Bush’s Grandfather, Prescott) believed that their country should adopt the policies of Hitler and Mussolini to beat the great depression.

Mike Thomson investigates why so little is known about this biggest ever peacetime threat to American democracy.
 
BBC said:
Mike Thomson investigates why so little is known about this biggest ever peacetime threat to American democracy.
Hmm... this statement is wrong, but I can't work out if it's wrong because:

A) The Bush Reich are by far the biggest ever peacetime threat to American democracy,

or

B) Real democracy doesn't actually exist in America, so there can't really be a threat to it.

;)
 
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