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Some archival gems from an amazing but largely unknown archive
A day in the "Charlie White Americanism" collection at Portland State
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An update on the Substackers Against Nazis campaign
According to Substack's owners, true free speech lovers ban images of consensual sex and platform Nazis. Mkay.
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A "best of 2023" playlist for your enjoyment (with only a little bit of political commentary in it)
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The Anatomy of American Fascism, part 1: Fascist Foot Soldiers and their Patrician Funders
Introducing Jozef Mlot-Mroz, Salem, Massachusetts' most famous Nazi troll (ca. 1960-2000) and the wealthy Exeter/Harvard law grad named Richard J. Cotter who secretly funded his exploits
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Substackers Against Nazis
A collective letter to Substack leadership
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Down the Derp State Rabbit Hole with the Chair of the Marion County (OR) GOP
Cleon Skousen's conspiracy theories, Chinese commandos invading from Mexico, and other oldies but goodies from the right wing playbook
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Those "funny" fluoride fighters were, frankly, fanners of fascism's flames
Or, how I learned to stop laughing and love talking seriously about the anti-fluoridation movement
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The Everyday Antifascists who pushed back against Walter Huss, Episode 1
Or, that time in 1963 when four high school students from Albany, OR exposed Walter Huss and his pal Ken Goff for the violent bigots they were
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Walter Huss's Christian Ventriloquist friend Jim Bisel could have either written a song called "Porno Gravy" or gone to therapy. You'll never guess which one he chose!
Episode 3 of "Walter Huss and the best people"
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What's up with these Christian Nationalists like Mike Johnson and their odd relationship to banks?
Or, did I ever tell you about that time I found $7500 in cash in Walter Huss's archive
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A snapshot of the quack "miracle cure" doctor-corrupt politician-Nazi propagandist industrial complex ca. 1954-7
Or, how I discovered that my Jewish grandparents in Ebensburg, PA were represented by a Nazi-friendly state senator in the 1950s
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Raising the cost of telling the truth about the far right
The 1959 death of fascist seditionist Robert Edmondson and the plight of the poor editor of the Bend Bulletin