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The last four years have felt very strange. Political radicalism in America is resurgent. Movements like the Oath Keepers, Qanon, and the Proud Boys spread weird memes and misinformation online, fought Antifa in the streets, and stormed the Capitol on January 6.
Political radicals with strange beliefs shunned by much of the mainstream aren’t a new phenomenon in America. In the past on this show we’ve covered the Weather Underground and other instances of historical violence on the left. Today I want to talk about what it’s like on the right.
It’s time to do a deep dive into the John Birch Society.
With us today is the man who wrote the book on the Birchers, Darren Mulloy. Mulloy is a professor of history at Wilfrid Laurier University, an expert in American political radicals, and the author of the book The World of the John Birch Society: Conspiracy, Conservatism and the Cold War.at top: a JBS sign in the wild. Ralph Hightower photo.
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