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1938222733London.: The Patriot. 5 May1938. 358-380pp. 24 x 15cm. Leaves somewhat friable wrappers little marked and damp stained though overall a good copy of this scarce publication. A notoriously proto-fascist publication its roots in hardline Toryism with several of its more notable authors also affiliating with the British Union of Fascists. Reeking of antisemitism of the most insidious kind virtually every article has an explicit or implicit connection to a hypothesised far-extending Jewish conspiracy. <br> <br>This particular issue covers such topics as: the national budget shortfall; the evils of cinema; the arrival of Jewish refugees in Britain; the unwelcome conflation of fascism and communism in popular discourse; a denunciation of Katharine Stewart-Murray the Duchess of Atholl; a diatribe against Ireland and Éamon de Valera; and objections to Ceylon potentially demanding self-rule in the future. <br> <br>This ragtag assembly of articles is ultimately topped off with an ominous prediction of the imminent fall of the Soviet Union - itself a product of a "Jewish revolution launched according to the Jewish gospel of Karl Marx". The author declares that "a terrible settling of accounts is being prepared. and Israel will bitterly regret Nicholas II". . The Patriot. unknown
1920849861920's-1940's. 58 individual pieces of manuscript material by one Ernest H. Behrens written on a variety of sheets of paper notes and envelopes many running to a number of pages; comprising short letters to publications letters to Congressmen and Administration Representatives speeches and addresses quotations from relevant figures and notes on how these might be incorporated into the main thrust of the material. Behrens was according to his business card present here was a Buyer's Agent and Factory Representative of Bloomfield New Jersey. Where dates are available they span the late-1920's up to the late 1930's and the declaration of war with Germany and Japan. <br /> <br /> A quantity of the material consists of drafts of letters to the New York Daily News among other publications from Behrens in support of controversial religious figure Father Charles Coughlin taking Coughlin's position on American neutrality for the benefit of trade and the pressing need to make trade deals with Nazi Germany. Behrens signs his letters for publication with a variety of pseudonyms including "Robinhood" "Churchill Jr." "Anti-Tory" and others. <br /> <br /> That there was a Nazi funded effort to keep the US out of the war is a matter of historical record as is Coughlin's involvement; whether or not Mr. Behrens was a paid contributor or merely a vocal fanboy remains to be discovered. At one point in the mid 1930's it is estimated that Father Charles Coughlin's reach via publications and his syndicated radio show "Golden Hour" covered approximately a quarter of the US population. His efforts to promote American neutrality and even allyship with Fascist Germany and Italy to defeat the communist threat garnered praise and indeed financial contributions from both Nazi Germany as well as fascist Italy under Mussolini. <br /> <br /> Behrens' strident editorial letters and other writings collected here place him clearly in the orbit - ideological if not personal - of Coughlin's admirers: "."Tradition has always upheld Freedom of Speech in time of Peace. What are we doing today Truthtellers like Lindbergh and Father Coughlin are put off the air by powerful interests. What are we doing today. We're backing Britain the greatest international monopolizer of world trade especially since 1918. Britain the monopoly power that caused the world depression. Tradition has always found England our enemy.a word to the wise would have been sufficient. I've deluged you with mail and you still can't see and won't print. Out of 28 letters you've printed half of one. YOU DOPES YOU DOPES YOU DOPES. God Bless America and keep it right you Dopes who back Roosevelt can't." <br /> <br /> The call for US exceptionalism "Greatness" and the need to "Keep out of foreign entanglements" along with a strong undercurrent of anti-semitic conspiracy theorizing becomes more and more strident as the writing continues; references to the gold standard the overarching concept of trade being the universal language of the universe and a willingness to overlook atrocity in favor of commercial harmony form the main avenues of Behrens' thought. Together these writings provide a close-up picture of the transmission of right-wing populism in the years prior to WW2 a subject that should be of keen interest to scholars of the current historical moment. unknown
