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A barbarian thrives on raping and pillaging, on despoilment of society and the environment, with the intention of making the world more of a mess than it is already in. A barbarian is an uncivilized or uncultured person, from the Latin and Ancient Greek terms originally applied to any foreigner. In idiomatic or figurative usage, the term 'barbarian' may also be an individual who is brutal, cruel, warlike, insensitive.

“Anyone can be a barbarian; it requires a terrible effort to remain a civilized man.”
— Leonard Sidney Woolf [1880-1969]

“Barbarism is the natural state of mankind. Civilization is unnatural. It is a whim of circumstance.
And barbarism must always ultimately triumph.” (in "Beyond The Black River")
Robert E. Howard [1906-36], creator of Conan The Cimmerian

Barbarian topic at Wikipedia

Fascism is a radical, authoritarian nationalist political ideology. Neo-fascism usually includes nationalism,
anti-immigration policies, or - where relevant - nativism, anti-communism, and opposition to the parliamentary
system and to liberal democracy.

“Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power.”
Benito Mussolini [1883-1945] (attributed)

“Fascism is a form of far-right, authoritarian ultranationalism characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression
of opposition, as well as strong regimentation of society and of the economy.”
— definition at Wikipedia

Fascism Portal at Wikipedia

back on Page 1: top of page • • Barbarian / Fascist Organizations Section, A to F • • A.L.E.C. • • Bain Capital • • Citizens United • • links

here on Page 2: Barbarian / Fascist Organizations Section, G to Z • • Halliburton • • K.K.K. • • OANN • • QAnon • •
books & movies about the subject

Barbarian / Fascist Individuals Section, A to L

Barbarian / Fascist Individuals Section, M to Z


anti-Semitic white-nationalist social media platform Gab [est. 2016]
founded by Andrew Torba, based in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania
entry at Wikipedia


trashy disinformation site The Gateway Pundit [est. 2004]
for two decades, Gateway Pundit has published falsehoods and conspiracy theories on everything from vaccines to election fraud
2020: Colorado-based Dominion Voting Systems filed a defamation lawsuit vs Gateway Pundit, Rudy Giuliani & others
2024 April: Gateway Pundit filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protections 'as a result of the progressive liberal lawfare attacks against our media outlet'
founder Jim Hoft
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gateway_Pundit


Goldman Sachs


logo for unethical Halliburton Corp. [est. 1919] of Houston, Texas & Dubai, UAE]
Halliburton [est. 1919]
Halliburton division Kellogg-Brown & Root [spun off 2007] committed war-profiteering during the Iraq War
Halliburton division Dresser Industries [purchased 1998] was a major cause of the B.P. Gulf Coast Megaspill of 2010.

Halliburton Watch
Halliburton Employees' Federal Credit Union

Legend of Halliburton book by Jeffrey L. Rodengen  "The Legend of Halliburton" [1997]
by Jeffrey L. Rodengen, Foreword by Dick Cheney

Since the Foreword is by pre-veep Cheney, the natural conclusion is that
this book is biased toward Halliburton being wonderful and without flaws.

Write Stuff Enterprises 14x9½ hardcover [4/97] out of print/used
Halliburton Agenda  "The Halliburton Agenda: The Politics of Oil & Money" [2004]
by Dan Briody

Wiley & Sons 8½x5½ pb [12/2005] for $13.22
Wiley & Sons 9x6 hardcover [5/2004] for $24.95
Halliburton's Army book by Pratap Chatterjee  "Halliburton's Army: How A Well-Connected Texas Oil Company
Revolutionized The Way America Makes War" [2009]
by Pratap Chatterjee

Nation Books 8¼x5½ pb [3/2010] for $13.22
Nation Books bargain price 9¼x6½ hardcover [2/2009] for $10.78


blue logo for The Heritage Foundation         logo for far-right Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 fascist agenda
The Heritage Foundation fascist 'think tank' [est. 1973] of Washington, DC
Founded by Colorado brewer Joseph Coors [1917-2003]; trustees have historically included individuals affiliated with Chase Manhattan Bank, Coors, Dow Chemical, Forbes,
General Motors, Hillsdale College, Mobil, Pfizer, Sears, and various hedge funds, merchant bankers & venture capitalists; major funding has been received
from South Korea's National Intelligence Service, Mercer Family Foundation, and the right-wing Donors Trust.
Kevin D. Roberts PhD, president (2024)
Eric Korsvall, COO (2024)
former U.S. Senator [2005-2012 SC-GOP] & TEA-bagger zealot Jim DeMint, president (4/2013-fired 5/2017)
entry at Wikipedia • official website

Project 2025 (officially the Presidential Transition Project) [est. 2022]
a collection of policy proposals to reshape the executive branch of the U.S. federal government at an unprecedented scale
in the event of a Republican victory in the next U.S. presidential election
Paul Dans is director (2024)
Spencer Chretien, former special assistant to the president, is associate director (2024)
Project 2025 entry at Wikipedia • Project 2025 official website
online course called the Presidential Administration Academy

April 2024 article "Project 2025 Threatens Not Only Workers’ Livelihoods, But Also Their Very Lives"
The right-wing plan aims to gut everything from anti-discrimination protections to child labor standards.
read TomDispatch article online at Truthout

Working Minds website / Things To Worry About / Project 2025 warning page   4/2024


The Institute for Faith and Freedom [est April 2005]
formerly The Center for Vision and Values, name changed in 2019; a conservative 'think tank' established at very Christian Grove City College in Pennsylvania to provide
their faculty members with the opportunity to share the fruits of their research and scholarship with the public. The Institute's purpose is "to convince people that God's truth
pertains to all areas of life and reality while providing answers for today's difficult issues using scholarly methodologies that presuppose truth and human value – as opposed
to relativism and chance – as the proper foundation for addressing society's challenges".
entry at Wikipedia
columns published on far-right The Patriot Post weblog [est.1996]


John Birch Society [est. 1958]
Named for the first American soldier killed in the Cold War (1945); founded by retired candy manufacturer Robert W. Welch, Jr. [1899-1985];
other co-founders includedFred C. Koch [1900-67], founder of Koch Industries; JBS opposes tyranny, especially targeting the United Nations,
while working to implement its own form of tyranny in America.
official website • entry at Wikipedia
The New American [merged 1985] biweekly magazine • Western Islands Publishing


J.P. Morgan Chase
"J.P. Morgan Chase [is] America's biggest bank and a crime syndicate that apparently is too big to jail."
activist Jim Hightower (2014)


Ku Klux Klan members bearing torches
The Ku Klux Klan or K.K.K. [est. 1865]
Founded 24 December 1865 as a private club in Pulaski, Tennessee by several veterans of the Army of the Confederacy.

N.P.R. July 2017: The K.K.K. is very much alive in America; there are about 3,000 active “Klan members and unaffiliated individuals who identify with Klan ideology”
according to a June report from the Anti-Defamation League; the A.D.L. says that 42 Klan groups are currently active in 33 states, although most groups have fewer
than 25 members; many Klan groups have recently joined forces with other white supremacists, including neo-Nazis.

watch the "Ku Klux Klan 2014: White Murders" documentary [44:23] from History Channel


Liberty Fund [est. 1960]
official website • entry at Wikipedia


Mafia / Cosa Nostra / 'The Mob' / Organized Crime


Manhattan Institute for Policy Research [est. 1978] in New York City
Funded by Koch, Scaife, Bradley & Olin foundations, and other fascist organizations; holds annual Alexander Hamilton Award Dinner
in May - the 2014 honorees were Jeb Bush & Wisconsin TEA Party Congressman Paul Ryan.
official website • entry at Wikipedia


mercenary services companies

Constellis Group [est. 2003] of Herndon, Virginia
Founded as Triple Canopy in 2003; purchased Clayton Consultants in 2007; purchased Blackwater/Academi in 2014.
official website • entry at Wikipedia
Blackwater/Xe {see above}
Clayton Consultants, Inc.
Tidewater Global Services
Triple Canopy [est. 2003] of Herndon, Virginia

DynCorp International [est. 1946] of Falls Church, Virginia
CACI {'khaki'} International, Inc. [est. 1962] of Abu Ghraib, Iraq & Arlington, Virginia
Titan Corporation/L3 Communications [est. 1981] of Abu Ghraib, Iraq & New York City


Merrill Lynch


Monsanto Company, Inc. [est. 1901]


National Endowment for Democracy [est. 1983]
"Fascist corporatism at its slick best": organization uses federal money to promote revolution and wars and
friendly dictators and 'free trade' in foreign countries, while covertly coφrdinating with the C.I.A.
official website • entry at Wikipedia


National Federation of Independent Business [est. 1943]
official website • entry at Wikipedia


National Restaurant Association [] - 'The other N.R.A.'

National Rifle Association [incorp. 1871]
much information on the N.R.A. is on the Working Minds / Action / Second Amendment Page

Wayne LaPierre, N.R.A CEO/executive VP [1991-2024]
resigned 1/2024 as the leader of the N.R.A. days before the start of his civil trial in New York; he has been accused of violating nonprofit laws and misusing millions of dollars of N.R.A. funds
entry at Wikipedia

hatemonger NRA-TV host Dana Loesch
entry at Wikipedia • watch 4/2017 short video [1:00] online at YouTube


National Retail Federation [est. 1911]
opposes increasing the minimum wage; members include Wal-Mart, Inc.
official website • 'This Is Retail' subsite • entry at Wikipedia


News Corp. / Fox News [est. 1996]


logo for Newsmax Media [est. 1998]
Newsmax Media [est. 1998]
Newsmax Media / Newsmax TV / Newsmax.com is a conspiracy theory, news, and opinion website founded by Christopher Ruddy in September 1998; they tend to hire
commentators that were fired for scandals at other propaganda outlets, such as Bill O'Reilly; most recently, Newsmax published numerous conspiracy theories about the
2020 election and false accusations of voter fraud. Newsmax is based in Boca Raton (Palm Beach), Florida along with production facilities in New York City.
DirecTV ditched distribution of hoax network Newsmax in January 2023, replacing it with new hard-right network The First.
official website • entry at Wikipedia


logo for far-right domestic terrorist group Oath Keepers [est. 2009]
Oath Keepers [est. 3/2009]
official website • entry at Wikipedia

Kelly Meggs, leader of the Oath Keepers
sentenced in May 2023 to 12 years in prison on charges of seditious conspiracy
before & during the January 6th U.S. Capitol Riot
entry at Wikipedia

Elmer Stewart Rhodes, founder & leader of the Oath Keepers
sentenced in May 2023 to 18 years in prison on charges of seditious conspiracy
before & during the January 6th U.S. Capitol Riot
entry at Wikipedia


logo for One America News Network [est. 2013]
One America News Network [launched 4 July 2013]
One America News Network (OANN) is a far right news and opinion channel owned by Herring Networks, Inc.; headquartered in San Diego, California; operates news bureaus
in New York City and Washington, DC. The channel targets a conservative and right-of-center audience and is noted for promoting falsehoods and conspiracy theories.
•• In January 2022, AT&T's distributor DirecTV notified O.A.N.N. that their contract would not renew when it expires in April 2022.
•• In March 2022, distributor Time Warner announced that they are canceling O.A.N.N., a network of wall-to-wall fearmongering, false narratives, and conspiracy theories. Or, as Trump calls them, "a wonderful network".
•• In late July 2022: Verizon stopped carrying the One America News conservative propaganda cable network on its Fios television service, the last major carrier to remove them for promoting bogus information about the 2020 election and other lies; OAN lost access to 20 million subscribers on the major streaming networks this year and will soon be available to only a few hundred thousand subscribers on smaller providers; OAN also sells its programming directly through its OAN Live and KlowdTV streaming platforms, but they generate far less revenue than major providers did.
official website • entry at Wikipedia
10/2021 Reuters Special Report: How AT&T Helped Build Far-Right One America News

"No longer satisfied with simply twisting the truth to convince you of their point of view, O.A.N. has become a mouthpiece for Russian propaganda
determined to convince everyone [that] there is no truth." ~~~ Rick Weiland, founder of TakeItBack.org


logo for far-right Parler [est. 2018]
Parler [est. 8/2018] haven for far-right bloggers
based in Henderson, Nevada; founded/owned by John Matze Jr., Jared Thomson, Dan Bongino, and Rebekah Mercer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parler
investor/co-founder Dan Bongino
CEO John Matze Jr., co-founder & CEO - fired 1/2021
Mark Meckler, Interim CEO (2/2021)
co-founder Rebekah Mercer
Amy Peikoff, Chief Policy Officer (2/2021)

  • 2021 Wed Jan 6th: used before, during, and after the fascist invasion of the U.S. Capitol buildings in Washington, DC.
  • 2021 Fri Jan 8: Google removed the Parler app from its Google Play store.
  • 2021 Sat Jan 9: Apple suspended Parler from the App Store indefinitely because Parler "has not taken adequate measures to address the
    proliferation of ... threats to people’s safety". Amazon announced that it would no longer provide cloud-computing services to Parler.
  • 2021 Fri Jan 29: The Parler social media platform's board, which is controlled by conservative political donor Rebekah Mercer, fired CEO John Matze; Matze said that the decision came after he met months of "constant resistance to my product vision, my strong belief in free speech, and my view of how the Parler site should be managed".
  • 2021 Mon Feb 15: Social media site Parler said that it has relaunched.
  • 2022 Feb 10: Melania Trump signed a 'special arrangement' making Parler her 'social media home'.


    flag logo for far-right hate group Patriot Front        round logo for far-right hate group Patriot Front
    The Patriot Front [est. 2017] far-right hate group
    A secretive Texas-based white nationalist alt-right organization that split from Vanguard America after their association with the killing of Heather Heyer in Charlottesville, Virginia in late August 2017. Patriot Front is led by 24-year-old Thomas Ryan Rousseau; the group has waged a steady campaign of hate crimes around the country; fortunately, Patriot Front is about as careful when it comes to security as Donald Trump is clever about destroying evidence.
    official website • entry at Wikipedia

    HuffPost produced an in-depth look at Patriot Front in February 2022 based heavily on evidence gathered by anti-fascist activists; Patriot Front membership is small (around 300 in 2019), but they are responsible: for defacing a George Floyd statue in Brooklyn's Flatbush neighborhood - twice; for posting fliers on a gay pride center in Vermont; for defacing a gay pride mural in Pennsylvania; for vandalizing two synagogues in Columbus, Georgia; for trashing an immigrant rights activists encampment in San Antonio; for vandalizing an anarchist political center in Brooklyn; and for showing up to anarchist book fairs in Boston, where Patriot Front members chanted the neo-Nazi slogan 'blood and soil'.


    logo for far-right weblog The Patriot Post
    The Patriot Post [est. 1996] far-right weblog
    launched by Mark Alexander as the online journal The Federalist; forced to rename itself in 2016; based in Washington DC
    site's right-wing blather includes essays by Mark Alexander, Ann 'The Man' Coulter, Larry Elder, The Institute for Faith and Freedom, Oliver L. North,
    Tony Perkins, Dennis Prager, Burt Prelutsky, Michael Reagan, Ben Shapiro, John Stossel, and Cal Thomas
    blog entry at Wikipedia • Patriot Post on Facebook

    501(c)(3) tax-exempt The Patriot Foundation Trust [launched in 2005] is administered by Publius Press CEO Mark Caldwell


    far-right group Patriot Prayer


    Peabody Energy


    Project for A New American Century


    Project Veritas [est. June 2010]
    uses subterfuge to film inside left-wing organizations and then releases videos that are edited to show conversations that never happened
    official website • link on Wikipedia for Project Veritas redirects to James O’Keefe entry

    founder James E. O’Keefe III
    hired by Breitbart's website in 2009; pled guilty in 2010 to a misdemeanor for using a fake identity to enter a federal building during a 'sting' event
    entry at Wikipedia

    Breakthrough / Guerilla War book by James O'Keefe  "Breakthrough: Our Guerilla War to Expose Fraud and Save Democracy" [2013]
    New York Times bestseller by James O'Keefe

    Over the several years since being hired by Breitbart and forming Project Veritas, O'Keefe's team has produced false news stories asserting 'fraud' by A.C.O.R.N., N.P.R., the New Jersey Educational Association, Planned Parenthood, Medicaid, H.U.D., and other government agencies
    Kindle Edition from Threshold Editions/Simon & Schuster Digital Sales [6/2013] for $11.99
    Threshold Editions 8¼x5¼ pb [6/2014] for $5.17
    Threshold Editions 8½x5½ hardcover [6/2013] for $10.70
    American Pravda / Fake News book by James O'Keefe  "American Pravda: My Fight For Truth In The Era of Fake News" [2018]
    by James O'Keefe

    O'Keefe's book attempts to justify the creation of fake news as a path to journalistic 'truth' — ludicrous!!
    Kindle Edition from All Points Books/Macmillan [1/2018] for $13.99
    St. Martin's Press 9½x6½ hardcover [1/2018] for $17.70


    terrorist group Proud Boys []
    Canada declared the Proud Boys a terrorist entity in February 2021, adding the far-right group to a list that includes al-Qaeda, ISIS, and al-Shabab
    as part of an effort to crack down on what senior government officials called one of the country’s 'most serious threats'.

    "The Proud Boys: A Brief History" Episode [2021] of the "Front Burner" podcast
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt17106110/

    "We Are Proud Boys: How a Right-Wing Street Gang Ushered in a New Era of American Extremism [ September 20, 2022 ] by Andy B. Campbell
    offers a definitive look at the neofascist warriors against democracy
    http://www.amazon.com/Are-Proud-Boys-Right-Wing-Extremism/dp/0306827468


    commercial QAnon logo on black background
    QAnon conspiracy cult [est. 10/2017]
    QAnon began with an anonymous person claiming a Q-level security clearance making the further claim, without any evidence, that President Trump was fighting
    the 'deep state', a group of Satan-worshiping elites who are part of an international child sex trafficking ring; the F.B.I. classified QAnon as a potential domestic terrorism
    threat on 2 August 2019. Facebook announced on 6 October 2019 that it is banning all QAnon groups, accounts, and pages from both Facebook and Instagram; the policy
    resulted in the deletion of 1,500 pages, groups, and profiles, 'with more to go'. These are people who truly believe in a massive undercover child sex trafficking ring
    run by cannibal Democrats and other absurdities.
    UPDATE June 2022: After being absent for more than a year, the anonymous & mysterious figure 'Q' returned and posted on the 8kun message board.
    QAnon entry at Wikipedia

    "QAnon 101: The Search For Q" cable TV documentary
    [VICE TV Channel Jan 2021]
    VICE Channel documentary 'QAnon 101 / Search For Q'  A 3-part documentary from VICE TV, broadcast over three nights in late January 2021
    Directed & co-hosted by Ms. Marley Clements, co-hosted by Bayan Joonam

    with Amazon's usual lack of integrity, the Prime Video entries are in a different order
    buy 1 episode for $2.99 in HD and $1.99 in SD;
    buy all 3 episodes for $6.99 in HD {save $1.99} and $4.99 in SD {save 98’}
    Amazon Instant Video [2/2021]
    watch full movie [1/2021 upload; 46:29] for FREE online at YouTube
    NOTE: the relationship between the above video and these three {totaling 131.27}
    have been impossible to clarify (11/2021)
    "Part 1 - Why Does Q Exist?" [Jan 26] • episode credits at IMDb
    watch full movie [43:56] behind the cable network paywall
    "Part 2 - Who Is Q?" [Jan 27] • episode credits at IMDb
    watch full movie [44:13] behind the cable network paywall
    "Part 3 - What Is Q?" [Jan 28] • episode credits at IMDb
    watch full movie [43:58] behind the cable network paywall

    "Q: Into The Storm" documentary series [HBOMAX March-April 2021]  4/2021
    QAnonIntoTheStorm 2021 HBOMAX documentary series   6-episode documentary cable series about the creation and continuance of the QAnon website; episode titles are: 1) "Calm Before The Storm"; 2) "Do You Believe In Coincidences?"; 3) "Disinformation Is Real"; 4) "Panic In D.C."; 5) "Game Over"; and 6) "The Storm" (events on January 6th) • Spoiler Alert: film concludes that Ron Watkins was Q • Co-produced, written, directed & hosted by Cullen Hoback; featuring Roberto Bui - aka Luther Blissett, co-author of "Q" [1999]; Fredrick Brennan - 8Chan creator aka Hotwheels; Ron Watkins - 8Chan administrator aka Codemonkey; Will Sommer - reporter at The Daily Beast; Paul Furber - board owner aka Baruch The Scribe; Jim Watkins - 8Chan owner; Jack Posobiec - correspondent, One America News; DeAnna Lorraine - future Congressional candidate R-CA; Jared Holt - investigative reporter at Right Wing Watch; Aubrey Cottle - 420chan founder, Anonymous founder; Anne Armstrong - RI gubernatorial candidate, Compassion Party; Alan Gordon - RI attorney general candidate, Compassion Party; Omar Navarro - Congressional candidate R-CA; Zoλ Quinn - target of GamerGate; Mark Mann - board owner; Coleman Rogers - co-founder, Patriot Soapbox; Christina Urso - co-founder, Patriot Soapbox; Tom Riedel - 8Chan engineer; Roger Stone - former Trump campaign advisor; Maia Furber - Paul Furber's wife; Fast Jack - board owner aka Breadbox
    DVD/Blu-ray not yet available •
    series credits at IMDb • official movie site • series entry at Wikipedia
    watch 3/2021 official trailer [2:10] at YouTube
    6 episodes available with H.B.O. on Prime Video Channels

    The Storm Is Upon Us / QAnon book by Mike Rothschild  "The Storm Is Upon Us: How QAnon Became A Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything" [2021] by Mike Rothschild
    QAnon began on the infamous message boards of 4chan, when a mysterious poster going by 'Q Clear-ance Patriot' and claiming to be in 'military intelligence', started explaining things . . . Rothschild makes a compelling case that mocking the seeming madness of QAnon will get us nowhere and his impassioned reportage makes clear that it's time to figure out what QAnon really is – because QAnon and its relent-lessly dark 'theory of everything' isn’t done yet
    Kindle Edition from Melville House [6/2021] for $14.99
    Monoray 9x6 pb [6/2021] for $23.58
    Melville House 9¼x6¼ hardcover [6/2021] for $14.49


    The Republican Party
    "The Republican Party is the Special Olympics for politicians." ~~~ G.E. Nordell
    the internet said so: the new slogan of the GOP: 'Fraud, fear, and fascism' (3/2022)

    "It's time to state the obvious: The Republican Party has gone bull goose bonkers. Its leaders have turned the G.O.P. brand into an unprincipled gaggle
    of corporate profiteers, hatemongers, and screwball conspiracy theorists."
    ~~~ feisty populist author Jim Hightower, from The Progressive Magazine issue for June/July 2022


    conservative blog Revolver News [est. 2020]
    loony? site blames NASA moon rocket failures on affirmative action!!
    this political figure is bat-shit crazy! and a menace to public safety   Darren Beattie, former speechwriter for Donald Trump and editor of "Revolver News"
    official website • no entry at Wikipedia (9/2022)


    Rise of The Moors [est. 1990s]
    Heavily-armed anti-government sovereign-citizen group based in Pawtucket, RI; while the number of members is unclear, the group’s Facebook page has more than
    1,000 followers, Instagram shows more than 5,000 followers, and the group’s YouTube channel has more than a million views; group shares ties with the
    Moorish Science Temple, a religious sect that dates from 1913, created by 'prophet' Noble Drew Ali [1886-1929]; the current 'prophet' is El Hajj Sheriff Abdul Ali.


    secretive 'anti-Koch' network Rockbridge [est. 2024]
    Donald Trump Jr., Peter Thiel, Rebekah A. Mercer, and Federalist Society mastermind Leonard Leo


    Salomon Brothers


    Scientology pseudo-religion [est. 1953]


    logo for The Seminar Network 'dark money' non-profit funded by the Koch brothers        The Seminar Network 'dark money' non-profit was renamed Stand Together in mid-2019, still funded by the Koch brothers & friends
    The Seminar Network [2005?-2019]
    official website
    Group is funded by the Koch Brothers and by Koch-related 'dark money' PACs (political action committees); holds two exclusive retreats each year at various high-security luxury resorts, attracting up to 700 of the nation's top conservative donors. The June 2017 event was at the Broadmoor resort in Colorado Springs, Colorado; the January 2018 event was at Indian Wells, California; in both cases top strategists reported how they're planning to allocate more than $400 million this election cycle on politics and policy. Key speakers include Tim Phillips, president of Americans for Prosperity; Emily Seidel, CEO of Americans for Prosperity and a former staffer for Vice President Mike Pence; and Arizona Governor Doug Ducey. The January 2019 event was in Palm Springs, California.

    Stand Together [renamed in mid-2019]
    successor to the Seminar Network 'dark money' non-profit, renamed in mid-2019, still funded by the Koch Brothers & friends.
    official website • entry at Wikipedia


    outsider anti-logo for State Policy Network 'dark money' non-profit
    State Policy Network [est. 1992]
    Umbrella organization for 59 non-profit right-wing 'think tank' organizations and 32 associate organizations. Funded by grants from several
    conservative foundations, and in turn provides grants and training and policy advice (anti-tax, anti-labor, anti-regulation) for members;
    Koch Brothers money and other such funding are given directly to the members.
    official website • entry at Wikipedia


    The Tax Foundation [est. 1937]
    partly funded by Koch Brothers entities; their reports are considered 'not reliable' and 'deliberate fraud'
    official website • entry at Wikipedia


    The Third Way [est. 2005]
    official website • entry at Wikipedia

    This so-called 'think tank' delivers opinions intended to cause the Democratic Party to move to the right. For example, in an Op-Ed piece in the Wall Street Journal in December 2013, they harangued the Democrats for not advocating destruction of Social Security & Medicare, saying that the Dems are losing votes by not being centrist; however, all recent polls have only 12% wanting to reduce or eliminate Social Security – so this outfit reveals their agenda, which is to advise leftists how best to lose elections. Third Way's website lists 29 trustees: eighteen are investment bankers (62%), five are CEOs, two are lobbyists, two are activists, two are 'other'.
    Matt Bennett, executive vice president of Third Way (4/2024)
    opinion article of 2 December 2013 by Jonathan Cowan & Jim Kessler


    Tucson, Arizona Unified School District
    for their apartheid-driven banning in January 2012 of fifty books that make up the Xicano/Ethnic Studies curriculum

    A detailed listing of those books 'Banned in Tucson' are coded on
    Spirit of America Bookstore's America's Ethnic Authors Page.


    Turning Point USA [est. 2012]
    based in Phoenix, Arizona; largely funded by conservative millionaire Foster Friess of Wyoming; pro-military and pro-police, supports the N.R.A.
    and use of fossil fuels, and opposes rights groups such as Black Lives Matter; popular among college students and very pro-Trump
    official website • entry at Wikipedia


    logo for false Unite Against Fascism pressure group
    Unite Against Fascism [est. 2003]
    Very much pro-fascism, actually; British founders consider labour and socialism the enemy, official policy is to promote Islam and
    anti-semitism, and reps have appeared on Russian TV praising Putin as the only world leader standing against fascism.
    official website • entry at Wikipedia


    U.S. Chamber of Commerce [est. 1912]
    The U.S. Chamber of Commerce spends more money on political campaigning than the Republican and Democratic
    National Committees combined, and it spends more money on lobbying than the next five biggest lobbyists combined.
    official website • entry at Wikipedia

    Shut The Chamber! End Corporate Pollution. End the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

    Starting in late 2013, the U.S. Chamber began spending more millions on a 'voter education' program, advertising in state & local & national elections, half a year
    before the primaries. The ads are against reasonable Republican candidates {women have rights, immigrants have rights} and for TEA Party loonies
    {destroy Obamacare & Medicare, privatize everything, 'coal is clean', cut taxes for the 1%}.


    U.S. Supreme Court

    Chief Justice John Roberts, appointed 2005
    should be impeached for violating his oath of office

    Justice Samuel Alito, appointed 2006
    should be impeached for violating his oath of office

    Justice Antonin Scalia, appointed 1986, died 2016

    Justice Clarence Thomas, appointed 1991
    should be impeached for violating his oath of office
    and for not recusing himself (his wife is a paid lobbyist for the TEA Party)

    Spirit of America Bookstore / U.S. Politics Page / Constitution & The Courts Section

    Working Minds / Activism / Supreme Court Page


    Boycott Wal-Mart !!
    . . . also known as 'WongMart'


    Wall Street


    Wisconsin Club for Growth
    funds fascist Franklin Center; head Eric O'Keefe is longtime ally of The Koch Brothers
    official website • no entry at Wikipedia


    The Barbarian / Fascist Individuals Section grew very large, and so was cut to a new page in September 2019, then split to 4 pages in 12/2021.

    jump to Barbarian / Fascist Individuals Section on Pages 3 & 4
    Jeffrey Epstein • • Koch Brothers • • Rupert Murdoch


                 

    Books About The Subject
    search for books on keyword 'barbarian' (returns 5,000 titles) at Amazon

    many of the books coded here were cut along with the split-off of the Fascism Page in early 2018

    Leadership Secrets of Attila The Hun book by Wess Roberts  "Leadership Secrets of Attila The Hun" [1989 N.Y. Times bestseller]
    by Wess Roberts, PhD

    Business Plus 8x5 pb [2/90] for $10.97
    Grand Central Publng 8½x5¾ hardcover [3/89] for $25.73
    Hachette Audio UNABR audio CD [10/2009] for $15.58
    author's official homepage: Attila's Camp
    Barbarians to Bureaucrats, Corporate Life Cycle Strategies book by Lawrence M. Miller  "Barbarians To Bureaucrats: Corporate Life Cycle Strategies" [1989]
    by Lawrence M. Miller

    Ballantine Books 9x6 pb [1/90] for $12.00
    Clarkson Potter 9x6¼ hardcover [4/89] out of print/used
    Victory Secrets of Attila The Hun book by Wess Roberts  "Victory Secrets of Attila The Hun" [1992 national bestseller]
    by Wess Roberts, PhD

    Dell 7¾x5¼ pb [2/94] for $11.56
    Doubleday 8¼x5½ hardcover [12/92] out of print/used
    author's official homepage: Attila's Camp
    Refined Behavior Manual For Barbarians book by Glenn Lucas  "Refined Behavior: A Manual For Barbarians" [2003]
    by Glenn Lucas {Mizencole Nut}

    The book shows how to tame the barbarian in you, very practical advice
    written with sharp humor.
    iUniverse 9x6 pb [10/2003] for $12.95
    Empires of Oil / Barbarian Worlds book by Duncan Clarke  "Empires of Oil: Corporate Oil In Barbarian Worlds" [2007]
    by Duncan Clarke

    Profile Books 8½x5½ hardcover [9/2007] for $23.82
    Economic Gangsters book by Raymond Fisman & Edward Miguel  "Economic Gangsters: Corruption, Violence, and The Poverty of Nations" [2008]
    by Raymond Fisman & Edward Miguel

    Kindle Edition from Princeton Univ Press [1/2010] for $9.99
    Princeton Univ Press 8¼x5¼ pb [1/2010] for $12.52
    Princeton Univ Press 8½x5¾ hardcover [9/2008] for $7.75
    Barbarians of Wealth book by Sandy Franks & Sara Nunnally  "Barbarians of Wealth: Protecting Yourself From Today's Financial Attilas" [2010]
    by Sandy Franks & Sara Nunnally

    Wiley & Sons 9x6¼ hardcover [12/2010] for $17.21
    Barbarians of Oil book by Sandy Franks & Sara Nunnally  "Barbarians of Oil: How Oil Industries Are Destroying Prosperity and Three Investments To Protect Your Wealth" [2011]
    by Sandy Franks

    Wiley & Sons 9¼x6½ hardcover [7/2011] for $6.62
    The Money Makers / Roosevelt and Keynes book by Eric Rauchway  "The Money Makers: How Roosevelt and Keynes Ended The Depression, Defeated Fascism, and Secured A Prosperous Peace" [2015] by Eric Rauchway
    Kindle Edition from Basic Books/Hachette [10/2015] for $16.99
    Basic Books 9¼x6 hardcover [10/2015] for $22.74
    see also the Franklin Delano Roosevelt [1882-1945] Page at Spirit of America
    see also the John Maynard Keynes [1883-1946] Page at Maison d'Κtre Philosophy Bookstore
    see also the 'The Great Depression' Page at Spirit of America Bookstore


    Three Movies So Far . . .

    "Don't Be A Sucker: On Fascism, Bigotry & Propaganda In America"
    [U.S. War Dept. 1943/1946/1947]
    title card for 1943/1947 anti-fascist propaganda film  18-minute U.S. government anti-fascist propaganda film released in July 1943 and July 1946 and again in 1947; a young man seems to agree with the speaker on a park soap box, but a naturalized citizen from Hungary opens the man's eyes to the reality of fascist propaganda as happened during World War II • Narrated by Lloyd Nolan; featuring Robert Adler, Richard Alexander, Robert Bailey, Felix Bressart, Chick Chandler, George Chandler, Martin Kosleck, Kurt Kreuger, Richard Lane, Paul Lukas, Frank O'Connor, Robert R. Stephenson, George E. Stone, Ivan Triesault, and Bobby Watson, with archive footage of Joseph Goebbels & Adolf Hitler
    17-minute third-party vendor Q.I.P. b&w DVD [10/2017] for $4.99 + s/h
    credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia • watch full movie [22:49] online at YouTube

    "It Happened Here" [Lopert Pictures May 1966]
    'It Happened Here' feature film by Kevin Brownlow & Andrew Mollo  
    DVD cover for 'It Happened Here' feature film by Kevin Brownlow  'How It Happened Here' book by Kevin Brownlow  
    In 1940, the Nazis invade Britain and transform it into a fascist state where some Britons collaborate and others resist; filmed over six years in Wales and in Dorset, Middlesex, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire & London in England • Co-produced, co-written & co-directed by Kevin Brownlow & Andrew Mollo; starring Pauline Murray & Sebastian Shaw
    Milestone Cinematheque b&w DVD [2/2000] for $20.46
    full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia

    "How It Happened Here" book [1968]
    by Kevin Brownlow, Introduction by David Robinson

    The story of how the film got made; contains almost 100 pictures, mostly stills from the film
    Kindle Edition from U.K.A. Press [4/2017] for $3.71
    U.K.A. Press 8½x5½ pb [3/2007] for $18.65
    Secker & Warburg, US pb [1968] out of print/used
    Secker & Warburg, UK pb [1968] out of print/used

    "America: From Freedom To Fascism" [independent Sept 2006]
    America Freedom To Fascism movie poster directed by Aaron Russo  Documentary covering a range of issues: income taxes, the Federal Reserve,
    federal identification, police brutality, erosion of civil liberties – and a solution:
    civil disobediance
    • Produced, written & directed by Aaron Russo [1943-2007]
    Cinema Libre color DVD [12/2006] for $13.99
    full credits at IMDb



    here on the Barbarians & Fascists Pages at Working Minds Philosophy of Empowerment

    top of Page 1 • • Barbarian / Fascist Organizations, A to F • • A.L.E.C. • • Bain Capital • • links

    top of Page 2 • • Barbarian / Fascist Organizations, G to Z • • Halliburton • • QAnon • • The U.S. Supreme Court • • books & movies about the subject

    Barbarian / Fascist Individuals Section, A to L
    Steve Bannon • • Jeffrey Epstein • • Koch Brothers
    Barbarian / Fascist Individuals Section, M to Z
    Rupert Murdoch • • Mitt Romney

    Fascism Pages at Working Minds Philosophy of Empowerment website

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