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Behind the Insurrections – The Business Plot: When Rich Fascists Almost Took Over America

By Keith Preston on March 13, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

In the early 1930s a consortium of America’s wealthiest men conspires to overthrow President Roosevelt and institute a fascist state. This is the story of how they almost succeeded. Listen here.

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