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Undoing the New Deal: The Age of Lunacy (Pt8) | 16:55 Historian Peter Kuznick says Eisenhower called for decreased militarization, then Dulles reversed the policy; the Soviets tried to end the cold war after the death of Stalin; crazy schemes involving nuclear weapons and the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba put the world of the eve of destruction - with host Paul Jay |
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Undoing the New Deal: Eisenhower Builds an Arsenal of Nuclear Weapons and a Cabinet of Millionaires (pt7) | 24:22 Historian Peter Kuznick says that in spite of his famous warning, Eisenhower can be called the father of the industrial-military complex; when he takes office, the U.S. has a 1,000 nuclear weapons, when he leaves, it's 22,000 - with host Paul Jay |
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Undoing the New Deal: Clinton Rolled Back the Deal, Obama Blew an FDR Moment (pt6) | 22:57 Historian Gerald Horne says that President Clinton's "reforms" were a staggering blow to the social safety net; President Obama had a rare political moment where he could have created a modern New Deal, but he wouldn't do it |
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Undoing the New Deal: African-Americans, Racism and the FDR/Johnson Reforms (Pt5) | 20:56 Historian Gerald Horne says that to pass the New Deal legislation, FDR allowed discriminatory practices to appease the racist Dixiecrat section of the Democratic Party; the reforms of the 60's that responded to the upsurge of the civil rights movement helped Black Americans, but have been undone by Democratic and Repubican administraitons since - with host Paul Jay |
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Undoing the New Deal: Truman Embraces the Cold War (pt4) | 24:18 Historian Peter Kuznick says that while Truman supported the New Deal, he paved the way for its undoing by fueling the anti-communist, anti-socialist fervor which played into the hands of the right; with host Paul Jay |
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Undoing the New Deal: Roosevelt Created A Social Safety Net, Not Socialism (pt3) | 23:57 Historian Peter Kuznick says the New Deal created necessary programs and regulations that mitigated the effects of the Great Depression, but he wouldn't nationalize the banks or challenge private ownership |
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Undoing the New Deal: Truman's Cold War Buries Wallace and the Left (pt2) | 24:24 Historian Peter Kuznick says Truman bought into the Republican's post-WWII campaign against Russia and used the hysteria to purge the Democratic Party and defeat former VP Henry Wallace in the '48 Presidential election; with host Paul Jay |
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Undoing the New Deal: The 1944 Coup Against VP Henry Wallace (pt1) | 22:20 Historian Peter Kuznick and Paul Jay discuss the historical context of the fight between the Sanders' progressive wing against the oligarchy within the Democratic Party; the overthrow of Vice President Wallace by an alliance of party bosses and Southern racists was a turning point in the decades-long process to roll back the New Deal |
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Henry Wallace Speech | 12:37 |