Jews, guided by the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, used Hollywood to undermine the chastity of American girls. Ninety percent of US police forces had been taken over by Catholics to pave the way. Using fear to mobilize, it deployed a barrage of fake news designed to frighten: The pope had arrived incognito in Washington, DC, where he was building a palace, with a throne of gold, to prepare for a Vatican takeover of the country. Their overlords sent them to the US in order to sabotage the nation. It alleged, as do white nationalists today, that Catholics and Jews conspired to subvert American values, notably through immigration. The Klan argued that America had been stolen from its rightful citizens. Unlike the first Klan, it was strongest in the Northern states, claiming 4 to 6 million members and it was not at all secret. It added religion to its bigotry, alleging that America was intended as and should remain a nation of white Protestants. The second Klan arose in 1920 with a broader agenda: because anti-black racism was not an adequate motivator in the North, where few African Americans lived at the time, it targeted Catholics, Jews, and in the West, Japanese and Mexican Americans. The first Klan arose after the Civil War to reimpose servitude on African Americans through a campaign of terrorism.
Each broadside presents a brief summary and analysis of a moment in American history that informs one element or another of the Trump presidency.Ĭlick here to download Broadside #3: The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s by Linda Gordon, historian and author of The Second Coming of the KKK: The Ku Klux Klan and the American Political Tradition. Broadsides for the Trump Era is a series of one-page, printable handouts commissioned by Historians for Peace and Democracy.
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