TSBU breaks ground on its study of Americanism and American Fascism, and grips their stubborn roots in the 19th Century. From the Mexican-American war, through the 'Real' First Red Scare, to the creation of a Military/Industrial aristocracy, Fritz gets his timeline right by meandering around some books in front of a psychedelic camp fire. Features willful overproduction and special guests from the distant future of 2025!Photo by Andrew Harnik/Pool via Reuters

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Reading:
Richard Slotkin. The fatal environment: the myth of the frontier in the age of industrialization, 1800-1890. Antheneum, 1985.
"". Gunfighter Nation: the myth of the frontier in twentieth-century America. Atheneum, 1992.
Tariq Kahn. The Republic Shall Be Kept Clean: How Settler Colonial Violence Shaped Antileft Repression. Illinois, 2023.

Check out Burst's interview with Prof. Kahn on the Final Straw Radio!

Music:
"131", "But at the same time, I don't want to feel detached from the shithole. I don't want to be a tourist in my own ends. I don't want to feel completely separate from the struggles my friends ", and "I fucking hate when westerners go and watch us like in damn safari. Our depression is not for their privileged amusement" by Koleso Nešťastia. Check it out on bandcamp!
"Train Robbery" by Hayden Folker
"In Honor" by Fesliyan Studios
"Cannibal" by Ennio Morricone

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SFX from freesound.org