Word: fascism
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...postwar Soviet dominion over Eastern Europe in part to secure Moscow's support for an invasion of Japan. But to the public, FDR couched the war against the Axis as nothing less than a fight to "build a world founded upon four essential freedoms." In the face of fascism and tyranny, Roosevelt said, America would fight to promote a "moral order...
...want to make money. The exception is Kramer [an executive?], whose predictable philosophy of appreciation of life receives almost all of the screen time not devoted to torture. Conveniently, his character provides an excuse for the flatness of those of his proteges, whose actions are motivated only by the fascism of Kramer’s master plan...
...World War II proved less of a platform for antiwar activists; the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor coupled with the global effort to halt fascism and a determination to pull the country out of the Great Depression combined to limit antiwar sentiment. Vietnam, however, was an entirely different ballgame. Unpopular from the start, the war incited the most vocal and widespread antiwar sentiment in U.S. history. Draft-dodging, protests and the burning of draft cards and American flags abounded in a protest movement that had something for everyone. Young adults from middle-class backgrounds - hippies - allied with working-class opponents...
...arranged by the White House and National Endowment for the Arts with a few dozen artists. Those who saw the meeting as a step toward a full Obama-administration takeover of an organization meant to uphold artistic integrity, a veritable propaganda machine for the president, cried “fascism.” In a statement, NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman responded, claiming that the “call was not a means to promote any legislative agenda and any suggestions to that end are simply false,” further ensuring that the call was “completely unrelated...
...stand for the Nazi regime, thus they are hostile toward democratic values. Allowing people to draw swastikas or give the Hitler salute is not a sign of moving on but one of wilful ignorance. We have anti-Nazi legislation so that people of all generations are reminded of what fascism means. I am proud that we, unlike many other societies, remind ourselves of not only our good deeds but also of our bad ones. By repealing our anti-Nazi laws we would trivialize the Nazi symbols. Ergo we would trivialize the Third Reich and all its horrors. Jan Malik, AACHEN...