So I was looking for photos of 1939 New York for the next installment of Diaspora

[skull_bearer]

And I saw this.

Oh dear. This sort of writes itself doesn't it?

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[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

My little bit of the diapora came to the UK some time on the late 19th century. :o)


Ah yes- the Bund.

A delightful bunch peddling hate off the back of the US's liberal free speech policies.

These days they're Fred Phelps..........

[arkan2.livejournal.com]

Just the other day I was reading a book which compared New Deal policies to those of fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. In the US, the racism was more low key by several thousand orders of magnitude, but according to the book, the work and structural policies are eerily similar.

It did start me thinking about an Alternate History in which the US entered the war on the fascist side instead of the allies ...

[bill_sheehan.livejournal.com]

Carrying a crucifix, wrapped in a flag...