013 - WAR IS A RACKET!

We glance into the fascinating and interlinked historical events of the Business Plot (to overthrow FDR's White House on behalf of a handful of wealthy industrialists), the Bonus Army's March upon Washington DC, and the figure of Major General Smedley Darlington Butler and his rallying cry against the profit motive as connected to warfare, in his book War is a Racket.General RecommendationsJD's Recommendation: Internet Archive: Classic PC GamesJNM's Recommendation: They Shall Not Grow OldFurther Reading, Viewing, ListeningReadWar is a Racket by Smedley Butler (PDF)The 1932 Bonus Army: Black and White Americans Unite in March on WashingtonThe Sad Tale of the Bonus MarchersViewExcerpt from The Corporation on "The Business Plot" and Smedley ButlerStuff They Don't Want You To Know - The Business PlotThe Bonus Army: An American Epic - A Presentation by the book's authorsListenSoldier Against Soldier: The Story of the Bonus ArmyWar is a Racket (Audiobook)Locationless LocationsEvery show-related link is corralled and available here.Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpodJD Newland - @jdnewlandJoshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingActPlease send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: [email protected] us Fan MailSupport the showSupport: patreon / buzzsprout