Has a US Terrorist Plot Been Uncovered by BBC
Mike Thompson from BBC 4 has a broadcast on-line in which it appears that a right-wing cabal was planning a coup... backed by wealthy American businessmen in 1933.
One of their front organizations was called The American Liberty League. Eerie.
Here is the blurb:
The coup was aimed at toppling President Franklin D Roosevelt with the help of half-a-million war veterans. The plotters, who were alleged to involve some of the most famous families in America, (owners of Heinz, Birds Eye, Goodtea, Maxwell House & George Bush's Grandfather, Prescott [Bush]) believed that their country should adopt the policies of Hitler and Mussolini to beat the great depression.
One interesting quote from a scholar interviewed on the program:
"Most Americans back then cared more about security than about democracy."
Sound familiar?
Here is the link.