Marching Backwards: The Spectacle of Fear

TruthOut by John Cory | Oct. 3, 2009 (Opinion)

Glenn Beck is not original, nor was Joe McCarthy. The "red scare" of McCarthyism was merely the recycled red scare of the 1920's, when Attorney General Mitchell Palmer and his right-hand assistant, J. Edgar Hoover, conducted warrantless raids on union halls and labor organizations deemed socialists or communists for their suspected anti-American, anti-corporate beliefs. Full Story »

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by Randy Morrow - Oct. 3, 2009

The spectacle of fear is not new. Whether financed by Wall Street or organized by FOX News, fear is the product being sold for the sole purpose of maintaining power and control by those who themselves fear the power of the people. And that includes today’s mendacious media that see themselves as the “stars” in this political circus while collecting thirty pieces of silver for entertaining the public and betraying the people.