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Coup Coup G'joob: Civic Disturbances in the U.S. 1900 - Present

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EPISODE 121 | Coup Coup G'joob: Civic Disturbances in the U.S. 1900 - Present

This is a continuation of our previous episode about coup attempts, rebellions and civic unrest in the United States prior to the 20th century. This time, we jump into the 20th century and bring us right up to the present day. After hearing all this, you decide if things really are, as some would have you believe, the worst it’s ever been, or if in fact, America has always struggled with its foundational problems and original sins, coupled with an unusual appetite for, or at least tolerance of, violence. 

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SECTIONS

  1. Sitting on a Cornflake - Race riots, the Green Corn Rebellion of 1917, the Red Summer of 1919, Anarchists, the Battle of Blair Mountain (1921), 1931 - Bloody Harlan, the Housing Riots, the Kingfish vs. the Wild Bull of Jeanerette
  • Corporation Tee-Shirt - The Business Plot of 1933-1934
  • Yellow Matter Custard - The McMinn County War (the Battle of Athens) (1946)
  • You Let Your Face Grow Long - The 1960s - Ax Handle Saturday, the Ole Miss Riot, the Harlem Riot, the Selma marches, the Watts Riot, the Long Hot Summer of 1967, segregationists in North Carolina, the Stonewall Riots, the Weathermen and the Days of Rage; the 1970s - the Kent State shootings, the Hard Hat Riot, Alcatraz and Catalina occupations, the Attica Prison Riot, the Weather Underground Organization (WUO) bombings and more; the 1980s and 1990s in brief
  • A Serviceable Villain - The 21st century - Pseudolaw gets violent, the rise of protests, Occupy Wall Street, the Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot, stochastic terrorism, Trump mouths off, King Henry II and his "turbulent priest", the Manson family, proposed solutions to violent outbursts, Pakistan's Sabaoon Project, Kenya's Preventing of Violent Extremism through Education, Islamic deradicalization group Muflehun, Google's Redirect Method, what we can do
    • Music by Fanette Ronjat

    More Info

    • EPISODE 115 | Cuckoo Coups in the U.S.
  • The Beatles explained: What does ‘goo goo g’joob’ mean?
  • When the Socialist Revolution Came to Oklahoma—and Was Crushed in Smithsonian Magazine
  • Red Summer: When Racist Mobs Ruled on American Experience
  • Red Summer of 1919: How Black WWI Vets Fought Back Against Racist Mobs on History.com
  • The Battle of Blair Mountain on ReImagine Appalachia
  • Introduction to the West Virginia Mine Wars on the National Park Service
  • Remembering Bloody Harlan on Parallel Narratives
  • When the Unemployed Fought Back on Shelterforce.org
  • Huey Long: His Life and Times
  • Why is so little known about the 1930s coup attempt against FDR? in The Guardian
  • Considering History: The 1933 Business Plot to Overthrow America in the Saturday Evening Post
  • The Battle of Athens: An Obscure American Revolution on Legends of America
  • The Battle of Athens in American Heritage
  • What happened on Ax Handle Saturday, Aug. 27, 1960, in Jacksonville?
  • The Riot at Ole' Miss on American RadioWorks
  • Riots erupt over desegregation of Ole Miss on History.com
  • Riots of 1964: The Causes of Racial Violence paper by Roy Wilkins at the Notre Dame Law Review
  • Inside the Harlem Uprising of 1964 at Rutgers
  • Watts Rebellion on History.com
  • She Played a Key Role in the Police Response to the Watts Riots. The Memory Still Haunts Her—But Black History Is Full of Haunting Memories in Time
  • The 1967 Riots: When Outrage Over Racial Injustice Boiled Over on History.com
  • What was the Stonewall uprising? in National Geographic
  • Stonewall then and now in The Harvard Gazette
  • Chicago's Forgotten 'Days of Rage'
  • THE MAY 4 SHOOTINGS AT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: THE SEARCH FOR HISTORICAL ACCURACY
  • Kent State shootings: The 1970 student protests that shook the US on the BBC
  • What was the Weather Underground? on The Hill
  • How the Weather Underground Failed at Revolution and Still Changed the World in Time
  • Evading the FBI: The Weather Underground Organization at Yale University Press
  • Some Say Occupy Wall Street Did Nothing. It Changed Us More Than We Think in Time
  • Occupy Wall Street swept the world and achieved a lot, even if it may not feel like it in The Guardian
  • Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping articles on PBS News
  • The Final Twist in the Gretchen Whitmer Kidnap Case on Slate
  • Donald Trump, Stochastic Terrorist in Mother Jones
  • Stochastic terrorism: critical reflections on an emerging concept in Critical Studies on Terrorism
  • How Stochastic Terrorism Uses Disgust to Incite Violence in Scientific American
  • Deradicalizing, Rehabilitating, and Reintegrating Violent Extremists at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP)
  • Bringing them home: Pakistan's child deradicalisation centre offers second chance
  • Education for Preventing Violent Extremism (EPVE) working group paper from the Club of Madrid
  • Lessons Learned from Student-led Initiatives to Prevent Violent Extremism in Kenyan Universities
  • PREVENTING VIOLENT EXTREMISM THROUGH PROMOTING INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT, TOLERANCE AND RESPECT FOR DIVERSITY discussion paper from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
  • Preventing violent extremism webpage at UNESCO
  • Preventing Violent Radicalization in America report from the National Security Preparedness Group at the Bipartisan Policy Center
  • DHS Rebrands and Expands Biased, Ineffective Countering Violent Extremism Program at the Brennan Center for Justice
  • The Redirect Method on Moonshot
  • The Search for Extremism: Deploying the Redirect Method at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy

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