Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge not wholly or in full measure but very substantially. A moment comes which comes but rarely in history when we step out from the old to the new when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation long suppressed finds utterance. At the stroke of the midnight hour when the world sleeps India will awake to life and freedom. Play for Today: Destiny, BBC 1978
In Birmingham today the right-on Enoch Powell, Shadow Spokesman on Defence, We must be mad, he says … ibid. right-wing meeting gets the news
Another England brash and bold, a new world brave and bright and cold. The Sergeant looks at England and it’s changed before his eyes … ibid. commentary
Join with us and make our country great again. ibid. Nation Forward party spokesman
I remember long ago when I was small the Coronation, the climbing of Mount Everest, a kind of homely dainty patriotism harmless, slightly precious self-content, a watercolour world, you know. And then talking to these people, their monstrous chauvinism, grisly xenophobia, a dark desire for something, dark and nasty. ibid. dude
Come down to it the choice is Socialism or Barbarity. ibid. bloke in prison cell
First there’ll be the blacks and Asians. Then the Jews and Irish. And this ain’t easy speeches – this is true. And then it’ll be the unions. Oh ar make no mistake. The Labour Party – that’ll do. The others too. All in the interests of the nation. And to save the nation, they’ll destroy the nation. All of it except themselves. And if we let ’em, we’ve got ourselves to blame. Our fault. We turned our back. ibid. striker
Christian Nationalism: A political movement that believes America was founded as a ‘Christian Nation’ privileging Christianity over all other faiths. Masquerading as religion, this ideology exploits scripture and sacred symbols to achieve extremist objectives. Bad Faith, captions, 2024
Christian nationalism is nationalism. It has nothing to do with Christianity. It’s about power in politics. ibid. Steve Schmidt
That we as a country have a special relationship with God. ibid. man in the know
They may have their Trump but they don’t have their Jesus. ibid. Reverend William Barber
Christian nationalism has been an effective political tool for centuries. The Ku Klux Klan emerged post Civil War to challenge emancipation. ibid. narrator
At its peak in 1924, the Klan claimed 8 million members. The vast majority were white evangelicals. ibid. caption
Paul Weyrich was a dangerous combination of religious zealot and savvy Republican operative. He realised that if could organise an army of angry Christians into a powerful voting bloc, he could completely transform America. ibid. narrator
The Moral Majority: It was a political creation from the political right. ibid. comments
So the GOP became God’s Own Party. ibid.
Their whole worldview was to increase income disparity as a gesture of God’s will. ibid. Anne Nelson
Jim Crow 2.0 Has Got To Go. ibid. protest banner
Christian Nationalism is incredibly powerful because of the money that’s been invested in it. But I think it’s also absolutely essential that people realise it is not the majority position in this country, it’s not even the majority position among Christians. ibid. dissenting Christian
It is really fundamentally about hatred of democracy. ibid. Barber
You are a target for a multifaceted operation of tremendous sophistication. ibid. Nelson
With the Council calling the shots, the wrecking-ball went to work. ibid.
Christian Nationalists were firmly embedded at the highest levels of government. ibid. narrator
The Council went into full combat mode to support the Big Lie. ibid.
The assault on democracy continued inside the chambers of Congress. Senate and House Republicans rejected the slate of electors. ibid.
So I’m looking at an intake questionaire for a violent extremist group … We need to have a solid understanding of how badly this could escalate. We are not at the point where violence is the solution to our problems. But there are a lot of people trying to convince vets and others that we are. And that is a very dangerous thing. Against All Enemies, airborne Army man, Amazon 2024
Everyone becomes more violent in the aftermath of warfare. ibid. expert
On January 6th 2021 US military veterans who had sworn an oath to defend the country were at the vanguard of a violent attempt to stop Congress from certifying the 2020 presidential election. ibid. narrator
They shouted for the hanging of our own vice-president. That’s a coup attempt. ibid. comments
The common ideology is simple: we had power, we should have power, power has been taken away from us, and by any means necessary we can get it back. ibid.
In America you have the right to be an arsehole. ibid.
Intimidation is a form of voter suppression and goes hand in hand with election subversion both in our history and today. The entire poll-watching program for the Trump campaign was called Army for Trump. ibid.
A slew of laws that limited access to the ballot box. ibid. narrator
‘I believe feminism is the war on masculinity.’ America’s New Female Right, young woman, BBC 2024
I’m Layla Wright and I’m travelling through America to meet women taking to social media to declare war on progressive politics. An online world now populated by young ultra-conservative influencers. ibid.
Turning Point USA: the fastest growing conservative young movement in America. ibid.
Television in the main is being used to distract, delude, amuse and incense. And television and those who finance it, those who look and those who work in it may see a totally different picture tonight. Good Night & Good Luck 2005 starring George Clooney & David Strathairn & Patricia Clarkson & Robert Downey jr & Frank Langella & Jeff Daniels & Tate Donovan & Ray Wise & Helen Slayton-Hughes & Alex Borstein et al, director George Clooney, Murrow
Fellas, the next show is going to be about Senator McCarthy. I’m going to go right at it. ibid. Fred
Twice he [McCarthy] said the American Civil Liberties Union was listed as a subversive front. The Attorney General’s list does not and has never listed the ACLU, nor does the FBI or any other government organisation. ibid. Murrow
The line between investigating and persecuting is a very fine one. ibid.