Saturday, November 11, 2023

What it looks like to interrupt a Nazi rally ('A Night at the Garden')

Marshall Curry's 7-minute documentary short, "A Night at the Garden," is on YouTube.

YouTube has age-restricted it, so you may need to go to YouTube to acknowledge the age-restriction before you can view it.

It shows a Jewish man interrupting a Nazi rally in New York's Madison Square Garden in 1939.

Learn more at anightatthegarden.com

By the way... "Who Paid For Millions of Fascist Pamphlets in the US in 1940?" Nazi Germany did, explained in ‘Prequel’ by Rachel Maddow. It's a 7-minute read on Medium. I've unpaywalled the link for you.

Train tracks at the Birkenau camp

"Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz sought to link Donald Trump's Sunday rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City to a pro-Nazi gathering at the arena in 1939, suggesting the former president knows 'exactly what they’re doing there.'" — CNN www.cnn.com/politics/liv... [1/3]

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— Tucker Lieberman (@tuckerlieberman.bsky.social) October 27, 2024 at 2:54 PM

Walz is talking about this: tuckerlieberman.medium.com/ten-past-noo... [2/3]

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— Tucker Lieberman (@tuckerlieberman.bsky.social) October 27, 2024 at 2:55 PM

Today is a GREAT day to check out Marshall Curry's 7-minute documentary short, "A Night at the Garden," in which a Jewish man interrupts a Nazi rally in New York's Madison Square Garden in 1939. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9gF... Learn more at: www.anightatthegarden.com [3/3]

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— Tucker Lieberman (@tuckerlieberman.bsky.social) October 27, 2024 at 2:58 PM

Sartre's review of that rally:

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— L O L G O P (@lolgop.bsky.social) October 29, 2024 at 6:30 AM

Keep reading

This is all nasty shit but also a pretty clear sign that these people have no moves left. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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— Drew Magary (@drewmagary.bsky.social) October 27, 2024 at 4:58 PM

Might be useful to remember that Miller was previously caught in leaked emails urging people to read “The Camp of Saints,” which is basically “The Turner Diaries” for the racist anti-immigrant right. Miller is a certified eugenicist piece of shit & his views are now mainstream Republican politics.

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— Dell Cameron 🦇 (@dell.bsky.social) October 27, 2024 at 6:18 PM

Miller presence aligns this entire procession with ideals firmly held by what used to be a fringe neo-Nazi element within the GOP. This is a Nazi rally.

— Dell Cameron 🦇 (@dell.bsky.social) October 27, 2024 at 6:23 PM

It’s just frankly not an exaggeration anymore. People really need to get over it. This is happening. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-m...

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— Dell Cameron 🦇 (@dell.bsky.social) October 27, 2024 at 6:35 PM

They are staging a fascist rally in Madison Square Garden. This is not a drill. Do not sit out this election. The result of the election is absolutely consequential and will affect so many lives for generations.

— Dr. Lucky Tran (@luckytran.bsky.social) October 27, 2024 at 5:47 PM

"It's just this amorphous group of people ... they are indeed the enemy from within" -- Trump is indulging in Infowars-level conspiracism

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.bsky.social) October 27, 2024 at 6:56 PM

USA Today headline doesn't reflect how racist this rally is. (Bluesky comment)

Could someone face consequences? (Bluesky comment)

One of the speakers, an apparently white man named David Rem, was arrested 33 years ago for riding a train with a suitcase with 40 pounds of cocaine, to which he pled guilty and for which he was sentenced to 12 years in prison. He claimed to be Trump's childhood friend; it seems he is not, but that doesn't stop the Trump campaign from lying about the friendship too. See:
The strange history behind Trump's “childhood friend” David Rem is speaking at the MSG rally. But how do they know each other? Marisa Kabas, October 27, 2024

Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe Performs Wildly Racist Set At Trump Rally In New York City Hinchcliffe made a series of vile comments about Latinos, Jews and Black people during Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden. Christopher Mathias, HuffPost, Oct 27, 2024

Vivian Jenna Wilson, the daughter Musk considers 'dead' just for being trans, has a few thoughts about that rally he was at.

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— Alex Andreou (@sturdyalex.bsky.social) October 29, 2024 at 6:30 AM

The best take I've seen on Trump's Nazi rally is that it wasn't intended to win anyone's vote but was an attempt by a candidate who knows he will lose to marshall his base for insurrection and violence. www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...

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— Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם) (@bestonetx.bsky.social) October 28, 2024 at 7:24 AM

NAACP Absolutely Slams Dr. Phil’s ‘Hard Work’ Claim At Trump MSG Rally: The civil rights organization called on the TV personality to “tell the WHOLE story” after his talk of America’s origins. Ben Blanchet, HuffPost, Oct 28, 2024

Authoritarianism Expert Breaks Down Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden Rally: Ruth Ben-Ghiat also exposed the real purpose of one claim that was repeatedly made at the event. Lee Moran, HuffPost, Oct 28, 2024

Take a minute to read this excellent piece by @jamellebouie.net Gift link: That Revolting Rally Was a Sign of Weakness www.nytimes.com/2024/10/29/o...

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— Kelly Barnhill (@kellybarnhill.bsky.social) October 29, 2024 at 8:15 AM

www.jta.org/2024/10/30/u...

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— Ron Kampeas (@kampeas.bsky.social) October 30, 2024 at 8:46 AM

Regarding what was said about Puerto Rico:

This “Island of Garbage” comment isn’t an isolated incident, and it goes beyond simple racism. Trump’s circle inherently does not consider islanders, those living outside the US Mainland, as real people. Anyone from Puerto Rico, Hawaii or US Pacific Island territories has seen this over and over.

— Robert Rath (@robertrath.bsky.social) October 28, 2024 at 9:25 PM

Note that in the very same rally, Tucker Carlson called Kamala Harris “Samoan-Malaysian.” That’s bizarre until you remember that American Samoa is—like Puerto Rico—a US territory. Many on the right fundamentally believe islanders, even in the State of Hawaii, aren’t “real” Americans.

— Robert Rath (@robertrath.bsky.social) October 28, 2024 at 9:31 PM

“Go back”: How Trump’s media allies have dismissed or denigrated “third world country” Puerto Rico www.mediamatters.org/diversity-di...

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— Media Matters for America (@mmfa.bsky.social) October 29, 2024 at 8:14 AM

A.R. Moxon:

...a speaker who I suppose we must refer to as a 'comedian' referred to Puerto Rico as "a floating island of garbage."

This was, in the eyes of those who control the platforms of communication, and in the halls of power, and in the minds of many comfortable and privileged people, beyond the pale in a way that none of the other things I listed apparently were. I find it interesting to ponder why. You might think that it was seen as beyond the pale because it was racist, but the entire Trump movement has been drenched in the most blatant racism from its inception. You might think that it was seen as offensive because Puerto Rico is a part of the United States, but everyone who was attacked from that stage represents some part of the United States. I think it was seen as offensive because there are a lot of voting Puerto Rican citizens living in swing states, so this particular instance of racist hate disrupted the one thing the press actually seems to think matters: the horse race of the election. It's not that it was racist or hateful or prefigured violence and death for real people—these sort of things are just business as usual—no, it's that it might actually swing the race, which means it was a gaffe.

All over the place, Republicans and journalists scrambled to walk it back and restore balance to the Force. When a Democrat makes a gaffe, the thing to do is report on it for several weeks in massive fonts. When a Republican makes a gaffe, the thing to do is to find a Democratic gaffe to counter it, and if one can't be procured, to make one up."

— A.R. Moxon, Apology Not Accepted, The Reframe, Nov 3, 2024

See also: Trump’s Madison Square Garden Rally Was Even Worse Than You Think Social media posts from Jack Posobiec, a far-right influencer and conspiracy theorist, gave a behind-the-scenes look at Trump’s big rally. Christopher Mathias, HuffPost, Oct 30, 2024

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