657. The Ku Klux Klan: American Fascists (Part 4)

April 02, 2026

Description

After resurrecting in 1915, how did the Ku Klux Klan make its move on the next major American election? What was the role of women in the Klan? And, would this violent organisation finally meet...

Books Referenced

The Klansman

Author: Thomas Dixon

Context:

The hosts discussed how this book, along with Dixon's play and the film 'The Birth of a Nation,' helped reborn the Klan, though Dixon himself later condemned the second Klan.

Citizen Klansmen

Author: Leonard Moore

Context:

Referenced as a book about the Indiana Klan that argues there was an awful lot of barbecues and bake sales going on alongside the violence.

Watchmen

Author: Alan Moore

Context:

Dominic recommended this 1980s comic book that played with similarities between superheroes and racist paramilitaries, noting there was also a brilliant TV series adaptation about the Klan and vigilantes.