Bans, Schools, & Power: False Majorities

Now & Then

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News, Society & Culture, History, News Commentary

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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How do small and extreme groups take over the American political conversation? In this final installment of a three-part series on educating citizens, Heather and Joanne look at how reactionary movements utilize bullying tactics to wrest control from the majority. Heather and Joanne offer a comparison between the path to secession at the start of the Civil War, the rise of American Nazi-sympathizing groups in the 1930s, and the current reactionary movements around COVID-19 protocols and the education system. Join CAFE Insider to listen to “Backstage,” where Heather and Joanne chat each week about the anecdotes and ideas that formed the episode. Head to: cafe.com/history For more historical analysis of current events, sign up for the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter, featuring Time Machine, a weekly article that dives into an historical event inspired by each episode of Now & Then: cafe.com/brief For references & supplemental materials, head to: cafe.com/now-and-then/bans-schools-power-false-majorities Now & Then is presented by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:02.8	From Cafe and the Vox Media Podcast Network, this is now and then.
1:07.8	I'm Heather Cox Richardson, and I'm Joanne Freeman.
1:14.4	This is the final episode of our three installment series, Bands, Schools, and Power.
1:21.2	Today we're going to look at how bullying and minority rule are so often central to American
1:27.2	political battles, including the current debates over freedom of speech and public education.
1:34.4	Now, we decided to talk about this today in part because we are seeing this kind of bullying
1:41.2	by minority numbers all over the place in American politics right now.
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