Антифашизм

Is there a shorter term for anti-anti-fascism? https://t.co/FcdQVGWKnz

— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) June 6, 2020

Today’s the 76th anniversary of the last large-scale Antifa invasion! A D-Day reminder that there was a time when being anti-fascist was the easy, popular, and All-American position. pic.twitter.com/7lad9jTqdY

— Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg) June 6, 2020

На выходных было много шуток про то, чтобы объявить 6 июня "Днем Антифы".

6 июня 1944 Франклин Рузвельт, сообщая по радио об операции вторжения в Нормандию, вместо обычного обращения предлагал согражданам присоединиться к нему в молитве:

"And so, in this poignant hour, I ask you to join with me in prayer:
Almighty God: Our sons, pride of our nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion, and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity. <...>
With Thy blessing, we shall prevail over the unholy forces of our enemy. Help us to conquer the apostles of greed and racial arrogances. Lead us to the saving of our country, and with our sister nations into a world unity that will spell a sure peace -- a peace invulnerable to the schemings of unworthy men. And a peace that will let all of men live in freedom, reaping the just rewards of their honest toil."
https://www.historyplace.com/speeches/fdr-prayer.htm



Через две недели Рузвельт подпишет один из самых судьбоносных законов в истории США, "G.I. Bill". Не дожидаясь конца война или успеха американского вторжения в Европу, этот закон предоставлял ветеранам войны бесплатное высшее образование и другие льготы. После войны он даст толчок росту среднего класса и экономического процветания. Образование перестанет быть привилегией высшего класса: сыновья фермеров из глубинки и портных из Бруклина смогут благодаря своей службе на фронте совершить скачок из бедности в обеспеченность.

In the fall of 1947, colleges and universities around the country were poised to encounter the “greatest enrollment in the history of higher education,” or so reported the Times, noting an “unprecedented rush to campus.” Holding its breath, the nation was keen to learn how the presence of more than a million veterans might affect the nature of the American collegiate experience. Would G.I. Joe get along with Joe College?
Some contemporary observers focused on the dilution of the “rah-rah stuff” and its corresponding hijinks, noting how “it’s books, books all the time.” Others paid attention to something much more serious: the changing composition of the nation’s collegiate population. Before the war, the college-bound were drawn almost entirely from white, elite circles; what’s more, cleverly designed quota systems made sure to keep the Jews at bay. After the war, the potential pool of applicants was now more diverse—racially, ethnically, and religiously—than ever before. The number of Jewish undergraduates, especially at prestigious colleges such as Harvard and Yale, inched steadily upward. While long-entrenched selective admissions policies did not disappear overnight, the G.I. Bill “struck a blow at exclusion,” write historians Glenn C. Altschuler and Stuart M. Blumin in their richly textured study, The G.I. Bill: A New Deal for Veterans.
Not everyone thought that a good thing. One Harvard economist wondered if perhaps the G.I. Bill carried the “principle of democratization too far.” His colleague at Lehigh took things a step further, pointing out that many of the recent applicants to his institution would be better off as hod carriers rather than undergrads. Meanwhile, at Cornell, its president, Edmund Ezra Day, reassured an anxious alumnus that the presence of Jews on campus would not be so large as to “make it unpleasant for first-class gentile students.”
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/gi-bill-social-revolution

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