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Issue #13 -- Vox Populoid

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Baffler Thirteen commemorates thirty years of the crazy politics of the backlash by examining the deep history of right-wing populism. Thomas Frank examines the early days of the American Legion, David Mulcahey reads the Reader's Digest; Dan Raeburn recalls the tormented career of Al Capp, the Li'l Abner cartoonist; Dan Kelly tries to join the John Birch Society; J.C. Sharlet gives Hearst columnist Westbrook Pegler a taste of his own medicine; Robert Nedelkoff recalls the weird secret at the heart of American Fascism, and Christian Parenti, in a fascinating look back at the wildcat strikes of the late Sixties and early Seventies, reminds us why we had to be cracked down on in the first place. Plus another prank at the expense of business journalism by Paul Maliszewski and amusing cover art by Hunter Kennedy.  © 1996-2009, Dusty Groove America, Inc.