- by foxnews
- 15 Jan 2025
Moms for Liberty is a Florida-based pressure group which campaigns for book bans in US public schools, an issue at the heart of the national debate as Republican-run states seek to control or eliminate teaching of sex education, LGBTQ+ rights and racism in American history.
In the early 1960s, Skousen was a hero to and a defender of the John Birch Society, a far-right group that campaigned against what it claimed was the communist threat to America.
The society still exists but its influence is greater than its presence, most obviously through a resurgence of Bircher-esque thought and action in the Republican party of Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis.
Dallek notes other echoes. For instance, the role of rightwing women.
A social media user posted a photo of a suitcase tied with a ribbon that appeared to remind people of the new action movie "Carry-On," sparking references in the comment section.
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