In Episode 210 [8] of the CounterVortex podcast [9], Bill Weinberg traces the paradoxical trajectory from medieval heresies [10] to the Protestant Reformation, proto-anarchist movements [11] of the English Civil War, fights for religious freedom [19] in colonial America (with an emphasis on the Flushing Remonstrance [12] of 1657), Abolitionism and the Underground Railroad (e.g. at the Quaker [13] homestead of Bowne House [14] in Flushing, NY)—to evangelical Protestantism as a pillar of Christian fascism [15] in the impending MAGA order. How did we get here, and what elements of American political culture can we look to as a source of resistance today?
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