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The mimeographed poster that taught terror to travel
A mimeographed poster in 1970s America urged "Political Terror" - a line that later traveled across decades and continents into modern manifestos.
The mimeographed poster that taught terror to travel
In this episode, we trace how a single line of text from a 1970s mimeographed poster moved through people, publications, and online forums to become a recurring instruction in extremist documents. How did an instruction meant to be passed by hand evolve into a transnational blueprint for violence?
Person: Joseph Tommasi
Organization: National Socialist Liberation Front (NSLF)
Document: "Political…
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