Father Charles Coughlin, Criticism Of The Federal Reserve Banking System And Its Enablers

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Father Charles Edward Coughlin (1891 - 1979) Was A Controversial Roman Catholic Priest At Royal Oak, Michigan's National Shrine Of The Little Flower Church. He Was One Of The First Political Leaders To Use Radio To Reach A Mass Audience, As More Than Thirty Million Tuned To His Weekly Broadcasts During The 1930s.

In January 1930, Coughlin Began A Series Of Attacks Against Socialism And Soviet Communism, Which Were Both Strongly Opposed By The Catholic Church. He Criticized Capitalists In America Whose Greed Had Made Communist Ideologies Attractive. He Warned, "Let Not The Workingman Be Able To Say That He Is Driven Into The Ranks Of Socialism By The Inordinate And Grasping Greed Of The Manufacturer.

In 1931, The CBS Radio Network Dropped Coughlin's Program When He Refused To Accept Network Demands To Review His Scripts Prior To Broadcast. He Raised Independent Money To Fund His Own National Network, Which Soon Reached Millions Of Listeners Through A 36-station Syndicate Originating From Flagship Station WJR, For The Golden Hour Of The Shrine Of The Little Flower, As The Program Was Called.

Throughout The 1930s, Coughlin's Views Changed. Eventually, He Was "Openly Anti-democratic", According To Steven Levitsky And Daniel Ziblatt, "Calling For The Abolition Of Political Parties And Questioning The Value Of Elections."

Coughlin Was Critical Of Prohibitionism, Which He Claimed Was The Work Of "Fanatics".

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