In this episode, we look at the group Moms for Liberty, a "parental rights" organization with chapters nationwide. While they claim to be a plucky grassroots outfit funded by t-shirt sales, they're really a front group funded by the same billionaires and Christian nationalists that brought us such hits as Dobbs and January 6.

Links:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/10/united-daughters-of-the-confederacy-statues-lawsuit

https://19thnews.org/2020/12/first-came-suffrage-then-came-the-women-of-the-ku-klux-klan/

https://www.naacpldf.org/brown-vs-board/southern-manifesto-massive-resistance-brown/

https://muse.jhu.edu/book/36562

https://bosdesca.omeka.net/exhibits/show/roar-anti-busing-group

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/1970s-christian-crusader-anita-bryant-helped-spawn-floridas-lgbtq-cult-rcna24215

https://www.vice.com/en/article/r3za83/satanic-panic-interviews

https://www.businessinsider.com/35-years-pmrc-rock-lyrics-senate-tipper-gore-frank-zappa-2020-9

https://www.tampabay.com/opinion/2022/07/09/just-who-is-behind-moms-for-liberty-column/

https://danielskatz.net/2014/09/05/how-to-spot-a-fake-grassroots-education-reform-group/

https://www.mediamatters.org/critical-race-theory/how-right-wing-media-launched-moms-liberty

https://buckscountybeacon.com/2022/10/the-right-wing-money-and-influence-behind-moms-for-liberty/

https://scottaaronrogers.substack.com/p/six-degrees-of-segregation

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tina-descovich-bb902832/

https://thespacecoastrocket.com/candidate-spotlight-marie-rogerson-republican-state-committeewoman/

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Episode 8: Moms for Liberty