(created page) |
(added info) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
'''Huey Long''' was a [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]] [[Populism|populist]] [[United States|American]] politician who served as the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932, during the [[Great Depression]].<ref>[https://youtu.be/5RqhMF3YXnM The Words of Huey Long (Actual Footage & John Goodman)] by [[Caleb Maupin]] on [[YouTube]]</ref> The Black Panther Huey Newton was named after Huey Long.<ref>"Huey P. Long created the first Black hospital and medical school. And even though Huey P. Long gave the pitch to the the White races that they needed a Black medical school and hospital because he didn't want White women seeing Black men nude and so forth, my father thought he was, my ''father thought Huey P. Long was using tricks'' in order to improve the the situation for Blacks at the time." edited from [http://digital.wustl.edu/e/eii/eiiweb/new5427.0458.119hueypnewton.html Interview with Huey P. Newton] [https://web.archive.org/web/20221129174658/http://digital.wustl.edu/e/eii/eiiweb/new5427.0458.119hueypnewton.html ''(archived link)'']</ref> | '''Huey Long''' was a [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]] [[Populism|populist]] [[United States|American]] politician who served as the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932, during the [[Great Depression]].<ref>[https://youtu.be/5RqhMF3YXnM The Words of Huey Long (Actual Footage & John Goodman)] by [[Caleb Maupin]] on [[YouTube]]</ref> The Black Panther Huey Newton was named after Huey Long.<ref>"Huey P. Long created the first Black hospital and medical school. And even though Huey P. Long gave the pitch to the the White races that they needed a Black medical school and hospital because he didn't want White women seeing Black men nude and so forth, my father thought he was, my ''father thought Huey P. Long was using tricks'' in order to improve the the situation for Blacks at the time." edited from [http://digital.wustl.edu/e/eii/eiiweb/new5427.0458.119hueypnewton.html Interview with Huey P. Newton] [https://web.archive.org/web/20221129174658/http://digital.wustl.edu/e/eii/eiiweb/new5427.0458.119hueypnewton.html ''(archived link)'']</ref> The [[Synthetic Left]] has maligned the legacy of Long, calling him a "fascist" and a "class reductionist" for focusing on class issues and not on cultural issues, the latter of which is the rabid obsession of the Synthetic Left.<ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/03/huey-long-was-donald-trumps-left-wing-counterpart/583933/ When Demagogic Populism Swings Left] by [[Annika Neklason]] for [[The Atlantic]]</ref> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 16:46, 17 January 2023
Huey Long was a left-wing populist American politician who served as the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932, during the Great Depression.[1] The Black Panther Huey Newton was named after Huey Long.[2] The Synthetic Left has maligned the legacy of Long, calling him a "fascist" and a "class reductionist" for focusing on class issues and not on cultural issues, the latter of which is the rabid obsession of the Synthetic Left.[3]
References
- ↑ The Words of Huey Long (Actual Footage & John Goodman) by Caleb Maupin on YouTube
- ↑ "Huey P. Long created the first Black hospital and medical school. And even though Huey P. Long gave the pitch to the the White races that they needed a Black medical school and hospital because he didn't want White women seeing Black men nude and so forth, my father thought he was, my father thought Huey P. Long was using tricks in order to improve the the situation for Blacks at the time." edited from Interview with Huey P. Newton (archived link)
- ↑ When Demagogic Populism Swings Left by Annika Neklason for The Atlantic