Fourth Reich Archaeology

It just so happens that She Harvey Oswald is more timely than ever, as yet another person - Cole Thomas Allen - has been charged under the same statute as our protagonist, Squeaky Fromme, 50 years ago. That's right, there's another fella under the book for "Attempted Assassination of the President of the United States." A federal offense carrying a maximum life sentence. Not even joking: this series WILL help you understand what the hell is going on right now, with all this craziness. And even though this maybe the last Squeaky ep., our foray into the dual hit attempts on Jerry Ford is only getting started. Indeed, that's why we're pumping out the rest of the Squeaky episodes now: gearing up for our deeeeep dive into the real "She Harvey Oswald," Sara Jane Moore. But that's for another day.
Today, it’s the end of the line for Squeaky, as this week we wrap up our tale on the first of the two would-be assassins who, in September 1975, pointed their pistols at President Gerald R. Ford.  In this episode we pick things up on the morning of September 5, 1975, just moments after Squeaky is taken into custody for making an attempt on our boy Jerry’s life. 
In side C, we cover the trial and its aftermath. Spoiler alert: she’s convicted, and the whole story passes into the realm of spectacle. We consider Squeaky’s trial as a window into the pros and cons of propaganda of the deed - relevant today in a time when political assassination and spectacular violence is very much back in the mainstream.
Finally, we end with two overarching questions.  Did she really intend to kill Jerry, or was it just a performance?  And did she act alone or was there a conspiracy? 
If you like what you hear, head on over to patreon.com/fourthreicharchaeology and become a member of our community to get access to the full 3.5 hour episode including all three parts, a standalone version of the outro music, and more.
At the end of this one we read some excerpts from two articles published shortly after Squeaky’s arrest. You can listen to the full readings in our special, Patreon exclusive episode “Squeaky in the Spectacle,” and you can get the full articles below. 
TIME: 
https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/printout/0,8816,917812,00.html
NY TIMES: https://www.nytimes.com/1975/09/30/archives/the-significance-of-squeaky-fromme.html

It’s the end of the line for Squeaky, as this week we wrap up our tale on the first of the two would-be assassins who, in September 1975, pointed their pistols at President Gerald R. Ford.  In this episode we pick things up on the morning of September 5, 1975, just moments after Squeaky is taken into custody for making an attempt on our boy Jerry’s life. 
We begin the tale on the eve of Ford’s visit to Sacramento from Squeaky’s point of view. Squeaky was, to say the least, frustrated with how things were going. Charles Manson’s newfangled quasi-religion known as ATWA (Air Trees Water & Animals), of which Squeaky and her Sac-town roommate Sandy Good were the prime exponents, was falling flat. Prison authorities were blocking Manson from receiving visitors or making public statements. And the media don’t seem to care about Squeaky and Sandy’s “International People’s Court of Retribution,” the threatening letters they were sending to corporate executives of polluting industries, or the environmental destruction being wrought in the Nixon/Ford era.
We then turn to the event itself, Lyn’s arrest and pretrial phase, and the cast of characters in the drama that was her trial. It was truly a bizarre spectacle, which we compare and contrast with the “trial of the century” of Jack Ruby in Dallas. Spoiler alert: she’s convicted, and the whole story passes into the realm of spectacle. We consider Squeaky’s trial as a window into the pros and cons of propaganda of the deed - relevant today in a time when political assassination and spectacular violence is very much back in the mainstream.
Finally, we end with two overarching questions.  Did she really intend to kill Jerry, or was it just a performance?  And did she act alone or was there a conspiracy? 
Listen to SideB of Squeaky’s swan song for free today. If you like what you hear, head on over to ⁠patreon.com/fourthreicharchaeology⁠ and become a member of our community to get access to the full 3.5 hour episode. Otherwise, you’ll just have to hang tight until Side C makes its way onto the free feed.

As the fake veneer of a “ceasefire” in Iran dissolves under the acid of the truth, we’re back talking about the spectacle of this illegal, undeclared, murderous “war” against the people of Iran. We unpack the agreement that we’re supposed to believe precluded a civilization-ending super-attack, track how it quickly fell apart thanks to the perennial, serial ceasefire-breaker, Israel. 
We also discuss the internal dynamics in the administration and make some key predictions about personnel changes and who’s getting thrown under the bus. (Hint: one of them is going to be the guy who farted into a tv microphone.) 
Finally, we discuss the myth that Iran is a “fanatical,” “irrational,” “rogue” regime. Much of it dates back to the hostage crisis of 1979, but was that really such a crazy move by the newly empowered revolutionary student movement? 
It’s a packed and hopefully helpful discussion of the war that still threatens to bring the global economy to its knees all because our leaders are insane and evil, serving a ruling class that knows it’s about to have to oversee a fundamental economic shift to automation and is gambling with the lives of millions to test out new methods of violence, surveillance, and control.

The mad emperor has lost his damn mind. The AmerIsraeli war machine has openly embraced international criminality to a degree unseen in our lifetimes as Trump rails on about his threats and plans to destroy civilian infrastructure, murder innocents, and destroy Iranian civilization by bombing the people of Iran “back to the stone age, where they belong.” This third installment of our Contra Iran series is really just a quick check-in on the situation - paying special attention to the spectacle of it all - before the situation changes yet again as it undoubtedly will this very week.
We start out by deconstructing the web of lies woven by the sicko spiders in Trump’s imperial cabinet. We are sure to point out that many of these lies, which enable further lies to be built up around them, are bipartisan lies that have been pushed upon the American people for decades. Lies like the notion that Iran will stop at nothing to develop a nuclear weapon for the purpose of wiping Israel off the map. 
We then consider whether in fact there are any checks on Trump’s insanity. Unfortunately, he has removed a lot of the would-be roadblocks in his path, surrounded himself with equally venal yes-men and women, and enriched a psychopathic ruling class that sees even a disastrous and illegal war against Iran as a win for “Western Civilization.” If this is civilization, we want no part in it. 
Finally, we once again wade into the blame game and discuss who’s at fault for this epochal debacle: Is it Israel? Is it Trump? Is it the military industrial complex? And as always, we wind up eschewing the “pick-one” nature of this type of framing. It is one big power structure, representing the transnational ruling class, and acting in an utterly irrational, unhinged way.
God help us all, and especially the people of Iran, who find themselves in the crosshairs of a power as stupid and insane as it is evil.
The Iranian music here featured comes from the great artist Pari Zanganeh.

We are cross-posting Dick and Don's first ever podcast guest spot from the Coexist, Inc. podcast, hosted by friend of the pod, Brother Isaac. Isaac has been censored from the free spaces of the Internet and has bunkered down over at Patreon, so consider giving him a sub over there (https://www.patreon.com/c/user/about?u=6112951). He gets great interviews with a wide range of guests on many topics, making him a real fixture in the noided-left podcast space.
In this episode, recorded way back in October 2024 (before the election, let alone before Trump 2.0!), we get into the usual (anti-) Nazi stuff, Gerald Ford, the Ian Carroll psyop, and much more. Check it out!