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From Coughlin to Carlson: The Return of the ‘Jewish War’ Libel
Micha Danzig
March 4, 2026

Nearly every generation in America produces the same refrain in moments of conflict: this is not our war. Sometimes that argument reflects prudence. Sometimes it reflects hardheaded cost-benefit analysis. But in American history, it has also carried something more corrosive — the suggestion that America is not acting on its own interests at all, that shadowy “foreign” forces are pulling the strings, and that those forces are Jewish. In the 1930s, Father Charles Coughlin aligned himself with the isolationist fervor that would later crystallize into the America First movement. He warned about foreign entanglements and demanded neutrality. In practice, that neutrality meant opposing American support for Britain, while leaving Nazi Germany untouched. Coughlin spoke darkly of “international bankers” and “alien powers.” READ MORE