. >> everywhere they looked, the birchers as they were known saw a looming, internal communist menaces and moms. they looked like ward and june cleaver. >> within a few years they had built a powerful grass roots organization. >> we, too, are involved in a contest between freedom loving human beings everywhere and the forces of communism. >> they stopped at no one. welch even accused the hero of d-day, president dwight david eisenhower, of being a dedicated, conscious agent of the communist conspiracy. they demanded the impeachment of the chief justice of the supreme court, earl warren, for supporting desegregation. and they fought tooth and nail against the civil rights movement using anticommunism as a cover for racism. >> the communists are fomenting civil rights agitation. >> those views reached millions of americans through widely distributed pamphlets, magazines, and books. >> treason on the campus, these horrible communists that are infecting the youth of america. >> the birchers finally found someone they liked -- barry goldwater. >> i charge that this administration is soft o

in a sense, among people, john bircher and others people opposed to american catholicism generally that you could not be a catholic and american president because you either served one master or the other. same thing with the anti-masons in the 1830s. but if the modern -- there are other conspiracies and things to go through. i'm going to jump ahead. if the way we understand modern conspiracy theories, the way we engage them with our fellow students and fellow american citizen, the way we do it now has changed. it's not this. most of these are external things. the pope is influencing us from the outside. bankers are influencing us from the outside. masons are from outside the government creeping in. now, by the modern age we're in now, many times it's the american government itself. so, if the modern conspiracy theories have a birthday, it is in 1947, with the national security act of 1947. it establishes the national security council, it established the cia, it establishes the air force. the air force had prior been part of the army. it established the joint chiefs of staff and creates

follow the rules of the pope rather than be serve the american people in a sense among people john birchers and other people opposed to american catholicism. generally that you could not be both a catholic and an american president because you either served one master or the other. right same thing with the anti-masons in the 1830s. but if the modern and i'm not gonna i mean there are other conspiracies and other things that go through i'm going to jump ahead now because if the way we understand modern conspiracy theories the way we engage them with our students and with our fellow american citizens, the way we do it now changed. it's not this remember most of these so far are external things, right? the pope is influencing us from the outside. right bankers are influencing us from the outside masons are from outside the government creeping in now. by the modern or age we're in now many times. it's the american government itself. so if the modern conspiracy theories have a birthday it is in 1947 with the national security act of 1947. it establishes the national security council it establis

coronavirus in greater manchester and parts of lancashire. 0ur gp this morning is doctor richard bircherood morning, thank you forjoining us. you are right on the front line, tell us what the situation is like right now where you are. you are riaht, right now where you are. you are right, definitely _ right now where you are. you are right, definitely on _ right now where you are. you are right, definitely on the _ right now where you are. you are right, definitely on the front - right now where you are. you are j right, definitely on the front line, we have been on the front line for over a year now. coronaviruses definitely coming back, we received the lab when they are positive and over the last week or so we have seen an increase in positive results. so it is there and that is causing fear amongst the patients. is that affecting, how is that effecting hospital admissions? fist effecting hospital admissions? git the moment, thankfully, the majority of people testing positive are below the age of 50, the majority of them are under 35. so they are thankfully not particularly unwell. they