Obscuring the lessons of WWII

[struggle4progress]

Toby Helm
Observer political editor
Sat 31 Aug 2019 14.36 EDT

The lessons of the second world war risk being forgotten because of the rise of “extreme” rightwing leaders such as Donald Trump and Boris Johnson, the mayor of London has said.

Before events to mark the start of the conflict 80 years ago, when Germany invaded Poland on 1 September 1939, Sadiq Khan has branded Trump as “the global poster boy for white nationalism”, whose example is being followed by too many leaders across Europe, including Johnson.

Writing in the Observer, Khan says Johnson and the Brexit party leader Nigel Farage are promoting similar far-right thinking in this country, and showing contempt for the European Union, which was established to prevent another world war after up to 85 million people died between 1939 and 1945.

“The impact can also be seen in the UK, where the outsize influence of Nigel Farage and his Brexit party has pushed the Conservative party under Boris Johnson to become ever more rightwing and intolerant,” he says ...

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/31/trump-johnson-forgotten-lessons-war-sadiq-khan-white-nationalism-rightwing

[RKP5637]

1. It's stunning how lessons learned are being forgotten. I never dreamed I would see that day! n/t

[LastDemocratInSC]

4. The lessons of a war are forgotten as its participants pass away

Leaving those born since the war the burden of learning the lessons on their own.

[RKP5637]

5. Yes, very sad, but quite true!!! n/t

[pansypoo53219]

2. USE the rite wing's term ACTIVIST. they are EXTREMISTS.

[TeamPooka]

3. k&r