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	[[Category:Isolationist organizations]]		[[Category:Isolationist organizations]]
	~~[[Category:Anti-war organizations]]~~
	[[Category:Peace movements]]		[[Category:Peace movements]]
	[[Category:America First Committee]]		[[Category:America First Committee]]
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	[[File:America First Committee logo.~~jpg~~\|thumb\|250px\|America First Committee logo]]		[[File:America First Committee logo.png\|thumb\|250px\|America First Committee logo]]
	The '''America First Committee (AFC)''' (also informally known as the '''America First Movement''')		The '''America First Committee (AFC)''' (also informally known as the '''America First Movement''')
	was the foremost [[United States non-interventionism\|non-interventionist]] [[pressure group]] against the [[United States\|American]] entry into [[World War II]]. Peaking at 850,000 members and 650 chapters, it was likely the largest [[anti-war]] organization in American history.<ref name="Wayne S. Cole 1953">Wayne S. Cole, ''America First: The Battle against Intervention, 1940-41'' (1953)</ref> Formed on September 4, 1940 it ended after the [[attack on Pearl Harbor\|attack upon Pearl Harbor]] in December 1941.		was the foremost [[United States non-interventionism\|non-interventionist]] [[pressure group]] against the [[United States\|American]] entry into [[World War II]]. Peaking at 850,000 members and 650 chapters, it was likely the largest [[anti-war]] organization in American history.<ref name="Wayne S. Cole 1953">Wayne S. Cole, ''America First: The Battle against Intervention, 1940-41'' (1953)</ref> Formed on September 4, 1940 it ended after the [[attack on Pearl Harbor\|attack upon Pearl Harbor]] in December 1941.
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	===Charles Lindbergh===		===Charles Lindbergh===
	[[File:Charles Lindbergh address a rally of the America First Committee in October 1941..~~jpg~~\|thumb\|250px\|Charles Lindbergh address a rally of the America First Committee in October 1941]]		[[File:Charles Lindbergh address a rally of the America First Committee in October 1941..png\|thumb\|250px\|Charles Lindbergh address a rally of the America First Committee in October 1941]]
	[[Charles Lindbergh]] had been actively involved in questioning the motives of the Roosevelt administration well before the formation of the AFC. Lindbergh adopted an anti-war stance even before the [[Battle of Britain]] and before the advent of the [[Lend-Lease\|lend-lease]] bill. His first radio speech was broadcast on September 15, 1939 over all three of the major radio networks ([[Mutual Broadcasting System\|Mutual]], [[NBC\|National]], and [[CBS\|Columbia]]). Lindbergh urged listeners to look beyond the speeches and [[propaganda]] they were being fed and instead look at who was writing the speeches and reports, who owned the papers and who influenced the speakers.		[[Charles Lindbergh]] had been actively involved in questioning the motives of the Roosevelt administration well before the formation of the AFC. Lindbergh adopted an anti-war stance even before the [[Battle of Britain]] and before the advent of the [[Lend-Lease\|lend-lease]] bill. His first radio speech was broadcast on September 15, 1939 over all three of the major radio networks ([[Mutual Broadcasting System\|Mutual]], [[NBC\|National]], and [[CBS\|Columbia]]). Lindbergh urged listeners to look beyond the speeches and [[propaganda]] they were being fed and instead look at who was writing the speeches and reports, who owned the papers and who influenced the speakers.

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	On June 20, 1941 Lindbergh spoke to a rally in Los Angeles billed as "Peace and Preparedness Mass Meeting". In his speech of that day, Lindbergh criticized those movements he perceived as leading America into the war. He proclaimed that the United States was in a position that made it virtually impregnable and he pointed out that when [[interventionist]]s said "the defense of England" they really meant "defeat of Germany".		On June 20, 1941 Lindbergh spoke to a rally in Los Angeles billed as "Peace and Preparedness Mass Meeting". In his speech of that day, Lindbergh criticized those movements he perceived as leading America into the war. He proclaimed that the United States was in a position that made it virtually impregnable and he pointed out that when [[interventionist]]s said "the defense of England" they really meant "defeat of Germany".

	Nothing did more to escalate the tensions than [[Charles Lindbergh's Des Moines, Iowa speech\|the speech he delivered]] to a rally in [[Des Moines, Iowa]] on September 11, 1941. In that speech he identified the forces pulling America into the war as the British, the Roosevelt administration, and the [[~~Jews~~]]. While he expressed sympathy for the plight of the ~~Jews~~ in Germany, he argued that America's entry into the war would serve them little better. He said in part:		Nothing did more to escalate the tensions than [[Charles Lindbergh's Des Moines, Iowa speech\|the speech he delivered]] to a rally in [[Des Moines, Iowa]] on September 11, 1941. In that speech he identified the forces pulling America into the war as the British, the Roosevelt administration, and the [[jews]]. While he expressed sympathy for the plight of the jews in Germany, he argued that America's entry into the war would serve them little better. He said in part:

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	<p>''It is not difficult to understand why ~~Jewish~~ people desire the overthrow of [[Nazi Germany]]. The persecution they suffered in Germany would be sufficient to make bitter enemies of any race. No person with a sense of the dignity of mankind can condone the persecution the ~~Jewish~~ race suffered in Germany. But no person of honesty and vision can look on their pro-war policy here today without seeing the dangers involved in such a policy, both for us and for them.''</p>		<p>''It is not difficult to understand why jewish people desire the overthrow of [[Nazi Germany]]. The persecution they suffered in Germany would be sufficient to make bitter enemies of any race. No person with a sense of the dignity of mankind can condone the persecution the jewish race suffered in Germany. But no person of honesty and vision can look on their pro-war policy here today without seeing the dangers involved in such a policy, both for us and for them.''</p>

	<p>''Instead of agitating for war the ~~Jewish~~ groups in this country should be opposing it in every possible way, for they will be among the first to feel its consequences. Tolerance is a virtue that depends upon peace and strength. History shows that it cannot survive war and devastation. A few farsighted ~~Jewish~~ people realize this and stand opposed to intervention. But the majority still do not. Their greatest danger to this country lies in their large ownership and influence in our motion pictures, our press, our radio, and our government.''<ref>Cole 1953, p 144</ref></p></blockquote>		<p>''Instead of agitating for war the jewish groups in this country should be opposing it in every possible way, for they will be among the first to feel its consequences. Tolerance is a virtue that depends upon peace and strength. History shows that it cannot survive war and devastation. A few farsighted jewish people realize this and stand opposed to intervention. But the majority still do not. Their greatest danger to this country lies in their large ownership and influence in our motion pictures, our press, our radio, and our government.''<ref>Cole 1953, p 144</ref></p></blockquote>

	With the formal declaration of war against Japan following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Committee chose to disband. On December 11 the committee leaders met and voted for dissolution. In the statement they released to the press was the following:		With the formal declaration of war against Japan following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Committee chose to disband. On December 11 the committee leaders met and voted for dissolution. In the statement they released to the press was the following:

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	* [[No Foreign War Committee]]		* [[No Foreign War Committee]]
	* [[List of fascist meetings and demonstrations in America]] (1941)		* [[List of fascist meetings and demonstrations in America]] (1941)
	* [[Lineage of American ~~Nationalist~~ organizations and individuals]]		* [[Lineage of American Fascist organizations and individuals]]

	==External link==		==External link==

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	* [[Americans for Peace]]		* [[Americans for Peace]]
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	==References==		==References==
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	{{American nationalism}}		{{American nationalism}}

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