Join Atlas Society CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 239th episode of The Atlas Society Asks where she interviews David T. Beito, Professor Emeritus at the University of Alabama, about his latest book, "The New Deal’s War on the Bill of Rights: The Untold Story of FDR’s Concentration Camps, Censorship, and Mass Surveillance," which unveils a very different portrait of FDR than the standard orthodoxy found in today’s historical studies.

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Benjamin Powell
Texas Tech University

This speech was given on November 6, 2023, during a Hillsdale College CCA seminar on “Great Economists.”

David Beito discusses his new book 'The New Deal’s War on the Bill of Rights: The Untold Story of FDR’s Concentration Camps, Censorship, and Mass Surveillance.'

Independent Institute Senior Fellow David Beito, author of The New Deal’s War on the Bill of Rights is interviewed on The Brian Nichols Podcast. David Beito discusses the historical narrative of FDR and how that narrative is changing with Beito’s research to show FDR’s direct involvement in violating civil rights of US citizens. Surveillance on citizens and media manipulation are headlines today, but David Beito says FDR was guilty of this almost a century ago.

Senior Fellow David Beito, author of The New Deal's War on the Bill of Rights, is interviewed on Northern Alliance Radio with Brad Carlson. Beito discusses the many ways FDR infringed on the rights of citizens, opponents, and the media. Beito says FDR was very much ‘hands on” with the idea of Japanese internment. FDR’s attorney general didn’t want internment, nor did the citizens, but FDR went forward with internment of Japanese-Americans in what he himself called “concentration camps.”

Senior Fellow David Beito, author of The New Deal’s War on the Bill of Rights is interviewed on Liberty Watch Radio with Charles Heller. Beito discusses his 15 years of research into his book which calls out FDR and his surveillance, internment (FDR called them “concentration camps”), and the shredding of civil liberties and the Bill of Rights. Beito details how FDR also censored the the new media of radio in the early 20th century.

In this episode of Independent Conversations, historians Amity Shlaes and David Beito discuss FDR's policies of Japanese internment, spying on Americans, and violations of free speech and reveal a troubling portrait of FDR much different from the standard orthodoxy found in today’s historical studies.

In the research for his new book The New Deal's War on the Bill of Rights, Research Fellow David Beito looked at original documents revealing FDR's insensitivity to civil liberties and racist behavior, which deceived the press and populace. The parallels of modern politics are many, says Beito, including the claim of “fake news” against the critics of FDR's administration.