The concentration camp legend originated on the political left

Evidence

Belief in the existence of American concentration camps is now closely associated with the extreme right, but the original critics of federal efforts to quell civil disturbances came most often from the left. — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy, 373

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Black helicopters, concentration camps, and mind control are the signature New World Order motifs — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic…, 347; The MBL misappropriated the left’s protest repertoire and image — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and…, 671; Left-originated syndicalism became a powerful organizing tool of the fascist right — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity: An…, 262 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• The MBL misappropriated the left’s protest repertoire and image #corroborates (0.75) — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn, 671
• Left-originated syndicalism became a powerful organizing tool of the fascist right #corroborates (0.72) — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 262
• The right adopted religious mobilization in imitation of the left’s success #corroborates (0.72)