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Everything Birch

In-depth look at the John Birch Society History, documents and investigations released under Freedom of Information requests. Compiled by Ernie a free lance researcher. See http://sites.google.com/site/ernie1241/Home Visit the Birch Society’s website for information about the history, beliefs and activities of Birchers, past and present. See http://jbs.org

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The John Birch Society and the Tea Party

A few of the many articles outlining the John Birch influence on today’s tea partiers. “Confounding Father: The Tea Party’s Cold War Roots,” by Sean Wilentz in The New Yorker. October 19, 2010. available online at http://www.newyorker.com “Crashing the Tea Party,” by David E. Campbell and Robert D. Putnam in the New York Times, August …

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Fred Koch and Sons

A smattering of articles about Fred C. Koch, John Birch Society founding members and his sons, David and Charles. Read Fred C. Koch’s book A Business Man Looks at Communism at http://digilib.usm.edu where it is part of the University of Southern Mississippi Digital Collections Background information on the Koch brothers: “Covert Operations: the billionaire brothers …

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