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The John Birch Society is still influencing American politics, 60 years after its founding

  • Written by Christopher Towler, Assistant Professor of Political Science, California State University, Sacramento
The John Birch Society is still influencing American politics, 60 years after its foundingSome of the far-right group's staff in 1976AP Photo/J. Walter Green

The retired candy entrepreneur Robert Welch founded the John Birch Society 60 years ago to push back against what he perceived as a growing American welfare state modeled on communism and the federal government’s push to desegregate America.

Although Welch’s group has...

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