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Sometimes Stopping Extremism Means Getting Your Hands Dirty
The John Birch Society, the Anti-Defamation League, and the American tradition of infiltrating and exposing radical organizations.
by
Matthew Dallek
via
The Bulwark
on
May 29, 2026
A Mid-Century Playbook for Saving Progressive American Education
Fifty years ago, parents united to get the far-right John Birch Society out of their schools.
by
Matthew Dallek
via
Zócalo Public Square
on
September 19, 2023
The Fringe Group That Broke the GOP’s Brain — And Helped It Win Elections
The John Birch Society pushed a darker, more conspiratorial politics in the ’50s and ’60s — and looms large over today’s GOP.
by
Matthew Dallek
,
Ian Ward
via
Vox
on
March 19, 2023
How Far-Right Movements Die
The decline of the John Birch Society offers possible strategies for containing the MAGA movement.
by
Matthew Dallek
via
The Atlantic
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on
March 16, 2023
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The Bannon Style of American Politics
It's not as new as it seems.
by
Matthew Dallek
via
Made By History
on
October 24, 2017
Book
Birchers
: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right
Matthew Dallek
2023
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How the John Birch Society Won the Long Game
The American right doesn’t need the John Birch Society these days, but that is because it’s adopted the Birchers’ extremism wholesale.
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Nathan J. Robinson
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The Nation
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on
June 8, 2023
‘Birchers,’ a Well-Told, Familiar Entry in the ‘How We Got to Trump’ Genre
In his history of the John Birch Society, Matthew Dallek says Republicans allowed the extreme fringe to “eventually cannibalize the entire party.”
by
Sam Adler-Bell
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Washington Post
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March 22, 2023
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How Trump’s Red Wave Builds on the Past
Donald’s Trump’s resounding 2024 victory echoes electoral shifts of the past.
via
Retro Report
on
November 8, 2024
An Implausible Mr. Buckley
A new PBS documentary whitewashes the conservative founder of National Review.
by
Rick Perlstein
via
The American Prospect
on
April 17, 2024
How the GOP Surrendered to Extremism
Sixty years ago, many GOP leaders resisted radicals in their ranks. Now they’re not even trying.
by
Ronald Brownstein
via
The Atlantic
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on
February 4, 2021
