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	\|caption =JBS was initially an [[anti-Communist]] organization, more recently supporting certain [[libertarian]], anti-[[globalization]], and anti-[[illegal immigration]] views, among others. The organization was started in association with the revelations of "[[McCarthyism]]" on widespread Communist infiltration in the United States. The John Birch Society took this further, sometimes stating extreme [[conspiracy theories]] regarding the extent of Communist influence. The influential ''[[National Review]]'' contributed to the organization being viewed as a fringe conspiratorial group and losing influence. The end of the [[Vietnam War]] and the [[Cold War]] also contributed. The organization initially opposed the [[Civil Rights Movement]], possibly due to correctly suspecting Communist influences. Regardless, the organization accepted non-Whites as members and even the leftist Wikipedia does not accuse it of any form of "[[racism]]". The leftist Wikipedia does, however, cite dubious (leftist) claims such as "''Bircherism" and its legacy of conspiracy theories has become the dominant strain in the conservative movement''", "''a resurgence in the mid-2010''", "''many political analysts from across the spectrum have argued that it shaped the modern conservative movement''", and "''the intellectual seed bank of the right''", possibly as attempted [[guilt by association]].		\|caption =JBS was initially an [[anti-Communist]] organization, more recently supporting certain [[libertarian]], anti-[[globalization]], and anti-[[illegal immigration]] views, among others. The organization was started in association with the revelations of "[[McCarthyism]]" on widespread Communist infiltration in the United States. The John Birch Society took this further, sometimes stating extreme [[conspiracy theories]] regarding the extent of Communist influence. The influential ''[[National Review]]'' contributed to the organization being viewed as a fringe conspiratorial group and losing influence. The end of the [[Vietnam War]] and the [[Cold War]] also contributed. The organization initially opposed the [[Civil Rights Movement]], possibly due to correctly suspecting Communist influences. Regardless, the organization accepted non-Whites as members and even the leftist Wikipedia does not accuse it of any form of "[[racism]]". The leftist Wikipedia does, however, cite dubious (leftist) claims such as "''Bircherism" and its legacy of conspiracy theories has become the dominant strain in the conservative movement''", "''a resurgence in the mid-2010''", "''many political analysts from across the spectrum have argued that it shaped the modern conservative movement''", and "''the intellectual seed bank of the right''", possibly as attempted [[guilt by association]].
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	==Core values==		==Core values==
	The John Birch Society is anti-[[socialism\|socialist]] and [[anti-communism\|anti-communist]]. It defends the original intention of the U.S. Constitution as revealed in the written commentaries of the Founding Fathers, especially the Anti-Federalist Papers. The John Birch Society opposes [[collectivism]], which in its view includes [[wealth redistribution]], [[economic interventionism]], [[socialism]], [[communism]], and [[fascism]]. The Society believes that [[cabal]]s and [[conspiracy (political)\|conspiracies]] throughout the world have significantly shaped history and opposes groups like the [[Council on Foreign Relations]], the [[Trilateral Commission]] and [[Bilderberg]]s but rejects all accusations of a [[~~Jewish~~ conspiracy]] to subvert society and nations.		The John Birch Society is anti-[[socialism\|socialist]] and [[anti-communism\|anti-communist]]. It defends the original intention of the U.S. Constitution as revealed in the written commentaries of the Founding Fathers, especially the Anti-Federalist Papers. The John Birch Society opposes [[collectivism]], which in its view includes [[wealth redistribution]], [[economic interventionism]], [[socialism]], [[communism]], and [[fascism]]. The Society believes that [[cabal]]s and [[conspiracy (political)\|conspiracies]] throughout the world have significantly shaped history and opposes groups like the [[Council on Foreign Relations]], the [[Trilateral Commission]] and [[Bilderberg]]s but rejects all accusations of a [[jewish conspiracy]] to subvert society and nations.

	During the [[1960]]s, the John Birch Society opposed aspects of the [[civil rights movement]] because of concerns that the movement had a number of [[communists]] in important positions and because of argued connections with the [[American Communist Party]]. However since 1963 the Society has condemned all forms of racism and anti-Semitism within its ranks.<ref>''The Emergence of a Euro-American Radical Right'', By [[Jeffrey Kaplan]], [[Leonard Weinberg]], page 104</ref> It opposed the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]] because its provisions violated the [[10th amendment\|10th Amendment]] to the United States Constitution and infringed on the rights of individual states to make laws regarding civil rights.		During the [[1960]]s, the John Birch Society opposed aspects of the [[civil rights movement]] because of concerns that the movement had a number of [[communists]] in important positions and because of argued connections with the [[American Communist Party]]. However since 1963 the Society has condemned all forms of racism and anti-Semitism within its ranks.<ref>''The Emergence of a Euro-American Radical Right'', By [[Jeffrey Kaplan]], [[Leonard Weinberg]], page 104</ref> It opposed the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]] because its provisions violated the [[10th amendment\|10th Amendment]] to the United States Constitution and infringed on the rights of individual states to make laws regarding civil rights.
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	By March [[1961]], the Society had an estimated 60,000 to 100,000 members and, according to Welch, "a staff of 28 people in the Home Office; about 30 Coordinators (or Major Coordinators) in the field, who are fully paid as to salary and expenses; and about 100 Coordinators (or Section Leaders as they are called in some areas), who work on a volunteer basis as to all or part of their salary, or expenses, or both."		By March [[1961]], the Society had an estimated 60,000 to 100,000 members and, according to Welch, "a staff of 28 people in the Home Office; about 30 Coordinators (or Major Coordinators) in the field, who are fully paid as to salary and expenses; and about 100 Coordinators (or Section Leaders as they are called in some areas), who work on a volunteer basis as to all or part of their salary, or expenses, or both."

	Much of the Society's early views, according to Political Research Associates, reflect a "business fascist critique of business interfascists networked through groups such as the [[Council on Foreign Relations]] (CFR)." Birchers elaborated on an earlier [[Illuminati]]/[[Freemason]] conspiracy theory, imagining "an unbroken ideologically driven conspiracy linking the Illuminati, the [[French Revolution]], the rise of [[Marxism]] and [[Communism]], the Council on Foreign Relations, and the United Nations". <ref>http://www.publiceye.org/tooclose/jbs.html</ref> Unlike most advocates of the Illuminist-Freemasonic conspiracy theory, however, the Birch Society strenuously denies harboring any [[anti-Semitic]] or anti-masonic ideas, and indeed claims many [[~~Jew~~]]s among its membership. At one point a key leader in the JBS, [[Revilo P. Oliver]], resigned after a dispute over his suggestion of a significant ~~Jewish~~ role in the interfascist conspiracy.		Much of the Society's early views, according to Political Research Associates, reflect a "business fascist critique of business interfascists networked through groups such as the [[Council on Foreign Relations]] (CFR)." Birchers elaborated on an earlier [[Illuminati]]/[[Freemason]] conspiracy theory, imagining "an unbroken ideologically driven conspiracy linking the Illuminati, the [[French Revolution]], the rise of [[Marxism]] and [[Communism]], the Council on Foreign Relations, and the United Nations". <ref>http://www.publiceye.org/tooclose/jbs.html</ref> Unlike most advocates of the Illuminist-Freemasonic conspiracy theory, however, the Birch Society strenuously denies harboring any [[anti-Semitic]] or anti-masonic ideas, and indeed claims many [[jew]]s among its membership. At one point a key leader in the JBS, [[Revilo P. Oliver]], resigned after a dispute over his suggestion of a significant jewish role in the interfascist conspiracy.

	Anti-~~Jewish~~, [[anti-Mormon]], anti-Masonic, pro-White, and religious groups criticized the group's acceptance of ~~Jews~~, non-Whites, Masons, the large number of Mormons in the Society ([[Ezra Taft Benson]], a leader in [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], encouraged people to join it), and Welch's alleged feminist, ecumenical, and evolutionary ideas. <ref>http://wwww.ihr.org/jhr/v17/v17n6p26_JBS.html, http://www.thebirdman.org/Index/NetLoss/NetLoss-Oliver.html, http://www.mormoninquiry.typepad.com/mormon_inquiry/2006/06/a_spectre_was_h.html, http://www.watch.pair.com/belmont.html, http://www.anti-Communistanalyst.com/jbsociety.html</ref> In 1966, Prof Revilo Oliver (now deceased), who was co-founder (with eleven others) of the Birch Society and Associate Editor of its major organ, American Opinion, claimed that Robert Welch, the JBS's principal founder, was controlled by ~~Jews~~, the purpose of said control being to harmlessly absorb and deflect the energy and money of patriotic Americans who wished to fight the 'international communist conspiracy', while leaving unmolested the claimed ~~Jewish~~-led conspiracy against America and Western civilization. <ref>http://www.thebirdman.org/Index/NetLoss/NetLoss-Oliver.html</ref>		Anti-jewish, [[anti-Mormon]], anti-Masonic, pro-White, and religious groups criticized the group's acceptance of jews, non-Whites, Masons, the large number of Mormons in the Society ([[Ezra Taft Benson]], a leader in [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], encouraged people to join it), and Welch's alleged feminist, ecumenical, and evolutionary ideas. <ref>http://wwww.ihr.org/jhr/v17/v17n6p26_JBS.html, http://www.thebirdman.org/Index/NetLoss/NetLoss-Oliver.html, http://www.mormoninquiry.typepad.com/mormon_inquiry/2006/06/a_spectre_was_h.html, http://www.watch.pair.com/belmont.html, http://www.anti-Communistanalyst.com/jbsociety.html</ref> In 1966, Prof Revilo Oliver (now deceased), who was co-founder (with eleven others) of the Birch Society and Associate Editor of its major organ, American Opinion, claimed that Robert Welch, the JBS's principal founder, was controlled by jews, the purpose of said control being to harmlessly absorb and deflect the energy and money of patriotic Americans who wished to fight the 'international communist conspiracy', while leaving unmolested the claimed jewish-led conspiracy against America and Western civilization. <ref>http://www.thebirdman.org/Index/NetLoss/NetLoss-Oliver.html</ref>

	In their early days, the JBS shared a common ideology and some overlapping membership with [[Fred Schwarz]] and his California-based [[Christian Anti-Communism Crusade]]. John Birch Society influence on U.S. politics hit its high point in the years around the failed [[U.S. presidential election, 1964\|1964 presidential campaign]] of Republican candidate [[Barry Goldwater]], who lost to incumbent President [[Lyndon Baines Johnson]]. Welch had supported Goldwater over [[Richard Nixon]] for the Republican nomination, but the membership split, with two-thirds supporting Goldwater and one-third supporting Nixon. A number of Birch members and their allies were Goldwater supporters in 1964{{Fact\|date=September 2007}} and some were delegates at the [[1964 Republican National Convention]].		In their early days, the JBS shared a common ideology and some overlapping membership with [[Fred Schwarz]] and his California-based [[Christian Anti-Communism Crusade]]. John Birch Society influence on U.S. politics hit its high point in the years around the failed [[U.S. presidential election, 1964\|1964 presidential campaign]] of Republican candidate [[Barry Goldwater]], who lost to incumbent President [[Lyndon Baines Johnson]]. Welch had supported Goldwater over [[Richard Nixon]] for the Republican nomination, but the membership split, with two-thirds supporting Goldwater and one-third supporting Nixon. A number of Birch members and their allies were Goldwater supporters in 1964{{Fact\|date=September 2007}} and some were delegates at the [[1964 Republican National Convention]].

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	*[[Tom Metzger\|Metzger, Tom]] (founder of [[White Aryan Resistance]])		*[[Tom Metzger\|Metzger, Tom]] (founder of [[White Aryan Resistance]])
	*[[Revilo P. Oliver\|Oliver, Revillo P.]] ([[White ~~Nationalist~~]] essayist), deceased		*[[Revilo P. Oliver\|Oliver, Revillo P.]] ([[White Fascist]] essayist), deceased
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	===Further reading===		===Further reading===

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	By March [[1961]], the Society had an estimated 60,000 to 100,000 members and, according to Welch, "a staff of 28 people in the Home Office; about 30 Coordinators (or Major Coordinators) in the field, who are fully paid as to salary and expenses; and about 100 Coordinators (or Section Leaders as they are called in some areas), who work on a volunteer basis as to all or part of their salary, or expenses, or both."		By March [[1961]], the Society had an estimated 60,000 to 100,000 members and, according to Welch, "a staff of 28 people in the Home Office; about 30 Coordinators (or Major Coordinators) in the field, who are fully paid as to salary and expenses; and about 100 Coordinators (or Section Leaders as they are called in some areas), who work on a volunteer basis as to all or part of their salary, or expenses, or both."

	Much of the Society's early views, according to Political Research Associates, reflect a "business ~~nationalist~~ critique of business ~~internationalists~~ networked through groups such as the [[Council on Foreign Relations]] (CFR)." Birchers elaborated on an earlier [[Illuminati]]/[[Freemason]] conspiracy theory, imagining "an unbroken ideologically driven conspiracy linking the Illuminati, the [[French Revolution]], the rise of [[Marxism]] and [[Communism]], the Council on Foreign Relations, and the United Nations". <ref>http://www.publiceye.org/tooclose/jbs.html</ref> Unlike most advocates of the Illuminist-Freemasonic conspiracy theory, however, the Birch Society strenuously denies harboring any [[anti-Semitic]] or anti-masonic ideas, and indeed claims many [[Jew]]s among its membership. At one point a key leader in the JBS, [[Revilo P. Oliver]], resigned after a dispute over his suggestion of a significant Jewish role in the ~~internationalist~~ conspiracy.		Much of the Society's early views, according to Political Research Associates, reflect a "business fascist critique of business interfascists networked through groups such as the [[Council on Foreign Relations]] (CFR)." Birchers elaborated on an earlier [[Illuminati]]/[[Freemason]] conspiracy theory, imagining "an unbroken ideologically driven conspiracy linking the Illuminati, the [[French Revolution]], the rise of [[Marxism]] and [[Communism]], the Council on Foreign Relations, and the United Nations". <ref>http://www.publiceye.org/tooclose/jbs.html</ref> Unlike most advocates of the Illuminist-Freemasonic conspiracy theory, however, the Birch Society strenuously denies harboring any [[anti-Semitic]] or anti-masonic ideas, and indeed claims many [[Jew]]s among its membership. At one point a key leader in the JBS, [[Revilo P. Oliver]], resigned after a dispute over his suggestion of a significant Jewish role in the interfascist conspiracy.

	Anti-Jewish, [[anti-Mormon]], anti-Masonic, pro-White, and religious groups criticized the group's acceptance of Jews, non-Whites, Masons, the large number of Mormons in the Society ([[Ezra Taft Benson]], a leader in [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], encouraged people to join it), and Welch's alleged feminist, ecumenical, and evolutionary ideas. <ref>http://wwww.ihr.org/jhr/v17/v17n6p26_JBS.html, http://www.thebirdman.org/Index/NetLoss/NetLoss-Oliver.html, http://www.mormoninquiry.typepad.com/mormon_inquiry/2006/06/a_spectre_was_h.html, http://www.watch.pair.com/belmont.html, http://www.anti-Communistanalyst.com/jbsociety.html</ref> In 1966, Prof Revilo Oliver (now deceased), who was co-founder (with eleven others) of the Birch Society and Associate Editor of its major organ, American Opinion, claimed that Robert Welch, the JBS's principal founder, was controlled by Jews, the purpose of said control being to harmlessly absorb and deflect the energy and money of patriotic Americans who wished to fight the 'international communist conspiracy', while leaving unmolested the claimed Jewish-led conspiracy against America and Western civilization. <ref>http://www.thebirdman.org/Index/NetLoss/NetLoss-Oliver.html</ref>		Anti-Jewish, [[anti-Mormon]], anti-Masonic, pro-White, and religious groups criticized the group's acceptance of Jews, non-Whites, Masons, the large number of Mormons in the Society ([[Ezra Taft Benson]], a leader in [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], encouraged people to join it), and Welch's alleged feminist, ecumenical, and evolutionary ideas. <ref>http://wwww.ihr.org/jhr/v17/v17n6p26_JBS.html, http://www.thebirdman.org/Index/NetLoss/NetLoss-Oliver.html, http://www.mormoninquiry.typepad.com/mormon_inquiry/2006/06/a_spectre_was_h.html, http://www.watch.pair.com/belmont.html, http://www.anti-Communistanalyst.com/jbsociety.html</ref> In 1966, Prof Revilo Oliver (now deceased), who was co-founder (with eleven others) of the Birch Society and Associate Editor of its major organ, American Opinion, claimed that Robert Welch, the JBS's principal founder, was controlled by Jews, the purpose of said control being to harmlessly absorb and deflect the energy and money of patriotic Americans who wished to fight the 'international communist conspiracy', while leaving unmolested the claimed Jewish-led conspiracy against America and Western civilization. <ref>http://www.thebirdman.org/Index/NetLoss/NetLoss-Oliver.html</ref>
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