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Index of Right-wing Groups Operating on Campus

 

Accuracy in Academia -- see article beginning on p. 35

Acton Institute -- Religious group; holds weekend sessions training students in "Liberty," "Justice," and "Environmentalism"

American Academy for Liberal Education -- New Right-wing college accrediting group

American Cause Foundation -- Pat Buchanan's new group, dedicated to "Winning the Culture War"

Aryan Youth Movement -- Promotes "White Student Unions"

Association of American Universities -- Elite assoc. of research universities; supports military research

Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs -- Elite assoc. of foreign policy schools; supports CIA funding

Campus Crusade for Christ -- Huge campus membership; strong supporter of Ronald Reagan

CATO Institute -- Primary Libertarian think tank

Center for Individual Rights -- Provides free legal aid for those accused of sexism, racism, homophobia.

Center for Study of Popular Culture (pub. Heterodoxy) -- see article beginning on p. 35

Charles Edison Memorial Youth Fund -- Funds interns and trains students in free-market ideas

Citizens for the Environment -- Corporate-funded group seeks "market-oriented solutions to environmental problems"

Coll. Republican Nat'l Comm -- see article beginning on p. 35

Collegians Activated to Liberate Life -- see article beginning on p. 35

Collegiate Assn. for the Research of Principles -- Student chapters assoc. with Unification Church

Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow -- Affiliated with the Wise-Use Movement

Concerned Women for America -- Conservative women's reaction to National Organization for Women

Eagle Forum Collegians -- see article beginning on p. 35

Educational & Research Institute -- see article beginning on p. 35

Executive Intelligence Review -- Publication of LaRouche organization

False Memory Syndrome Foundation -- Charges that many memories of sexual abuse are imagined

Feminists for Life -- Anti-abortion group

Fallout, the Leading Voice in Student Radio -- Radio Project of USA Foundation (see below)

Federalist Society -- Network of conservative law student organizations.

First Amendment Coalition -- New national organization forming chapters at Ivy League schools; claims to be a "centrist" group

Fund for American Studies -- Sponsors summer institutes at Georgetown for 200 students each summer

Free Congress Foundation -- Key "New Right" group founded in 1974 by Adolph Coors and Paul Weyrich

Foundation for Economic Education -- Battles against socialism in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises; holds student seminars

Heritage Foundation -- Conservative think tank with $25 million budget, professors serving as "adjunct scholars"

Heterodoxy -- see Center for the Study of Popular Culture

Hoover Institution -- Right-wing think tank at Stanford University; promoted Reagan policies

Individual Rights Foundation -- Protects offensive expression; helps fraternities charged with harrassment

Institute for Contemporary Studies -- Distributes a catalog of conservative books and literature

Institute for Historical Review -- Challenges whether the Holocaust actually occurred; places ads in student newspapers; active on computer networks

Institute for Humane Studies -- Runs classes on "individual rights, free trade, peace, the rule of law, the free market, personal liberty"

Institute in Basic Youth Conflicts -- Runs seminars on how to "be alert to spiritual danger and be a man"

Intercollegiate Studies Institute -- see article beginning on p. 35

Institute for Objectivist Studies -- Promotes objectivism, the individualist and "ultra-capitalist" philosophy of Ayn Rand

Int'l Society for Individual Liberty -- Promotes "campus libertarian organizations" & "competitive economic systems"

Koch Foundation Fellowships -- Pays students to study "individual liberty" and "private property" for 10 weeks in the summer

Leadership Institute -- see article beginning on p. 35

Lincoln Institute for Public Policy Research -- UltraRight African-American group; opposes African National Congress in South Africa

Ludwig Von Mises Institute -- Auburn U Right-wing think-tank

Madison Center for Educational Affairs -- Merged with ISI in 1995

National Alliance -- Racist group, posts flyers to recruit on campus

National Association for the Advancement of White People -- David Duke's organization

National Association of Scholars (pub. Academic Questions) -- see article beginning on p. 35

National Empowerment Television -- TV network founded in 1993 by the New Right; includes student programming

National Journalism Center -- a project of Education and Research Institute.

National Traditionalist Caucus -- Opposes taxes and gays; starts "support groups for straight kids." Junior high and high school focused

Pink Sheet on the Left -- Virulent anti-communist newsletter on pink paper; works closely with College Republicans

Pioneer Fund -- Sponsors eugenics research on genetic differences between whites and blacks

Political Economy Research Center -- Montana State U pro-business, anti-environmental think tank

Public Education Coalition -- Works against funding of public education

Reason Foundation -- Libertarian think tank; publishes Reason magazine

Students for a Better America -- Conservative group which disrupted CISPES in the 1980s

Students for America -- Student group dedicated to preserving values God and Country, once directed by Ralph Reed

Students in Free Enterprise -- Claimed 80 chapters of student free-market advocates

Third Millenium -- see article beginning on p. 35

United States Industrial Council Ed. Foundation -- Used to train journalists prior to Madison Center

University Faculty for Life -- Faculty anti-abortion group centered at Georgetown U

University Professors for Academic Order -- "Old Guard" professors group formed in reaction to Vietnam War protests

USA (United Students of America) Foundation -- Non-profit arm of College Republicans

Western Goals Foundation -- Anti-communist organization collects data files on left-wing activists

White Student Union -- see Aryan Youth Movement

Women's Freedom Network -- New organization opposing feminists under the guise of feminism

Young America's Foundation -- see article beginning on p. 35

Young Americans for Freedom -- membership organization of

Youth for Christ -- Christian group which receives Right-wing funding

 

Right-Wing Universities

Christendom College (right-to-life)

Grove City College (PA, refused to not discriminate against women)

Hillsdale College (Michigan, totally pro-corporate and privately funded)

Independent University (right wing university in DC)

Liberty University

National Defense University

Regent University (Pat Robertson)

 

Anti-Public Interest Law Organizations

Landmark Legal Foundation

Mountain States Legal Foundation

New England Legal Foundation

Pacific Legal Foundation

Southeastern Legal Foundation

Washington Legal Foundation

Western Legal Foundation