Lyndon LaRouche

Lyndon Hermyle LaRouche, Jr. (born September 8, 1922) is an American political activist and founder of various political organizations in the United States and elsewhere.

1994–present

LaRouche continued his political activity upon his release from prison in 1994, concentrating much of his attention on Third World nations. He was invited to Brazil by members of the city council of São Paulo, and was made an honorary citizen of that city on June 12 of that year. On December 1, 1998, while sharing the podium with Helga Zepp-LaRouche before a meeting of the Mexican Society of Geography and Statistics in Mexico City, former President López Portillo said "it is now necessary for the world to listen to the wise words of Lyndon LaRouche." http://www.larouchepub.com/other/2004/site_packages/jlp_death/3108jlp_courage.html

Related Topics:
1994 - Third World - Brazil - São Paulo - June 12 - 1998

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When LaRouche ran for president again in 1996 the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Don Fowler, refused to allow LaRouche to be considered as a candidate or receive delegates. (LaRouche had received enough votes from a Louisiana parish to earn 2 delegates.) LaRouche sued under the Voting Rights Act and lost. He appealed to the First Court of Appeals and lost there as well, in 1999, on the grounds that freedom of association permit political parties to reject members. Opinion in LaRouche v Fowler 96-7191

Related Topics:
Voting Rights Act - First Court of Appeals

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During the Monica Lewinsky scandal, LaRouche mobilized his supporters in defense of Clinton. They formed a group called the "Committee to Save the Presidency," which petitioned nationwide against resignation or impeachment. LaRouche asserted that the same people and institutions that had attacked him were behind the attacks on Clinton.

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In March of 2000, the Los Angeles Times printed a facsimile of the Democratic presidential primary ballot with LaRouche's name airbrushed out. During the 2000 Democratic primaries, LaRouche scored in double digits in multiple states, with his best showing in Arkansas, where he received 22% of the vote to Vice President Al Gore's 78%. In the Kentucky primary, LaRouche placed third with 11%, behind Gore and Bill Bradley. The Democratic Party refused to grant any delegates to LaRouche on the grounds that he did not support the party's platform. http://www.politics1.com/dems04.htm

Related Topics:
2000 - Los Angeles Times - Al Gore - Bill Bradley

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In 2001 and 2003, he toured India, speaking at various conferences and university seminars. He has also traveled to Russia, where on several different occasions, LaRouche publications report that he has addressed both the Economics Committee of the Russian State Duma and the Russian Academy of Sciences, most recently in 2001.http://larouchein2004.net/pages/pressreleases/2001/010629russia.htm

Related Topics:
2001 - 2003 - India - Russia - State Duma - Russian Academy of Sciences

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LaRouche and his organizations opposed the US invasion of Iraq. LaRouche was cited by an op-ed in the Syria Times as "mong the US voices of reason" for asserting that the war is the result of a "1996 Israeli government policy that is being foisted on the President by a nest of (pro-Israel senior officials) inside the U.S. government." http://www.aljazeerah.info/Opinion%20editorials/2002%20Opinion%20editorials/Oct%202002%20op%20eds/Oct%2026,%202002%20op%20eds.htm LaRouche critic Chip Berlet suggests that the commentary on Iraq by LaRouche-affiliated publications, which is incorporated into some Arab and Muslim commentaries, represents conspiracism and anti-Semitism, especially through the use of what Berlet describes as "stereotyped descriptions of the neoconservative network and their power." http://www.newint.org/issue372/zog.htm

Related Topics:
US invasion of Iraq - Chip Berlet - Conspiracism - Anti-Semitism - Neoconservative

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