Believe it or not, the so-called birthers are back. As if the post Citizens United world of campaign finance wasn't sketchy enough, along comes a new super PAC created specifically to regurgitate racist conspiracy theories claiming President Obama is not a natural-born American, and thereby supposedly barred from holding the presidency.
The group has already started running ads.
The first full Federal Election Commission report for the new Tea Party super PAC, FreedomWorks for America, just became available to the public. The report indicates that in its first five months, the super PAC brought in serious cash, $2,697,973 to be exact. What the new report doesn't say is almost as informative as what does.
National Tea Party groups are gearing up for an influx of unregulated campaign cash this year. On Monday, January 23, the Tea Party Express became the second national Tea Party faction to dive into the big money world of super PACs with the formation of the Tea Party Express Presidential Campaign PAC. The Tea Party Express joins FreedomWorks, which formed its super PAC last summer.
Just before heading off to Florida to join up with the Tea Party Express for a "get out the vote" drive, Tea Party Nation's Judson Phillips again jumped on the birther bandwagon.
While all eyes were focused on the Republican Party primary in South Carolina, and commentators were proclaiming the Tea Party movement finished because it had not yet picked a single presidential candidate to act as its standard-bearer, five hundred Tea Partiers gathered in Myrtle Beach on January 15 and 16, as if to prove its naysayers wrong. They came from 23 local Tea Party and "constitutionalist" organizations. The speakers' list was a who's who and what is what among the Tea Partiers and Republican politicians. And anti-immigrant fever ran high.
Federation for American Immigration Reform and Related Nativist Institutions |
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| Year | FAIR | Immigration Reform Law Institute | FAIR Congressional Taskforce | US Inc | Center for Immigration Studies |
| 2001 | $3,384,027 | $2,282,532 | $672,655 | ||
| 2002 | $3,627,678 | $1,429,707 | $895,104 | ||
| 2003 | $3,311,569 | $1,456,770 | $869,280 | ||
| 2004 | $4,256,992 | $1,440,098 | $1,659,197 | $1,015,055 | |
| 2005 | $4,878,807 | $100,000 | $320,032 | $2,053,427 | $1,161,390 |
| 2006 | $5,015,038 | $517,809 | $123,869 | $2,292,602 | $1,575,136 |
| 2007 | $7,669,981 | $162,588 | $3,395,498 | $1,633,843 | |
| 2008 | $10,205,818 | $970,740 | $61,728 | $3,360,118 | $2,657,702 |
| 2009 | $8,154,570 | $646,174 | $1,559 | $2,381,539 | $1,766,533 |
| 2010 | $8,729,690 | $1,411,666 | |||
NumbersUSA and Affiliated Groups |
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| Year | NumbersUSA | NumbersUSA Action | Americans for Better Immigration | ||
| 2001 | |||||
| 2002 | $914,093 | ||||
| 2003 | $1,213,017 | ||||
| 2004 | $1,056,191 | $105,745 | $110,531 | ||
| 2005 | $2,235,665 | $254,984 | $440,963 | ||
| 2006 | $3,542,544 | $299,148 | $110,531 | ||
| 2007 | $3,984,537 | $1,210,171 | $16,646 | ||
| 2008 | $8,160,338 | $1,540,805 | $11,294 | ||
| 2009 | $4,259,812 | $988,567 | $2,479 | ||
| 2010 | $3,888,201 | $1,379,222 | |||
Americans for Immigration Control and Affiliated Organizations |
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| Year | American Immigration Control Foundation | American for Immigration Control | Americans for Immigration Control, NC | ||
| 2001 | $300,288 | $246,705 | |||
| 2002 | $151,273 | $5,186,294 | |||
| 2003 | $170,702 | $4,872,645 | |||
| 2004 | $210,048 | $4,233,325 | $51,738 | ||
| 2005 | $142,761 | $4,860,712 | $41,697 | ||
| 2006 | $252,233 | $3,237,707 | ($38,736) | ||
| 2007 | $146,706 | $2,669,842 | $8,353 | ||
| 2008 | $183,218 | $1,597,820 | $7,080 | ||
| 2009 | $119,388 | $1,323,279 | $0 | ||
| 2010 | $93,518 | $1,299,877 | $4,000 | ||
Grassroots Nativist Groups with a National Footprint |
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| Year | California Coalition for Immigration Reform | American Border Patrol | Californians for Population Stabilization | ||
| 2001 | $668,346 | ||||
| 2002 | $151,273 | $726,589 | |||
| 2003 | $170,702 | $335,066 | |||
| 2004 | $210,048 | $748,681 | |||
| 2005 | $31,438 | $1,062,437 | $382, 395 | ||
| 2006 | $36,911 | $349,512 | $778,820 | ||
| 2007 | $1,197,533 | $1,535,911 | |||
| 2008 | $26,629 | $1,027,008 | $1,125,155 | ||
| 2009 | $21,298 | $996,145 | $1,575,256 | ||
| 2010 | $1,570,077 | ||||
Minuteman Factions |
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| Year | Jim Gilchrist's Minuteman Project | Minuteman Project | Minuteman Civil Defense Corps | ||
| 2001 | |||||
| 2002 | |||||
| 2003 | |||||
| 2004 | |||||
| 2005 | $77,943 | $418,493 | |||
| 2006 | $416,169 | $676,710 | |||
| 2007 | $100,515 | $253,120 | $789,266 | ||
| 2008 | $194,589 | $4,387 | $208,922 | ||
| 2009 | $166,668 | $0 | |||
| 2010 | $186,594 | $2,600 | |||
The Nativist Establishment PACs |
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| YEAR | Minuteman PAC | MCDC PAC | Minuteman Victory PAC | US Immigration Reform PAC | ALIPAC |
| 2001 | $24,349 | ||||
| 2002 | $100,438 | ||||
| 2003 | $32,532 | ||||
| 2004 | $139,958 | $1,707 | |||
| 2005 | $1,000 | $21,779 | $16,141 | ||
| 2006 | $997,574 | $154,183 | $28,748 | $31,296 | |
| 2007 | $902,290 | $11,080 | $14,762 | $129,539 | |
| 2008 | $826,712 | $125,993 | $8,309 | $100,181 | |
| 2009 | $594,200 | $189,140 | $123,204 | $153 | $118,143 |
| 2010 | $513,979 | $84,903 | $277,379 | $1,539 | $154,821 |
| Note: A few of the groups have fiscal years that start and end in mid-year. Data contained herein reflects the closest year. | |||||
| Sources: IRS Form 990s, group audits, and Secretary of State Filings for non-profit organizations. Federal Elections Commission Form 3X for Political Action Committees. | |||||
| Name | Nativist Title | Nativist Group | City | State | National Tea Party Membership | Local Tea Party Activity |
| Al Garza | Vice President | Minuteman Civil Defense Corps | Cochise County | AZ | Founder, Patriots Coalition; Member Central Valley Tea Party | |
| Barbara Coe | Chairwoman | California Coalition For Immigration Reform | Huntington Beach | CA | Spoke At California Tea Party Events | |
| Barbara Sands | Metro West Team Leader | FIRE Coalition | Northborough | MA | Member, Northboroughteaparty | |
| Bob Bowser | State Director | FIRE Coalition | Salina | KS | Patriot Action Network, Tea Party Express, Tea Party Patriots | Patriot Action Network State Director |
| Bob Park | Project Coordinator | Immivasion | Prescott | AZ | Member, Arizona Tea Party | |
| Bob Schrameyer | Leader | Citizens For Immigration Law Enforcement | Goshen | IN | Helped Organize Elkhart County Tax Day Tea Party Protest | |
| Bob Wright | State Director | Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - New Mexico Chapter | Santa Fe | NM | Leader Local Tea Party, Spoke At New Mexico Tea Party Event, Also A Militia Leader | |
| Brenda Walker | Web Publisher And Newsletter Editor, Founder, Writer | Bay Area Coalition For Immigration Reform; Immmigrations Human Costs, VDARE | Berkeley | CA | Participated In California Tea Party Events | |
| Carl Braun | State Director | Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - California Chapter | San Diego | CA | Created Tea Party Pledge That Included Immigration | |
| Carla Bonney | Leader | Ventura County Independent Minutemen | Ventura | CA | Tea Party Patriots | Member, Ventura County Not Going To Take It Anymore - Tea Party Patriots |
| Carmen Mercer | President | Minuteman Civil Defense Corps | Tombstone | AZ | Tea Party Patriots | |
| Carol Helms | Director | Immigration Reform For Oklahoma Now (IRON) | Jenks | OK | Spoke At Tulsa Tea Party Events | |
| Chad MacDonald | Director Of Social Media Marketing | Numbersusa | Arlington | VA | Tea Party Nation | Spoke At California Tea Party Events; Organized Anti-DREAM Act Events With Tea Party Patriots |
| Chelene Nightingale | Leader | Save Our State | Los Angeles | CA | Member, Central Valley Tea Party; Spoke At South Orange County Tea Party | |
| Cheree Calabro | Co-Founder | Indiana Federation For Immigration Reform Enforcement | Valparaiso | IN | Patriot Action Network | |
| Chris Simcox | Founder | Minuteman Civil Defense Corps | Tombstone | AZ | Spoke At Arizona Tea Party Events | |
| Chuck Ratliff | Chapter Director | Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - Houston Chapter | Houston | TX | Participated In Tea Party Express Searchlight, NV Rally | |
| Claudia Leonard | State Director | FIRE Coalition | Concord | OH | Her Group, Ohio FIRE Became A Member Of The Tea Party Umbrella Ohio Liberty Council | |
| Craig Halverson | State Director | Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - Iowa Chapter | Griswold | IA | Spoke At Spencer Tea Party Rally | |
| Curtis Collier | President | U.S. Border Watch | Spring | TX | Spoke At District 17 Tea Party Event, Sept. 2010 | |
| D.A. King | President, Board Of Advisors | Dustin Inman Society | Marietta | GA | Spoke At GA Tea Party Event - June 1, 2010 | |
| Dan Smeriglio | Founder | Voice Of The People | Hazelton | PA | Spoke At Pennsylvania Tea Party Events | |
| David Caulkett | Creator | FIRE Coalition; Illegalaliens.Us And Report Illegals | Pompano Beach | FL | Patriot Action Network | |
| Dennis Drake | Southern Indiana Team Leader | FIRE Coalition | Santa Claus | IN | Patriot Action Network, Tea Party Patriots | Patriot Action Network Coordinator, Tri-State Tea Party |
| Dexter Dawston | Founder | Georgia Coalition Against Illegal Immigration | Snellville | GA | Tea Party Patriots | Organizer Of Dekalb County Patriots Tea Party Group |
| Don Goldwater | Chapter Director/Media Liaison | Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - Phoenix Chapter | Phoenix | AZ | Member, Greater Phoenix Tea Party Patriots | |
| Don L. Blackford | Chapter Director | Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - Harrison County Chapter | Logan | IA | Participated In Iowa City, Iowa Tea Party Event | |
| Don Marciniak | Columbiana County Team Leader | FIRE Coalition | Columbiana | OH | Tea Party Patriots | |
| Doug Kagan | Chairman | Nebraska Taxpayers For Freedom - Illegal Immigration Project | Omaha | NE | 1776 Tea Party, Tea Party Patriots | His Group Became A Tea Party Chapter |
| Douglas Roy | President | KFIRE | Lexington | KY | Spoke At Lexington Tea Party Events | |
| Dr. Howard Garber | Founder | American Civil Responsibilities Union | Orange | CA | 1776 Tea Party | |
| Duane Smith | State Director | FIRE Coalition | Las Vegas | NV | Leader, Nevada Action Coalition (A Tea Party Group), Member Of Nevada Active Conservatives, Organized Tea Party Express Stop | |
| Ed Hayes | Founder | Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - Heart Of America Chapter | Overland Park | KS | Tea Party Patriots | |
| Elise Marciano | Founding Member | United States Citizens For Immigration Law Enforcement | West Redding | CT | Participated In Danbury, CT Tea Party | |
| Enos Schera | Vice President | Citizens Of Dade United | Miami | FL | Patriot Action Network, Tea Party Nation | |
| Evert Evertsen | Founder | Minutemen Midwest | Harvard | IL | Patriot Action Network | |
| Gianluca Zanna | Founder | Mohave County Minutemen | Golden Valley | AZ | Tea Party Recording Artist | |
| Ginger Saunders | Treasure Coast Team Leader | FIRE Coalition | Stuart | FL | Tea Party Patriots | |
| Greg Letiecq | Executive Director | Save The Old Dominion | Manassas | VA | His Group Is A Partner Of Virginia Tea Party Patriots; He Also Does The Video For The Prince William County, VA Tea Party | |
| Greg Serbon | Co-Founder And Lake County Regional Director | Indiana Federation For Immigration Reform Enforcement | Valparaiso | IN | Spoke At Tea Party Rally In Indianapolis, IN | |
| Hal Washburn | Vetting Director | Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - Washington Chapter | Olalla | WA | Patriot Action Network | |
| James Carter | State Director | Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - Tennessee Chapter | Murfreesboro | TN | Tea Party Patriots | |
| James Flohr | Vice Chair | Citizens Council On Illegal Immigration Of Washington County | Spanish Fork | UT | Spoke At Salt Lake County Tea Party Events | |
| James G. McDonald | VCIR, Founder; FAIR, Board Of Directors | Virginia Coalition For Immigration Reform | Alexandria | VA | Patriot Action Network | |
| Janet Renner | President | Floridians For Immigration Enforcement | Ballwin | MO | Member, Southwest Florida 9-12 Project | |
| Jay Schoby | San Gabriel Valley Team Leader | FIRE Coalition | South Pasadena | CA | Member, Teapac - Pasadena Patriots | |
| Jeff Henry | Chapter Leader | Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - Colorado Springs Chapter | Peyton | CO | Patriot Action Network | |
| Jeff Lewis | National Director | FIRE Coalition; Patriot Watchdog | Wilson | NC | Member, Wilson NC Tea Party | |
| Jeff Schwilk | Founder, San Diego County Team Leader | San Diego Minutemen, FIRE Coalition | San Diego | CA | Leader, Socal Patriots | |
| Jeffrey Fabi | Central Florida Patriots Minuteman Project, FIRE Coalition | Paisley | FL | Freedomworks | ||
| Jeremy Doucet | State Director | FIRE Coalition | Portsmouth | RI | Tea Party Patriots | Member, Rhode Island Tea Party |
| Jesse Lee Peterson | President | BOND | Los Angeles | CA | Member, South Central LA Tea Party | |
| Jim Eckland | Lancaster, MA Team Leader | FIRE Coalition | Lancaster | MA | Tea Party Nation, Tea Party Patriots | Member, Northborough MA Tea Party |
| Jim Gilchrist | President | Minuteman Project | Aliso Viejo | CA | 1776 Tea Party | |
| Jim Ludwick | Director Of Communications, Former President | Oregonians For Immigration Reform | Mcminnville | OR | Spoke At Oregon 9-12 Project Meetings | |
| Jim Nixon | Tucson, AZ Team Leader | FIRE Coalition | Tucson | AZ | Patriot Action Network | |
| Jim Rizoli | Founder | Concerned Citizens And Friends Of Illegal Immigration Law Enforcement | Framingham | MA | Patriot Action Network | |
| Jim Robb | Staff Member | NumbersUSA | Alexandria | VA | Spoke At Alexandria Tea Party Events | |
| John Hendrix | Chapter Leader | Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - Florida Chapter | Tampa | FL | Patriot Action Network | |
| John Ryan | Founder | Pennsylvania Minutemen | Southampton | PA | Tea Party Nation | |
| Joyce Mucci | Founder, Staff | Mid America Immigration Reform Coalition, FAIR | Kansas City | MO | Spoke At Baton Rouge Tea Party Event, Tampa & Inverness Florida TP Events | |
| Kenny J. Wallis | President | Keeparkansaslegal | Little Rock | AR | Spoke At March 14, 2009 Arkansas Tea Party Protest | |
| Kris Kobach | Counsel | Immigration Reform Law Institute (FAIR) | Overland Park | KS | Spoke At Several Tea Party Events In Kansas | |
| Larry Jones | Pinal County, AZ Team Leader | FIRE Coalition | Maricopa | AZ | Member, Arizona Tea Party | |
| Lawrence Headrick | Chapter Director | Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - Northwest Georgia Chapter | Tunnel Hill | GA | Member, Local Tea Party | |
| Lex Price | Chapter Director | Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - Emporia Chapter | Emporia | KS | Leader, Kansans For Constitutional Integrity And Emporia Tea Party | |
| Louise Whiteford | President | Texans For Immigration Reform, Inc. | Houston | TX | Tea Party Nation | |
| Mark Boughton | Mayor Of The City Of Danbury | Mayors And County Executives For Immigration Reform | Danbury | CT | Campaigned At Tea Party Events | |
| Mark Ryan | Chapter Director | Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - Crawford County Chapter | Denison | IA | Active with Local Tea Party | |
| Marlene Tobin | Chapter Director | Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - Pittsburgh Chapter | Canonsburg | PA | Tea Party Patriots | Member, Southwest PA Tea Party; Member, Pittsburgh South 912 Group; Member, Washington County, PA 912 Project |
| Michael Crowe | President | Virginia Coalition For Immigration Reform | Springfield | VA | Patriot Action Network | |
| Mike Jarbeck | Director | Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - Florida Chapter | Orlando | FL | Patriot Action Network | |
| Pat Byrne | Texas State Deputy Director & Texas Border Operations Director | Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - Texas Chapter | Austin | TX | Executive Director, Patriots Coalition | |
| Penny Magnotto | Founder | Minutewomen On The Road | Lake Elsinore | CA | Participated In California Tea Party Events | |
| Peter Gadiel | President | 9-11 Families For A Secure America | Kent | CT | 1776 Tea Party | |
| Peter Lanteri | New York Chapter Director | Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - New York Chapter | Long Island | NY | Spoke At Long Island Tea Party Coalition Meeting, March 30, 2011 | |
| Ray Bostard | Berks County Team Leader | FIRE Coalition | Reading | PA | Patriot Action Network, Tea Party Nation, Tea Party Patriots, | Member, Berks County Patriots |
| Rebecca Forest | Co-Founder | Immigration Reform Coalition Of Texas (IRCOT) | Austin | TX | Leader, Texas Tea Party | |
| Renee Slinkard | Founder | Kansas FIRE Coalition | Paola | KS | Leader Tea Party Immigration Coalition Kansas Chapter | |
| Rick Haley | Vice President | Oregonians For Immigration Reform | McMinnville | OR | Spoke Salem Tea Party Event. OFIR Also Participated In Tea Party Events | |
| Rick Oltman | National Media Director (Former) | Californians For Population Stabilization | Novato | CA | Spoke At California Tea Party Events | |
| Robert Dameron | Founder | Citizens For The State Of Washington | Yakima | WA | Patriot Action Network | |
| Robert Najmulski | Northeast Field Director | Federation For American Immigration Reform | Washington | DC | Spoke At Lorain County Tea Party, Greater Boston Tea Party, And Adrian, MI 9-12 Project Meetings | |
| Robert Wren | Chair | UFIRE | Spanish Fork | UT | Spoke At October 18, 2010 Salt Lake County Tea Party Event | |
| Robin Hvidston | Co-Founder, Leader | FIRE Coalition; Southern California Minuteman | Upland | CA | Patriot Action Network | |
| Rodney Hunt | Co-Founder | Mississippi FIRE | Flowood | MS | Patriot Action Network, Tea Party Patriots | Director, Central Mississippi Tea Party Inc. |
| Ron Bass | Founder | United Patriots Of America | Elizabeth | NJ | Patriot Action Network | |
| Ron Woodward | Director | NC Listen | Cary | NC | Spoke At Tea Party Rally In Raleigh, NC | |
| Rosanna Pulido | Founder | Chicago Minutemen | Chicago | Il | Patriot Action Network | |
| Roy Beck | Executive Director | NumbersUSA | Arlington | VA | Spoke At Several Tea Party Events | |
| Ruthie Hendrycks | Founder | Minnesotans Seeking Immigration Reform | Hanska | MN | Patriot Action Network | |
| Sandra Beene | Co-Founder | Texas Minutemen | Huntsville | TX | Patriot Action Network | |
| Schuylar Crist | Chapter Director | Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - San Antonio Chapter | San Antonio | TX | Member Local Tea Party | |
| Shawna Forde | Founder | Minuteman American Defense | Everett | WA | Active With Phoenix Tea Party Before Arrest | |
| Stan Weekes | Director | Colorado Alliance For Immigration Reform | Lakewood | CO | Spoke At Denver Tea Party Events | |
| Steve Eichler | Executive Director | Minuteman Civil Defense Corps | Riverside | CA | 1776 Tea Party | |
| Steve Salvi | Founder | Ohio Jobs & Justice - PAC | Cleveland | OH | Patriot Action Network | |
| Steven R. Maness | Founder | New Jersey Minuteman Project | Sayreville | NJ | Tea Party Patriots | |
| Susan Tully | National Field Director | Federation For American Immigration Reform | Viroqua | WI | Tea Party Patriots | |
| Ted Hayes | Co-Founder | Crispus Attucks Brigade | Los Angeles | CA | His Group, American Black Shield, Is Listed As A Member Group Of The SoCal Patriots. Also Spoke At Tea Party Events. | |
| Teresa Alvelo | Chapter Director | Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - Austin Chapter | San Marcos | TX | Member, Austin, TX Tea Party; San Marcos 912 Patriots, Caldwell 9.12 Project; Constitution Meetup Group | |
| Terry Gorman | Founder | Rhode Islanders For Immigration Law Enforcement (MMP) | Lincoln | RI | Active With Rhode Island Tea Partiers | |
| Tim Bueler | Media Director | Minuteman Civil Defense Corps | Laguna Beach | CA | 1776 Tea Party | |
| Tony Dolz | Chapter Director | Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - LA Chapter | Thousand Oaks | CA | FreedomWorks | |
| Walter Adams | State Director | Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - Pennsylvania Chapter | Croydon | PA | Patriot Action Network | |
| Wendell Neal | Leader | Tulsa Minutemen | Broken Arrow | OK | Patriot Action Network | |
| William Gheen | President | ALIPAC | Raleigh | NC | Organized Tea Party Against Amnesty Events Across Country |
In this special report the Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights (IREHR) delineates the intersection of two trends. One is a measureable drop in the number of local and national anti-immigrant organizations that were established prior to the presidency of Barack Obama. Along the same lines, those organizations which remained experienced a noticeable decrease in the size of their membership and financial support.
This has led to a relative decline in what IREHR describes as the Nativist Establishment. It should be noted that IREHR is not arguing that these organizations have disappeared altogether. Neither does IREHR contend that such organizations have ceased to be a danger to human rights. Rather, the data suggests that their size and power have fallen relative to the strength they had achieved at their height during the period 2007-2008.
The second trend is a rise in anti-immigrant activism by the Tea Parties. As IREHR reported in its 2010 special report, Tea Party Nationalism, anti-immigrant sentiment and activism have been part of the Tea Party mix from the beginning. Indeed, we noted then that one of the six national factions, 1776 Tea Party, had imported its staff leadership directly from the Minutemen. In Beyond FAIR, however, we note both an increase in anti-immigrant activism by national and local Tea Party groups, as well as a measurable number of anti-immigrant leaders who have joined the Tea Parties and consequently accelerated the rate of anti-immigrant activism by those Tea Parties.
To a noticeable degree, the transfer of organizational allegiances to the Tea Parties noted in trend two is caused by the drop in strength by established anti-immigrant organizations described in trend one.
This re-articulation of the Nativist Establishment into the Tea Parties changes both the shape and strength of the anti-immigrant impulse in American life. Mixed into the activities of multi-issue organizations (the Tea Parties), it will be harder to delineate and counter by immigrant rights advocates. Further, the Tea Party movement by itself is larger and more significant than the Nativist Establishment ever was, even at its height. As a result, anti-immigrant activism has a bigger immediate constituency and is likely to be stronger.
Thank you Darrell Pope, the president of the Hutchinson, Kansas branch of the NAACP. The Tea Party in his area, the Patriot Freedom Alliance, put a skunk on its website and said it represented President Obama. Why? Thomas Hymer, who runs the website, said it was because Obama was half black, half white and everything he did stinks. Mr. Pope stood up and called this symbol for what it was: a racist attack on the president.
An Open Injunction Against Bigots & Conspiracy Mongers.
Less than thirty miles southeast of Flint, Michigan, Tea Party activists gathered in Clarkston on September 21 to undo the gains of the 1937 sit down strike that won union recognition at General Motors.
An Ohio state Tea Party convention featured workshops that advocated for dismantling public education, states' rights, voter suppression and against unions. Racist rhetoric about how black people who receive welfare "have no souls," that "Obamacare" is reparations, and the persistent refrain that president Obama is "not American" once again marred the Tea Parties' public relation attempts to appear non-racist.
The Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights (IREHR) is a national organization with an international outlook examining racist, anti-Semitic, white nationalist, and far-right social movements, analyzing their intersection with civil society and social policy, educating the public, and assisting in the protection and extension of human rights through organization and informed mobilization.
