WHO AND WHAT IS LYNDON LAROUCHE?

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• Publication Date: February 7, 1981
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HUMAN EVENTS
7 FEBRUARY 1981
Who grid ,:What is Lyndon LaRouche?
You'll find them at airports and shopping In 1976 for example, the USLP published
centers selling newspapers and magazines. They're "Carter and the Party of. International Ter-
well-dressed and fast-talking. They plug economic rorism," which purported to- be a report on the
growth and nuclear power. They denounce drugs, links between liberal foundations, think tanks,
liberals and Ralph Nader. But appearances are the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), law firms_
deceiving. These conservative-looking and talking.
ected to the Democratic party and international
conn
political salesmen are not conservatives-they're and domestic terrorism.
pro-Soviet. The report claimed, among other things, that
They masquerade as representatives of the Na- "Wall Street"-not Moscow--controlled interna-
tional Democratic Policy Committee, the New tional terrorism and the Communist Party, U.S.A.
Solidarity International Press Service (NSIPS), the Another report, devoted to the Institute for Policy
National Anti-Drug Coalition, the Fusion Energy Studies, claimed that the CIA was responsible,
Foundation- and the Executive Intelligence Review. for 90 per cent of the world's terrorism and that'
They used to operate as member of 'the National. Communists involved in terrorism were actually
Caucus of Labor Committees (NCLC) and. the Western intelligence agents. The report also attacked
U.S. Labor Party (USLP), All of these organi- anti-Communist Rep. Lawrence McDonald (R.-
rations lead to one man-Lyndon H. LaRoucheJr. Ga.) because he was pressing for an investigation
LaRouche, a former member of the Trotskyite of "alleged" KGB infiltration of Capitol Hill.
Communist Socialist Workers party (SW P), In 1979 Executive Intelligence Review published
emerged as the leader of a faction of the Students an article, "Who Are the Environmentalists?"
for a Democratic Society (SDS) in the late 1960s. which claimed that the anti-nuclear movement was
He built his group into a political intelligence net- run by the New York-based Council on. Foreign
work with about one thousand operatives stationed Relations and a London institute.. But the article
also attacked London Daily Telegraph columnist
also Western Europe and South
in North America, America. These operatives tirelessly and mindless- Robert Moss and Rep. McDonald for charging
ly promote the bizarre conspiracy theories of Soviet-manipulation of the anti-nuclear movement .
the West. Ezecuttvclntelligence Review labeled
who ran as the USLP candidate for
LaRouche, these charges as _"wild conspiracy -tales.:'' , :~ ...
President in 1976 and campaigned for the ::'?
Democratic nomination in ? 1980. l~r?.A.1978 book disttiibuted by the USLP, .Dope,
Inc., as alleged expose of who controls the world's ?
In a series of lectures given in 1976, "What Only -narcotics trafficking, curiously ignored the role of
Communists .Know," LaRouche described his net- every-Communist power. except Red China in. the
work as a part of the "world's Marxist labor move- dope-trade. This is' not surprising, since a Soviet
meat" which together with "allied Communist .:commentator is cited as a sours a for some of the
forces within the capitalist sector generally are allegations made in. the book...
working overnight, constantly, to bring into being Also of . interest is how the -, LaRouche group
a new Marxist International..." . Frea .? _
cted't' The Spike, the best-selling:novd about
In that same year, however, LaRouche appeared = Soviet : espionage and: disinformation operations
to reverse course," ordering his followers to pursue written by Robert Moss and forma X4kwn vk car
"tactical alliances" withconservafves_ LaRouche . respondent Arnaud de. Borchgrave. LaRouche said
became critical of the drug lobby, the anti-nuclear the book. "promotes belief in a non-existent aspect
movement, and the left-wing Institute for Policy' of the. Soviet KGB.....-.., ' Another.review! of the
Studies. _ ?- . book ?iq their newspaper, New Solidarity, rejected
LaRouche also concocted conspiracy theories J he book's claim that the Soviet -Union-.was a
involving, the Trilateral Commission, the Council primary sponsor.. of . international ,terrorism.
on Foreign Relations, the Rockefellers, the British According to New Solidarity, the. real sponsor is
and "Zionist agents" r"Angle-American :intelligence," of.which Robert.
? Moss is su to be a member::-...
Yet his supposed attacks on the left always Last July New Solidrrity published an interview
seemed to result in attacks on responsible con-, I- . _ ....
swvatives and Western intelligence agencies; with Gen. Nino Pasti, identified as a retired NATO
diverting attention away from Soviet - pulitary officer who.was to become a.member of
-the Italian Communist parliament on the Com-
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munist party ticket." The general parrots the moting development" of fission and fusion energy.
Soviet line on Afghanistan, saying that the Soviets Yet an analysis of past issues of Fusion shows that
invaded because NATO had decided to deploy new nuclear development in the U.S. is almost always
missiles in Europe and the U.S. and China were pushed in conjunction with demands for
allegedly collaborating on military policy, "with a U.S.-USSR cooperation -in' nuclear research and
view toward an eventual war against the Soviet development. Fusion also carries many articles and
Union." advertisements promoting East-West trade and
Lately, in a bizarre twist, LaRouche has been ,U.S.-Soviet scientific exchanges.
making what appear to be attacks on the Soviet For example, in June 1978 Fusion carried ?an ar-
KGB and Fidel Castro. These are appearing in New ticle,?, "Brezhnev-Schmidt Treaty: Peace, ? Pros-
Solidarity, reports circulating on Capitol Hill, and perity, Progress," that praised the huge economic
a long letter that LaRouche sent to several key con- deal signed by Brezhnev - and.-West German '
gressmen. Even these attacks, however, can be seen..: Chancellor.. Helmut Schmidt for :promoting the
as designed to serve Soviet objectives. They are be- "near integration of the two economies:':::.', FEF
ing; made in connection with a smear- of the ;Airecor;Moms Levitt is quoted as saying,-!'Should
Heritage Foundation, the respected Washington- the U.S. enter into comparable arrangements,-and
based think tank that has- placed many conser- begin?vast :joint efforts in. fusion and .space
vatives in the new Administration, as a KGB front. research, the face..of the planet would be rapidly
(Heritage published an excellent expose of, the -transformed." Indeed. Control Data Education
USLP in 1978.) Co., a. service of Control Data Corp., which pro-
In a variation of a .disinformation theme the CIA motes and engages in technology transfer to the
claims is used by the Soviets, LaRouche suggests a USSR, took out a full-page advertisement in Fu-
"faction" of the Soviet leadership that controls the sion in November 1978 telling readers about a U,S.
KGB, Fidel Castro, the Socialist International, and visit by four Soviet scientists who specialize in
elements of Canadian intelligence are being magnetohydrodynamics.
manipulated by British agents in an effort to Despite the pro-Soviet line pursued by
destabilize Poland, Central America and the Mid-
dle East. Dictator Brezhnev, we are told, is not part tions, some conservative groups have been
of that faction, however. Brezhnev is supposed to taken in. by the conservative-sounding
be a member of the "nationalist faction" that
favors peace and trade and opposes war, terrorism 'rhetoric.
and "world revolution." The Conservative Book Club, for example, has
The 1978 CIA .Report on Soviet Propaganda taken out a number of, advertisements in Fusion
Operations, prepared at the request of Rep. John magazine. The ads plug the book, Crow OrDie, by
Ashbrook (R.-Ohio) of the House Select Commit- James A. Weber. Last year, the prestigious Free-
tee on Intelligence, points out that the theme that doms Foundation gave an award tl Fusion for a
there.: are "moderates" and "hardliners," or series of pro-nuclear articles. After learning of Fu-
"
-
-
hawks
- and doves
" In Ule Kremlin, is frequent-
ly employed. by the Soviets as a way.of gaining
? diplomatic advantages from the West.- As the CIA
report notes,."Ifwe grant that Brezhnev is a dove;
then: we _ must accommodate ourselves' to his
demapds is order to encourage the more moderate
'elements -in the Soviet leadership; moreover, we
"must expect that the deal Brezhnev offers us is the
best we can.expect to get from the Soviets."
A recent article: in the Executive Intelligence
Review, "Brezhnev. Reasserts a War-Avoidance
.Policy," picks up -on the disinformation theme
directly, using. some of the terminology mentioned
in the CIA report. The article argues that the
Reagan Administration must deal with Brezhnev,
who represents "Soviet political forces which
orient toward cooperation with the West," and not
provoke "the Soviet anti-detente hardliners, ..."
The pro-Soviet line runs through most of the
LaRouche operations, including the Fusion
Energy Foundation and. its publication, Fusion
magazine...Fusion is strongly pro-nuclear,. pro-
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sion's backers, however, the Freedoms Founda-
o acknowledged? lnaking a mistake and prom-
iised to;cha ? ;1 ac :: #~
The biggest sucker,' however, is the far-right I
Liberty Lobby,. and its publication, Spotlight,
which 'share' LaRoucbe's fascination with the
Rockefellers and conspiracy theories. Spotlight
:favorably reviewed the USLP?f'Cartcr and Terror-
ism report:. It said although .: there, "Were
`'occasional "distortions and omissions"s'in the
report, it was nevertheless a "valuable addition"
to anyone's political library. The problem, accord-
ing to Spotlight, was not the failure to document
Moscow's role in terrorism, but the alleged failure
to implicate "the major Zionist groups." Liberty
Lobby sold copies of the report for $5, even though
the USLP was selling it for $2. In 1979 Spotlight
favorably reviewed the USLP book, Dope, Inc.,
describing it as "exceptionally well written, broad
and informative." Liberty Lobby. sold the book
for $5. -
Spotlight's. opinion. of the USLP apparently
changed over the years. Back when they reviewed
the "Carter and Terrorism" report, they said the
USLP was "probably the only 'honest' Marxist
group in the U.S. because it is not controlled by
and supported by Rockefeller money, as are all
similar groups." In 1979 Spotlight carried a brief
item that described the USLP as a group of
"former" Marxists.
The evidence is overwhelming, however, that
LaRouche and his followers have not repudiated
their Marxist beginnings. They push the Soviet line
and, at the same time, smear some of the most ef-
fective conservative groups and individuals who
are exposing Soviet operations. Responsible con-
servatives should.not snap at LaRouche's bait.
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