How the John Birch Society's conspiracies led to political divides in the 1960s In today’s political climate, conspiracy theories are commonplace. The John Birch Society was started by a small group of wealthy businessmen, including Robert Welch and Fred Koch. While the John Birch Society's influence has waned, its impact is still felt today. I think he understands that he …
APPLETON, Wis. — The decades fall away as you open the front doors. “But all the things that we wrote about are coming to pass.” ___ Back when the Cold War loomed and TV was still mostly in black and white, the John Birch Society mattered. “They created this alternative political tradition,” says Matthew Dallek, a historian at George Washington …
