Stories by Bill Berkowitz

Bill Berkowitz is a longtime observer of the conservative movement. His WorkingForChange column Conservative Watch documents the strategies, players, institutions, victories and defeats of the American Right. subscribe to Bill Berkowitz's feed

Bring Out Your Dead

Posted on: Jan 22, 2002, Source: WorkingForChange.com

Since late October, Marc Herold has been spending close to 12 hours a day tracking reports of civilian casualties caused by the U.S. bombing of Afghanistan.

Debunk This

Posted on: Jan 16, 2002, Source: WorkingForChange.com

The recent, misguided media attacks on the National Organization of Women for linking its agenda to 9/11 have been shown to be dead wrong.

The Choice is Theirs

Posted on: Jan 7, 2002, Source: WorkingForChange.com

While reports indicate that school vouchers may not improve education, conservatives are directing a high-profile pro-voucher advertising campaign primarily at inner-city Black communities. Many are questioning the real agenda.

Golden State Terrorists

Posted on: Dec 11, 2001, Source: WorkingForChange.com

If President Bush is steadfast in his belief that "if they [countries] fund a terrorist, they're a terrorist. If they house terrorists, they're terrorists," look out California!

Robertson's Resignation

Posted on: Dec 9, 2001, Source: WorkingForChange.com

Will the resignation of president and board member Pat Robertson sound the death knell for the Christian Coalition?

Another March to the Right for the Salvation Army

Posted on: Nov 18, 2001, Source: AlterNet

Under pressure from the Christian right, the charity has rescinded domestic partners benefits.

Murder Incorporated: Profits from Privatized Prison Health Care

Posted on: Nov 5, 2001, Source: AlterNet

Cost-conscious prison administrators are turning to private health care services for their inmates, causing quality of care to plummet and patient deaths to rise.

Religious Right on the Ropes

Posted on: Oct 30, 2001, Source: AlterNet

The Religious Right is not benefiting from what many are calling America's post-911 "religious revival."

Burning Embers

Posted on: Oct 23, 2001, Source: WorkingForChange.com

After more than 20 years and thousands of deaths, America's "freedom fighters" in Angola are still wreaking havoc.

Powering the White Revolution

Posted on: Aug 27, 2001, Source: AlterNet

Record labels are sprouting up not to capitalize on the pop music scene, but to help recruit white supremacists. "White power music" has become the movement's greatest recruiting tool.

Girl Scouts on the Firing Line

Posted on: Aug 19, 2001, Source: AlterNet

In stark contrast to the Boy Scouts, the Girl Scouts of America are getting bashed by the Religious Right. Why? Because they tolerate feminism and lesbians.

Bush's Campaign Courting Catholics

Posted on: Aug 6, 2001, Source: AlterNet

The GOP has been devoting a lot of resources to going after the Catholic vote, opening of another front in America's "culture wars."

Father Robert Sirico: Power Broker on the Rise

Posted on: Jul 2, 2001, Source: AlterNet

During the last 18 months, a former "soft Marxist" Pentecostal preacher, advised President Bush on charitable choice, sponsored a conference on globalization at the Vatican and launched a right-wing religious environmental coalition.

Is the Ronald Reagan Legacy Project Heading for Your Town?

Posted on: Jun 25, 2001, Source: AlterNet

Our nation's conservatives are bent on diefying the 40th commander-in-cheif -- before he's even dead!

Gaybashing in Schools

Posted on: Jun 12, 2001, Source: AlterNet

A Human Rights Watch report has chronicled the constant abuse gay teens suffer in public schools. Conservative groups are blasting the report as pro-gay propaganda.

Big Business Spurs Anti-Earth Day Protests

Posted on: Apr 23, 2001, Source: WorkingForChange.com

The groups who sponsored anti-Earth Day are burlesquian bottom feeders of a broad anti-environmental movement that should make us all rest uneasy.

The Reverend Moon's Comeback

Posted on: Mar 12, 2001, Source: AlterNet

In one of his first moves as president, George W. Bush designated a National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving. And behind the most prominent prayer event was the Rev. Sun Myung Moon.

Defunding the Left

Posted on: Feb 18, 2001, Source: AlterNet

For years, "defunding the left" has been an idea that has resonated deeply with conservatives. Now that Republicans have control of the White House and Congress, it's an idea whose time may be coming faster than you think.

Apocalypse Now

Posted on: Jan 29, 2001, Source: GayToday.com

In early February, "Left Behind -- The Movie," a production from ultra-conservative Rev. Tim LaHaye, will spread its right-wing hate message to theaters across the country.

Christian Right Plans Holy Havoc for Halloween

Posted on: Oct 15, 2000, Source: AlterNet

For some fundamentalist Christians, the coming of Halloween offers an opportunity to scare the living daylights out of teenagers. Nationwide, churches are creating haunted houses that display their own brand of horror -- God's punishment for homosexuality, abortions, suicides, and drugs.

He's Back: Rev. Jerry Falwell Gets Ready to "Reclaim America"

Posted on: Mar 31, 2000, Source: Culture Watch

Now that the Presidential race is down to George W. Bush and Al Gore, guess who wants a piece of the action? Rev. Jerry Falwell.

Conservatives Digging In Against Earth Day 2000

Posted on: Mar 31, 2000, Source: Culture Watch

Every year the run-up to Earth Day makes April "the cruelest month" for anti-environmentalists. As we approach April 22, a small group of conservatives will either be looking for a quiet place to hide, or attempting to commandeer the green sensibility by launching some pro-environment-sounding anti-environmental initiatives.

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