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− | + | The Committee for the Free World (CFW) was founded in 1981 by [[Midge Decter]] who was the executive director. CFW was a [[neoconservative]] grouping which had tax-exempt status under 501(c)(3) and began with funding of $125,000 from individuals and ultra-conservative foundations. Among the original funders were three of the major right-wing foundations: [[Sarah Scaife Foundation]], [[John M. Olin Foundation]], and [[Smith Richardson Foundation]]. | |
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==People== | ==People== | ||
===6 April 1981 Letter signatories=== | ===6 April 1981 Letter signatories=== | ||
*[[Midge Decter]] - Executive Director | [[Edward Banfield]] | [[Arnold Beichman]] | [[William J. Bennett]] | [[Robert H. Bork]] | [[John H. Bunzel]] | [[Ray S. Cline]] | [[James S. Coleman]] | [[Edwin J. Feulner]] | [[Chester E. Finn]] | [[James Finn]] | [[Roy Godson]] | [[Paul Henze]] | [[Paul Hollander]] | [[Sidney Hook]] | [[Penn Kemble]] | [[Michael Ledeen]] | [[Guenter Lewy]] | [[Joshua Muravchik]] | [[Norman Podhoretz]] | [[Arch Puddington]] | [[Eugene V. Rostow]] | [[Bayard Rustin]] | [[Paul Seabury]] | [[Philip Siegelman]] | [[Lewis Tambs]] | [[W. Scott Thompson]] | [[Ben Wattenberg]]<ref>Sara Diamond, Roads to dominion: right-wing movements and political power in the United States, Guildford Press, 1995, pp.379-380.</ref> | *[[Midge Decter]] - Executive Director | [[Edward Banfield]] | [[Arnold Beichman]] | [[William J. Bennett]] | [[Robert H. Bork]] | [[John H. Bunzel]] | [[Ray S. Cline]] | [[James S. Coleman]] | [[Edwin J. Feulner]] | [[Chester E. Finn]] | [[James Finn]] | [[Roy Godson]] | [[Paul Henze]] | [[Paul Hollander]] | [[Sidney Hook]] | [[Penn Kemble]] | [[Michael Ledeen]] | [[Guenter Lewy]] | [[Joshua Muravchik]] | [[Norman Podhoretz]] | [[Arch Puddington]] | [[Eugene V. Rostow]] | [[Bayard Rustin]] | [[Paul Seabury]] | [[Philip Siegelman]] | [[Lewis Tambs]] | [[W. Scott Thompson]] | [[Ben Wattenberg]]<ref>Sara Diamond, Roads to dominion: right-wing movements and political power in the United States, Guildford Press, 1995, pp.379-380.</ref> | ||
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+ | ==Resources== | ||
+ | * Rightweb [http://rightweb.irc-online.org/gw/1587.html Committee for the Free World] | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== |
Revision as of 18:04, 15 October 2013
The Committee for the Free World (CFW) was founded in 1981 by Midge Decter who was the executive director. CFW was a neoconservative grouping which had tax-exempt status under 501(c)(3) and began with funding of $125,000 from individuals and ultra-conservative foundations. Among the original funders were three of the major right-wing foundations: Sarah Scaife Foundation, John M. Olin Foundation, and Smith Richardson Foundation.
People
6 April 1981 Letter signatories
- Midge Decter - Executive Director | Edward Banfield | Arnold Beichman | William J. Bennett | Robert H. Bork | John H. Bunzel | Ray S. Cline | James S. Coleman | Edwin J. Feulner | Chester E. Finn | James Finn | Roy Godson | Paul Henze | Paul Hollander | Sidney Hook | Penn Kemble | Michael Ledeen | Guenter Lewy | Joshua Muravchik | Norman Podhoretz | Arch Puddington | Eugene V. Rostow | Bayard Rustin | Paul Seabury | Philip Siegelman | Lewis Tambs | W. Scott Thompson | Ben Wattenberg[1]
Resources
- Rightweb Committee for the Free World
Notes
- ↑ Sara Diamond, Roads to dominion: right-wing movements and political power in the United States, Guildford Press, 1995, pp.379-380.