| 词条 | Arthur R. Thompson |
| 释义 |
Thompson is also CEO of the FreedomProject Education, the educational arm of the American Opinion Foundation which is intended to provide online curriculum for students in grades 9 through 12 featuring an emphasis on "patriotism and the idea of American exceptionalism" which is "based on the foundation of Biblical belief" .[2] Earlier careerBefore becoming head of the JBS, he had a long career as an anti-communist activist: he claims to have infiltrated Marxist organizations around his Seattle home in the 1960s.[2] In his JBS Biography, Thompson is also credited with past membership in an unnamed small City Council, as the chairman of an unnamed local Chamber of Commerce, as a party official and an elector for the Republican Party, and as a Washington state citizen advocate for the Christian Coalition. The biography documents attendance but not graduation date or field of study from the University of Washington and the Washington Military Academy. [3] ViewsThompson believes that Russian communism remains a serious threat to the USA, and is responsible for much global terrorism[4] including 9/11.[5] He has claimed a number of Islamists including Ayman al-Zawahiri are or were communists.[6] He has criticised both mainstream Republicans and Tea Party figures such as Sarah Palin for failing to see the nature of the threat from Moscow.[7] He also believes in a shadowy international conspiracy including such bodies as the Council on Foreign Relations, the Trilateral Commission and the Rockefeller family that threatens American interests.[8] Citations1. ^{{cite web|title=Art Thompson|url=http://www.jbs.org/about-jbs/art-thompson|work=John Birch Society website|accessdate=6 December 2013}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Thompson, Arthur R.}}2. ^{{cite news |last=Clabough |first=Raven |url=https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/education/item/338-freedomproject-education-in-the-tradition-of-the-founders |title= FreedomProject Education: In the Tradition of the Founders |work=The New American |publisher=Freedom Project Media |date=2011-08-12 |accessdate=2017-03-10 |quote=FPE acknowledges the dangers of political correctness in the classroom and refuses to cater to demands for it. Art Thompson, CEO for both the Freedom Project and The John Birch Society, asserts, }} 3. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.jbs.org/about-jbs/art-thompson |title=(Chief Executive Officer) |work=About |publisher=John Birch Society |accessdate=2017-03-10 }} 4. ^{{cite journal|last=Terry|first=Don|title=Bringing Back Birch|journal=Southern Poverty Law Center Intelligence Report|date=Spring 2013|issue=149|url=http://www.splcenter.org/home/2012/spring/bringing-back-birch}} 5. ^{{cite book|last=Conner|first=Claire|title=Wrapped in the Flag: A Personal History of America's Radical Right|year=2013|publisher=Beacon Press|isbn=9780807077511|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JWPhb5Jet-wC&lpg=PT169&dq=Arthur%20Thompson%20john%20birch&pg=PT169#v=onepage&q=Arthur%20R.%20Thompson&f=false}} 6. ^{{cite news|last=Fenwick|first=Ben|title=As conspiracy theories abound in Oklahoma, John Birch Society, others rally|url=http://www.okgazette.com/oklahoma/article-3252-as-conspiracy-theories-abound-in-oklahoma-john-birch-society-others-rally.html|accessdate=6 December 2013|newspaper=Oklahoma Gazette|date=February 5, 2009}} 7. ^{{cite news|title=John Birch Society wonders about Palin|url=http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/john-birch-society-wonders-about-palin|accessdate=6 December 2013|newspaper=Alaska Dispatch|date=February 10, 2010}} 8. ^1 2 {{cite news|last=Barry|first=Dan|title=Holding Firm Against Plots by Evildoers|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/us/26Land.html?_r=0|accessdate=6 December 2013|newspaper=New York Times|date=June 25, 2009}} 7 : 1938 births|Living people|Activists from Seattle|American anti-communists|American conspiracy theorists|John Birch Society members|People from Seattle |
| 随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。