Lyndon Hermyle LaRouche Jr. was an American political activist who founded the LaRouche movement and its main organization,the National Caucus of Labor Committees (NCLC). He was a prominent conspiracy theorist and perennial presidential candidate. He began in far-left politics but in the 1970s moved to the far-right. His movement is sometimes described as,or likened to,a cult. Convicted of fraud,he served five years in prison from 1989 to 1994.
The National Caucus of Labor Committees (NCLC) is a political organization in the United States founded and controlled by political activist Lyndon LaRouche until his 2019 death. LaRouche sometimes described the NCLC as a "philosophical association". It is the main organization within the LaRouche movement. LaRouche was the association's leader,and the political views of the NCLC are virtually indistinguishable from those of LaRouche.
The Illinois Solidarity Party was an American political party in the state of Illinois. It was named after Lech Wałęsa's Solidarity movement in Poland,which was then widely admired in Illinois,which has a very large Polish-American population,especially around Chicago.
Janice Hart was an unsuccessful candidate for the office of Illinois Secretary of State in 1986.
The U.S. Labor Party (USLP) was an American political party formed in 1973 by the National Caucus of Labor Committees (NCLC). It served as a vehicle for Lyndon LaRouche to run for President of the United States in 1976,but it also sponsored many candidates for local offices as well as congressional and Senate seats between 1972 and 1979. After that the political arm of the NCLC was the National Democratic Policy Committee. The party was the subject of a number of controversies and lawsuits during its short existence.
Lyndon LaRouche (1922–2019) and the LaRouche movement have expressed controversial views on a wide variety of topics. The LaRouche movement is made up of activists who follow LaRouche's views.
The LaRouche criminal trials in the mid-1980s stemmed from federal and state investigations into the activities of American political activist Lyndon LaRouche and members of his movement. They were charged with conspiring to commit fraud and soliciting loans they had no intention of repaying. LaRouche and his supporters disputed the charges,claiming the trials were politically motivated.
Lyndon LaRouche's United States presidential campaigns were a controversial staple of American politics between 1976 and 2004. LaRouche ran for president on eight consecutive occasions,a record for any candidate,and tied Harold Stassen's record as a perennial candidate. LaRouche ran for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States seven times,beginning in 1980.
Proposition 64 was a proposition in the state of California on the November 4,1986,ballot. It was an initiative statute that would have restored Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) to the list of communicable diseases. The measure was defeated by a margin of 71% to 29%.
Michael O. Billington is an activist in the LaRouche Movement,Asia editor for the Executive Intelligence Review,and author of Reflections of an American Political Prisoner:the Repression and Promise of the LaRouche Movement.
From January 29 to June 4,1996,voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for president in the 1996 United States presidential election. Incumbent President Bill Clinton was again selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1996 Democratic National Convention held from August 26 to August 29,1996,in Chicago,Illinois.
The LaRouche movement is a political and cultural network promoting the late Lyndon LaRouche and his ideas. It has included many organizations and companies around the world,which campaign,gather information and publish books and periodicals. LaRouche-aligned organizations include the National Caucus of Labor Committees,the Schiller Institute,the Worldwide LaRouche Youth Movement and,formerly,the U.S. Labor Party. The LaRouche movement has been called "cult-like" by The New York Times.
Fusion Energy Foundation (FEF) was an American non-profit think tank co-founded by Lyndon LaRouche in 1974 in New York. It promoted the construction of nuclear power plants,research into fusion power and beam weapons and other causes. The FEF was called fusion's greatest private supporter. It was praised by scientists like John Clarke,who said that the fusion community owed it a "debt of gratitude". By 1980,its main publication,Fusion,claimed 80,000 subscribers.
Roy Everett Frankhouser,Jr. was a Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan,a member of the American Nazi Party,a government informant,and a security consultant to Lyndon LaRouche. Frankhouser was reported by federal officials to have been arrested at least 142 times. In 2003 he told a reporter,"I'm accused of everything from the sinking of the Titanic to landing on the moon." He was convicted of federal crimes in at least three cases,including dealing in stolen explosives and obstruction of justice. Irwin Suall,of the Anti-Defamation League,called Frankhouser "a thread that runs through the history of American hate groups".
Hulan Edwin Jack was a prominent Saint Lucian-born New York politician who in 1954 became the highest ranking Caribbean American municipal official up until that time,when he was elected Borough President of Manhattan.
The 1986 Illinois gubernatorial election was held on November 4,1986. Republican candidate James R. Thompson won a fourth term in office,defeating the Illinois Solidarity Party nominee,former United States Senator Adlai Stevenson III,by around 400,000 votes.
The Boston mayoral election of 1983 occurred on Tuesday,November 15,1983,between City Councillor Raymond Flynn and former State Representative Mel King. Flynn was elected to his first term,and inaugurated on Monday,January 2,1984.
The 1924 United States presidential election in Ohio was held on November 4,1924 as part of the 1924 United States presidential election. State voters chose twenty-four electors to the Electoral College,who voted for president and vice president.
The 1924 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 4,1924,as part of the 1924 United States presidential election. State voters chose 29 representatives,or electors,to the Electoral College,who voted for president and vice president.
Elections were held in Illinois on Tuesday,November 4,1986.
