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The Powell Memo and the Teaching Machines of Right-Wing Extremists

Source: Truthout

Author: Henry A. Giroux

Date: October 1, 2009

Category: Cultural Commentary

Type: Article

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Paul Krugman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, echoing the feelings of many progressives, recently wrote in The New York Times about how dismayed he was over the success right-wing ideologues have had not only in undercutting Obama's health care bill, but also in mobilizing enormous public support against almost any reform aimed at rolling back the economic, political, and social conditions that have created the economic recession and the legacy of enormous suffering and hardship for millions of Americans over the last 30 years.[1]

Tags: liberalism, social contract, Paul Krugman, Lewis Powell, culture change, conservative movement, threats to democracy, conservative infrastructure

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A War of Ideas: Examining the Right’s Intellectual Infrastructure The Lewis F. Powell Model

Source: Commonweal Institute

Author: Erik Taylor

Date: January 8, 2006

Category: Conservatism

Type: White Paper

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This paper uses Lewis Powell's 1971 "manifesto" as a framework for examining how the Right has gained power over the last 30 years relative to Progressives and Democrats.  Particular focus is on think tanks, universities, judicial system, and media and marketing.

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Tags: Right Wing, Powell Manifesto, Lewis Powell, conservative movement, conservatism


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