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This book tells the story of the International Rescue Committee (IRC), the largest nonsectarian refugee relief agency in the world. Founded in the 1930s by socialist militants, the IRC attracted the support of renowned progressives such as Eleanor Roosevelt, Norman Thomas, and Reinhold Niebuhr. But by the 1950s it had been absorbed into the American foreign policy establishment. Throughout the Cold War, the IRC was deeply involved in the volatile confrontations between the two superpowers and participated in an array of sensitive clandestine operations. The IRC thus evolved from a small organization of committed activists to a global operation functioning as one link in the CIA's covert network.
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    1563245515
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    978-1563245510
  3. Edition
    1st
  4. Publication date
    August 31, 1995
  5. Language
    English
  6. Dimensions
    5.98 x 0.64 x 9.02 inches
  7. Print length
    280 pages
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This book tells the story of the International Rescue Committee (IRC), the largest nonsectarian refugee relief agency in the world. Founded in the 1930s by socialist militants, the IRC attracted the support of renowned progressives such as Eleanor Roosevelt, Norman Thomas, and Reinhold Niebuhr. But by the 1950s it had been absorbed into the American foreign policy establishment. Throughout the Cold War, the IRC was deeply involved in the volatile confrontations between the two superpowers and participated in an array of sensitive clandestine operations. The IRC thus evolved from a small organization of committed activists to a global operation functioning as one link in the CIA's covert network.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Routledge; 1st edition (August 31, 1995)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 280 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1563245515
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1563245510
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 1630L
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.98 x 0.64 x 9.02 inches
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I was an activist while a student at the University of Michigan during the 1960s. I joined in civil rights protests in Detroit with the Northern Student Movement and in the South with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in Montgomery and Jackson. I was active in Students for a Democratic Society through several years of protests against the war in Vietnam.

After graduating from U of M, I taught economics at the University of Massachusetts-Boston. During those years, I helped organize a faculty union that covered both Amherst and Boston campuses and spent a year trying to negotiate a first contract.

Since then, I have participated in a variety of organizing activities. I was the vice-presidential candidate for the Socialist Party in 1996. I have lived for the last six years in Glasgow, Scotland, and have been active in the peace movement here.

I first wrote on U.S. radical history and the Cold War, but over the last decade or so my interest has shifted to a study of the World War I era, a crucial turning point in world history. My book on the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) during this period is in print. An anthology based on letters between IWW leaders and activists is ready for publication. It will shed light on how the IWW actually functioned, rather than the public image it projected in its publications and songs. The book will be titled: Yours for Industrial Freedom: The Industrial Workers of the World from the Inside.

I am currently writing a manuscript on civil liberties issues that arose during World War I. This will cover key events, including the prosecution of Gene Debs for allegedly violating the Espionage Act and the formation of the American Civil Liberties Union. I also intend to explore the fundamental questions raised by the government's repression of dissent during the war as they relate to the right to free expression guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution.

Beyond this work in progress, my research interests are turning to a broader range of questions that relate to World War I. In researching these topics I have been struck by how difficult it is a century later to determine what actually occurred. Woodrow Wilson and his administration were very good at concealing from the public the true course of events and some historians have been all too willing to accept the official version.

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    4.0 out of 5 stars One of the Roots of Progressivism Today
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    This book is about the history of the International Rescue Committee and its history of working with the CIA. I became interested in the IRC when they showed up with a smiling face in Montana to usher in refugees from Syria and Africa. I admit I'm not a fan of there's because a cursory check of the 'non-profit' reveals they have a CEO who makes over $600k a year and 75% of their income is from the US taxpayers. In this book, I found how it started as a worthy enterprise and was quickly taken over by Marxists who worked to bring in more Marxists during and after WW II. It has only gotten worse as they are one of many so-called 'non-profit' non-governmental organizations (NGO) who work with others (CIA) to bring America down. It is a well-written book and a very interesting bit of history.
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    4.0 out of 5 stars A real eye-opener!
    Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 1997
    Incredibly interesting and surprisingly easy to read. I'm very glad I read this book and would recommend it to anyone
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