David Horowitz's witch hunting online database exposed [View All]

[angka]

Breaking via the RMPN:

His followthenetwork.org is about to launch. Here's how Horowitz described it;

"Ben Johnson's lead feature on today's frontpagemag.com was made possible as the result of a new project we have been working on for almost a year and which will be ready for launch later this spring. The project is a massive database on the left to be called followthenetwork.org. The research that went into Ben's article was the work of many hands engaged in putting together this database, but in the immediate case Mike Bauer's more than others. Mike is part of a team of writers and editors that is currently engaged in putting together the aforementioned site -- a long time ambition of mine -- which I am convinced will be an invaluable aid to journalists, researchers and activists attempting to penetrate the labyrinthine networks and layered fronts through which the left is able to carry on its corrosive agendas."

And, much to Horowitz' horror -- you can SEE THE SITE UNDER DEVELOPMENT HERE.

The radical right has spent 18 months and hundreds of thousands of dollars targetting a range of individuals and groups for this blacklist. "Features" include:

---10,000 records and 80 MB of data

---Massive numbers of individual academics across the nation. Clear proof that the academic bill of rights, and Horowitz, are all about McCarthy-ite blacklisting of academics.

--Virtually every GLBT group in the country, including the Gill Foundation in Colorado.

--Some wierd choices blacklisted, such as the Adult Right to Read Program at Pike's Peak Community College

--Pinko funding organizations including the Pew Charitable Trusts, the Henry Kaiser Family Foundation, and the Ford Foundation all in the crosshairs

Thought the Horowitz/Andrews/Mitchell Conservative Student Bill of Rights was about academic freedom? It's all about power for the right wing -- just check out the database.