14 Friday, April 25, 1986
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
ionism is a hideous cult." Hitler
was put into power largely through the
backing of Jewish bankers. The Jews
were responsible for crucifying Jesus.
Sound familiar?
It should. Those claims are the usual
ones trotted out when someone is
interested in stirring up anti-Semitism
or pushing an anti-Jewish agenda.
What's different about the claims
this time is that they're part of the
policy of an organization that just
managed, for the first time, to win a
statewide election. Two, in fact.. For
two of the most powerful offices in
Illinois.
. They're the claims of Lyndon La-
Rouche, sponsor of more than a thou-
sand candidates for political offices at
all levels and in every state of the
country, presidential candidate in his
own right and leader of an anti-
Semitic, fascist, cult-like political and
propoganda organization.
Who is he, what does he want and
how is he going about getting it?
Lyndon Hermyle LaRouche, Jr. was
born of Quaker parents in Rochester,
New Hampshire in 1922 and grew up
in Lynn, Massachusetts. He's written
that his childhood was "bitterly bor-
ing and grey." He was a "semi-out-
cast" with almost no friends and so
spent his time in the world of ideas by
reading Descartes and Kant.
Initially a conscientious objector
during World War II, LaRouche had
a change of heart and served in the
Army in Burma and India. It was
there that he first was attracted to
Communist ideology.
. After the war, LaRouche joined the
Socialist Worker's Party, a Trotskyite
Communist group. He continued to be
active in Communist circles through-
out the '50s while working as a
management consultant and systems
analyst.
In 1968, LaRouche became active in
the radical Students for a Democratic
Society (SDS), assuming a leadership
role in the SDS Labor Committee,
which eventually evolved into the Na-
tional Caucus of Labor Committees
(NCLC).
During a dispute over support of
striking New York City school
teachers, LaRouche split with the
SDS, taking with him the NCLC,
which continues to form the core of his
network.
In 1972, LaRouche's second wife left
him, causing him to undergo a dra-
matic change. He spent time in West
Germany and, according to a member
HO IS
LYNDON
ROUCHE
AND WHAT
DOES H E
ANT?
BY JOSEPH AARON
Special to The Jewish News