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Dennis King (born 1941) is an American investigative journalist. He is the author of Lyndon LaRouche and the New American Fascism, and Get the Facts on Anyone, which is listed as a resource in The Reporter's Handbook' published by Investigative Reporters and Editors. [1] Investigative journalism is a branch of journalism that usually concentrates on a very specific topic, and typically requires a lot of work to yield results. ...


During the 1960s King was active in the Progressive Labor Party at a time when it was involved in fighting the scientific racism of intelligence researchers like Arthur Jensen.[2] Today, King specializes in analysing political and religious sects. Beginning in 1977 King began investigating Fred Newman and the International Workers Party. He is known as a critic of the Lyndon LaRouche movement and has worked with investigative journalists Chip Berlet and Russ Bellant in claiming illegal activities and bigotry in the LaRouche organization. [3] The Washington Post reports that King has been the subject of threats and harassment from the LaRouche organization in response to his journalism. [4] The 1960s, or The Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... The Progressive Labor Party (originally the Progressive Labor Movement, sometimes still referred to simply as PL) is a communist political party based in the United States. ... Scientific racism is a term used to describe scientific work which has allegedly forgone the ideals of objectivity in science and been distorted by an ideology of racism. ... Arthur Jensen is an American educational psychologist, born August 24, 1923 and educated at the University of California, Berkeley (B.A. 1945), San Diego State College (M.A., 1952) and Columbia University (Ph. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... The International Workers Party (IWP) is supposedly a secretive Marxist political organization founded by controversial organizer, playwright and psychotherapist Fred Newman. ... Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. ... Photograph of Chip Berlet used with the permission of Political Research Associates) John Foster Chip Berlet (born November 22, 1949) is an American investigative journalist and researcher, who specializes in the study of right-wing movements in the U.S., particularly the religious right, white supremacists, homophobic groups, and paramilitary...


References

  • King, Dennis (1995) Get the Facts on Anyone; third edition, June 1999, Arco Publishing, ISBN 0028628217
  • King, Dennis (1989) Lyndon LaRouche and the New American Fascism, Doubleday, ISBN 0385238800
  • Dennis King's website
  • Dennis King's weblog

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Dennis King (born 1941) is an American investigative journalist.
During the 1960s King was active in the Progressive Labor Party.
He is known as a critic of the Lyndon LaRouche movement and has worked with investigative journalists Chip Berlet and Russ Bellant in claiming illegal activities and bigotry in the LaRouche organization.
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