Michael O Billington is an activist in the LaRouche Movement, Asia editor for the Executive Intelligence Review, and author of Reflections of an American Political Prisoner: the Repression and Promise of the LaRouche Movement (ISBN 0-943235-17-0.) The LaRouche Movement is an international political and cultural movement which promotes Lyndon LaRouche and his ideas, including a number of conspiracy theories. ...

Billington graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut in 1967. He then joined the Peace Corps, where he taught Mathematics and Music, first in Guyana, then in Thailand. Upon returning to the US he joined the LaRouche movement in 1972, in the early stages of the movement's history. His book provides an "insider" look at the history of this highly controversial movement. Trinity College at Hartford, Connecticut Trinity College is a private liberal arts college in Hartford, Connecticut. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Peace Corps volunteers usually serve for two years. ... For other meanings of mathematics or math, see mathematics (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Music (disambiguation). ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...

In the latter part of the 1980s there were numerous criminal trials of LaRouche movement leaders (see United States v. LaRouche,) which were alleged by LaRouche supporters to be political Show trials. Billington received the longest sentence of all, 77 years for the crime of "conspiracy to be an unregistered securities broker." He served two years in Federal prison and eight years in Virginia State prison before being paroled. Defunct California Proposition 64 North American Labour Party Party for the Commonwealth of Canada Parti pour la république du Canada U.S. Labor Party United States v. ... The term show trial serves most commonly to label a type of public trial in which the judicial authorities have already determined the guilt of the accused: the actual trial has as its only goal to present the accusation and the verdict to the public as an impressive example and...

During his time in maximum security prison, he trained himself to sleep during the day, so that he could study at night, undisturbed by the constant noise of prison life. He taught himself to read and write Chinese, and became knowledgable about the history of Chinese philosophy. After being paroled, he resumed his political activity.

His book, written in prison, was released in 2000.[1] This article is about the year 2000. ...

References

• Billington, Michael O., Reflections of an American Political Prisoner, published by Executive Intelligence Review, 2000, ISBN 0-943235-17-0