David Horowitz Freedom Center
Sherman Oaks, CA 91499[1] | |
Area served | United States |
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Product | FrontPage Magazine |
Key people | David Horowitz, Founder & CEO Peter Collier, Vice President of Publications Michael Finch, President |
Revenue (2015) | $5.4 million |
Website | www.horowitzfreedomcenter.org |
Formerly called | Center for the Study of Popular Culture |
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Conservatism in the United States |
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The David Horowitz Freedom Center, formerly the Center for the Study of Popular Culture (CSPC), is a
It runs several websites and blogs, including the anti-Islam website FrontPage Magazine and the anti-Muslim blog Jihad Watch.[6][7][8] It has been described as a part of the counter-jihad movement.[9] It is designated as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.[10]
Finances
DHFC is a
Between July 2000 and February 2006, the center (under its old name) was the sponsor of 25 trips by United States senators and representatives, all Republicans, to six different events. Total expenditures were about $43,000.[12] In 2014–2015, Horowitz provided $250,000 in funding to the Dutch right-wing nationalist Geert Wilders's Party for Freedom.[13][14]
Activities
The center's activities have included:
- FrontPage Magazine – a political website edited by Horowitz that has been described by scholars and writers as right-wing,[15][16][17] far-right,[18] Islamophobic,[19] and anti-Islam.[20]
- Discover the Networks[21] – a database of alleged left-wing agendas, activists and groups. After two years of development, they went online in February 2005, with a staff of two at a cost of about $500,000.[22]
- Robert Spencer[23][24] which has been described as one of the main homes of the Counter-jihad movement on the internet.[25]
- Heterodoxy was a Peter Collier. Its focus was exposing the excesses of "political correctness" on college and university campuses across the United States, describing itself as “an irreverent monthly journal combating the folly of political correctness.”[26]
Criticism
The
Chip Berlet, writing for the SPLC, accused Horowitz of blaming slavery on "black Africans ... abetted by dark-skinned Arabs" and of "attack[ing] minority 'demands for special treatment' as 'only necessary because some blacks can't seem to locate the ladder of opportunity within reach of others,' rejecting the idea that they could be the victims of lingering racism."[30]
A 2011 report authored by Wajahat Ali, Eli Clifton, Matthew Duss, Lee Fang, Scott Keyes and Faiz Shakir of the
In 2012, the
References
- ^ a b "Charity Navigator Rating – The David Horowitz Freedom Center". Charitynavigator.org. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
- ^ Maureen Ryan. The Other Side of Grief: The Home Front and the Aftermath in American Narratives of the Vietnam (Culture, Politics, and the Cold War Culture, Politics, and the conservative David Horowitz Freedom Center). Univ. of Massachusetts Press. p. 213.
- ^ Asma Khalid (October 20, 2007). "Horowitz campus effort targets Islamic 'fanatics'". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
- ^ Michael Krebs (December 23, 2010). "Controversy in Seattle over anti-Israel outdoor advertisements". DigitalJournal.com. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
- ^ ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
- ^ Kazem, Halima (June 20, 2016). "Funding Islamophobia: $206m went to promoting 'hatred' of American Muslims". The Guardian. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
- ^ Yang, Jennifer (December 21, 2017). "Board member of anti-racism agency fired amid accusations of Islamophobic commentary". Toronto Star. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
- ^ John L. Esposito (2011). "Islamophobia and the Challenges of Pluralism in the 21st Century - Introduction" (PDF). Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 24, 2012. Retrieved August 27, 2012.
- S2CID 218843237.
- ^ Shah, Areeba (December 10, 2023). "The "dark money ATM of the right" is funneling money to hate groups while hiding donor identities". Salon. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
- ^ "2008 IRS Form 990" (PDF). The Tennessean.
- ^ "C-SPAN: Campaign Finance Database". Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved September 18, 2006.
- ^ Ishaan, Tharoor (March 14, 2017). "Analysis - Geert Wilders and the mainstreaming of white nationalism". The Washington Post.
- ^ Hakim, Danny; Schuetze, Christopher F. (March 8, 2017). "Geert Wilders's Far-Right Dutch Party Sees Drop in U.S. Money". The New York Times.
- ISBN 9780199886128.
ultra-conservative [p. 14] ... right-wing [p. 182]
- ^ Lisa Wangsness (December 5, 2016). "An interfaith marriage of our times: Muslim and Jewish groups form coalition to fight bigotry". The Boston Globe.
- ^ Erdoan A. Shipoli (2018). Islam, Securitization, and US Foreign Policy. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 247.
- ^ David Kenner (September 10, 2013). "How Assad Wooed the American Right, and Won the Syria Propaganda War". Foreign Policy.
- S2CID 144218430.
- ^ Mathias, Christopher (January 13, 2017). "Ted Cruz vs. The Muslim Brotherhood Boogeyman". Huffington Post. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- ^ "Discover the Networks". Discover the Networks. Archived from the original on July 3, 2013. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
- ^ Gorenfeld, John (April 12, 2005). "Roger Ebert and Mohammed Atta, partners in crime – Salon.com". Dir.salon.com. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
- ^ Beck, Glenn (October 23, 2006). "Seeds of Holy War Planted in Europe? Gridlock Coming to Congress?" (interview). transcripts.cnn.com. CNN. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
- Indianapolis Star, March 18, 2007 Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Hegghammer, Thomas (July 24, 2011). "The Rise of the Macro-Nationalists". The New York Times. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
- ISBN 9780895267313– via Google Books.
- ^ "Dutch Lawmaker Brings His Anti-Muslim Spiel to U.S." Southern Poverty Law Center.
- ^ Rosenberg, Matthew (April 2017). "Michael Flynn Failed to Disclose Income From Russia-Linked Entities". The New York Times.
- ^ "Report: Visa, Mastercard blocked donations to conservative think tank on advice from SPLC". World Tribune: Window on the Real World. August 24, 2018. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
- ^ Berlet, Chip (2003). "Into the Mainstream". Intelligence Report. Southern Poverty Law Center. Archived from the original on May 10, 2006. Retrieved April 23, 2006.
- ^ Ali, Wajahat; Clifton, Eli; Duss, Matthew; Fang, Lee; Keyes, Scott; Shakir, Faiz (August 26, 2011). "Fear, Inc.: The Roots of the Islamophobia Network in America". Center for American Progress. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
- ^ George Zornick (August 29, 2011). "Fear, Inc.: America's Islamophobia Network". The Nation. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
- ^ "Stop Islamization of America (SIOA)". Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
- ^ "Meet Robert Shillman, the Tech Mogul Who Funds Pamela Geller's Anti-Islam Push". May 9, 2015.
- ^ Chandler, Adam (May 4, 2015). "A Terror Attack in Texas". The Atlantic. Atlantic Monthly Group. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
External links
- Official website
- "David Horowitz Freedom Center Internal Revenue Service filings". ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.