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Here we go again: prominent climate sceptics gathering together to meet under the welcoming awning of a right-wing, libertarian thinktank. And some people still choose to question the notion that climate scepticism tends to be far more motivated by rigid ideology rather than reasoned objections to the science?
This time the event is being held in Los Angeles and has been organised by a group called the American Freedom Alliance, which claims to be "a non-political, non-partisan movement which promotes, defends and upholds Western values and ideals".
On Sunday, it will host "Big Footprint: Is Green the New Tyranny" at the UCLA Faculty Center. Speakers on the programme include Lord Monckton, Benny Peiser, James Delingpole, Phelim McAleer, Steven Milloy, Christopher Horner, and Richard Lindzen – all of whom are very familiar figures to anyone conversant with the climate debate.
Topics to be debated include: "The Assault on Human Exceptionalism"; "Agenda 21 and the UN Mandate for Social Revolution"; and "Transhumanism, Deep Ecology and Ecocide: How Are Shifting Social Attitudes Re-shaping Our Appreciation of Human Uniqueness?"
That these characters are meeting up once again to thrash out these issues is no great revelation or surprise. After all, they wear their agenda with pride and promulgate it in the media and on the internet week in week out.
What is more surprising, perhaps, is that some of them are happy to accept the invitation of an organisation that has promoted intelligent design and seems to tread a very fine line indeed between fighting "Islamic fascism" and outright Islamophobia. Are these speakers happy – or even aware – of the company they will be keeping this weekend? Is it fair to assume they did their homework on this group before accepting their invitation to be flown to LA to participate in the event?
To understand the motivations of the American Freedom Alliance, it's best to begin with its website where it lays out its mission statement and vision:
The Alliance sponsors conferences, publishes opinions, distributes information and creates networking groups to identify threats to Western civilization and to motivate, educate and unite citizens in support of that cause. The organization promotes networking, activism and education in the following six areas [it only offers five]: The Islamic penetration of Europe; Academic Freedom; Media Bias; Missile Defense; and AFA Programs [including its annual lecture series, the Western Word newsletter and Western Word Radio].
The Alliance's conference's programs, publications, websites and networking groups develop tools and strategies to counter ideologies which underly these threats, including radical Islam, moral and cultural relativism, appeasement and excessive emphasis on multiculturalism.
The American Freedom Alliance aims to build a national alliance of people of faith and which involves writers, academics and thinkers from around the world, who will join together through seminars, conferences, publications and activist networks, to promote and protect moral values, democracy and freedom.
The American Freedom Alliance is, perhaps, best known for its on-going legal action with the California Science Center over the cancellation of an AFA event to be held at the centre in 2009 at which it intended to screen a "teach the controversy" film called Darwin's Dilemma, which explores the "Mystery of the Cambrian Explosion in Fossil Records". At the time, Avi Davis, executive director and senior fellow of the American Freedom Alliance, said: "New scientific evidence makes it vital that we take a close look at the numerous inherent scientific problems of the Darwinian theory of evolution." The AFA has subsequently fought the case on the grounds of freedom of expression.
But far more controversial than its dabbling in the "evolution v intelligent design" debate is the AFA's stance on Islam. One of the AFA's three fellows is a highly provocative figure called Robert Spencer who has willingly stoked the "Barack Obama is a Muslim" meme, challenged the building of the "Ground Zero mosque", and runs a controversial blog called Jihad Watch.
For example, in 2010, he used his blog to offer his support to the far-right English Defence League: "The EDL is standing up to violent thugs from both the Left and the increasingly assertive Islamic communities in Britain, and they deserve the support of all free people."
The AFA's funding is unclear, but tax returns (pdf) for the Fairbrook Foundation - a charitable foundation set up by computing multi-millionaires Aubrey and Joyce Chernick, which supports a wide range of Jewish and pro-Israeli groups - show that the foundation has donated more than $100,000 to the AFA since it was founded in 2007. It has also directly funded Spencer's Jihad Watch, too. (A Politico investigation last year showed how the Fairbrook Foundation has funded the David Horowitz Freedom Center, which itself has funnelled nearly $1m to Jihad Watch in recent years. Tax returns (pdf) for the David Horowitz Freedom Center also show that it paid Spencer a salary of $131,981 in 2009.)
That the AFA's "Green Tyranny" event is being held on the UCLA campus might appear to give it the veneer of academic acceptability, or even endorsement. But a UCLA spokesman told me that, while the campus "strives to promote the free and open exchange of ideas in an environment of civility and respect, the presence of an event on campus does not imply an endorsement of the sponsor or the viewpoints expressed". He added: "In the case of this event,it is being held at the Faculty Center, a private club on campus operated by the Faculty Center Association, which is independent of the university."
Incidentally, given the AFA's desire to promote "academic freedom", it is somewhat ironic that it has invited Christopher Horner to participate in its event. Horner is the lawyer currently fighting on behalf of the American Tradition Institute - yet another right-wing, libertarian thinktank - to get the University of Virginia to release archived emails written by the climate scientist Michael Mann, a request the American Association of University Professors and others have urged the university to reject in the name of, ahem, "academic freedom".
So, my central question is simply this: are these climate sceptics - particularly ones such as Peiser and Lindzen who like to position themselves away from the fringes as mainstream speakers for their cause - proud to be speaking under the banner of this organisation?
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Shawn Steel: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
By Daniel S. Levine
Updated Jul 3, 2017 at 6:22pm
Published Jul 3, 2017 at 5:18pm
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Shawn Steel is the former chairman of the California Republican Party and the Republican National Committeeman of California. On July 3, the 71-year-old got a shout-out from President Donald Trump for praising the president on Fox News.
“Thank you to Shawn Steel for the nice words on @FoxNews,” Trump tweeted.
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“Thank you Mr President. All Americans celebrate the 4th with you & your family,” Steel replied, adding, “#NotTiredofWinning.”
1. Steel Organized the Successful 2003 Recall of Governor Gray Davis
According to Steel’s website, he’s been a political activist since he was a teenager, dating back to his days as High School State Chairman for Ronald Reagan during his first California gubernatorial campaign. In 1995, he became the GOP state treasurer and was elected Vice Chairman in 1999. In 2001, he was elected to a four-year term as California GOP Chairman.
During his tenure, his biggest success was organizing the successful 2003 recall of Democratic Governor Gray Davis. Arnold Schwarzenegger won the election and served as governor until 2011.
The recall election happened just 11 months after Davis won his second term. Voters were frustrated with how DAvis handled the California electricity crisis and the state’s budget crisis.
In a 2003 letter to state party leaders, Steel said Davis’ recall had been a “natural unifier for our party,” The Los Angeles Times reported at the time.
- Steel Endorsed Michael Steele to Lead the RNC, But Then Backed Reince Priebus in 2010
Steel was one of the first members of the RNC to support former Maryland Lt. Governor Michael Steele’s candidacy as the Chairman of the Republican National Committee. However, by 2010, when Steele was running for re-election, Steel backed eventual winner Reince Priebus, notes the Orange County Register.
The RNC later picked Steel to serve as Sergeant-At-Arms for the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
In a 2014 Orange County Register op-ed, Steel insisted that the California GOP can succeed in deep-blue California.
“For too long, nontraditional Republican candidates have been relegated to quixotic campaigns in hopelessly gerrymandered districts,” Steel wrote. “That’s caused a vicious circle: fewer minority elected officials results in fewer minority candidates, and in turn, even fewer minority Republican voters.”
- Steel Is Also a Personal Injury Lawyer With Offices in Seal Beach, Los Angeles & San Francisco
Aside from his work in politics, Steel is also a personal injury lawyer. According to his firm’s website, it also has offices in Seal Beach, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Steel has been practicing aw since 1978 and focused on defending alternative medicine doctors. He has written over 40 articles published in law journals.
His most recent article, “Side Effects From Big Pharma: Wellbutrin – Dangerous for You and Your Baby,” was published in May 2013’s issue of Dynamic Chiropractic
Steel and his wife, Michelle Park Steel, have two daughters. Michelle Park Steel serves on the Orange County Board of Supervisors and was a member of the California State Board of Equalization until 2015. She is also a member of the Republican Party.
- Steel Once Wrote a Column Called ‘Donald Trump Jumps the Shark’
During the early part of the 2016 presidential campaign, Steel was a Trump critic. In July 2015, he wrote an op-ed for the conservative Washington Times called “Donald Trump jumps the shark.” In the piece, he noted that Trump has “flip-flopped” on social issues.
“Mr. Trump isn’t a Republican,” Steel wrote in July 2015. “The single biggest recipient of Mr. Trump’s campaign contributions, according to a Washington Post analysis, is the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee of New York. He’s contributed to Hillary Rodham Clinton, John Kerry, Chuck Schumer and Ted Kennedy.”
However, when it became clear that Trump would win the Republican nomination, Steel changed his tune. In August 2016, he wrote a Brietbart essay about the positive impact Ivanka Trump can have on her father. After the election, he wrote a pro-Steve Bannon essay on Brietbart (which Bannon used to edit).
“I have known Steve Bannon for nearly two decades. During that time, we have enjoyed frank dinnertime conversations about public policy and political philosophy. He’s never uttered a single word that would suggest any racist or anti-Semitic views,” Steel wrote.
- He Called for Orange County to Fire a Professor Who Called Trump a ‘White Supremacist’
In December 2016, Steel wrote in the Orange County Register that the school system needed to fire Orange Coast College psychology professor Olga Perez Stable Cox because she referred to Trump as a “white supremacist” in a video that went viral. “We have been assaulted; it’s an act of terrorism,” Cox said of Trump’s election in the video.
“Such behavior is inexcusable. Professors have a responsibility to present controversial topics on their subject matters and inspire critical thinking within a classroom,” Steel wrote. “That can’t happen when a professor spews hateful rhetoric and bullies students into disclosing their political affiliations. By isolating a group of students as threats, Cox jeopardized the safety of the Trump supporters. Let’s not forget that professors are in positions of power — with the ability to determine a student’s grade and, in turn, academic future.”
Cox was not fired. In fact, in March, The Los Angeles Times reported that Cox received the OCC Faculty of the Year award. That was also a controversial decision, as some called for the award to be rescinded.
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The American Freedom Alliance stands strong in defense of Western Civilization and the values that give us the success, the strength, the achievements that we enjoy. Without freedom to create, to believe, to speak, to act, to own, human nature’s potential is stunted; but where these freedoms exist, we are able to soar. “Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness:” these words embody the fundamental needs of humankind. And it is only Western Civilization that embraces them – and it is AFA’s mission to find ways to ensure that that most fundamental need – that of freedom – is protected and maintained.
When our media and academic institutions align with those who fight against these freedoms, when the narrative they propagate is utterly antithetical to all that is good and true, when their goal is to foment hatred towards Western Civilization and advocate instead for its enemies, then it’s up to institutions such as the American Freedom Alliance to educate in parallel with our academic institutions, to inform in parallel with our media.
Events in 2017
LITERARY CAFES
literary cafe 3Another is by holding Literary Cafes – informal, salon-like gatherings to discuss a newly published book with the author. These are always engaging, heartening and inspiring, not to mention extremely informative.
Our Literary Cafes in 2017 were:
March 5: Nonie Darwish’s latest book Wholly Different: Why I Chose Biblical Values over Islamic Values. Read about it here
April 13: Senior Editor of National Review and Fellow of the National Review Institute Jay Nordlinger spoke on his new book Digging In: Further Collected Writings
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May 7: Michael Medved’s The American Miracle: Divine Providence in the Rise of the Republic.
Watch our conversation here:
Heroes of Conscience Dinner
Our 2017 Heroes of Conscience Dinner celebrated David Horowitz, and we presented our inaugural AMERICAN FREEDOM AWARD to Philip Haney. Geert Wilders,Hero of Conscience honoree in 2009, delivered the keynote address.
Read about it here.
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Philip Haney’s acceptance speech is here
And the acceptance speech delivered by David Horowitz, our 2017 Hero of Conscience, is here:
Events in 2016
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LITERARY CAFES
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June: Jesse Lee Peterson and his new book ANTIDOTE: Healing America from the poison of victimhood, hate and blame
Jesse Lee Peterson is the most courageous, outspoken critic of the “civil rights” establishment in America today. Raised without his father on a plantation near Tuskegee, Alabama during the Jim Crow era, Peterson has lived a part of America’s history few have experienced. After a spiritual transformation, Peterson founded BOND, a nationally recognized nonprofit organization dedicated to “Rebuilding the Family by Rebuilding the Man.” Peterson is also the founder of The BOND Leadership Academy, a private school in Los Angeles. He’s a radio talk show host, speaker, and the author of SCAM: How the Black Leadership Exploits Black America,and From Rage to Responsibility.Peterson writes a weekly column for WND.com and appears as a media commentator on Fox News Channel, CNN, and other national TV and radio networks.
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July: John L. Hancock and his latest book Liberty and Prosperity: How the Saxons created the modern world
August: Howard Hyde and his newest book Escape From Berkeley: An EX-liberal progressive socialist embraces America (and doesn’t apologize)
Howard Hyde grew up in the radical leftist environment of Berkeley, California during the 1960's and 70's. Today he is a passionate advocate for limited government, free markets, private property, the Constitution, a strong America, Capitalism and economic literacy, and is President of the Southern California Republican Women and Men, an independent club established 1935. He is also author of the books "Java Web Database Application Development" and "Pull the Plug on Obamacare". Howard edits the website www.CitizenEcon.com and is a contributing writer and speaker to AmericanThinker.com. FrontPageMag.com and several other venues, organizations, television and radio programs as diverse as the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) and the Larry Elder show.
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HEROES OF CONSCIENCE AWARD DINNERS
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We also host annual Heroes of Conscience Award dinners where we honor individuals who have suffered negative consequences as a result of their commitment to the truth. Our 2016 dinner honored Avi Davis, the founder and past president of AFA who passed away in December of 2015.
For videos and photos from the dinner, click here
SUMMER PICNIC
And just this year we held our first annual AFA Summer Picnic.
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SEPTEMBER
September 23 – 7 PM – dinner with Phil Haney, DHS Whistleblower
AFA is delighted to host a dinner with Phil Haney. We are also encouraging our members to hear him speak at one of the local clubs. Details on the meetings and the dinner coming soon.
OCTOBER
October 15: Cinema Gateway – 6:30 PM, 94th Aero Squadron Restaurant at Van Nuys Airport
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October 29: LITERARY CAFE – 7PM, location TBD
Ghosts: Images of War – by artist Carrie Zeidman
Artist Carrie Zeidman’s book GHOSTS is an exciting departure from AFA’s usual selections. A book of truly stunning photographs, GHOSTS is a haunting work, one which evokes, page after page, key events in American and global history where freedom was fought for. From a review of GHOSTS:
The book includes images Zeidman shot of places with historical significance to the Revolutionary War, the Civil War and World Wars I and II, Zeidman has digitally added in images of soldiers, prisoners, and even scenes of death and destruction, to accurately reflect what happened at the site.
“The ‘Ghosts’ images, to me, are an interpretation of what I saw in my mind when I stood on the ground where these tragedies occurred,” Zeidman says. “There were battlefields where thousands of men lost their lives in a single day; tropical islands where young sailors woke up in paradise and by nightfall were forever entombed in their own ship; beaches where heroes overcame their fear and bravely did what needed to be done to save or bring freedom to people they would likely never know.”
Zeidman’s digital artistry background is evident in the book. In 2012, she was given that year’s Distinguished Artist award by the city of Cupertino.
Carrie’s knowledge about each of the sites, her deep and somehow spiritual connection to these sites and to those who gave their lives for freedom, and her commitment to honoring them are guaranteed to make this Literary Cafe a truly unique experience. The beauty of the photographs and the stories they tell will leave you feeling profoundly grateful for those who are now only ghosts.
About Carrie:
Carrie Zeidman is a digital artist and photographer whose passions are photography, art, travel, and history, all of which are found in Ghosts. She is a tenth generation Californian and a fourteenth generation American. She has won several awards for her work, including being named Cupertino Distinguished Artist of the Year in 2012. Her work has been represented in galleries, and her painting Freedom Rises in the East is in the permanent collection of the Mauermuseum at Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin, Germany. She lives in Cupertino, California with her husband Bob, who is also an author of several books.
NOVEMBER
November 12: LITERARY CAFE – 7PM
Twilight Over Europe by Guy Millière
After publishing over 40 books in his native French, AFA Fellow Guy Millière has just published his first book in English, Twilight Over Europe: Europe’s submission to islam and to muslim anti-semitism. From the book:
Europe is heading towards an increasingly uncertain future. Debates on the impact and dangers of Islam are even less possible today than five years ago. Demographic trends are irrepressibly moving in a direction that is Muslim. Radical Islam in the Middle East and in Europe is rising ever more rapidly, with no one lifting a finger to stop it.
Coming so soon after our conference on Islam, we are very excited to continue the conversation on this critical topic. Guy was one of the speakers at the conference, and his talk about the loss of Europe and the role that America can and must play on the world stage as a bullwark against further loss of the West to islamic penetration was terrifying and accurate.
Watch it here:
About Guy:
Guy Millière is a Distinguished Senior Advisor to the Gatestone Institute, New York and a Fellow at the American Freedom Alliance. He was President of the Turgot Institute, a think tank based in Paris. He published more than forty books on the United States, Islam, the Middle East, Israel, and thousands of articles in French and in English. He was awarded the Classical Liberal Book Prize in 2004, and the Golden Menorah by B’nai B’rith France in 2012 for his fight against anti-Semitism and for human rights. He published his first book in English in 2016, Twilight Over Europe.
DECEMBER
December – Donor Dinner – Luxe Hotel
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William J. Becker, Jr.
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Bill Becker is an unapologetic “warrior for Christ.” Always a Christian but not always a warrior, Bill saw the culture shifting from its moral base––the Judeo-Christian foundation of our nation’s laws––with little resistance from right-thinking moral Americans. In the ’70s and ’80s, Bill was a journalist anchoring and reporting for a Las Vegas NBC-TV affiliate, a news reporter for the Las Vegas Sun, and a correspondent for Variety and Gaming Business Magazine.
Bill earned a law degree from the University of San Diego School of Law in 1986. After two decades as a litigator, Bill experienced an awakening in his life and was “born again” (John:3). Asked by his church pastor to conduct a Bible study class explaining why the County of Los Angeles redesigned its government seal to remove a tiny image of a cross, Bill took the initiative to sue the county instead. Since that time, he has been a vigilant defender of liberty for conservatives, Christians, and others who support America’s foundational principles. In 2013, he started Freedom X.
Bill is an allied attorney with Alliance Defending Freedom who has been awarded its highest achievement award, the Gold Service Award, for dedicating more than 10,000 pro bono hours to the body of Christ and religious liberty. That number has grown exponentially.
Bill is admitted to practice before numerous federal district and appellate courts, the United States Supreme Court and all courts in California and Colorado, and appears pro hac vice throughout the country to defend our First Amendment freedoms.
Bill lives in West Los Angeles with his wife Gigi and black Labrador Retriever, Jessie.
Georgeann (Gigi) Becker
Chief Financial Officer
Gigi Becker is a travel consultant with more than 30 years of travel management experience specializing in corporate travel management. She is president of Empyrean Travel, which she launched in 2006. Gigi has served as president of the Malibu-Bel Air Republican Women’s Federated since 2014 and program director for the Los Angeles County Federation of Republican Women since January 2017. Gigi also has served as a board member and volunteer of Young Life, an organization that brings the good news of Jesus Christ into the lives of adolescents. Gigi is married to Freedom X president and CEO, Bill Becker. They live in West Los Angeles with their black lab, Jessie.
Michael Finch
Michael Finch is the President and Chief Operating Officer of the David Horowitz Freedom Center, a non-profit organization based in Los Angeles and headed by author David Horowitz. Before joining the Center in 2002, Michael was Vice President of the Claremont Institute for 6 years in Claremont, California. He has over 25 years experience working in the political non-profit arena for conservative and libertarian organizations. He has written and spoken extensively on public policy issues ranging from education, foreign policy, immigration, America’s Founding Fathers and more. His articles have been published in the FrontPagemag.com, American Thinker, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Detroit News and the Washington Times. Michael originally from the Chicago area and a graduate of DePaul University, now lives in Los Angeles.
Mark Tapson
Mark Tapson is a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center and the editor of the Freedom Center’s TruthRevolt website. He writes about culture and politics for Acculturated, FrontPage Magazine, The Federalist, The New Criterion, PJ Media, and elsewhere. He has made television appearances on CNN, The Glenn Beck Program and elsewhere, as well as many radio and public appearances.
As a screenwriter, Mark was the writer’s assistant on the controversial miniseries “The Path to 9/11” and has since worked on numerous films including co-writing the award-winning documentary “Jihad in America: The Grand Deception.”
His book on chivalry and masculinity will be published by Templeton Press in Spring 2017.
Mark lives in the Los Angeles area with his wife and three children.
Paul Austin Hoffman
Paul Hoffman is a name partner in the Santa Ana, California, law firm of Greenwald & Hoffman. He is admitted to practice law in Utah, California, the United States Supreme Court, and numerous federal courts.
After graduating from law school in 1988, Mr. Hoffman worked as a staff attorney for the Utah Supreme Court, drafting appellate opinions for the Court in diverse civil and criminal matters ranging from public agency tort liability to constitutional challenges in death penalty cases.
Since 1990, Mr. Hoffman has practiced law in California, primarily in litigation and appeals involving business and commercial disputes, corporations, real estate, probate, unfair competition, trademarks, copyrights, employment, unlawful detainer, insurance coverage, and constitutional law. Mr. Hoffman also has significant experience with computer software agreements, protection of trade secrets, and trademark and copyright registrations.
Mr. Hoffman has been instrumental in obtaining successful results in numerous cases, including appeals for both small and high profile clients at all levels of the state and federal courts: See, e.g., Barnes-Wallace v. City of San Diego, 704 F.3d 1067 (9th Cir. 2012); Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, 530 U.S. 640 (2000); Curran v. Mount Diablo Council, 952 P.2d 218 (Cal. 1998); Randall v. Orange County Council, 952 P.2d 261 (Cal. 1998); Raz Imports Inc. v. Target Stores, 45 U.S.P.Q.2d 1795 (C.D.Cal. 1997); Tuchman v. Aetna, 44 Cal.App.4th 1607 (1996). Mr. Hoffman is admitted to practice before the Bar of the United States Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit, the Bar of the United Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit, and the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States. Mr. Hoffman has the highest rating (AV) from the Martindale-Hubbell legal rating system.
John L. Hancock
John L. Hancock is an expert on American exceptionalism, conservative history, and the foundational structure of English-speaking societies. His bestselling book, Liberty Inherited, has been hailed as “one of the most significant of our times” and as “a refreshing antidote to the prevailing historical schools on both sides of the Atlantic.” The significance of John’s work has extended beyond America and has received recognition by conservatives in the British, Australian and European Parliaments. John’s latest book, Liberty & Prosperity: How the Saxons Created the Modern World, is available on Amazon.com.
John lectures on the genesis of American liberty and freedom and how conservative principles of limited government, individual freedom, private property, and free-market economics have a 500+ year track record of producing freedom and prosperity in every society that embraces them. As John emphatically states, “conservatism is the Proven Alternative.”
John is vice-president of the American Freedom Alliance (a Los Angeles-based think-tank) and co-host of the Unite IE Radio Show, which airs on KTIE AM 590 (part of the Salem Radio Network).
John was a co-organizer and participant of the 2015 Magna Carta: The 800 Year Struggle for Human Liberty Conference in Los Angeles and for the past several years has been a co-organizer of the Unite IE Conservative Conference in Riverside, California.
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American Freedom Alliance vs. California Science Center
It was supposed to be an exciting fundraising event to be held at the California Science Center’s spacious IMAX Theater in Exposition Park adjacent to the University of Southern California. The Science Center is a beautiful facility owned and operated by the State of California. The American Freedom Alliance (“AFA”), a nonprofit group bringing attention to important cultural and political issues, planned to present the West Coast premier screening of a documentary about the oldest discovered fossils, which are dated back to an early era in the history of the planet known as the Cambrian era. What could be controversial about that?
The Science Center is affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. When Smithsonian officials learned about the private event, they instantly sprung into crisis-management mode. The film, Darwin’s Dilemma, advocated the theory of intelligent design! As one staffer made clear, the Smithsonian has an official policy of not endorsing the theory. In their view, intelligent design theory is a disguised form of Biblical Creationism, the non-scientific view that God created the universe as described in the Book of Genesis.
The widespread misunderstanding of intelligent design theory has cost educators, scientists and others their jobs throughout America. Actor Ben Stein chronicled this unfortunate phenomenon in the 2008 documentary “Expelled.” In this case, the pressure put on the Science Center by the Smithsonian resulted in the Center cancelling AFA’s fundraiser. And because the Science Center is a public facility, the cancellation amounted to a form of viewpoint discrimination in violation of the First Amendment.
Americans should not have to worry about whether their views will be discriminated against because public officials, out of ignorance, believe they are engaged in religious activities. Freedom X’s aggressive action forced the Science Center to pay a large settlement in vindicating AFA’s constitutional rights.
If you have information concerning a threat to religious freedom or free speech in your community, contact Freedom X.
More information about this lawsuit:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/08/29/ca-science-center-pays-110000-over-canceled-film/
http://news.yahoo.com/ca-science-center-pays-110-000-over-canceled-224851563.html
http://intelligentdesign.podomatic.com/player/web/2011-09-09T11_44_54-07_00
http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/darwins-dilemma/question-2131699/
http://www.examiner.com/article/california-science-center-pays-110-000-to-creationists-to-settle-lawsuit
http://www.evolutionnews.org/2009/11/california_science_center_sued028511.html
Intellectual Freedom/Employee Religious Speech
David Coppedge vs. Jet Propulsion Laboratory
David Coppedge was employed for 14 years with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, known worldwide for its missions exploring the planets in our solar system. For nine years, Coppedge, a committed Christian, led a team of IT professionals supporting NASA’s mission to the planet Saturn. In 2009, a co-worker anonymously accused Coppedge of harassing her when he offered her a DVD to watch at home over the weekend. The DVD wasn’t some kind of obscene movie. It was a scientific documentary exploring the cosmological origins of the universe called “The Privileged Planet.”
Although the film had nothing to do with religion, the co-worker, who was aware of Coppedge’s Christian convictions, assumed it did. On the basis of her false and unfair accusation, Coppedge’s supervisor ordered him to stop pushing his religion around the workplace. An HR investigation was conducted, and although there was no evidence that Coppedge had ever pushed his religious views on anyone, he was nevertheless disciplined and demoted. Then, after he had challenged the adverse actions taken against him, – fired!
This case is another example of intolerance of Christians. It is also another example of the knee-jerk reaction people have against intelligent design theory – a theory mistakenly confused with Biblical Creationism.
Freedom X has been litigating this case for three years. A five-week trial was held before a Los Angeles judge. A ruling is expected soon. See William J. Becker, Jr. and David Coppedge in a Fox News interview.
Employees should not have to endure unfair accusations of harassment simply because they are committed to their religious convictions and are wrongly perceived to be proselytizing.
If you have information concerning a threat to religious freedom or free speech in your community, contact Freedom X.
More information about this lawsuit:
ADF-allied attorney files suit on behalf of Jet Propulsion Laboratory specialist
Coppedge v. Jet Propulsion Laboratory resource page
(l-r) William Becker and David Coppedge outside the Los Angeles Superior Court courthouse.
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In 2013, California passed a law banning therapeutic treatment known as sexual orientation change effort (SOCE) therapy, for individuals wanting to rid themselves of their homosexual urges. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held the law constitutional, even though it discriminates against a class of citizens on the basis of sexual orientation. Gays are entitled to such protection, so why aren’t ex-gays?
Other cities and states have now followed California’s lead in banning SOCE.
Freedom X sought to stop a ban from becoming law in Washington D.C. and sent a :{letter:(style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0px"):}: to the mayor and city council urging against passage of the proposed bill, entitled the “Conversion Therapy for Minors Prohibition Amendment Act of 2013″ (Bill No. 20-501). Freedom X sent the letter on its own behalf and on behalf of Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays (“PFOX”), a national organization that assists ex-gays. As we have come to expect, liberal progressive leftist governments care only about their reckless agendas, not doing the right thing, and the bill is now law. It effectively discriminates against ex-gays, and minors (18 and under, even though the age of consent in D.C. is 16!) who seek therapeutic treatment from licensed therapists, what is referred to as sexual orientation change efforts (“SOCE”) therapy. The law overtly targets people based on their sexual orientation and takes the activist position that homosexuality and gender identity is a one way street.
Freedom X also supported PFOX against the California legislation by filing an :{amicus brief:(style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0px"):}: with the U.S. Supreme Court. Children and their parents should have the right to seek professional counseling for whatever behavioral issue they want. As a Christian parent, shouldn’t you be entitled to raise your child to respect the Bible’s admonitions against homosexual behavior and other biblically unacceptable practices? Shouldn’t children confused about their same sex attractions due to sexual molestation be allowed to see the therapist of their choice?
But understand something: the Left has an agenda, and for it to succeed, it needs to recruit our children when they are the most vulnerable and impressionable. If they stop licensed SOCE therapists from treating our children with unwanted same sex attraction, a new and more permissive generation of homosexuals will emerge. And the Christian faith that you and I apply to our lives and use as a moral compass will soon vanish.
That is why this fight is so critical. This fight is only one way the Left wants to undermine our Judeo-Christian traditions, beliefs, practices and values. But if we can make governments come to understand that banning SOCE therapy discriminates on the basis of sexual orientation, we can begin to save our children from having to live a life contrary to nature and the Bible; a life which they do not have to live.
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Opinion
The Washington Times
American Thinker
- The Nativity Scene Case: Why We Lost
- Humanist Myopia: Blaming Bush
- The ACLU campaign to advance communist goals
- Democracy in reverse gear
- A history lesson for the Cupertino Union School District
- Blurring lines of moral equivalency
Touchstone Magazine
FrontPageMag
- Dearborn Silences Arab Christians
- The War on the Cross
- The American Library Association’s Stealth Jihad Against Free Speech
Los Angeles/San Francisco Daily Journal
(These articles are copyright protected by Daily Journal Corp. and are avilable only to subscribers of the Los Angeles or San Francisco Daily Journal)
- 05/08/2014 High Court Prayer Ruling Was a Purpose-Driven Decision
- 02/24/2014 Tomorrow’s Leadership: Discriminating Against Nonconformity
- 02/13/2014 Slippery Slope in Judge Boy Scout Ban
- 02/11/2014 Cross on County Seal Should Pass Muster
- 11/05/2004 Anti-Sectarian Police Erode Respect for ‘Traditional Values’
- 11/26/2004 Christians Must Remain Strong Against Opposing Tidal Forces
- 12/21/2004 School District Should Teach Nation’s Vaunted Christian Principles
- 01/13/2005 Rather Has Major Responsibility for Broadcasting Bush Story
- 03/09/2005 Sometimes Execution is Best for Worst of Worst, Even for Young Killers
- 03/25/2005 Courts Allow Dying Woman to Bear Left Wing’s Cross
- 04/21/2005 New Pope, New Spiritual Ammo Against Gay-Marriage Advocates
- 04/25/2005 Surprise, Democrats: Janice Rogers Brown Epitomizes ‘Progressive’
- 05/16/2005 Will The Real Civil Rights Lawyers Please Stand Up?
- 06/29/2005 New Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Expect Resolution of Church-State Issue
- 09/19/2005 Rally ‘Round Pledge: It Doesn’t Threaten Religious Liberty
- 11/14/2005 Uprooted Cross a Symbol of Fraying Morality
- 11/23/2005 Thanksgiving: An Endorsement Of Religion Lost on Separationists
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http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American_Freedom_Alliance
The American Freedom Alliance (AFA) claims to be a non-political, non partisan, movement of concerned Americans which identifies threats to western civilization.[1]
The AFA is anti-climate science, anti-evolution and Islamophobic in its outlook.[2]
One boardmember is a former California GOP head, and the group's legal status has unusual aspects.
Actions
2011
June "Green hell" literary cafe with Monckton and Milloy
"What the Greens really seek, with increasing success, is to dictate the very parameters of your daily life--where you can live, what transportation you can use, what you can eat, and even how many children you can have." [1]
June climate denial, anti-sustainability conference
In June 2011 AFA was the host of the climate skeptic conference "Big Footprint: Is Green the New Tyranny" at the UCLA Faculty Center. Speakers on the programme were (see ref. page for more detail):[3]
- Christopher Monckton, who paired a swastika with a quote recommending acceptance of mainstream climate science.[[2]](http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Christopher_Monckton#2011:_Swastikas_for_those_who_accept_mainstream_climate_science)
- Ed Berry
- Terry Botwick, producer of Cool It
- Francis F. Chen
- Michael Coffman
- James Delingpole
- Alex Epstein
- Larry Greenfield
- Dan Happel
- Christopher Horner
- Matthew Malkan
- Phelim McAleer
- Ann McElhinney
- Steve Milloy
- Benny Peiser
- David Prentice of the Family Research Council
- Richard Rothschild
- Michael Shaw
- Jeffrey Schwartz
- Wesley J. Smith of the creationist Discovery Institute
- Brian Sussman
- Tom Tamarkin
- Paul Taylor
- Stanley W. Trimble
- Peter Wood, president of the National Association of Scholars; author of books published by Encounter Books
2009 Creationist film lawsuit against California Science Center
"The American Freedom Alliance is, perhaps, best known for its on-going legal action with the California Science Center over the cancellation of an AFA event to be held at the centre in 2009 at which it intended to screen a "teach the controversy" film called Darwin's Dilemma, which explores the "Mystery of the Cambrian Explosion in Fossil Records." At the time, Avi Davis, executive director and senior fellow of the American Freedom Alliance, said: "New scientific evidence makes it vital that we take a close look at the numerous inherent scientific problems of the Darwinian theory of evolution." The AFA has subsequently fought the case on the grounds of freedom of expression."[2]
Personnel
As of June 2011, personnel were:[3]
Board of Directors
- Barak Lurie, attorney with Lurie & Park
- Heidi N. Nietert, finance
- Shawn Steel, Republican National Committee member[4] and former California GOP chair who was instrumental in the effort to recall California governor Gray Davis[5]
- Dr. Robert Hamilton, Santa Monica pediatrician
- David Horwatt, IT
Staff
Avi Davis is Executive Director and Senior Fellow, and Rueben Gordon is Assistant Director.
Fellows
As of June 2011:[4]
- Avi Davis
- Robert Spencer
- The late Tashbih Sayeed (actually Tashbih Sayyed, 1941–2007)[6]
- Babu Susseelan (actually Babu Suseelan)[5]
The "About Us" "Mission" page has a different "Fellows" list, showing three: Davis, Spencer, and Stephen Coughlin.[7]
Nonprofit status is odd
AFA assertion: incorporated in California, 501(c)(3), tax deductible
"American Freedom Alliance is incorporated in the State of California as a nonprofit public benefit corporation. It is a non profit organization under Section 501 (c) 3 of the Internal Revenue Code. Contributions to AFA are tax deductible under Section 170 of the Code. EID 68-0643445."[6]
Registered in California ("Active", in Sec. of State "Corporations" database)
The Secretary of State's "Business entities" search shows the AFA as active, with entity #C3085842 and a filing date of 2008-02-07.
...but not as a charity? ("Not registered", on AG Charitable Trusts database)
AFA is located in California, but the Calif. Attorney General Registry of Charitable Trusts website shows the AFA as "not registered"[8]
Federally: though extant by 2007, still no Form 990s 4 1/2 yrs later
Although the AFA has been sponsoring events since at least 2007[9], [10], Guidestar (which shows AFA's ruling date as April 2009) shows no income and no Form 990 filings for the group.[7]
July 2011 claim: AFA Form 990 filing "under review"; but still no 990 in December
In a July 2011 email, AFA head Avi Davis said the AFA had filed its Form 990, but he did not provide a copy, saying it was "under review".[11].
Davis did not respond to subsequent requests for clarification and additional information,[12] and by early December, Guidestar still showed no Form 990 for the organization.
Funding
One funder is the Fairbrook Foundation
"The AFA's funding is unclear, but tax returns (pdf) for the Fairbrook Foundation - a charitable foundation set up by computing multi-millionaires Aubrey and Joyce Chernick, which supports a wide range of Jewish and pro-Israeli groups - show that the foundation has donated more than $100,000 to the AFA since it was founded in 2007."[2]
(Actually, it's more than $200,000, according to Fairbrook's 2008 and 2009 Form 990s on Guidestar: $170,000 in 2008([8] or [9]) and $39,500 in 2009.[10].)
Contact
Address:
11500 W. Olympic Blvd., Suite 400Los Angeles, CA 90064USAPhone: (310) 444 3085Fax: (310) 444 3086Website: http://www.americanfreedomalliance.org
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ American Freedom Alliance Home page
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Leo Hickman (2011-06-10). Climate sceptics flirt with intelligent design and Islamophobic group - Leo Hickman - Environment. guardian.co.uk. Retrieved on 2011-06-12.
- ↑ Speakers - Big Footprint: Is Green the New Tyranny? Conference. American Freedom Alliance. Retrieved on 2011-06-12.
- ↑ John Gizzi (2011-01-22). New Slate At RNC. HUMAN EVENTS. Retrieved on 2011-07-29. “At least three prominent California conservative GOPers sent maximum donations to Lieberman based on his support for U.S. action in Iraq: GOP National Committeeman Shawn Steel, Los Angeles County Supervisor Mike Antonovich and 1992 GOP U.S. Senate nominee Bruce Herschensohn.”
- ↑ Joe Garofoli (2003-11-09). 'Nutballs' no more, talk radio jocks bask in their recall role. SF Chronicle. Retrieved on 2011-07-29. “...Shawn Steel, a former California GOP chairman who was one of the recall's early leaders. "Historians will look back on this election as the time that the combination of the Internet and talk radio overtook the power of daily newspapers."”
- ↑ Tashbih Sayyed. Wikipedia. Retrieved on 2011-07-29. “(1941–2007)”
- ↑ About us - fellows. American Freedom Alliance. Retrieved on 2011-07-29. “Fellows: Avi Davis, Robert Spencer, Stephen Coughlin”
- ↑ (Registrant information, American Freedom Alliance). Attorney General, California Department of Justice. Retrieved on 2011-07-29. “Registration Status: Not Registered”
- ↑ Tom Tugend (2007-01-25). Briefs: Journalist: West Is losing ‘War of Ideas;’ Daniel Pipes comes to Pepperdine -. Jewish Journal. Retrieved on 2011-06-12. “[Melanie] Phillips also spoke in the evening at the Wilshire Theater, at a public event sponsored by the American Freedom Alliance and the Temple of the Air, part of her national tour with stops in New York, Detroit and Atlanta.”
- ↑ Tom Tugend (2007-06-21). Malibu conference on Europe sees threats in ‘multiculturalism’. Jewish Journal. Retrieved on 2011-06-12. “The American Freedom Alliance and its associated Council for Democracy and Tolerance plan a follow-up conference in November in Washington, D.C., focusing on the political and legal aspects of the European situation.”
- ↑ Email to ahaynes dated 2011-07-20
- ↑ email and phone from ahaynes to Davis, July 26 and 27, 2011
External resources
- NeoCon Europe American Freedom Alliance
External articles
- Climate sceptics flirt with intelligent design and Islamophobic group [11]
- European Freedom Alliance European Freedom Alliance
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American Freedom Alliance
17412 Ventura Blvd., Suite 144
Encino, CA 91316, USA
Phone: (310) 444 3085
Email: karen.siegemund@americanfreedomalliance.org
Web: www.americanfreedomalliance.org
off bs 12/17
- Karen Siegemund, PhD, President
- Michael Greer, VP
- John Hancock, Treasurer
- Mark Shaw, Secretary
- Gary Aminoff, Chairman of the Board
- Dr. James Enstrom
- Barak Lurie
- Dr. Robert Hamilton, Chairman Emeritus
Executive Committee
- Karen Siegemund, PhD, President
- Michael Greer, VP
- John Hancock, Treasurer
- Mark Shaw, Secretary
- Gary Aminoff, Chairman of the Board
Operations Committee
- Olga Matlin
- Howard Hyde
- Rueben Gordon
- Joe Peterson
- Marcia Jacobs
Fellows
- Alan Myers
- Douglas V. Gibbs
- Guy Millière
- Howard Hyde
- Ida Lichter
- John Hancock
- John Sullivan
- Karen Siegemund
- Michael Greer
- Michael Lotus
- Steven Samson
- Trevor Loudon
Past Fellows
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When Dr. Karen Siegemund returned to her hometown of Los Angeles after 30 years on the East Coast, she was delighted to discover the American Freedom Alliance and immediately became an active participant, then board member. And now, she has been elected to be the Chairman of the Board of this remarkable organization, a position she is honored to hold, and one that suits her background exceptionally well.
As the daughter of a man who grew up in Hitler’s Berlin, Dr. Siegemund has always been keenly aware of how precarious freedom is, and how tyranny typically begins not with a revolution, but with a slow erosion of rights and freedoms. For this reason, Dr. Siegemund has dedicated her life to fighting against this erosion on every level.
During the Cold War, Dr. Siegemund worked in the field of underwater acoustics, developing new sonar systems and testing them during sea trials around the world.
After the defeat of the Soviet Union, Dr. Siegemund turned her sights first to earning a Master’s Degree in International Relations, then a doctorate degree in “Education and American Culture.” Recognizing that only with an educated citizenry could we hope to maintain our freedoms, she became an educator; for over ten years, Dr. Siegemund has taught in a number of areas, from Latin and French to Science and Mathematics, at the middle school, high school and University levels. Along with these specific academic disciplines, of course, she strives to educate her students about the values that make Western Civilization generally, and America specifically, as exceptional as we are.
As another result of the recognition that totalitarianism creeps in with baby steps, and that our media has been complicit in its advance rather than the bulwark against it that it us supposed to be, Dr. Siegemund founded and is president of “Rage Against the Media,” an activist group in Los Angeles which fights against the propagandistic nature of our news media.
Dr. Siegemund has appeared on several television shows including “The Glazov Gang” and the “The Rick Amato Show,” has spoken at a number of clubs, organizations and events, has been published in American Thinker, Frontpage Magazine, and her own blog, and has been on countless radio programs. She currently teaches at an independent school here in Los Angeles.
Gary Aminoff brings decades of leadership experience and a passion for freedom as well as financial savvy and all-around wisdom to the Board of Directors. He has held leadership positions in a large number of Republican organizations, including the Republican Jewish Coalition, many Southern California Republican clubs, the Los Angeles County Republican Central Committee and is a delegate to the California Republican Party. He is the founder and Chairman of Alliance for Liberty, and has been active in a number of political campaigns. Mr. Aminoff is also a commercial real estate broker and real estate investment advisor. He has his own blog, Bear to the Right (BearToTheRight.com) and writes for several other publications. Mr. Aminoff is a frequent speaker at Republican clubs and organizations and has appeared on both TV and radio programs as a political commentator.
Identity Crisis: Can European civilization survive?
BIOGRAPHIES
Panelists:
Bat Ye’or
Bat Ye’or is a world authority on the history of non-Muslims under Islam and has written many articles and four major works on the subject. Her latest study, the widely acclaimed Eurabia: The Euro-Arab Axis (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2005) concerns the gradual political and cultural transformation of Europe into a Euro-Arab hybrid.
Baroness Caroline Cox
Baroness Cox is a member of the British House of Lords and an advocate for many humanitarian causes and issues concerning disability. She is Chief Executive of HART (Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust) and a Trustee of MERLIN (Medical Emergency Relief International). She is co-author, with Dr. John Marks, of The West, Islam and Islamism: Is Ideological Islam Compatible with Liberal Democracy? (Civitas, 2005)
Massimo de Leonardis
Massimo de Leonardis Ph.D., is Professor of History of International Relations and Institutions and of International Politics at the Catholic University of Milan. He also teaches Contemporary History at the European University of Rome. He is author of several books on international relations between Italy and the United States.
Roberto de Mattei
Roberto de Mattei Ph.D., is the Dean of the Faculty of Historical Sciences at the European University of Rome. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Italian National Research Council (C.N.R.) of which he has been Vice-President since 2004. He was special advisor to the Berlusconi Government (2002-2006) and is President of the Lepanto Foundation based in Rome and Washington.
Giorgio Israel
Giorgio Israel Ph.D., is a professor at the University of Rome “La Sapienza.” He is author of 20 books and 200 papers and essays in the fields of the history of science, the history of antisemitism and of racial policy in Italy during fascism. His most recent book concerns the crisis of values of Western civilization: Liberarsi dei demoni. Odio di sac, scientismo e relativismo (Marietti).
Johannes Jansen
Johannes J.G. Jansen Ph.D., holds the Houtsma Chair for Contemporary Islamic Thought in the Department of Arabic, Persian and Turkish at the University of Utrecht, Netherlands. He has published numerous books and articles about Muslim radicalism including The Neglected Duty: the Creed of Sadat’s Assassins and The Dual Nature of Islamic Fundamentlism.
Philippe Karsenty
Philippe Karsenty is a French journalist and media critic. After a brief foray into French politics in 2002, he founded Media-Ratings, the first ever French media rating agency. Media-Ratings has paid particular attention to the failure of the French media to
document the rise of militant Islam in France.
David Littman
David Littman is a British historian and human rights activist based in Switzerland. He is a representative at the United Nations in Geneva for the Association for World Education and the World Union for Progressive Judaism. During his work at the U.N., he has delivered or drafted over 300 oral and written NGO statements to the Council on Human Rights and the Sub-Council onf Human Rights.
Alfredo Mantovano
Alfredo Mantovano is a member of the Italian Senate. He was Undersecretary at the Ministry of Internal Affairs during the Berlusconi Government (2002-2006).
Oscar Elía Mañú
Oscar Elía Mañú Ph.D., is an analyst in Political Thought at Grupo de Estudios Estratégicos- GEES (Strategic Studies Group) in Madrid. He holds a Doctorate in Philosophy (University of Navarra) and a postgraduate degree in Peace, Security and Defense Studies.
Douglas Murray
Douglas Murray is a bestselling writer and broadcaster based in London. He is
Director of the Centre for Social Cohesion, based in Westminster - the only think-tank in Britain to focus exclusively on Islamic extremism within the UK.
Emanuele Ottolenghi
Emanuele Ottolenghi Ph.D., is the executive director of the Transatlantic Institute, based in Belgium. He is a frequent commentator on Israeli domestic politics, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and Europe’s Middle East policy.
Angelo Maria Petroni
Angelo Maria Petroni Ph.D., is Professor of Epistemology at the University of Bologna, and General Secretary of the Aspen Institute Italy. He is the former director of the High School of Public Administration and an advisor to Minister Giulio Tremonti during the Berlusconi Government (2002-2006).
Marcello Pera
Pres. Marcello Pera is currently a member of the Italian Senate and was formerly its President (2001-2006). He is currently Professor of Philosophy of Science at the University of Pisa. He is author of many books, some written in partnership with Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now known as Pope Benedict XVI.
Melanie Phillips
Melanie Phillips is a British journalist, author, broadcaster and diarist. She writes a regular column in both the Daily Mail and the London Jewish Chronicle and appears as a panellist on BBC Radio Four’s The Moral Maze. In May, 2006 she published Londonistan (Encounter) an analysis of the British failure to confront radical Islam.
Daniel Pipes
Daniel Pipes, Ph.D., is an academic, journalist and Director of the Middle East Forum whose writings on Islam, Europe and the threat to the West have appeared in newspapers and magazines around the world. His website, www.danielpipes.org, is the single most accessed internet source of specialized information on the Middle East and Islam.
Florentino Portero
Florentino Portero Ph.D., is Professor of Contemporary History at the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Madrid. He is the author of many books and articles on Spanish foreign policy and international relations and a commentator on international policy in the Spanish journals La Razón, Libertad Digital, Expansion, and at the television station Telemadrid.
Flemming Rose
Flemming Rose is a Danish journalist, author and the cultural editor of the Danish daily newspaper, Jyllands-Posten. In this position he was responsible for the August 2005 publication of cartoons lampooning the Prophet Mohammed.
Robert Spencer
Robert Spencer is the director of Jihad Watch, a project of the David Horowitz Freedom Center, and the author of seven books, including the New York Times bestsellers The Truth About Muhammad (Regnery, 2006) and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) (Regnery, 2005).
Rev. Hans J. Stückelberger
Rev. Hans J. Stüceklberger is founder and international president of Christian Solidaritiy International (CSI), based in Binz/Zurich, Switzerland with affiliates in the USA, Italy and eight other countries. He is also president of Zukunft CH, whose goal is the re-establishment of European identity.
Moderators
Rafael L. Bardají
Rafael L. Bardají is the International Policy Director of the Spanish policy center FAES
(Foundation for Analysis and Social Studies) and the former National Policy Advisor to President Jose Maria Aznar. In 1986 he founded the Strategic Studies Group (GEES) - of which he was director until May 1996, carrying out consultancy tasks for the Atlantic Alliance and Spanish Military Headquarters.
Bruce Bawer
Bruce Bawer is an American poet, literary critic and author who resides in Oslo, Norway. He is the author, most recently, of While Europe Slept: How Radical Islam is Destroying the West from Within ( Random House, 2006)
Avi Davis
Avi Davis is an atttorney , journalist and documentarian who writes and lectures about Israel, the Middle East and European affairs. His writing has been published widely around the world. He is the senior fellow of the American Freedom Alliance and the co-ordinator of the Collapse of Europe conference.
John Marks
Professor John Marks is a British nuclear physicist, British educator and author. He has written extensively on British education and has co-authored, with Caroline Cox, This Immoral Trade: Slavery in the 21st Century, (Monarch, 2006) and The West, Islam and Islamism: Is Ideological Islam Compatible with Liberal Democracy? (Civitas, 2006).
Salvatore Rebecchini
Salvatore Rebecchini is an Italian banker and businessman. In 2004 he was appointed Chairman of the board of Cassa Depositi e Prestiti Spa, a large financial institution owned by the Italian Treasury. He is currently Chairman of the F2i S.g.r. (Fondi italiani per le infrastrutture, Società di gestione del risparmio), a private equity fund, specializing in infrastructure investment.
Giuseppe Valditara
Giuseppe Valditara Ph.D., is a member of the Italian Senate. He is the Dean of the Faculty of Law at the European University of Rome and Professor of Roman Law at the University of Turin.
European Freedom Alliance
European Office: Alliance Européenne pour la Liberté PO BOX 5979, 1002 Lausanne, Switzerland Phone: + 41 21 320 30 85
U.S. Office: European Freedom Alliance 11500 W. Olympic Blvd., Suite 400, Los Angeles, CA 90064 Phone: (310)444-3085
www.europeanfreedomalliance.it