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< | '''John Tanton''' is a retired opthalmologist, who has long been involved in natural resources conservation. Past and current publisher of ''[[The Social Contract]]''. He says that this interest led him to concern about the effects, on the environmnet, of uncontrolled population growth, and he has become involved in groups concerned with immigration into the United States. Some groups, such as the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]], say he goes well beyond ecology and into restrictive immigration and even [[white nationalism]]. <ref name=SPLC-Pup>{{citation | ||
| url =http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?sid=72 | |||
| title = John Tanton's Network | |||
| journal = Intelligence Report, [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] | |||
}}</ref> | |||
==Conservation== | |||
He was national President of [[Zero Population Growth]] from 1975 to 1977 and was Chairman of its Immigration Study Committee (1973-1975); Chairman of the [[Sierra Club]] National Population Committee (1971-1975). | |||
He is the founder, and remains on the board of directors, of the [[Federation for American Immigration Reform]]. | |||
In the foreword to the biography of Tanton and his wife Mary Lou, former [[Colorado]] governor [[Richard Lamm]] observes, "the Tantons, years before other environmentalists, saw a nations demographic future has changed from a unalterable given to an alterable variable — from something we blindly inherit, to something we determine. <ref name=Journey>{{citation | |||
| Mary Lou & John Tanton: A Journey into American Conservation | |||
| author = John F. Rohe | year = 2002 | |||
| url = http://www.johntanton.org/docs/book_tanton_biography_jr.pdf}}, p. viii</ref> | |||
==Organizations== | |||
While the SPLC says he has formed a number of organizations, some of which they designate (+) ''hate groups'':<ref name=SPLC-Pup /> | |||
*''American Immigration Control Foundation'' AICF, 1983, funded | |||
*''American Patrol/Voice of Citizens Together'' 1992, funded | |||
*California Coalition for Immigration Reform CCIR, 1994, funded | |||
*Californians for Population Stabilization 1996, funded (founded separately in 1986) | |||
*Center for Immigration Studies CIS, 1985, founded and funded | |||
*Federation for American Immigration Reform FAIR, 1979, founded and funded | |||
*NumbersUSA; 1996, founded and funded | |||
*Population-Environment Balance; 1973, joined board in 1980 | |||
*Pro English; 1994, founded and funded | |||
*ProjectUSA; 1999, funded | |||
*''The Social Contract Press'' 1990, founded and funded | |||
*U.S. English; 1983, founded and funded | |||
*U.S. Inc.; 1982, founded and funded | |||
they describe his key efforts as involving three complementary organizations:<ref name=SPLC-Three>{{citation | |||
| title = The Nativist Lobby: Three Faces of Intolerance | |||
| author = Heidi Beirich, [[Mark Potok]] (editor) | |||
| publisher = [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] | |||
| url = http://www.splcenter.org/intel/nativist_lobby.jsp | |||
| date = February 2009}}</ref> | |||
*[[Federation for American Immigration Reform]], a lobbying organization, | |||
*[[Center for Immigration Studies]], a [[think tank]] | |||
*[[NumbersUSA]], "The Grassroots Organizer" | |||
==References== | |||
{{reflist}} | |||
Revision as of 17:59, 14 January 2010
John Tanton is a retired opthalmologist, who has long been involved in natural resources conservation. Past and current publisher of The Social Contract. He says that this interest led him to concern about the effects, on the environmnet, of uncontrolled population growth, and he has become involved in groups concerned with immigration into the United States. Some groups, such as the Southern Poverty Law Center, say he goes well beyond ecology and into restrictive immigration and even white nationalism. [1]
Conservation
He was national President of Zero Population Growth from 1975 to 1977 and was Chairman of its Immigration Study Committee (1973-1975); Chairman of the Sierra Club National Population Committee (1971-1975).
He is the founder, and remains on the board of directors, of the Federation for American Immigration Reform.
In the foreword to the biography of Tanton and his wife Mary Lou, former Colorado governor Richard Lamm observes, "the Tantons, years before other environmentalists, saw a nations demographic future has changed from a unalterable given to an alterable variable — from something we blindly inherit, to something we determine. [2]
Organizations
While the SPLC says he has formed a number of organizations, some of which they designate (+) hate groups:[1]
- American Immigration Control Foundation AICF, 1983, funded
- American Patrol/Voice of Citizens Together 1992, funded
- California Coalition for Immigration Reform CCIR, 1994, funded
- Californians for Population Stabilization 1996, funded (founded separately in 1986)
- Center for Immigration Studies CIS, 1985, founded and funded
- Federation for American Immigration Reform FAIR, 1979, founded and funded
- NumbersUSA; 1996, founded and funded
- Population-Environment Balance; 1973, joined board in 1980
- Pro English; 1994, founded and funded
- ProjectUSA; 1999, funded
- The Social Contract Press 1990, founded and funded
- U.S. English; 1983, founded and funded
- U.S. Inc.; 1982, founded and funded
they describe his key efforts as involving three complementary organizations:[3]
- Federation for American Immigration Reform, a lobbying organization,
- Center for Immigration Studies, a think tank
- NumbersUSA, "The Grassroots Organizer"
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "John Tanton's Network", Intelligence Report, Southern Poverty Law Center
- ↑ John F. Rohe (2002), p. viii
- ↑ Heidi Beirich, Mark Potok (editor) (February 2009), The Nativist Lobby: Three Faces of Intolerance, Southern Poverty Law Center