Last week, Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), went out on a limb to defend Phil Cafaro, Board President of the deceptively-named anti-immigrant organization, Progressives for Immigration Reform. “I’ve met Phil Cafaro and he strikes … Continued
During the entire election season, President Obama made so few remarks regarding climate change that only two made it into the news cycle: during his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention he said that “climate change is not a … Continued
The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) recently published a report on water resources in the United States. This is not a new topic for the anti-immigrant movement, which specializes in blaming resource depletion on individuals, or specific groups of … Continued
Brenda Walker’s article in the latest issue of The Social Contract laments the environmental movement’s drift from “traditional” notions of environmentalism. Walker accuses the usual suspects (Socialist ideology, Saul Alinsky) of leading the environmental movement astray; that is, she has … Continued
(Note: This blog is a reflection on David Samuel’s “Wild Things” article in the June 2012 issue of Harper’s Magazine. All quotations are from the article.) It seems almost impossible to find a bridge between 20th and 21st century conservation … Continued
The most recent issue of the Negative Population Growth (NPG) Journal was published earlier this month, and contains a litany of racist complaints about immigrants and the irreparable harm they are doing to society and the environment. NPG was founded … Continued
Progressives for Immigration Reform (PFIR), a front group that is part of white nationalist John Tanton’s network of anti-immigrant groups, is grossly misnamed and far from progressive. Even the slightest tie to Tanton’s anti-immigrant network erases an organization’s “progressive” … Continued
World Population Day has come and gone. But not without a flood of activity from population alarmists. One of the worst offenders is Dave Gardner of Growthbusters infamy, who established a website in honor of World Population Day. We have already … Continued
While researching controversial film Growthbusters (read more about that here), I stumbled across a new attempt to frame the anti-population growth argument: a film called Critical Mass, directed by Mike Freedman. Freedman’s argument, described as “clever” by the Telluride Mountain … Continued
Californians for Population Stabilization (CAPS) has launched television advertisements to be aired in Los Angeles County and around the country, this summer. The brief ad shows images of racially diverse “jobless Californians,” and describes Senator Barbara Boxer as “ready to … Continued