Danger from the Far Right Pamphlet

THE Far Right, the Radical Right, remains a clear, present, and persistent danger to schools and democracy.

I wish I could report it was becoming less dangerous and damaging. But unfortunately I cannot. With insidious and subtle tactics it continues to infiltrate democratic organizations and seeks to capture strategic positions from which it can dominate and control our schools. In California its efforts last year to replace moderate school boards with "Birch boards" were noted by the president of the State Board of Education. He also reported that Rightists had gained sufficient strength—I quote—"to disrupt the school program" in at least ten school districts