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==History==
==History==
The organization was founded by [[Robert Welch]] in 1958 to fight subversive infiltration of the United States.<ref>Welch said he named the Society after [[John Birch]], the first American to die in the [[Cold War]].</ref> He designed the Society like the Communist movement, with a strong leader at the top (himself), with each lower level following the orders they were given. Society literature denounced collectivist infiltration from Communists, the [[United Nations]], and various front groups.
The organization was founded by [[Robert Welch]] in 1958 to fight subversive infiltration of the United States.<ref>Welch said he named the Society after [[John Birch]], the first American to die in the [[Cold War]].</ref> He designed the Society like the Communist movement, with a strong leader at the top (himself), with each lower level following the orders they were given. Society literature denounced collectivist infiltration from Communists, the [[United Nations]], and various front groups.
In the 1960s, the John Birch Society spread its beliefs through paperback books and sending organizers to campuses, local coffee houses and other places where young people congregated. Today, it relies more upon social media and the internet.
==Conspiracies==
==Conspiracies==