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The '''John Birch Society''' is a conservative American anti-conspiracy organization founded in 1958 by Massachusetts businessman [[Robert Welch]] (1900-1985).

The '''John Birch Society''' is a conservative American anti-conspiracy organization founded in 1958 by Massachusetts businessman [[Robert Welch]] (1900-1985).  Until the collapse of  Soviet Communism in 1991, it focused on Communism as the enemy of American values, warning that Communism already exerted a powerful control on the national government.

At its peak in 1964 the Society it claimed to have hundreds of chapters throughout the country, 100,000 members, 400 American Opinion bookstores to distribute and sell its magazine and pamphlets, and an active cadre of speakers that crisscrossed the country.  It did not endorse candidates and did not lobby for legislation, spending its energy on warnings that Communists were already in power in Washington and were about to fully take over the country.

At its peak in 1964 the Society claimed to have hundreds of chapters throughout the country, 100,000 members, 400 American Opinion bookstores to distribute and sell its magazine and pamphlets, and an active cadre of speakers that crisscrossed the country.  It did not endorse candidates and did not lobby for legislation, spending its energy on warnings that Communists were already in power in Washington and were about to fully take over the country.

It never had a major impact on politics. It is still in operation, with a base in Appleton, Wisconsin. However it main role in recent decades is a target of attack by liberals who use it to ridicule and smear conservatives in general.

It never had a major impact on politics. It is still in operation, generating reports on new conspiracies from its base in Appleton, Wisconsin. However it main role in recent decades is a target of attack by liberals who use it to ridicule and smear conservatives in general.

==Conspiracies==

==Conspiracies==