A narrative history of the John Birch Society by a daughter of one of the infamous ultraconservative organization’s founding fathers.  The John Birch Society is a radical right-wing organization established in 1958 that resonates strongly with
the causes championed by the Religious Right and the Tea Party movement, including campaigns against civil rights, abortion, gay rights, labor unions, environmental protections, immigrant rights, social and welfare programs, the United Nations, and even water fluoridation.