[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for your hard work in gathering, indexing and posting these articles.

My number one question is the title to one of these links: Who is paying for these protests?

Who's Paying for It All? [re: anti=war demostrations] INSIGHT magazine ^ | February 18, 2003 | J. Michael Waller Posted on 02/18/2003 11:11 AM PST by Stand Watch Listen

"That's a good question," Wallace H. Spaulding, who analyzed international communist affairs for the CIA for nearly 40 years, tells Insight.

"Running demonstrations like the Jan. 18 antiwar protest in Washington requires organizational skill," noted the National Catholic Reporter. "Crowds must be generated, buses chartered, permits secured and Port-A-Johns put in place. It's a large undertaking."

Herbert Romerstein, a veteran investigator for the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and former head of the Office to Counter Soviet Active Measures at the U.S. Information Agency, agrees. Romerstein says, "It's a reality in politics -- there's no such thing as a spontaneous demonstration. Somebody has to pay for them. Somebody has to have organization. Workers World [Party] has that. Workers World is totally subservient to the government of North Korea. What we don't know is if there's money coming in."

For a party of such small numerical size, it does a lot. "It's just a couple of hundred people," Romerstein tells Insight. "They maintain a weekly newspaper. They have headquarters in New York and offices around the country. They put on demonstrations. How do you pay for all that?"

It's a question the FBI is much freer to investigate thanks to the new USA PATRIOT Act. If the Workers World Party is receiving money from North Korea to run political agitprop here, it has violated federal law and is a legitimate target for investigation and sanction, proponents argue.

"Here is a group closely associated with one of the governments that the president says is part of the Axis of Evil," Romerstein says.

Thanks to the USA PATRIOT Act, which Congress overwhelmingly passed after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to help law-enforcement monitor potential terrorist support groups and foreign agents, federal authorities are better positioned to monitor the Workers World Party.

Romerstein's recommendation to the FBI: Follow the money. "No very radical group in the U.S. has been able to exist for very long without direct foreign support," he says.

I have been saying this all along. These radical so called non profits in America have probably been on the payroll of the Opecker Princes and Islamofacist Thugs like Saddam for decades!

[Carry_Okie]

I have been saying this all along. These radical so called non profits in America have probably been on the payroll of the Opecker Princes and Islamofacist Thugs like Saddam for decades!

Here we go again with more of your speculation.

Dave, if you traipse on over to ActivistCash.com you'll find that one of the biggies supporting such activities is the Tides Foundation (housed in the San Francisco Presidio). Tides' principal donor is the Pew Charitable Trusts. They also take funds from MacArthur, Carnegie... ain't no Islamofascists there!

Here's a very typical donor list for a VERY typical communist front group: the National Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice:

• Acta Foundation
  
• Arca Foundation
  
• Barry Descendants Trust
  
• Boehm Foundation
  
• Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
  
• The Discount Foundation
  
• Ford Foundation
  
• Frame Trustees Limited
  
• French American Charitable Trust
  
• Funding Exchange
  
• Greensboro Justice Fund
  
• Horncrest Foundation
  
• Jewish Fund for Justice
  
• Landau Family Foundation
  
• Malina Foundation, Inc.
  
• Morrow Charitable Trust
  
• Nathan Cummings Foundation
  
• Needmor Fund
  
• New World Foundation - Phoenix Fund
  
• Polk Brothers Foundation
  
• Rockefeller Foundation
  
• Sunflower Foundation
  
• Tides Foundation
  
• Tua Sapelo Foundation
  
• U.S./ Labor in the Americas Project
  
• Z. Smith Reynolds

Religious

• ACTS, Sisters of St. Agnes
  
• Apostleship of the Sea, Port Arthur, Texas
  
• Archdiocese of Anchorage, Alaska
  
• Archdiocese of Camden, New Jersey
  
• Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois
  
• Archdiocese of Detroit, Michigan
  
• Archdiocese of Los Angeles, California
  
• Archdiocese of Washington, D.C.
  
• Church of St. Peter, Mendota, Minnesota
  
• Catholic Campaign for Human Development
  
• Catholic Charities
  
• Catholic Committee of the South
  
• Catholic Health Association
  
• Church of Our Saviour, Melbourne, Florida
  
• Commission of Social Action of Reform Judaism (UAHC & CCAR)
  
• Community Renewal Society
  
• Congregation Am Shalom, Glencoe, Illinois
  
• Congregation Hakafa, Glencoe, Illinois
  
• Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament
  
• Congregation of the Holy Ghost, Bethel Park, Pennsylvania
  
• Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes
  
• Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent DePaul
  
• Depaul University Public Service Grants
  
• Diocese of Arlington, Virginia
  
• Diocese of Buffalo, New York
  
• Diocese of Charleston, South Carolina
  
• Diocese of Cincinnati, Ohio
  
• Diocese of Joliet, Illinois
  
• Diocese of Las Vegas, Nevada
  
• Diocese of Madison, Wisconsin, Office for Justice & Peace
  
• Diocese of Oakland, California
  
• Diocese of Orange, California
  
• Diocese of Owensboro, KY
  
• Diocese of Pueblo, Colorado
  
• Diocese of Richmond, Virginia
  
• Diocese of Rutherford, New Jersey
  
• Diocese of San Jose, California
  
• Diocese of Savannah, Georgia
  
• Diocese of Sioux City, South Dakota
  
• Diocese of Spokane, Washington
  
• Dominican Sisters of San Rafael
  
• Dominican Sisters of Springfield - Poverty, Justice, and Peace Fund
  
• Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles
  
• Evangelical Lutheran Church of America
  
• General Board of Global Ministries- United Methodist Church: Domestic Hunger/ Poverty and Economic Justice Program
  
• Fadica, Inc.
  
• General Board of Global Ministries - United Methodist Church: Women’s Division
  
• General Board of Global Ministries - United Methodist Church: Office of Urban Ministries
  
• General Board of Global Ministries - United Methodist Church: Domestic Hunger and Povety
  
• The Gross Family Tzedakah Fund of the Shefa Fund
  
• Interfaith Council of Santa Clara County
  
• Little Franciscans of Mary
  
• Loretto Sisters, Special Needs Fund
  
• Maria Anna Brunner Fund, Precious Blood Sisters
  
• Marillac Provincial House- Daughters of Charity
  
• Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns
  
• The Michael and Alice Kuhn Foundation of the Shefa Fund
  
• Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit
  
• Morrow Charitable Trust
  
• Mother Caroline Fund, SSND Milwaukee
  
• Mother Theresa Fund, SSND, Milwaukee
  
• MRS/PCMR, United States Catholic Conference
  
• National Center for the Laity
  
• National Council of Catholic Women
  
• National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA
  
• National Pastoral Life Center
  
• Our Sunday Visitor Foundation
  
• Pilgrim Congregational Church, Oak Park, Illinois
  
• Poor and Marginated Fund - Province of St. Joseph of the Capuchin Order, Inc.
  
• Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
  
• Presbyterian Women
  
• Prince of Peace Church, West Bloomfield, Michigan
  
• The Province of St. Joseph of the Capuchin Order
  
• Queen of All Saints Basilica, Chicago, IL
  
• Raskob Foundation
  
• Religious Action Center
  
• Religious Formation Conference
  
• Rivier College
  
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany
  
• The S. Irwin Kamin Foundation
  
• Santa Barbara Pastoral Region
  
• St. Augustine University Parish
  
• St. Joseph the Worker Church, Maple Grove, Minnesota
  
• St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Charlotte, North Carolina
  
• St. Scholastica Monastery
  
• Saints Faith Hope and Charity Parish, Winnetka, Illinois
  
• Saint Louis Abbey
  
• SC Ministry Foundation, Sisters of Charity
  
• School Sisters of Notre Dame - Mother Caroline Mandate Fund
  
• School Sisters of Notre Dame - Mother Theresa Gerhardinger Fund
  
• Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
  
• Sisters of Charity Ministry Foundation
  
• Sisters of the Humility of Mary
  
• Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet
  
• Sisters of Loretto - Special Needs Fund
  
• Sisters of Mercy Health System
  
• Sisters of the Precious Blood
  
• Sisters, Servants of Mary, IHM
  
• Sister of St. Francis of Tiffin, Ohio
  
• Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet
  
• Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother (Third Order or St. Francis)
  
• Social Justice Fund, Order of St. Francis of Philadelphia
  
• Southern Tier Labor-Religion Coalition
  
• Springfield Dominican Sisters
  
• St. Joseph Foundation for Apostolic and Charitable Purposes
  
• Tabitha Fund, CSJ - St. Louis
  
• Temple Sinai, Washington, D.C.
  
• Texas Catholic Conference
  
• United Church of Christ Justice and Witness Ministries - Public Life and Social Policy
  
• Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock
  
• United Methodist Church - Ministries with Women, Children & Families
  
• United Methodist Church - Women’s Division
  
• Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph

Union

• 21st Century ILGWU Heritage Fund
  
• AFSCME, Council 31
  
• American Federation of Labor- Congress of Industrial Organizations
  
• American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees
  
• American Federation of Teachers
  
• American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO
  
• Association of Flight Attendants
  
• Bakery, Confectionery & Tobacco Workers International Union
  
• Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees
  
• Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
  
• Communications Workers of America
  
• Eastern Region Master Executive Council
  
• Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees (HERE)
  
• Illinois Nurses Association
  
• Indiana Regional Council of Carpenters
  
• International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
  
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers,
  
• Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers
  
• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
  
• International Labor Office
  
• International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers
  
• IUE-CWA
  
• International Union of Operating Engineers
  
• International Union of Painters & Allied Trades
  
• International Union of Painters and Allied Trades - District Council #16
  
• Kentucky State AFL-CIO
  
• Laborers' California Organizing Fund
  
• Laborers' International Union of North America
  
• Long Island Coalition of Labor & Religion
  
• MEBA
  
• Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO
  
• Minneapolis Central Labor Union Council (AFL-CIO)
  
• Montana State AFL-CIO
  
• National Association of Catholic School Teachers
  
• National Association of Letter Carriers
  
• National Treasury Employees Union
  
• New York City Central Labor Council - AFL-CIO
  
• New York State AFL-CIO
  
• PACE, Local 423
  
• PACE Defense Fund
  
• Religion and Labor Coalition of Western Pennsylvania
  
• St. Paul AFL-CIO Trades & Labor Assembly
  
• San Francisco Labor Council
  
• Seafarers International Union of North America
  
• Service Employees International Union
  
• SEIU, Local 47
  
• SEIU, Local 150
  
• Sheet Metal Workers International Association
  
• Southern Illinois District Council of Carpenters
  
• Transport Workers Union of America
  
• Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO
  
• Union Community Fund
  
• Union of Needle and Industrial Textile Employees
  
• United Association of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry
  
• United Food and Commercial Workers
  
• UFCW, Local 400
  
• UFCW, Local 408
  
• UFCW Local 880
  
• UFCW, Local 881
  
• UFCW Local 1099
  
• UFCW, Local 1428
  
• United Steelworkers of America
  
• United Auto Workers
  
• United Latinos of UFCW
  
• UMC Board of Church & Society
  
• United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers
  
• Wisconsin State AFL-CIO

Government

• Department of Justice - Office of Special Counsel for Immigration Related Unfair Employment Practices
  
• Federal Mediation and Conciliation Services (FMCS)
  
• Office of Special Counsel

Companies

• American Income Life Insurance Company
  
• Bernstein & Lipsett
  
• Bill Usery Associates, Inc.
  
• Castelli Enterprises Inc.
  
• Frame Trustees Limited
  
• GKMG Consulting Services Inc.
  
• International Construction Institute
  
• James & Hoffman, P.C.
  
• Kelly Press, Inc.
  
• The McLaughlin Company
  
• The National Catholic Reporter Publishing Company
  
• ULLICO, Inc.
  
• Wilson Center for Public Research, Inc.

Organizations

• The Catholic Health Association
  
• Detroit Interfaith Committee on Worker Issues
  
• The Faith and Politics Institute
  
• Grassroots Leadership
  
• IF/W.H.E.N.
  
• Leadership Council on Civil Rights
  
• National Opinion Research Center
  
• People for the American Way
  
• U.S. Leap
  
• Wisconsin Citizens Action

Academia

• Cornell University Union Leadership Program
  
• St. Mary's Seminary and University
  
• University of Notre Dame

Individuals

• Richard Appelbaum
  
• Judith Barnes
  
• Kimberley Bobo
  
• Louise Bobo
  
• George Black
  
• Mr. and Mrs. Elliott and Louise Bredhoff
  
• Christopher Burke
  
• John J. Cormier
  
• Bishop Jesse Dewitt
  
• Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Dwan
  
• Monsignor John J. Egan
  
• Bernadette Gargan
  
• Hillel Gray and Cathy Bowers
  
• Mr. and Mrs. Leo Hawk
  
• Mary Heidkamp and Jim Lund
  
• Michael Holland
  
• Sister Julia Huiskamp
  
• Emily John
  
• Mr. Gary W. Kendall
  
• Evely Laser Shlensky
  
• Reverend Jim Lewis
  
• Arthur and Susan Lloyd
  
• Marie Therese McDermott
  
• William H. Miller
  
• Janet H. Morrow
  
• Rev. Jack O’Malley
  
• John A. and Sheila Pigott
  
• Suzanne Polen
  
• Rabbi Robert Marx
  
• Eileen T. Murphy
  
• Nancy Schlossberg
  
• Rev. Dr. Paul H. Sherry
  
• Richard M. Stanton
  
• Mr. and Mrs. Joseph and Jeanne Sullivan
  
• Debbie Stone and Timothy Pitzer
  
• Dr. Mark W. Wendorf
  
• James and Evelyn Whitehead
  
• Robert and Sue Wieseneck
  
• Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth and Charlotte H. Young

Dave, these are Americans. Here is a list of the Tides Iraq Peace fund grantees:

Iraq Peace Fund Grantees

Organization	Purpose	Amount
American Friends Service Committee	Peace Building Unit	$20,000
The Arts of Peace	Mainstream Media's Anti-War Media project	$10,000
Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities	True Majority Campaign	$20,000
Center for International Policy	Iraq Policy project	$140,000
Democracy Now!	War & Peace Report	$10,000
Education for Peace in Iraq Center	Veterans for Common Sense project	$10,000
FCNL Education Fund	Iraq Anti-War Organizing project	$10,000
The Florence Fund	"Osama Wants You" advertisement	$25,000
Friends Committee on National Legislation	Campaign to Stop the War in Iraq project	$10,000
Global Exchange	United for Peace Coalition	$20,000
Global Exchange	Women's Vigil	$5,000
Independent Media Institute	AlterNet.org project	$10,000
Independent Press Association	Beyond War project	$10,000
Institute for Policy Studies	General support	$30,000
Institute for Public Accuracy	Anti-war activities	$5,000
Link Media	WorldLink TV project	$10,000
MoveOn.org	General support	$20,000
National Council of Churches	Anti-war efforts	$30,000
Pacifica Foundation	"Imperatives for Peace: Pacifica's Peace Watch" radio program	$5,000
Peace Action Education Fund	General support	$10,000
Peace Action Education Fund	October 26 March on Washington	$20,000
Peace Action Education Fund	Black Voices for Peace Project	$10,000
September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows	Peaceful Tomorrows' Iraq Campaign	$10,000
Physicians for Social Responsibility	Campaign to Stop War Against Iraq project	$10,000
Public Education Center	National Security News Service project	$10,000
Taxpayers for Common Sense	Education campaign on the costs of invading and rebuilding Iraq	$10,000
WAND Education Fund	General support	$9,000
Total:		$489,000

As far as foreign interests are concerned, I think you'll find more traditional communist suppliers than Islamofascists, such as the Russians and Chinese, as well as a number of European members of the Popular Front. It's a matter of networking. White communists have pretty serious disdain for hustling dollars from Muslims, especially when they don't have to.