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John Birch Society tied to ICLEI protest at Missoula City Council (http://missoulian.com/news/local/john-birch-society-tied-to-iclei-protest-at-missoula-city/article_6990948e-343a-11e1-ac9c-001871e3ce6c.html)


Missoulian
January 1, 2012


A relatively small bill to the city of Missoula recently packed the house in council chambers.

The amount was $1,200 for membership dues City Hall has paid to the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives, or ICLEI, since 1996. This year, though, the payment spurred a fight.

A crowd turned up for the meeting, most to urge the council to pay up. But people from as far away as Silver Star pleaded with Missoula to withdraw from ICLEI to preserve their property rights and other liberties.

The council paid the bill, but the protest did not happen by accident. In the last couple of years, the John Birch Society (http://www.jbs.org/) has ramped up its work in Montana, and it has found a receptive audience for its platform, including opposition to ICLEI, said society spokesman Bill Hahn. The society does not disclose membership numbers, but the Montana field director said "it's definitely growing."

"When we take a look at what big government has brought us within the last 20-, 30-plus years, it's nothing more than ruinous spending, and you know, at terrible costs to our individual liberties," said Hahn, who pointed to both the Republican and Democratic parties as culprits.

According to its website, the John Birch Society aims "to bring about less government, more responsibility, and - with God's help - a better world by providing leadership, education, and organized volunteer action in accordance with moral and Constitutional principles."
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The John Birch Society notes its stances on its website, among them the protection of the Fourth Amendment and privacy, the end of federal aid for education because it "has not improved reading scores," and abolishing the Federal Reserve.

At least three people who testified at the council meeting have direct ties to the John Birch Society, but no one identified himself or herself as a member of the group. Robert Brown, regional field director, said he didn't mention his affiliation because he was testifying on his own behalf.
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When the ICLEI membership raised concern in council chambers, the Human Rights Network linked the outcry to the John Birch Society and a fall speaking tour in Montana by Tom DeWeese, a leading critic of Agenda 21.

Agenda 21 is a United Nations roadmap of sorts to sustainability, but its detractors see sustainability as a trap of "radical environmentalists" and a threat to private property rights.

"It boils down to control," wrote Hahn in an email. "Do we allow an international organization to implement its extreme environmental agenda through innocuous names of sustainability, smart growth, etc., or do we (as locals) retain the sovereignty that allows us to govern ourselves and decide locally what is best for individuals?"


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