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John Tanton
John Tanton M.D. is "publisher of The Social Contract ( designated as a "hate group" by the Southern Poverty Law Center[1]) and served as editor for its first 8 years. He is a retired eye surgeon whose boyhood on a farm made him into an ardent conservationist and advocate for the environment. His conviction that continued human population growth was a large part of the conservation problem led him to chair the National Sierra Club Population Committee (1971-74), and to the national board of Zero Population Growth (1973-78, including a term as president, 1975-77).
In 1979, Tanton shifted his focus towards fighting immigration to reduce the U.S. population, and organized the anti-immigrant Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) based in Washington, D.C. Since then, Tanton has formed, funded, or otherwise been affiliated with many prominent anti-immigration organizations, in what has been termed the John Tanton Network. [2]
The Southern Poverty Law Center reports that Tanton has long been linked to racist ideas-- "fretting about the "educability" of Latinos, warning of whites being out-bred by others, and publishing a number of white nationalist authors"-- and is also closely affiliated with a number of white supremacist organizations such as the Pioneer Fund. [3]
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Publications
He is co-author with Wayne Lutton of The Immigration Invasion, and has written numerous editorials and opinion pieces including 'End of the Migration Epoch'."[1]
- Founding Member, Garrett Hardin Society [4]
Institutional Affiliations
- NumbersUSA: Founder, 1996
- ProEnglish: Founder, Former Chairman, and Board, 1993-present
- Social Contract Press: Founder, Former Editor, and Publisher, 1990-present
- E Pluribus Unum: Co-organizer, 1992
- Emergency Committee on Puerto Rican Statehood and the Status of English in the United States: Co-organizer, 1990
- American Alliance for Rights and Responsibilities: Co-founder, 1989
- Center for Immigration Studies: Founder, 1985
- U.S. English: Co-founder and Chairman, 1982-1988
- U.S. Inc.]]: Founder and Chairman, 1982-present
- Population-Environment Balance: Former board member, 1980-1990
- Federation for American Immigration Reform: Co-founder, Former Chairman and board member, 1979-present
- Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Advisory Commission: Member, 1978-1980
- Zero Population Growth: National President, 1975-1977
- Zero Population Growth Immigration Study Committee: Chairman, 1973-1975
- Zero Population Growth National Executive Committee: Member, 1973-1978
Little Traverse Conservancy: Co-organizer, Board, and Former President, 1972-1988
- Little Traverse Group: Co-organizer, Executive Committee Member, and Former President, 1972-1988
- 11th Congressional District League of Conservation Voters: Organizer, 1970-1974
- National Long-range Planning Committee of Sierra Club: Member, 1970-1973
- Mackinac Chapter Population Committee of Sierra Club: Organizer and Chairman, 1969-1971
- Petoskey Regional Group of Sierra Club: Organizer and Chairman, 1970-1972
- Hartwick Pines Natural History Association: Organizer and President, 1969-1972
- Petoskey Regional Audubon Society: Co-organizer and President, 1967, 1969
- Great Lakes Public Affairs Committee of Planned Parenthood: Chairman, 1970-1971
- Northern Michigan Planned Parenthood Association: Organizer and President, 1965-1971
- Bear River Development Commission: Organizer and Chairman, 1965-1972
- Michigan Natural Areas Council: Secretary, 1962-1963
Resources and articles
Related Sourcewatch articles
- eugenics
- population control
- Social Contract Press
- U.S. English
- Federation for American Immigration Reform
References
- ↑ John Tanton's Network], Southern Poverty Law Center Intelligence Report, Summer 2002, Issue Number 106
- ↑ The John Tanton Network and the Anti-Immigrant Movement in America, Center for New Community, accessed February 2010
- ↑ The Tanton Files: Nativist Leader's Racist Past Exposed], Southern Poverty Law Center Intelligence Report, Winter 2008, Issue Number 132
- ↑ About, Garrett Hardin Society, accessed September 14, 2008.
External links
- Right Web Profile, last updated: September 29, 2004.
- Jonathan H. Adler, "The Green Roots of Anti-Immigration Groups", Posted by on Apr 17th, 2011.
- Jason DeParle, "The Anti-Immigration Crusader", New York Times, April 17, 2011.
