At one point in the mid-70s, (when he was operating as the supposedly
left-wing National Caucus of Labor Committees), The Rockefellers were
his favorite demons, controlling world monetary flows and generally
oppressing everyone. An article in CounterSpy magazine entitled "NCLC:
Brownshirts of the '70s" revealed that his organizations had received
multiple unsecured loans from Rockefeller banks that had not been
repaid. The article theorized that in fact LaRouche was being operated
by the Yankee establishment conspiracy to infiltrate and discredit the
left.
In more recent years, he had an organization that was called something
like "National Democratic Policy Committee". This had a name, logo, and
address designed to fool people into thinking it had something to do
with the Democratic Party, which of course was not the case. The same
modus operandi can be discerned in his publications, which attempt to
co-opt techies ("Fusion" magazine) and the anti-drug movement ("War on
Drugs" magazine).
A few years ago a LaRouchite managed to get the Democratic nomination
for Lieutenant Governor in Illinois. Since the Governor and and Lt.
Governor are elected as a single item, the Democratic nominee for
governor (Adlai Stevenson III) withdrew from the race rather than run
with the LaRouchite, leaving the Governorship to the Republicans.
Draw your own conclusions.
These people sure do keep busy. Dave Barry's description of LaRouche:
"Where most people have brains, he has a whack-a-mole game".
