NATLFED (National Labor Federation): Articles

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Articles

All known articles about NATLFED and its fronts are indexed here.

Articles by topic: sorted by topic, listed chronologically within each topic.
Articles by date: lists all articles chronologically.
Articles on other sites: links to other Web sites' articles.

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Articles by topic

Articles are indexed under their main topic, whether the national group (NATLFED) or a local NATLFED front ("entitity.") Many articles also discuss other entities.

NATLFED (National Labor Federation)

• NCLC and Its Extended Political "Community", Public Eye, Fall 1977. NATLFED spies on activists.
• Group Raided by FBI Called Harmless Cult, Newsday, 2/19/84. Federal Joint Terrorist Task Force raids cult headquarters.
• Gino Perente, NATLFED and the Provisional Party, Public Eye, 1984. Best early investigation of NATLFED history and habits.
• FBI Raid a Cover for Intelligence Gathering and Harassment, statement by Chip Berlet, editor of Public Eye, 1984
• Shadow Politics, Express (East Bay, CA), 5/18/84. Fronts' activity in California.
• The National Labor Federation: "Like the Moonies Without Religion," Cult Awareness News, 11/86.
• Eugenio Perente-Ramos is Dead; Farm Labor Organizer was 59, New York Times, 3/20/95. NATLFED tricks Times into eulogizing founder as labor leader.
• Correction: Obituary Omitted Key Facts on Labor Organizer, New York Times, 3/21/95
• Obit Was Dead Wrong, Daily News (New York), 3/23/95
• The Real Obituary Unfolds, East Hampton Star, 3/23/95
• 3/29, New York Press, 3/29-4/4/95
• Man's Death Rekindles Memories of Colorful Life, Appeal-Democrat (Marysville-Yuba City, CA), 4/11/95
• Cops Raid Brooklyn Cult's "Bomb Factory", New York Post, 11/12/96. Police raid cult headquarters.
• Weapons Haul in Brooklyn, Daily News, 11/12/96
• 28 Held as Arsenal Is Found in Brooklyn, New York Times, 11/12/96
• Drawn by Child's Cries, Police Uncover Arsenal, New York Times, 11/13/96
• Neighbors Give Thanks for Arrest of "Supers", New York Times, 11/13/96
• Group's Leader Is Said to Have Used Cult Tactics, New York Times, 11/13/96
• Cult of Guns: Cops Find Arsenal in Headquarters of Brooklyn Group, Newsday, 11/13/96
• Tenants Were Suspicious of the Group, Newsday, 11/13/96
• Leftist Cult Is All Talk, Experts Say, Newsday, 11/13/96
• They Forgot Communism's Dead, New York Post, 11/13/96
• Riled Tenants Rip Bolshevik Bullies, New York Post, 11/13/96
• The Keystone Kops of Revolutionaries, New York Post, 11/13/96
• Names of Those Arrested in the Raid, New York Post, 11/13/96
• Fears for Two Little Girls' Safety Led to Chilling Find, New York Post, 11/13/96
• "Grace" Under Pressure: Group Sang Hymn During Cop Raid, Daily News, 11/13/96
• Neighbors Remember Weirdness, Daily News, 11/13/96
• Escapee's Tale of Seduction, Peril, Daily News, 11/13/96
• Cult's Crooked Past Exposed, Daily News, 11/14/96
• Grand Jury to Probe Brooklyn Cult, Newsday, 11/14/96
• A Cultist's Story, Newsday, 11/14/96
• Cops Wonder What All the Guns Were For, New York Post, 11/14/96
• His Fast Footwork Led Way to Cache, New York Post, 11/14/96
• Cleaning Up a Radical Notion for These Reds, New York Post, 11/14/96
• Grand Jury Seeks a Reason Behind a Group's Arsenal, New York Times, 11/14/96
• Jersey Central to the Revolt that Wasn't, Star-Ledger (NJ), 11/14/96
• College Idealism Was Fertile Soil for Fringe Group, New York Times, 11/15/96
• Tenants Wary as Members of Raided Group Go Home, New York Times, 11/15/96
• Mother, Daughter Differ on "Brainwashing" of Members, Boston Globe, 11/15/96
• Shadowy Past: Gun Arrests Latest Event in Group's Secretive History, Newsday, 11/17/96. Thorough, new investigation of NATLFED history.
• Party Just Like a Cult, Experts Say, Newsday, 11/17/96
• Its Leader Dead, a Fringe Group Lives On, New York Times, 11/18/96. Thorough, new investigation of NATLFED history.
• Tenants Are Anxious as Group Returns, New York Times, 11/18/96
• Cutting the Fringe, New York Times, 11/20/96. A mother on losing her daughter to NATLFED.
• Commie Fiends of Brooklyn, Village Voice, 11/26/96.

California Homemakers Association

• Coops Pulled in Questionable "Left" Sec___, The Record (Antioch, OH), 6/9/78. Antioch students recruited by NATLFED front.
• Experiences with the California Homemakers Assocation: Interview, 1981.
• The Edge of Right, City Paper (Philadelphia, PA), 10/22-11/7/83. Includes further notes on Antioch.
• Shadow Politics, Express (East Bay, CA), 5/18/84. Fronts' activity in California.

Coalition of Concerned Medical Professionals

• Shadow Politics, Express (East Bay, CA), 5/18/84. Fronts' activity in California.

Commission of Voluntary Service and Action/Invest Yourself

• How the Revolutionaries Conned the Bureaucrats, Christian Century, 7/20-27/83. NATLFED infiltrates and appropriates volunteerism directory.
• The Edge of Right, City Paper (Philadelphia, PA), 10/22-11/7/83. NATLFED infiltrates and appropriates volunteerism directory. Plus notes on Antioch.

Eastern Farm Workers Association

• L.I. Migrant Farm Workers, Backed by Union, Fighting Eviction, New York Times, 12/19/72. Early East Coast activity.
• Two Days with the EFWA in Northern New York State, Pipe Dream (Binghamton, NY), 2/27/77. The abusive lifestyle in a NATLFED front.
• Opinion Sharply Split on Farm Organization, East Hampton Star, 8/28/86. Front in New York State plans fundraising art auction.
• Labor Group: Saga of a Cult, East Hampton Star, 9/18/86.
• Top Artists Escape LaRouche Ploy, New York Post, 9/23/86.
• Union Denies Auction Would Aid Federation, Newsday, 9/28/86.
• Benefit Auction Halted, East Hampton Star, 10/2/86.
• Key Moves Due in Health Center Case, Newsday, 2/16/88. Front evicted in New York State.
• Riverhead Community Center Evicted, Newsday, 2/26/88.
• (Title Unknown), Newsday, 3/2?/88.
• Riverhead Center Evicted Second Time, Newsday, 3/23/88.

Eastern Service Workers Assocation

• Service Group's Mission Hazy, Home News (New Brunswick, NJ), 11/7/82. Front activity in New Jersey.
• Boston Antipoverty Group Linked to a Radical Wing of Communists, Boston Globe, 3/1/84. Front activity in Massachusetts.
• Doorway to a Cult?, City Paper (Philadelphia, PA), 6/26-7/3/87. Front activity in Pennsylvania.
• Mother, Daughter Differ on "Brainwashing" of Members, Boston Globe, 11/15/96

Northwest Seasonal Workers Association

• Service Groups with Sinister Ties, Mail Times (Medford, OR), 12/15?/96

Western Massachusetts Labor Action

• Dedicated and Dreamy, The Berkshire Eagle, 1984. Front activity in Massachusetts.
• Service Group Linked to "Cultic" Organization, Williams Record (Williamstown, MA), 10/3/95. Front activity at a Massachusetts college.
• Western Mass. Labor Action: Its Veneer of Good Masks a Hidden Agenda, Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, MA), 10/16/95. Front activity at a Massachusetts college.
• College Idealism Was Fertile Soil for Fringe Group, New York Times, 11/15/96
• Views Mixed on Poverty Aid Group, Boston Globe, 11/15/96

Women's Press Collective

• Danger: Cult Alert, Linewaiter's Gazette (Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY), 12/23/93.
• Women's Press Collective: A Cult?, Linewaiter's Gazette, 1/6/94. Press shop a recruitment front.
• Brainwashing, Bilking and Bamboozling: Special Forum Warns Residents of Cults, Park Slope Courier (Brooklyn, NY), 1/30-2/12/95.
• A Cultist's Story, Newsday, 11/14/96
• Cutting the Fringe, New York Times, 11/20/96.

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Articles by date

Later articles in this chronological list are usually more accurate and more comprehensive, so feel free to scroll down, especially to read coverage of the November police raid on NATLFED headquarters.

• Terrorist "Paper Tiger", San Francisco Examiner, 3/20/70. Pre-NATLFED Perente declares war on Northern California.
• L.I. Migrant Farm Workers, Backed by Union, Fighting Eviction, New York Times, 12/19/72. Early East Coast activity.
• Two Days with the EFWA in Northern New York State, Pipe Dream (Binghamton, NY), 2/27/77. The abusive lifestyle in a NATLFED front.
• NCLC and Its Extended Political "Community", Public Eye, Fall 1977. NATLFED spies on activists.
• Experiences with the California Homemakers Assocation: Interview, 1981.
• Coops Pulled in Questionable "Left" Sec___, The Record (Antioch, OH), 6/9/78. Antioch students recruited by NATLFED front.
• Cause of Death of Veterinarian Mystifies Police, New York Times, 8/4/81. Sister of NATLFED organizer dies mysteriously.
• The Last Days of Dr. Runkle, Time, 8/17/81
• Promising Life Ends in a Puzzle, Newsday (New York, NY), 8/?/81
• Service Group's Mission Hazy, Home News (New Brunswick, NJ), 11/7/82. Front activity in New Jersey.
• How the Revolutionaries Conned the Bureaucrats, Christian Century, 7/20-27/83. NATLFED infiltrates and appropriates volunteerism directory.
• The Edge of Right, City Paper (Philadelphia, PA), 10/22-11/7/83. NATLFED infiltrates and appropriates volunteerism directory. Plus notes on Antioch.
• Group Raided by FBI Called Harmless Cult, Newsday, 2/19/84. Federal Joint Terrorist Task Force raids cult headquarters.
• Gino Perente, NATLFED and the Provisional Party, Public Eye, 1984. Best early investigation of NATLFED history and habits.
• FBI Raid a Cover for Intelligence Gathering and Harassment, statement by Chip Berlet, editor of Public Eye, 1984
• Boston Antipoverty Group Linked to a Radical Wing of Communists, Boston Globe, 3/1/84. Front activity in Massachusetts.
• Shadow Politics, Express (East Bay, CA), 5/18/84. Fronts' activity in California.
• Dedicated and Dreamy, The Berkshire Eagle, 1984. Front activity in Massachusetts.
• Opinion Sharply Split on Farm Organization, East Hampton Star, 8/28/86. Front in New York State plans fundraising art auction.
• Labor Group: Saga of a Cult, East Hampton Star, 9/18/86.
• Top Artists Escape LaRouche Ploy, New York Post, 9/23/86.
• Union Denies Auction Would Aid Federation, Newsday, 9/28/86.
• Benefit Auction Halted, East Hampton Star, 10/2/86.
• The National Labor Federation: "Like the Moonies Without Religion," Cult Awareness News, 11/86.
• Doorway to a Cult?, City Paper (Philadelphia, PA), 6/26-7/3/87. Front activity in Pennsylvania.
• Key Moves Due in Health Center Case, Newsday, 2/16/88. Front evicted in New York State.
• Riverhead Community Center Evicted, Newsday, 2/26/88.
• (Title Unknown), Newsday, 3/2?/88.
• Riverhead Center Evicted Second Time, Newsday, 3/23/88.
• Danger: Cult Alert, Linewaiter's Gazette (Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY), 12/23/93.
• Women's Press Collective: A Cult?, Linewaiter's Gazette, 1/6/94. Press shop a recruitment front.
• Brainwashing, Bilking and Bamboozling: Special Forum Warns Residents of Cults, Park Slope Courier (Brooklyn, NY), 1/30-2/12/95.
• Eugenio Perente-Ramos is Dead; Farm Labor Organizer was 59, New York Times, 3/20/95. NATLFED tricks Times into eulogizing founder as labor leader.
• Correction: Obituary Omitted Key Facts on Labor Organizer, New York Times, 3/21/95
• Obit Was Dead Wrong, Daily News (New York), 3/23/95
• The Real Obituary Unfolds, East Hampton Star, 3/23/95
• 3/29, New York Press, 3/29-4/4/95
• Man's Death Rekindles Memories of Colorful Life, Appeal-Democrat (Marysville-Yuba City, CA), 4/11/95
• Service Group Linked To "Cultic" Organization, Williams Record (Williamstown, MA), 10/3/95. Front activity at a Massachusetts college.
• Western Mass. Labor Action: Its Veneer of Good Masks a Hidden Agenda, Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, MA), 10/16/95. Front activity at a Massachusetts college.
• Cops Raid Brooklyn Cult's "Bomb Factory", New York Post, 11/12/96. Police raid cult headquarters.
• Weapons Haul in Brooklyn, Daily News, 11/12/96
• 28 Held as Arsenal Is Found in Brooklyn, New York Times, 11/12/96
• Drawn by Child's Cries, Police Uncover Arsenal, New York Times, 11/13/96
• Neighbors Give Thanks for Arrest of "Supers", New York Times, 11/13/96
• Group's Leader Is Said to Have Used Cult Tactics, New York Times, 11/13/96
• Cult of Guns: Cops Find Arsenal in Headquarters of Brooklyn Group, Newsday, 11/13/96
• Tenants Were Suspicious of the Group, Newsday, 11/13/96
• Leftist Cult Is All Talk, Experts Say, Newsday, 11/13/96
• They Forgot Communism's Dead, New York Post, 11/13/96
• Riled Tenants Rip Bolshevik Bullies, New York Post, 11/13/96
• The Keystone Kops of Revolutionaries, New York Post, 11/13/96
• Names of Those Arrested in the Raid, New York Post, 11/13/96
• Fears for Two Little Girls' Safety Led to Chilling Find, New York Post, 11/13/96
• "Grace" Under Pressure: Group Sang Hymn During Cop Raid, Daily News, 11/13/96
• Neighbors Remember Weirdness, Daily News, 11/13/96
• Escapee's Tale of Seduction, Peril, Daily News, 11/13/96
• Cult's Crooked Past Exposed, Daily News, 11/14/96
• Grand Jury to Probe Brooklyn Cult, Newsday, 11/14/96
• A Cultist's Story, Newsday, 11/14/96
• Cops Wonder What All the Guns Were For, New York Post, 11/14/96
• His Fast Footwork Led Way to Cache, New York Post, 11/14/96
• Cleaning Up a Radical Notion for These Reds, New York Post, 11/14/96
• Grand Jury Seeks a Reason Behind a Group's Arsenal, New York Times, 11/14/96
• Jersey Central to the Revolt that Wasn't, Star-Ledger (NJ), 11/14/96
• College Idealism Was Fertile Soil for Fringe Group, New York Times, 11/15/96
• Tenants Wary as Members of Raided Group Go Home, New York Times, 11/15/96
• Views Mixed on Poverty Aid Group, Boston Globe, 11/15/96
• Mother, Daughter Differ on "Brainwashing" of Members, Boston Globe, 11/15/96
• Shadowy Past: Gun Arrests Latest Event in Group's Secretive History, Newsday, 11/17/96. Thorough, new investigation of NATLFED history.
• Party Just Like a Cult, Experts Say, Newsday, 11/17/96
• Its Leader Dead, a Fringe Group Lives On, New York Times, 11/18/96. Thorough, new investigation of NATLFED history.
• Tenants Are Anxious as Group Returns, New York Times, 11/18/96
• Cutting the Fringe, New York Times, 11/20/96. A mother on losing her daughter to NATLFED.
• Commie Fiends of Brooklyn, Village Voice, 11/26/96
• Service Groups with Sinister Ties, Mail Times (Medford, OR), 12/15?/96

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Articles on other sites

• Background on Communist Party USA/Provisional. Statement by Anti-Defamation League, 11/15/96.
• Make Work Not War. Commentary from Feed magazine, 11/22/96, plus a discussion-forum response.
• The Neo-Militia News Archive: October-November 1996: Police Raid Leftist Cult. From the Militia Watchdog.
• Big Bust in Brooklyn . . . Strange Governance in Billsville. Williams Free Press, May 5, 1997, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts.