Howard Phillips

Council for National Policy Founded - Secret Conservative Coordination Network

1981-05-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

In May 1981, during the Reagan administration, Tim LaHaye (then head of the Moral Majority), Paul Weyrich, Nelson Bunker Hunt, T. Cullen Davis, Howard Phillips, and William Cies founded the Council for National Policy (CNP) as an umbrella organization and networking group for conservative and …

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Moral Majority Founded - Corporate Agenda Masked by Religious Cultural Warfare

1979-06-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

In June 1979, Paul Weyrich and Jerry Falwell founded the Moral Majority during a meeting at a Holiday Inn in Lynchburg, Virginia, with Weyrich coining the term “moral majority.” The organization represented a strategic alliance between corporate interests and religious conservatives, …

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Richard Viguerie Perfects Direct Mail Fundraising - Conservative Grassroots Infrastructure

1975-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

By the mid-1970s, Richard Viguerie had revolutionized conservative political fundraising through direct mail campaigns, building a massive donor network that would finance the New Right movement and create the infrastructure for corporate-funded “grassroots” activism. Dubbed the …

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