Discover the Networks (originally Discover the Network) (DtN) is a website run by the David Horowitz Freedom Center that focuses on the individuals, groups, and history of groups perceived to be politically left wing. DtN was launched in 2004 and has a staff of about a dozen contributors. Its current Editor-in-Chief is

David Horowitz David Joel Horowitz (born January 10, 1939) is an American conservative writer. He is a founder and president of the right-wing David Horowitz Freedom Center (DHFC); editor of the Center's website '' FrontPage Magazine''; and director of Disco ...

; John Perazzo is the project's managing editor, and Richard Poe is its investigative editor. Discover the Networks is associated with

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Overview

The project's contributors contend that the political left in the United States commonly applies a "deceptive public presentation" of itself that conceals a network of affiliations and shared political views with "radical agendas". It views these as

socialist Socialism is a left-wing economic philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic systems characterized by the dominance of social ownership of the means of production as opposed to private ownership. As a term, it describes the ...

environmentalist An environmentalist is a person who is concerned with and/or advocates for the protection of the environment. An environmentalist can be considered a supporter of the goals of the environmental movement, "a political and ethical movement that se ...

and "

anti-American Anti-Americanism (also called anti-American sentiment) is prejudice, fear, or hatred of the United States, its government, its foreign policy, or Americans in general. Political scientist Brendon O'Connor at the United States Studies Centr ...

" causes. The website is meant to be the conservative analog of left-leaning websites that compile lists that include conservatives such as those created by

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and

Media Matters Media Matters for America (MMfA) is a politically left-leaning 501(c)(3), nonprofit organization and media watchdog group. MMfA was founded in 2004 by journalist and political activist David Brock as a counterweight to the conservative Media ...

. The website has been criticized for including leftists on the same list as

terrorists Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of criminal violence to provoke a state of terror or fear, mostly with the intention to achieve political or religious aims. The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violen ...

. Horowitz, who wrote about the alleged connection between these groups in his book ''Unholy Alliance,'' says "that groups who despise one another might actually be working closely together, maybe without even knowing it." It's not what they are for but that they are "linked by anti-Americanism" that accounts for their being in alignment on the political front. Dean Saitta objects to being described as a supporter of

Ward Churchill Ward LeRoy Churchill (born 1947) is an American author and political activist. He was a professor of ethnic studies at the University of Colorado Boulder from 1990 until 2007.

Database of profiles

DtN currently maintains a database of prominent leftist personalities in academia, politics, and the media as well as leftist interest groups. It assembles and publishes data on the financial backers of left wing personalities and organizations. Much of their research focuses upon individuals with financial connections to groups that espouse communism and socialism as well as Palestinians and their supporters, but the group is also concerned with critics of the

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, advocates of

social justice Social justice is justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, Equal opportunity, opportunities, and Social privilege, privileges within a society. In Western Civilization, Western and Culture of Asia, Asian cultures, the concept of social ...

(which the website refers to as a "post-Communist terminology for socialism and communism"), and members or supporters of

labor unions A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits (su ...

. When first launched the website was criticized for a jump page picturing entertainment celebrities such as Bruce Springsteen and

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adjacent to radical Muslim terrorists. The site now divides the pictures on the jump page into distinct categories.

Contributors

The website houses the articles of historian Ron Radosh. The website houses the articles of undercover investigative journalist Lee Kaplan.

References

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External links

DiscoverTheNetworks.org
David Horowitz American conservative websites Internet properties established in 2004