Stories by Bill Berkowitz

Bill Berkowitz has been monitoring and writing about right-wing movements for more than two decades. His WorkingForChange.com column, "Conservative Watch", documents the strategies, players, institutions, victories and defeats of the U.S. Right. Born and raised in the Bronx, New York -- just a few blocks from Yankee Stadium -- Berkowitz graduated from Kansas University and moved to California in the mid-70s. He was an organiser with the United Farmworkers Union, and went on to co-found of The DataCenter, an Oakland, California-based public access research library and information centre that provided well-documented data for social justice activists, investigative reporters, journalists and students. In 2005, he received the Journalism Award from the Before Columbus Foundation American Book Awards.