Chip Berlet

John Foster "Chip" Berlet (; born November 22, 1949) is an American investigative journalist, research analyst, photojournalist, scholar, and activist specializing in the study of extreme right-wing movements in the United States. He also studies the spread of conspiracy theories. Since the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, Berlet has regularly appeared in the media to discuss extremist news stories. He was a senior analyst at Political Research Associates (PRA), a non-profit group that tracks right-wing networks.Berlet, a paralegal, was a vice-president of the National Lawyers Guild. He has served on the advisory board of the Center for Millennial Studies at Boston University, and for over 20 years was on the board of the Defending Dissent Foundation. In 1982, he was a Mencken Awards finalist in the best news story category for "War on Drugs: The Strange Story of Lyndon LaRouche", which was published in High Times. He served on the advisory board of the Campaign to Defend the Constitution. Official website

Biography of Berlet at Center for Millennial Studies.

Biography of Berlet at Political Research Associates.

Chip Berlet at HathiTrust.

Chip Berlet at IMDb.

Chip Berlet at Internet Archive.

Chip Berlet at Open Library.

Chip Berlet at WorldCat.

"Race, Class and Gender: Justice in the Intersections", brief description of Chip Berlet's work

Chip Berlet on "The Becking of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords" – video report by Democracy Now!