Beyond Common Sense - LaRouche

Robert Pash. In a visit to the People’s Bureau office in SydneyRoad, Melbourne by Ruckert, the Australian EIR subscriptionlist was stolen. Details later appeared in an article written byDavid Greason attacking LaRouche down under. Names on thelist were harassed.Some time after this setback, Ruckert was withdrawnfrom the Australian theatre. He was later given electoral dutiesin Alaska.A new Australian Controller entered the scene, AlienDouglas.Doctor Douglas ArrivesThe early Ruckert foray was thus judged to be a failure byLaRouche’s planners in Leesburg. A new approach towardsAustralia was to be tried. Investigations, and early teethingproblems, had revealed that the Australian psychological profilewas “degenerate,” the British psychological warfare experts hadbrainwashed the populace too well. Politically, the landscapewas a minefield of hostile gangs (for example: B’nai B’rith,British Israelites, “East India” families) and counter gangs (forexample: League of Rights, Masons, racist networks). Allianceswere apparently not possible. Thus a change of strategy wasordered. Ruckert was out, and Alien Douglas was in. Douglas‘role would be to deliver a remedial psychological “purgative” tothe minds of Australian recruits.Alen Douglas (his real name), is in his late 40s, was born innortheastern USA, is married to another LaRouche activist. Hewas an early recruit of LaRouche, dropping out from hiseconomics studies in the early 1970s to work full time for themovement. He is an “intelligence” specialist.In the mid 1980s he was politically active in New Zealandwhere his exploits led to the collapse of the New ZealandLaRouche movement. A threatened civil law suit has preventedhis return to New Zealand. Under his direction LaRouche