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A tribute from Idavox: Idavox has learned investigative reporter, author, and activist Chip Berlet has died at 76. Long before Trump, Berlet was one of only a handful of figures who consistently tracked and organized against right-wing extremism from the 1970s and into the ‘10s. He was also a journalist, scholar and photographer, mentor, and co-founder of the think tank Political Research Associates. Although universally known simply as “Chip,” he was born John Foster Berlet in November 1949 in Hackensack, New Jersey. He attended the University of Denver, where he helped organize anti-Vietnam War demonstrations and worked with the underground press, but dropped out in 1971 before completing his degree. He later moved to Chicago’s Marquette Park to work against neo-Nazis who were leading the neighborhood’s resistance to desegregation. He first infiltrated their group, and then openly counter-organized against them. After talking to local ministers, he saw a need to change tac...
