Thank Goodness For The Internet -- Weathermen, SDS, Anti-Fracking Activists

Isn't this interesting? Again, thank goodness for the internet. This speaks volumes.

In case the link breaks, this is a story about a leading anti-fracking activist in the northeast. Briefly:

Jeffrey Carl Jones was born into a Quaker family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in February 1947. In September 1965 he enrolled at Antioch College in Ohio. A month later he joined the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and became active as an anti-war speaker on college campuses.

In April 1967 Jones quit school to become the regional office coordinator of New York City’s SDS chapter, a position he held until December 1968. During his tenure with SDS, Jones became a sworn enemy of the United States government. Believing that America’s military involvement in Southeast Asia was immoral, he sided with the North Vietnamese communists. Formally renouncing the conscientious-objector status that had been conferred on him as a result of his Quaker lineage, he began referring to himself and his ideological comrades as ”communist revolutionaries.” 

Fast forward to the 21st century:

Jones thereafter spent ten years as a communications director for Environmental Advocates of New York. He currently heads Jeff Jones Strategies, a consulting firm that specializes in helping grassroots leftist organizations promote their agendas and fundraise successfully. His clients include, among others, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Workforce Development Institute, New Partners for Community Revitalization, the Land Trust Alliance, the Catskill Center for Conservation and Development, the Healthy Schools Network, and the League of Conservation Voters.

In addition, Jones is a board member of West Harlem Environmental Action; the Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy; the Healthy Schools Network; the Capital District Chapter of the League of Conservation Voters; and the financial arm of Movement for a Democratic Society, a group that works closely with the newly reconstituted SDS.

New Yorkers should feel relieved that such folks are contributing to the economy of their state by blocking fracking. Meanwhile, Pennsylvania is experiencing an economic surge. [No links; posted several times.]