1992 ALEC Annual Report w membership roster – Koch Industries
This document from the Truth Tobacco Industry Archives at UC San Francisco is the 1992 annual report for the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). It is perhaps the earliest known document listing Koch Industries as a member of ALEC, “as…
1989 Coalition for Fiscal Restraint (COFIRE) letter w Membership Roster – Koch Industries, CSE, ALEC
This document from the Truth Tobacco Industry Archives at UC San Francisco shows that Koch Industries and one of its front groups, Citizens for a Sound Economy, worked in coalition with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and many other…
David Koch Was One of America’s Most Powerful Politicians, though Voters Never Elected Him to Anything
By Lisa Graves David Koch was more than a billionaire or a son of a Bircher. He was one of the most powerful politicians in modern American history–even though he was never elected to anything. Make no mistake, despite some…
1980 Report on the Libertarian Presidential Campaign of Ed Clark and David Koch
This report by Ed Crane and Chris Hocker details the presidential campaign strategies and tactics of the Libertarian Party in support of the Ed Clark/David Koch ticket. Among its noteworthy findings are these: “On the fundraising side, the Clark for…
Resources for Writing about David Koch (1940-2019), including Photos
KochDocs has secured original documents about David Koch from research across the country as part of our effort to create a resource putting hard to find original material and analysis about David, Charles, and the Koch empire in one place….
1980 Report Showing that David Koch Spent $2,086,000 on the Clark-Koch Presidential Campaign
This document is a report on the 1980 Libertarian Presidential Campaign of Ed Clark and David Koch. The authors of the report are Charles Koch’s operatives Ed Crane, Communications Director, and Christopher Hocker, National Coordinator, of the Libertarian Party. Excerpts…
1996 “Structure of Social Change” by Koch Industries Executive VP Richard Fink
The “Structure of Social Change” is key to understanding how Charles Koch has integrated a three-step process for financing policy ideas, starting with university programs, then think tanks, then advocacy groups. Richard Fink’s “Structure of Social Change” was first published…
Netflix Takes on the Koch-Funded Attacks on Public Transit
By Lisa Graves for KochDocs The newest episode of the Netflix series “Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj” focused on how the empire led by Charles Koch has funded efforts to thwart public transportation in the U.S. The episode is titled…
2012 Legal Complaint Filed by Charles and David Koch against the Cato Institute, Ed Crane, and the widow of William Niskanen, Kathryn Washburn
This is a copy of the original legal complaint filed by Charles and David Koch in 2012 to try to regain control of the Cato Institute, which Charles Koch founded with Ed Crane and others in 1977. This document was…
1994 Richard Fink Letter to James Buchanan re Koch’s Young Entrepreneur Program
This1994 set of correspondence with clips is from one of Charles Koch’s lieutenants, Richard Fink, to one of Charles Koch’s economics professors, James Buchanan, promoting Charles Koch’s “Young Entrepreneurs” program, funded by the Charles Koch Foundation. Fink was writing as…
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1980 Clark-Koch Oil and Gas Journal Ad Promising to “Abolish the Department of Energy”June 7, 2019/0 Comments -
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1980 David Koch: “Free Up the Energy System”June 7, 2019/ -
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