I’ve been impressed how many people have “woken up” to the fact that they are regularly lied to, as a result of “project COVID”. It’s a hard thing to do.
And yet we all wish a larger proportion of the populace would WAKE UP!
When I retired a decade or so ago, being of an inquisitive nature I started finding out about how the world worked, by following my nose. YouTube was a novelty then, and the algorithm for what was promoted was simply what people liked. I read and watched a huge amount of stuff. The inevitable result was that I “woke up”.
I had no idea how to try to convince others; rather I was aware of just how difficult it is to change someone’s mind. (And it was a long time before Substack)! ;-)
All sorts of different things have interested people, who then look further into the area that interests them and find corruption and lies.
Medicine is topical, with covid uppermost in people’s minds; we are aware of many heroic doctors etc.
There is history - a vast number of people
Current affairs - any number of people, including Richard Andrew Grove
Real journalists - Pilger, Whitney Webb, Vanessa Beeley …
GMOs - Thierry Vrain
Vaccines - Suzanne Humphries
Music and Movies …
[contribute ideas in the Comments please!]
For me it was John Stockwell, and accounts of the US invasion of Panama. I thought “I’m sure I remember hearing elsewhere of an instance of the US deposing a democratically elected leader, and inserting a horrendous dictator. Was it this one, or have their been others”? How ignorant and naive that sounds now!
Well, I wrote some notes on documentation for the unlikely event that I should meet someone open-minded(!) It is a list of resources distilled to a minimum from a MUCH longer bunch of stuff I’d read and watched after a year or two. I’ve learned a lot more since then, but I thought I would share these old notes, in case they allow the lights to come on for some more people.
How the World Works
A Reading List
(actually mainly a watching list)
1 Introduction
Do you want to be better informed?
Appendix 1: Computer Stuff
Appendix 2: Legality
Appendix 3: American Interventions
2 The List
1 Introduction: How well-informed are you?
Have you ever wished you understood current events better, or history, or what's happening to the economy? Would it help to have a short-list of important things to watch/read? My reading list (Watch List, mainly) follows after an introduction and appendices.
Current Events
For example, suppose you heard former UK Prime-minister John Major being interviewed on the BBC's Today Programme on 1st March 2011, about whether "we" ought to intervene in Libya. He talked about setting up a "no fly zone" ... "humanitarian intervention" ... "safe haven" ... "humanitarian aid" ... "human rights" ... and clearly sounded against using "violence against the people", as he implied Gaddafi was doing.
A couple of weeks later, if you were paying attention, you might have felt puzzlement or even a twinge of remorse when it turned out that "setting up a no fly zone" turned out to have meant "bombing the Libyan populace back to the stone-age". This was "violence against the Libyan people" on a new scale - by us, not Gaddafi.
History
Perhaps you studied World War II at some point at school. Did you experience any curiosity - even doubt - about how Hitler, a penniless artist, apparently managed in the 1920's and '30's to transform Germany's economy, from hyperinflation - when virtually all wealth disappeared - to thriving, paving the way for him to be elected leader then take Germany to invincibility in every country he invaded until Russia?
Wow! - clearly an economic genius - if an evil one. But what did he actually get people to do? What understanding did he have that nobody else had? Can't we use the same techniques to transform current economies, without killing 6 million Jews and 25 million Russians? Is the schoolbook history "evil genius" notion a bit short on detailed explanation? Would you like to know how he could afford to pay his “Brownshirts” (uniformed enforcers)?
Is economics really so difficult that most people can't understand anything useful?
Conspiracy Theories
Or perhaps you have come across some tempting "conspiracy theories"? The classic is Who Shot JFK? There seem to be people who are sure of "facts" and explanations which are completely incompatible with the equally strongly-held views of others.*
* If you would like to know how people can be so sure that their own understanding is correct, when it conflicts with others' equally valid views, read the best-selling Thinking, Fast and Slow by the Nobel-prizewinning Daniel Kahneman [2011]. It’s essential reading.
Suppose the citizens of the USA decided that they didn't trust the Warren Commission conclusion that in 1963 President John F Kennedy was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald, a disturbed misfit, acting alone.
Suppose they were fed up with hearing both the "official, mainstream, government-sanctioned" version, and from "conspiracy theorists" - whose version might be that he was shot by a conspiracy, perhaps involving agents in the Secret Service, the CIA, FBI and/or men of political power – and they wanted the truth.
So suppose the citizens were to make sufficient fuss that the Senate set up a Select Committee to investigate all the available evidence; and suppose it eventually concluded
"The committee believes, on the basis of the evidence available to it, that President John F. Kennedy was probably assassinated as a result of a conspiracy."
This is what happened, in 1979!
www.archives.gov/research/jfk/select-committee-report/
So in fact the "official, mainstream, government-sanctioned" view could be regarded as that JFK was "probably assassinated as a result of a conspiracy."
Perhaps you knew that. I suspect the majority of people do not; it is certainly not the impression you would get from listening to the BBC or US mainstream media.
The "Reading List" (or mainly "watching list")
Most people do not have the time to research current events thoroughly, or to read history books beyond what they read at school. Most don't have the time or skills that Paul Thompson had, to put all the newspaper stories related to one topic on a publicly accessible time line, so that the significance of small incidents - insignificant by themselves - could be put in context, and contradictions and syntheses spotted.
So what follows is a list of resources to watch or read, distilled from many, which could transform your understanding of current events. I can’t promise that you will like what you learn however: perhaps you are someone who would be better off in “blissful ignorance”.
Reliability
What’s the best place to get information? You don't want rumour-mongers, wishful thinking, disinformation or lies. Official records would be better.
Presumably you would prefer the more reputable newspapers and TV programmes. Accounts from people who were actually there, and involved would be good. In fact, if you have ever seen a news report of an event in which you had first-hand experience, and seen how inaccurate it was, you will know that first-hand accounts are preferable.
So in the list that follows, there is a large number of accounts from people who were there, on the "inside", in a position to know.
It's mainly free!
There are documentary films, lectures, interviews, dramas, ebooks, and one real book. The book (The Shock Doctrine) you will have to pay for unless you go to the library. Almost everything is free though, mainly through YouTube. I found almost all the ebooks online for free.
(Since I have tried to avoid listing things that need paying for, you may deduce that the one you have to pay for is important)!
Attached Resources?
If you only have this document, and no attached resources, I suggest you make use of the internet whilst it is still freely available. In the past, networks have gone to considerable trouble and expense to try and ensure that you did not get to see some of these resources. A simple search will find most things.
You may have got this document with some of the resources attached. (Not all: I would not include the movie Fair Game e.g., for obvious copyright reasons ... although by the time you get this, someone may have included it). In most cases you will be able to see them in marginally better quality on the internet, as I have tried to keep storage space to a minimum, so that it fits onto a cheap storage medium.
Pass it on
Copy the resources onto your own storage, then give it to someone else. Better still, buy more storage, make extra copies, and pass them on.
Saving Time
We are used to movies, where the pace is fast. In interviews, people are thinking whilst they are speaking, and you can save time and make it more interesting by speeding it up. Occasionally, if someone says complicated things very quickly, you may want it slower than normal speed. So download videos you don’t have, then play them on VLC, which allows you to adjust the speed quite finely, without affecting the pitch.
Who else?
Unusually well-informed people include James Corbett, Richard Andrew Grove, Noam Chomsky (as he studies the written record like nobody else); John Pilger is a genuine investigative reporter: i.e. he investigates important issues thoroughly, in person. (No paragon is perfect however).
What else?
As well as the BBC, ABC, Fox, or whatever your usual news source is, use more sources from other countries, and
- Democracy Now!
- Asia Times
- Russia Today
- Project Censored
- The Real News Network
- The Corbett Report
- Tragedy and Hope
etc. None is sufficient: all have their gaps.
All (including the BBC) are available on-line. You can see all the same material as watching on TV, but watching online has the important advantage that it's what you want when you want. There is an important shift in attitude from soaking up whatever the mainstream media throw at you, to proactively choosing for yourself. There is also a lot more available; and when a story interests you, you can pursue it further. (Soon you may even decide that you don't need a TV at all, and save yourself money and brainwashing)!
It's my list
Viewing all these resources (and very many others) has changed my world view. For one thing, I started with negative interest in politics or money, but learning these things has been fascinating. Some were hard to exclude from this list in the interests of brevity. I wonder what you would include?
My own view of the situation is summed up by Lord Acton's oft-quoted remark that "power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely". He was speaking about political power, and more context is more informative. (He is arguing with his friend Bishop Creighton):
"I cannot accept your canon that we are to judge Pope[s] and King[s] unlike other men, with a favourable presumption that they did no wrong. If there is any presumption it is the other way, against the holders of power, increasing as the power increases. Historic responsibility has to make up for the want of legal responsibility. Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority, still more when you superadd the tendency or the certainty of corruption by authority. There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it. " [Emphasis added]
Bear that last sentence in mind when you hear criticism of the president dismissed as "unpatriotic".
According to Chris Hedges in “Empire of Illusion”, Karl Popper said that the question is not “how do we get good people to rule?”: most of those attracted to power are at best mediocrities, and often venal, but “how do we limit the damage the powerful do to us?”
Dissident Views (In defense of "conspiracy theories")
Views that are unpopular with people in power are often dismissed as "conspiracy theories". Whenever that phrase is used, because of its connotations I always try mentally to substitute "with intent".
Apparently it is plausible for working-class people to form a mafia, for business men to form cartels, but the wealthiest, most driven, successful and resourceful people are unable to collaborate, network or plan ahead. Hardly!
That is why I suggest having the question "accident or deliberate?" in mind when watching Charles Ferguson's film about the 2008 financial crash (Inside Job). By the end I think the answer is pretty clear.
Then there's "if so many people had conspired, someone would have given it away".
Yup! That is why there are so many whistleblowers in this list!
Appendix 1: Computer Stuff
(a) Videos
It is easy to download videos from YouTube, e.g. using Firefox as your browser, with Addon "Easy YouTube Video Downloader", or “Download Helper”. Play using VLC. (Firefox, Firefox addons, and VLC are all free downloads).
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/easy-youtube-video-download/?src=search
In some cases, due to the earlier size restriction on YouTube, videos are broken into sections. Load them all into VLC's playlist (select them, right-click, "Add to ... playlist"); make sure they are in the right order. VLC will then play them all continuously.
You can choose the speed at which you want to play a video with VLC (without changing the pitch of the sound). Make sure the “Status Bar” is visible. (“View” “Status Bar”; to choose the speed, make sure you are watching in a window which is smaller than the screen, with space below; click on the “1.00“. Speed it up a little by clicking on the line to the right of the slider. Speed it up in big jumps by clicking on the double arrow to the right. You can go up to 31 times faster that way).
(b) Books
The books are mostly in pdf format, and normally your computer will have a program to read them (Acrobat). A better one is PDF-XChange Viewer (free download), which allows you add notes e.g. to documents.
http://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-viewer
Some are in epub format. This is for reading on ebook readers (except Kindle, which has its own format). On a Windows computer a straightforward program for reading them (or for converting text to epub) is Calibre (free download).
http://calibre-ebook.com/download
More complicated, but more flexible for creating epubs from text is Sigil (free download).
https://code.google.com/p/sigil/downloads/list (it is the Setup.exe file that you need).
Appendix 2: Legality Skip to List
You can certainly watch things for yourself on YouTube. The legality of downloading videos from YouTube is subject to different opinions on the internet, although the practice is widespread, and apparently no-one has ever been prosecuted for doing so (2013),
YouTube conditions: "... I need to mention the terms and conditions related to downloading YouTube video files. The complete TOS document can be found here: www.youtube.com/t/terms
The relevant clauses are 4 and 5 ― Intellectual Property Rights and User Submissions. The excerpt below is directed at video publishers:
You also hereby grant each user of the YouTube Website a non-exclusive license to access your User Submissions through the Website, and to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display and perform such User Submissions as permitted through the functionality of the Website and under these Terms of Service.
This seems to indicate that visitors can download and use video clips as they please. However, the crucial phrase is "as permitted through the functionality of the Website". YouTube does not currently offer any obvious way to download files, so it could be argued that downloading other people's files is against the terms. On the other hand, simply by viewing the videos you are downloading them to your computer, so it could be argued that viewing videos and downloading them are the same thing.
In any case, the terms do not explicitly forbid downloading and saving files. I suggest that you review the terms yourself, and if you are unsure whether your intended use is acceptable, contact the YouTube managers for clarification.
from <http://www.mediacollege.com/video/internet/youtube/download.html> [Emphasis added]
There is always the alternative of recording videos, using software such as Audials One, which apparently is legal, although I am no expert, and you will have to satisfy yourself. ("This isn't like other DVD copy software applications. Instead of breaking the encryption code it records the movie. While this is an effective, legal way to create backups of your favorite movies, it also means that the copying process takes [marginally] longer than the length of the movie.") from Toptenreviews [emphasis added]
Appendix 3: Starting to Sketch U.S. Interference in other countries
The incident that piqued my interest in all this was watching a documentary in which the subject was the US deposing an elected leader in another country, and installing a despot. I thought “now, haven't I heard that somewhere before? What other countries has that happened in? Are there enough instances to form a trend?”
The following lists are just a sketch; items added as I come across them.
[Unfortunately Substack can’t do tables yet, as far as I can see.]
A US Coups, Death Squads, Subversions, Invasions, Assassinations
B: Bombings
The US is said to have carried out 32 distinct and separate bombing campaigns on 24 different countries between 1945 and 1999.[1] However, the listing below includes later operations as well. In most cases, bombings with aircraft cannot be denied, though in some cases this has been attempted by some.
For references see http://wikispooks.com/wiki/US_Bombing_campaigns_since_1945
C: Alumni of “The School of The Americas”,
Fort Benning, Georgia (In 2001 renamed the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC).
The Watch List
How The World Works
The list is divided (somewhat arbitrarily) into
A What have the US or CIA been up to?
B Corruption, and Erosion of Rights
C Finance and Economics
I suggest that rather than look at everything systematically, you get an overview by looking at only the numbered resources, then go back and look at more.
A What have the US or CIA been up to?
Seeing one of the following films made me wonder - was it by accident that so many countries turned from a democracy into a vicious dictatorship after the US had intervened? So I started listing them as I came across them. (If you want a quick answer to this question, see appendix 3, which is still very much a work in progress).
The advantage of starting by looking at whistle-blowers from a few decades ago is that eventually some information gets "declassified", so the accounts are officially sanctioned if not publicised. We then move to more recent whistle-blowers.
John Stockwell ran secret CIA wars before becoming a whistle-blower in the '80s.
[1a] John Stockwell - The Third World War
(7 minutes). Edited highlights by Kurt Nimmo. A brief intro. to how the US treats the rest of the World.
and/or
[1b] John Stockwell CIA Whistle Blower [1988] youtube.com/watch?v=SFxJpt9piwE
(90 minutes mp3 - sound only) An authoritative and informative account of what the USA does to other countries and how.
See also
- US Shadow Government_ Securing Goals of Fascism - Former CIA Case officer John R Stockwell speaks; and
- CIA Operation CYCLONE, NWO, Afghanistan, Bush Senior, CIA Drug trafficking (1989)
[2] What I've Learned About US Foreign Policy_ The War Against the Third World YouTube . A compilation of the "highlights" from several documentaries, all of which are worth watching individually, especially “The Panama Connection". You start to see the bigger picture. Phil Agee (ex CIA) is another important whistle-blower.
[3] David MacMichael (ex CIA) The CIA, Congress and the Press (1987) How the CIA manipulates the national and international press.
(The documentary starts after 11 min 40s, and includes John Stockwell).
youtube.com/watch?v=S7cnSvbJN9E[4]
[4] The Panama Deception.
They are very careful about which journalists see what in wartime. This is mainly filmed shortly after the main hostilities, but you will get some idea of what it was like on the receiving end.
[5] Fair Game - Film about a current CIA whistleblower (Valerie Plame and her husband Joe Wilson) about the fabrications leading to the invasion of Iraq, and Scooter Libby being sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison and a $250 000 fine. There’s more to this story than is shown, as Plame’s cover was blown a year earlier than indicated in the movie; but it is still informative.
Alfred McCoy - The Politics of Heroin In SE Asia (book)
Ramsay Clark (ex-attorney-general)
John Perkins - current whistleblower. Ex NSA agent. He really spells out the big picture. Sedition of countries starts well before military intervention. Search on YouTube for other lectures by him.
Which to watch first time round? 6a is perhaps more entertaining, and more informative about “what has gone wrong and how”; 6b is actually more important, more “what’s wrong and here are some great ways to respond”, and quite inspirational, if you can stick through some brief poor sound quality moments, and a couple of flat spots in a long speech.
[6a] Apologies Of An Economic Hitman [2008] youtube.com/watch?v=si9Aa9p2dh8 - autobiographical account of his early nefarious activities, and recent attempts to redress. Dramatised in parts.
[6b] John Perkins speaks at University of San Francisco. Very informative and important speech about how things have gone wrong, and simple ways to respond. This will be inspirational to many.
[7] General Wesley Clark tells of how Middle East destabilisation was planned at least as far back as 1991 Still think the current wars are a reaction to 9/11? That was just the excuse.
Hugely significant because of the timing of events. Look when this originally happened, when he first announced it, and when it was aired on “Democracy Now!” Events have a way of seeming inevitable after they have happened, but I saw this speech before "Libya" loomed over the horizon: so it was easy to prophesise "Syria"! Perhaps not a whistleblower, but presumably this wouldn’t have been sanctioned. (Looks like he was reined in quickly - see 2 Wesley Clark Interviews).
Didn’t know about this speech from your news-watching? Then “Democracy Now!” wasn’t included in you your news sources: they referred to this speech in "dn2011-1128-1 General Wesley Clark - 7 countries" (November 2011) AND did their own interview with General Wesley Clark. Start at 13:00 minutes for the relevant part, up to 26:30. See online for video: I have included a sound-only version (of the whole programme) to keep space down. Bookmark “Democracy Now!” You can do masses of research through their archives. Find out a few more essential stories you missed!
Ray McGovern . Lovely guy: ex-CIA, Russian specialist. Worked in the legitimate role of the CIA - co-ordinating intelligence for the president. Used to prepare the daily presidential briefs. Gives a first-hand account of the process of the more corrupt being preferentially selected into power, as one would expect. Also, how the evidence against Saddam Hussein was manufactured. I particularly liked his list of why one shouldn’t torture, although I think he omits an important one: it is bad for the torturers too. Search YouTube for
[8a] "Interview with 27-Year CIA Veteran Ray McGovern";
[8b] "Ray McGovern on the Corruption of U.S Intelligence (from Speaking Freely)".
Sibel Edmonds is a current whistleblower; ex FBI translator. Blew the whistle about corruption and treason in the FBI. Wrote an autobiographical account of it: Classified Woman.
[9] Sibel Edmonds RT Interview US government needs to keep the fear factor alive.
Also very informative about Operation Gladio in the Caucasus, [youtube.com/watch?v=AARtO88G5Ag ] as well as the well-known Italy operations ... (if you are not familiar with the fact that most terrorist events in Europe since WW2 were sponsored by the CIA, as revealed by the Italian Prime Minister to his parliament, listen to “Corbett Report - 2013-01-17 Tom Secker on Gladio”).
There's a film Sibel Edmonds Documentary - Kill The Messenger [2006-7] but it pulls punches rather, and downplays the significance. She runs a must-see information website/news blog called "Boiling Frogs".
If you can still read after watching all that video, read
William Blum - Killing Hope; U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II (2004). (Noam Chomsky called it "Far and away the best book on the topic." Former CIA officer John Stockwell called it "The single most useful summary of CIA history").
Chalmers Johnson also provides good background. Perhaps start with
Chalmers Johnson - The Coming End Of The American Empire (1 to 8)
Carroll Quigley_ Our Tragedy and Their Hope (on YouTube)
wrote 2 important books - Tragedy and Hope and The Anglo American Establishment. (Introduction by Griffin:
None_Dare_Call_It_Conspiracy, Gary_Allen-1971
Absolutely essential - anything by Anthony Sutton. A historian who does actual research rather than rehashing other people’s work. Find out who really funded Hitler. E.g.
[10] The Best Enemies Money can buy
, and
Antony Sutton-1976 Lecture
[11] Antony Sutton – Skull and Bones
Books - e.g. Wall Street and The Rise of Hitler; and Western Technology & Soviet Economic Development
Fletcher Prouty (ex-Chief of Special Operations) - 2 essential books:
The Secret Team, and JFK, The CIA, Vietnam, and the Plot to Assassinate John F. Kennedy
Ignoring my self-imposed post-WW2 restriction, one must include Smedley Butler - War is a Racket [1935] https://archive.org/details/WarIsARacket (or listen - but for goodness' sake download & play sped up):
("Making the World safe for democracy": 1914. Ring any bells?)
The War Profiteers
Iraq's Missing Billions
After so many whistleblowers, here it is out of their own mouths! Read these on government websites amongst others (although I’ve heard but not checked that some of the more telling sections have been edited out of the former there).
PNAC (Project for the New American Century) a policy statement by the neo-conservatives, and
Operation Northwoods a declassified planned secret operation - just in case you are still under the impression that the US military-industrial complex wouldn’t sacrifice innocent people, or set up “false flag” incidents (like the Maine, Lusitania, Pearl Harbour, Gulf of Tonkyn, 9/11 etc. etc). Written by the joint chiefs, and vetoed by Kennedy.
B Corruption & Erosion of Rights
[12] Evidence of Revision Documentaries (6). You need to find all 6.
A very important collection of documentaries, where "the whole is greater than the sum of the parts". Essential for grasping the nature of corruption in the US.
1 JFK contemporary footage
2 The Why
3 LBJ, Hoover and others.What so few know even today
4 The RFK assassination as never seen before
5 RFK, Jonestown Massacre, Chomsky
6 Racism; M L King
The beginning of this last part has one of the most unforgettable sequences I have ever seen; it may be unduly disturbing for many people. You cannot understand the nature of life in the Southern States without this sort of background: it really wasn't so very long ago ...
[13] Naomi Wolf - The End Of America [2008] Film. Essential. And/or her lecture (same name and almost the same material).
[14] Naomi Klein - The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. An introduction (on YouTube) to her book, which is the one book you have to buy. You can find all the content elsewhere, but this is a concise and cogent account. [Naomi is now batting for the other side, apparently, duped about anthropogenic Global Warming]
[15] The very badly named, by someone on YouTube - "1_6 U.S. banking insider blows the whistle on planned economic collapse": Norman Dodds on Tax-exempt foundations.
This contains a very important insight into whether wars are planned or not. I regard this as the most important tool for inspiring some people to wake up.
[16] Drugs: CIA Drug Ops Conspiracy - Unaired Documentary-Full Length
[17] Secret Government [1987] The Constitution in Crisis. Excellent explanation of the Iran-Contra scandal (although omitting the idea that it was also funded by the CIA dealing in drugs); + ethics & history
The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear [2004]. (Search YouTube). BBC - suite of 3 documentaries (that probably wouldn't get made nowadays)! Part 3 is the important one; gist -“Al Qaeda” was manufactured by the US, which should be what you would expect by now, but it’s interesting to see that the BBC could say so back then.
1of3 - Baby It's Cold Outside;
2of3 - The Phantom Victory; ...
[17] 3of3 - The Shadows in the Cave.
[18] Conspiracy Of Silence a banned documentary about the "Franklingate" paedophile scandal in Omaha, Nebraska, made by Yorkshire TV (part of the UK's ITV): one method of making sure that politicians are under control. Paedophiles in positions of power is topical in the UK now (2013)
[19] Search for stuff by Ted Gunderson (ex FBI) on YouTube. Start with True Colors of homeland security. (Enter several rabbit-holes).
[20] 9_11 Omissions and Distortions [2004] - David Ray Griffin.
David Ray Griffin 9/11 - Time for second look Hamburg [5_9_09]
Loose.Change.911.An.American.Coup. [2009] Essential
[21] AE911Truth - Blueprint for Truth Lecture by Richard Gage (2008 Edition) (YouTube)
The Truth And Lies Of 911 - Michael Ruppert [2004] Rather Lengthy, but good.
Niels Harrit - Vortrag über Nanothermit im WTC-Staub (It's in English after the first 80 seconds in German).
9_11-The Pentagon Attack (Full) There is loads on 9/11
[23] Freedom To Fascism Aaron Russo
MKULTRA
C Finance
• Inside Job [2011?] - I can't speak too highly of this brilliant exposé of the 2008 financial crisis by Charles Ferguson. Appreciate how difficult it is to get these people to talk, and how difficult it is to ask the right questions, unless you already know the answers! As you watch, keep in mind the question "accident or deliberate"? By the end the answer is pretty clear. Amusing to count people whose gist is “oh we didn't intend to do anything illegal: we really are that incompetent"!
• There's a brilliant, easy economics lesson by Albert Bartlett - which doesn't sound promising, until you see that someone has put it on YouTube as "The Most IMPORTANT Video You'll Ever See" - which is surprisingly near the mark!
• Bigger than Enron [2001/2?] After seeing it, reflect on
a) this was before many later scandals including MFGlobal;
b) the essential information on the ongoing investigation into Enron was stored in Building 7 of the World Trade Centre, which collapsed for no apparent reason on 9/11 (2001), destroying all the evidence and ending the investigation. (Oh, and the enquiry team and evidence about the Pentagon budget anomaly - trillions - was also destroyed on 9/11, by the strike on the Pentagon).
• One on One with Paul Craig Roberts--USAWatchdog.com-1
• The 1980's Savings & Loan Trillion Dollar Scandal Good historical perspective.
• Catherine Austin Fitts_ The Private Hostile Takeover Of The World Economy
• Debt Collapse - $20,000 Gold - Mike Maloney (FULL PRESENTATION)
• Kyle Bass @ AmeriCatalyst 2010 _ 'Confessions of a Dangerous Mind'
• Eustace Mullins - Monopoly Men
• The Money Masters [1996] Patrick Carmack and William Still http://freedocumentaries.org/int.php?filmID=243
• History of Central Banking & The Rothschilds [Full Version]
• Nick Dunbar - Greece & Goldman Sachs - Don't miss this important 10 minute film. See it after you've seen the John Perkins stuff.
• The Carlyle Connection
• The Corporation
Easy viewing, if a bit of a lengthy compilation, but essential for understanding what has gone wrong.
In reference to the Dissident Views (in Defence of "Conspiracy Theories") a lecture by Michael Parenti is relevant to wealthy people being likely to collaborate. (I'll look for this if you are interested.)
For Appendix 3, seeing as Operation Gladio and PBSUCCESS are referred to, might it not also be an idea to refer to the Syrian interventions' operation name as Timber Sycamore in the notes column?
Also relevant to include in that table, reference to the recent US backed Saudi invasion of Yemen, and US backed overthrow attempt of the Ethiopian government.
There is also the likelihood that the US intervened in Venezuela in an attempt to oust Maduro. Also may be some flimsy evidence regarding ousting of Imran khan in Pakistan and staging of the colour revolution in Kazakhstan.
Could be current US interference in Iran and Peru.
The presentation of dates looks like Trump's time was clean, but Trump's missile attack on Syrian airbase was 2017 at Shayrat, and the assassination by drone strike of Iranian General Soleimani.
Important that people understand that many recent and current events have US hallmarks and such interference is not just historical.
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