The view from the bridge

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[…] about the five ‘internationals’ on the Trotskyist left. Taken together the obits conveyed a reasonable sense of Crozier’s activities, though neither mentioned his international work with the Pinay Circle (Cercle Pinay) in the 1970s and 80s.9 But the Telegraph fudged Crozier’s links with the CIA, even though in his memoir Free Agent, Crozier is […]

The view from the bridge

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[PDF file]: […] Knudsen had access to the Trilateral archives. With Bilderberg meetings reported by the Daily Mail, the Trilateral archives opened to a researcher, and even le Cercle (the Pinay Circle as was) the subject of academic inquiry, are there still secret gatherings of the global elite?’41 More on Bellingcat and White Helmets In this column […]

In The Thick of It: The Private Diaries of a Minister by Alan Duncan

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[PDF file]: […] criticisms one might have of this book, the authors certainly succeeded in turning stereotyping into an art form! This is not the place to discuss Le Cercle Pinay and its history but merely to note that among other current Conservative MPs associated with the organisation are Kwasi Kwartang, Greg Hands and Nadhim Zahawi. The […]

The view from the bridge

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[…] Knudsen had access to the Trilateral archives. With Bilderberg meetings reported by the Daily Mail, the Trilateral archives opened to a researcher, and even le Cercle (the Pinay Circle as was) the subject of academic inquiry, are there still secret gatherings of the global elite?’41 More on Bellingcat and White Helmets In this column […]

Disrupt and Deny: Spies, Special Forces, and the Secret Pursuit of British Foreign Policy by Rory Cormac

Lobster Issue 76 (Winter 2018) FREE

[PDF file]: […] 1980s, as the line between state and private sector was blurred by Mrs Thatcher’s infatuation with the men in expensive suits, the author discusses Le Circle (the Pinay Circle as was), Brian Crozier’s Shield Committee and Keenie-Meenie Services and comments: ‘As intelligence mixed with international trade and economics, the 1980s became a conspiracy theorist’s […]

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