[…] late 1940s onwards as a struggle between Christian light and Satanic darkness. Religious activism helped many American people to think in these terms. For example, in 1955 Senator Frank Colson announced that The Family was to launch a ‘world-wide spiritual offensive’ and in the same year the organisation funded Militant Liberty, an anti-communist film […]
[…] by anti-communism and a passionate Zionism. Hounam suggests there was a very tight loop of Johnson confidants notably Walt Rostow (National Security Advisor), neo-con godfather, Democratic Senator Henry ‘Scoop’ Jackson, Arthur Goldberg (UN Ambassador), the mysterious movie moguls Mathilde and Arthur Krim and Israeli Deputy ambassador, Eppie Evron on the inside track […]
[…] lion, while millions of Ethiopians were starving to death. It was the ‘tipping point’ of the revolution. As the country went through the torture of Nixon’s downfall, Senator Fulbright uncovered a secret agreement between Nixon and Haile Sellassie, in which America pledged to come to his rescue if he were threatened by an internal […]
Who was who? The newly published Oxford Dictionary of National Biography not only surveys the lives of the great and the good, but also includes accounts of individuals in the murkier fields of human endeavour. Over fifty spies are listed, for example, including historical figures such as ‘Parliament Joan’ (c1600-1655?) and ‘Pickle the Spy’ (c1725-1761). … Read more
[…] publisher of political reference works. He has been chairman of Brassey’s, the defence publishers once owned by Robert Maxwell with a US subsidiary chaired by the late Senator John Tower, (President George Bush’s unsuccessful nomination for Defence Secretary). He took over the chairmanship of the consultancy firm Prima Europe from Dick Taverne, the former […]
[…] being subtle: but that may have been its strength at home. Clearly, however, it wasn’t enough. Near the end of Norton’s book, she quotes Chalmers Johnson on Senator Robert Byrd from West Virginia, giving ‘brilliant speeches – week-in, week-out to an empty Senate chamber. They sound like Cicero. They really do sound like a […]
Authority and order are back on the European political agenda. I want to put forward an hypothesis that readers can test against the facts. If I am right, then it opens up a new field of enquiry for parapolitical investigators. Let me state the thesis briefly: the need to create an international infrastructure of authority … Read more
[…] vote-rigging. Bush Senior In 1988 ex-CIA Director George Bush was elected President. As is well-known, the New Hampshire primary is a crucial forerunner for any presidential candidate. Senator Robert Dole was the clear favourite for the Republicans but Bush snr. won unexpectedly. The Governor of New Hampshire was one John Sununu, a computer engineer, […]
The conspiracy trail is littered with unresolved leads, but few can be more important than Lee Harvey Oswald’s visit to Mexico shortly before the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. What was the purpose of Oswald’s visit to Mexico City? Was it Oswald or an impostor who visited the Cuban and Soviet embassies? And what … Read more
Assassination or ‘targeted killings’? Joshua Raines of the University of Iowa College of Law argues that although assassination, ‘narrowly defined’ [sic], is illegal, ‘targeted killings’ could well be permissible under ‘just war’ criteria. The US should therefore pass legislation that allows for ‘…targeted killings under a very narrow range of circumstances with adequate checks built … Read more
