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thanks to my friend Juanita for the heads-up.
I can hardly over-emphasise the importance of this interview with Paul Craig Robers along with his article Somnolent Europe, Russia, and China: Can the world wake up?.
This
also needs to be viewed in conjunction with material that is made
reference to, including a 2000 article which makes clear that the EU
was a CIA project to control Europe in the interests of US imperial
interests.
I
also recommend going back to this letter signed by the Saker and
Dmitry Orlov amongst others
What Dr. Roberts is saying in brief is that the British Brexit vote on June 23 has importance that goes FAR beyond voting on membership of a trade pact.
If Britain votes to leave the EU (and it will never be allowed to do so without an attack on its currency and economy) it will stimulate the breakdown of the EU by the example and put a major obstacle in Washington's attempts to maintain its own hegemony and moves to war.
If, as seems likely to me, the British voters lose their nerve and vote to stay in the EU this will strengthen the hand of the warmongers in Washington and make war far more likely.
As the articles by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard make clear, the warning signals about the nature of the EU have been out there for at least 15 years.
Sitting where I am it is hard to see a good outcome to this.
Whatever the results of the vote (which are sure to be rigged) Britain will never be allowed to make its own decision with regard to the EU (or anything else substantive).
Both Britain and Europe are vassals of the US Empire.
We are living in the age of consequences.
The EU is a monstrous and dictatorial creation that was a project of the CIA to control Europe and the United Kingdom is in terminal decline whatever it decides to do.
The EU is a monstrous and dictatorial creation that was a project of the CIA to control Europe and the United Kingdom is in terminal decline whatever it decides to do.
However,
I know where my sympathies lie
Dr Paul Craig Roberts on BREXIT, EU, CIA, WASHINGTON
Vote Brexit - End the EU, a CIA Covert Operation. "Remain" or "Leave"? What does the UK's EU Referendum—scheduled 23rd June—really amount to? Is it simply the opportunity for UK citizens to decide if Britain should stay in the European Union? Or is it something of greater significance, with broader and more serious implications? And just what is this thing called the EU anyway?
Joining us, once again, to discuss these questions is Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, former US Assistant Secretary to the Treasury for Ecomonic Policy, who explains the EU's beginnings as a project of the CIA, and assesses its current role as as an anti-democratic tool of corporate control. Whether or not a majority "leave" vote will actually lead to Brexit, Dr. Roberts argues that a decisive rejection of EU membership by UK citizens could embolden other EU member states to follow suit, thus precipitating the break-up of NATO, and in turn, bringing an end to Washington's crazy designs for a New World Order.
Interview conducted by Julian Charles from : http://themindrenewed.com/
youtube :
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheMindR...
Joining us, once again, to discuss these questions is Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, former US Assistant Secretary to the Treasury for Ecomonic Policy, who explains the EU's beginnings as a project of the CIA, and assesses its current role as as an anti-democratic tool of corporate control. Whether or not a majority "leave" vote will actually lead to Brexit, Dr. Roberts argues that a decisive rejection of EU membership by UK citizens could embolden other EU member states to follow suit, thus precipitating the break-up of NATO, and in turn, bringing an end to Washington's crazy designs for a New World Order.
Interview conducted by Julian Charles from : http://themindrenewed.com/
youtube :
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheMindR...
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'DR PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS - BREXIT EU CIA WASHINGTON'
Somnolent
Europe, Russia, and China
Can the world wake up?
Can the world wake up?
Paul
Craig Roberts
On
September 19, 2000, going on 16 years ago, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard of
the London Telegraph reported:
“Declassified
American government documents show that the US intelligence community
ran a campaign in the Fifties and Sixties to build momentum for a
united Europe. It funded and directed the European federalist
movement.
“The
documents confirm suspicions voiced at the time that America was
working aggressively behind the scenes to push Britain into a
European state. One memorandum, dated July 26, 1950, gives
instructions for a campaign to promote a fully fledged European
parliament. It is signed by Gen. William J. Donovan, head of the
American wartime Office of Strategic Services, precursor of the CIA.”
The
documents show that the European Union was a creature of the
CIA.
As
I have previously written, Washington believes that it is easier to
control one government, the EU, than to control many separate
European governments. As Washington has a long term investment in
orchestrating the European Union, Washington is totally opposed to
any country exiting the arrangement. That is why President Obama
recently went to London to tell his lapdog, the British Prime
Minister, that there could be no British exit.
Like
other European nations, the British people were never allowed to vote
on whether they were in favor of their country ceasing to exist and
them becoming Europeans. British history would become the history of
a bygone people like the Romans and Babylonians.
The
oppressive nature of unaccountable EU laws and regulations and the EU
requirement to accept massive numbers of third world immigrants have
created a popular demand for a British vote on whether to remain a
sovereign country or to dissolve and submit to Brussels and its
dictatorial edicts. The vote is scheduled for June 23.
Washington’s
position is that the British people must not be permitted to decide
against the EU, because such a decision is not in Washington’s
interest.
The
prime minister’s job is to scare the British people with alleged
dire consequences of “going it alone.” The claim is that “little
England” cannot stand alone. The British people are being told that
isolation will spell their end, and their country will become a
backwater bypassed by progress. Everything great will happen
elsewhere, and they will be left out.
If
the fear campaign does not succeed and the British vote to exit the
EU, the open question is whether Washington will permit the
British government to accept the democratic outcome.
Alternatively,
the British government will deceive the British people, as it
routinely does, and declare that Britain has negotiated concessions
from Brussels that dispose of the problems that concern the British
people.
Washington’s
position shows that Washington is a firm believer that only
Washington’s interests are important. If other peoples wish to
retain national sovereignty, they are simply being selfish. Moreover,
they are out of compliance with Washington, which means they can be
declared a “threat to American national security.” The British
people are not to be permitted to make decisions that do not comply
with Washington’s interest. My prediction is that the British
people will either be deceived or overridden.
It
is Washington’s self-centeredness, the self-absorption, the
extraordinary hubris and arrogance, that explains the orchestrated
“Russian threat.” Russia has not presented herself to the West as
a military threat. Yet, Washington is confronting Russia with a
US/NATO naval buildup in the Black Sea
(http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2016/05/04/nato-form-allied-fleet-black-sea-plans-fraught-with-great-risks.html ),
a naval, troop and tank buildup in the Baltics and Poland
(http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/feb/10/uk-to-contribute-five-extra-ships-to-baltic-as-nato-boosts-presence ),
missile bases on Russia’s borders, and plans to incorporate the
former Russian provinces of Georgia and Ukraine in US defense pacts
against Russia.
When
Washington, its generals and European vassals declare Russia to be a
threat, they mean that Russia has an independent foreign policy and
acts in her own interest rather than in Washington’s interest.
Russia is a threat, because Russia demonstrated the capability of
blocking Washington’s intended invasion of Syria and bombing of
Iran. Russia blunted one purpose of Washington’s coup in the
Ukraine by peacefully and democratically reuniting with Crimera, the
site of Russia’s Black Sea naval base and a Russian province for
several centuries.
Perhaps
you have wondered how it was possible for small countries such as
Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yeman, and Venezuela to be threats to the US
superpower. On its face Washington’s claim is absurd. Do US
presidents, Pentagon officials, national security advisors, and
chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff really regard countries of so
little capability as military threats to the United States and NATO
countries?
No,
they do not. The countries were declared threats, because they have,
or had prior to their destruction, independent foreign and economic
policies. Their policy independence means that they do not or did not
accept US hegemony. They were attacked in order to bring them under
US hegemony.
In
Washington’s view, any country with an independent policy is
outside Washington’s umbrella and, therefore, is a threat.
Venezuela
became, in the words of US President Obama, an “unusual and
extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of
the United States,” necessitating a “national emergency” to
contain the “Venezuelan threat” when the Venezuelan government
put the interests of the Venezuelan people above those of American
corporations.
Russia
became a threat when the Russian government demonstrated the ability
to block Washington’s intended military attacks on Syria and Iran
and when Washington’s coup in the Ukraine failed to deliver to
Washington the Russian Black Sea naval base.
Clearly
Venezuela cannot possibly pose a military threat to the US, so
Venezuela cannot possibly pose an “unusual and extraordinary threat
to the national security of the US.” Venezuela is a “threat”
because the Venezuelan government does not comply with Washington’s
orders.
It
is absolutely certain that Russia has made no threats whatsoever
against the Baltics, Poland, Romania, Europe, or the United States.
It is absolutely certain that Russia has not invaded the Ukraine. How
do we know? If Russia had invaded Ukraine, the Ukraine would no
longer be there. It would again be a Russian province where until
about 20 years ago Ukraine resided for centuries, for longer than the
US has existed. Indeed, the Ukraine belongs in Russia more than
Hawaii and the deracinated and conquered southern states belong in
the US.
Yet,
these fantastic lies from the highest ranks of the US government,
from NATO, from Washington’s British lackeys, from the
bought-and-paid-for Western media, and from the bought-and-paid-for
EU are repeated endlessly as if they are God’s revealed truth.
Syria
still exists because it is under Russian protection. That is the only
reason Syria still exists, and it is also another reason that
Washington wants Russia out of the way.
Do
Russia and China realize their extreme danger? I don’t think even
Iran realizes its ongoing danger despite its close call.
If
Russia and China realize their danger, would the Russian government
permit one-fifth of its media to be foreign owned? Does Russia
understand that “foreign owned” means CIA owned? If not, why not?
If so, why does the Russian government permit its own destabilization
at the hands of Washington’s intelligence service acting through
foreign owned media?
China
is even more careless. There are 7,000 US-funded NGOs
(non-governmental organizations) operating in China
Only last month did the Chinese government finally move, very
belatedly, to put some restrictions on these foreign agents who are
working to destabilize China. The members of these treasonous
organizations have not been arrested. They have merely been put under
police watch, an almost useless restriction as Washington can provide
endless money with which to bribe the Chinese police.
Why
do Russia and China think that their police are less susceptible to
bribes than Mexico’s or American police? Despite the multi-decade
“war on drugs,” the drug flow from Mexico to the US is unimpeded.
Indeed, the police forces of both countries have a huge interest in
the “war on drugs” as the war brings them riches in the form of
bribes. Indeed, as the crucified reporter for the San Jose Mercury
newspaper proved many years ago, the CIA itself is in the
drug-running business.
In
the United States truth-tellers are persecuted and imprisoned, or
they are dismissed as “conspiracy theorists,” “anti-semites,”
and “domestic extremists.” The entire Western World consists of a
dystopia far worse than the one described by George Orwell in his
famous book, 1984.
That
Russia and China permit Washington to operate in their media, in
their universities, in their financial systems, and in “do-good”
NGOs that infiltrate every aspect of their societies demonstrates
that both governments have no interest in their survival as
independent states. They are too scared of being called
“authoritarian” by the Western presstitute media to protect their
own independence.
My
prediction is that Russia and China will soon be confronted with an
unwelcome decision: accept American hegemony or go to war.
NOTE:
The Saker’s take on Russian media openness to Western anti-Russian
propaganda:http://www.unz.com/tsaker/counter-propaganda-russian-style/
Euro-federalists financed by US spy chiefs
By
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
19
September, 2000
DECLASSIFIED
American government documents show that the US intelligence community
ran a campaign in the Fifties and Sixties to build momentum for a
united Europe. It funded and directed the European federalist
movement.
The
documents confirm suspicions voiced at the time that America was
working aggressively behind the scenes to push Britain into a
European state. One memorandum, dated July 26, 1950, gives
instructions for a campaign to promote a fully fledged European
parliament. It is signed by Gen William J Donovan, head of the
American wartime Office of Strategic Services, precursor of the CIA.
The
documents were found by Joshua Paul, a researcher at Georgetown
University in Washington. They include files released by the US
National Archives. Washington's main tool for shaping the European
agenda was the American Committee for a United Europe, created in
1948. The chairman was Donovan, ostensibly a private lawyer by then.
The
vice-chairman was Allen Dulles, the CIA director in the Fifties. The
board included Walter Bedell Smith, the CIA's first director, and a
roster of ex-OSS figures and officials who moved in and out of the
CIA. The documents show that ACUE financed the European Movement, the
most important federalist organisation in the post-war years. In
1958, for example, it provided 53.5 per cent of the movement's funds.
The
European Youth Campaign, an arm of the European Movement, was wholly
funded and controlled by Washington. The Belgian director, Baron
Boel, received monthly payments into a special account. When the head
of the European Movement, Polish-born Joseph Retinger, bridled at
this degree of American control and tried to raise money in Europe,
he was quickly reprimanded.
The
leaders of the European Movement - Retinger, the visionary Robert
Schuman and the former Belgian prime minister Paul-Henri Spaak - were
all treated as hired hands by their American sponsors. The US role
was handled as a covert operation. ACUE's funding came from the Ford
and Rockefeller foundations as well as business groups with close
ties to the US government.
The
head of the Ford Foundation, ex-OSS officer Paul Hoffman, doubled as
head of ACUE in the late Fifties. The State Department also played a
role. A memo from the European section, dated June 11, 1965, advises
the vice-president of the European Economic Community, Robert
Marjolin, to pursue monetary union by stealth.
It
recommends suppressing debate until the point at which "adoption
of such proposals would become virtually inescapable".
I can’t overstate the imoportance of this 2001 article as a forewarning
Euro-court outlaws criticism of EU
Ambrose Evans- Pritchard
7 March, 2001
THE European Court of Justice ruled yesterday that the European Union can lawfully suppress political criticism of its institutions and of leading figures, sweeping aside English Common Law and 50 years of European precedents on civil liberties.
The EU's top court found that the European Commission was entitled to sack Bernard Connolly, a British economist dismissed in 1995 for writing a critique of European monetary integration entitled The Rotten Heart of Europe.
The ruling stated that the commission could restrict dissent in order to "protect the rights of others" and punish individuals who "damaged the institution's image and reputation". The case has wider implications for free speech that could extend to EU citizens who do not work for the Brussels bureaucracy.
The court called the Connolly book "aggressive, derogatory and insulting", taking particular umbrage at the author's suggestion that Economic and Monetary Union was a threat to democracy, freedom and "ultimately peace".
However, it dropped an argument put forward three months ago by the advocate-general, Damaso Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer, which implied that Mr Connolly's criticism of the EU was akin to extreme blasphemy, and therefore not protected speech.
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Mr Connolly, who has been told to pay the European Commission's legal costs, said the proceedings did not amount to a fair hearing. He said: "We're back to the Star Chamber and Acts of Attainder: the rights of defendants are not respected or guaranteed in any way; the offence of seditious libel has been resurrected."
Mr Colomer wrote in his opinion last November that a landmark British case on free speech had "no foundation or relevance" in European law, suggesting that the European Court was unwilling to give much consideration to British legal tradition.
Mr Connolly now intends to take his case to Europe's other court, the non-EU European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
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1984? EU Unveils Online “Code of Conduct” to Fight (and Censor) Hate Speech
4
June, 2016
The
European Union, in partnership with YouTube, Microsoft, Facebook and
Twitter, has published a "code of conduct" to fight the
spread of "illegal hate speech" online.
Following
the Paris and Brussels terrorist attacks, the EU has taken it upon
itself to begin cracking down on “hate speech”. The technocrats
in Brussels have already taken over the economic and political
sovereignty of member states, the hijacking of free speech online was
bound to happen. The terrorist attacks in the heart of Europe have
provided the unelected in Brussels perfect cover.
In
partnership with Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Microsoft, the newly
released EU
“code of conduct” will
fight“illegal
hate speech” online
in Europe. The arguments from those supporting the initiative is
textbook smoke and mirrors…in
the aftermath of the recent terrorist attacks in Paris and Brussels,
a crackdown on “hate speech” is necessary to counter jihadist
propaganda online.
Of
course we will see definitions of what is “hate speech” take on
various forms, all of which will be defined as any voice that strays
from the EU narrative, as content that must be removed from the above
popular online destinations.
Opponents
to the “code of conduct” rightly argue that this is nothing
more than an assault on free speech in Europe.
The
Gatestone Institute reports
that opponents to the EU initiative
…say that the EU’s definition of “hate speech” and “incitement to violence” is so vague that it could include virtually anything deemed politically incorrect by European authorities, including criticism of mass migration, Islam or even the European Union itself.
Some Members of the European Parliament have characterized the EU’s code of online conduct — which requires “offensive” material to be removed from the Internet within 24 hours, and replaced with “counter-narratives” — as “Orwellian.”
Here
is a summary of
the”code of conduct” as announced on May 31, in a statement by
the European Commission:
“By signing this code of conduct, the IT companies commit to continuing their efforts to tackle illegal hate speech online. This will include the continued development of internal procedures and staff training to guarantee that they review the majority of valid notifications for removal of illegal hate speech in less than 24 hours and remove or disable access to such content, if necessary.
“The IT companies will also endeavor to strengthen their ongoing partnerships with civil society organisations who will help flag content that promotes incitement to violence and hateful conduct. The IT companies and the European Commission also aim to continue their work in identifying andpromoting independent counter-narratives [emphasis added], new ideas and initiatives, and supporting educational programs that encourage critical thinking.”
“The IT Companies share the European Commission’s and EU Member States’ commitment to tackle illegal hate speech online. Illegal hate speech, as defined by the Framework Decision 2008/913/JHA of 28 November 2008 on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law and national laws transposing it, means all conduct publicly inciting to violence or hatred directed against a group of persons or a member of such a group defined by reference to race, color, religion, descent or national or ethnic origin….
“The IT Companies support the European Commission and EU Member States in the effort to respond to the challenge of ensuring that online platforms do not offer opportunities for illegal online hate speech to spread virally. The spread of illegal hate speech online not only negatively affects the groups or individuals that it targets, it also negatively impacts those who speak out for freedom, tolerance and non-discrimination in our open societies and has a chilling effect on the democratic discourse on online platforms.
“While the effective application of provisions criminalizing hate speech is dependent on a robust system of enforcement of criminal law sanctions against the individual perpetrators of hate speech, this work must be complemented with actions geared at ensuring that illegal hate speech online is expeditiously acted upon by online intermediaries and social media platforms, upon receipt of a valid notification, in an appropriate time-frame. To be considered valid in this respect, a notification should not be insufficiently precise or inadequately substantiated.
“The IT Companies, taking the lead on countering the spread of illegal hate speech online, have agreed with the European Commission on a code of conduct setting the following public commitments:
– “The IT Companies to have in place clear and effective processes to review notifications regarding illegal hate speech on their services so they can remove or disable access to such content. The IT companies to have in place Rules or Community Guidelines clarifying that they prohibit the promotion of incitement to violence and hateful conduct.
– “The IT Companies to review the majority of valid notifications for removal of illegal hate speech in less than 24 hours and remove or disable access to such content, if necessary.
– “The IT Companies and the European Commission, recognising the value of independent counter speech against hateful rhetoric and prejudice, aim to continue their work in identifying and promoting independent counter-narratives, new ideas and initiatives and supporting educational programs that encourage critical thinking.”
The
EU “code of conduct” requires Internet companies to
establish a network of “trusted reporters” in all 28 EU member
states to flag online content that “promotes incitement to violence
and hateful conduct.”
This
code is a terrifying step towards blanket online censorship, and
completely oversteps any mandate handed to the unelected in Brussels.
A
complete and compelling analysis of the “code of conduct” can be
found by visiting the The
Gatestone Institute report.
European
citizens should be very afraid of the monster that the European Union
is morphing into.
Via: http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/8189/social-media-censorship
I
can’t overstate the imoportance of this 2001 article as a
forewarning
Euro-court
outlaws criticism of EU
Ambrose
Evans- Pritchard
7
March, 2001
THE
European Court of Justice ruled yesterday that the European Union can
lawfully suppress political criticism of its institutions and of
leading figures, sweeping aside English Common Law and 50 years of
European precedents on civil liberties.
The
EU's top court found that the European Commission was entitled to
sack Bernard Connolly, a British economist dismissed in 1995 for
writing a critique of European monetary integration entitled The
Rotten Heart of Europe.
The
ruling stated that the commission could restrict dissent in order to
"protect the rights of others" and punish individuals who
"damaged the institution's image and reputation". The case
has wider implications for free speech that could extend to EU
citizens who do not work for the Brussels bureaucracy.
The
court called the Connolly book "aggressive, derogatory and
insulting", taking particular umbrage at the author's suggestion
that Economic and Monetary Union was a threat to democracy, freedom
and "ultimately peace".
However,
it dropped an argument put forward three months ago by the
advocate-general, Damaso Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer, which implied that Mr
Connolly's criticism of the EU was akin to extreme blasphemy, and
therefore not protected speech.
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Articles
Mr
Connolly, who has been told to pay the European Commission's legal
costs, said the proceedings did not amount to a fair hearing. He
said: "We're back to the Star Chamber and Acts of Attainder: the
rights of defendants are not respected or guaranteed in any way; the
offence of seditious libel has been resurrected."
Mr
Colomer wrote in his opinion last November that a landmark British
case on free speech had "no foundation or relevance" in
European law, suggesting that the European Court was unwilling to
give much consideration to British legal tradition.
Mr
Connolly now intends to take his case to Europe's other court, the
non-EU European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
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