Winds of War Blowing over Northern Pacific Islands?
There has been a significant uptick in real or alleged military confrontations over disputed islands in the North Pacific. Conservative commentator Ambrose Evans-Pritchard has noted the possible drift toward war between Japan and China over uninhibited and disputed Islands. Japan has also accused Russia of fomenting confrontation over the disputed Kuriles.
Blast from the Past: Reagan, George H.W. Bush Administrations Aided Secret Japanese Nuclear Weapons Program
Reagan, Bush I administrations secretly armed Japan with weapons-grade plutonium. Space exploration projects a cover for Japanese nuclear arms development. How far do these tentacles reach?
“All that Glitters is Not . . .” Oh, Never Mind!
Central banks buying, not selling gold. This hasn’t happened in 40 years.
Does Goldman Sachs Chief Lloyd Blankfein Enjoy Connections to the Intelligence Community?
Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein worked for the old law firm of OSS chief William Donovan. Are Blankfein, Goldman Sachs involved with the intelligence community?
Golden Lily Loot, Nazis, White Supremacists and Islamists
Comment: For years, we’ve accessed the magnificent work of Sterling and Peggy Seagrave, whose landmark text Gold Warriors is the definitive work on the distribution of recovered World War II gold, Japanese Golden Lily treasure in particular. The focal point of decades of high-level political intrigue on the part of intelligence services, financial institutions and [...]
Economic Difficulties Fuel Rise of Far-Right Groups in Japan; They Compare Themselves to “Tea Parties”
Comment: The social dislocation produced by the economic distress of Japan’s “Lost Decade” has stimulated the rise of far right groups reminiscent both of the patriotic and ultra-nationalist societies that led to the rise of fascism in Japan in the 1920’s and 1930’s and the “Tea Parties” in the U.S., with whom many of them [...]
Consortium of European neo-Fascists Visits Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo
Comment: An international fascist organization–primarily European in character–has visited the controversial Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo. Commemorating Japanese war dead and counting war criminals among those commemorated there, the shrine is controversial, and Japanese leaders visits to it have stirred hostility in countries victimized by the Japanese in World War II. Visited by Jean-Marie Le Pen and [...]
FTR #715 Interview (#5) with Russ Baker, Author of “Family of Secrets”
Poppy Bush tabbed by Gerald Ford to head CIA as Kennedy assassination investigations proceed; Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Karl Rove and Paul Wolfowitz launch their careers courtesy of Poppy and Gerald Ford in same time period.
Harken Energy: A Money-Laundering Vehicle for–among other things–Japanese War Gold?
Comment: The brilliant new book Family of Secrets by Russ Baker analyzes the development of Harken Energy, one of George W. Bush’s energy companies. Detailing the many strange aspects of the company’s development, Baker posits that the firm may well have been a money-laundering vehicle for powerful, reactionary interests around the world. Discussing the Marcos gold [...]
FTR #696 Miscellaneous Articles and Updates
Japanese prime minister publicly discusses the M-Fund, a decisive link between Japanese conquest during World War II and its postwar politics; Italian prime minister Berlusconi linked to the Mafia; Christian fundamentalist organization The Family promoting fascism from the 1930’s on.
The 99% Dynamic
Fascism and the Dangers of Economic Concentration 1980 broadcast highlights economic concentration and its historical relationship to fascism. Read more »
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