Andrew Gavin Marshall

The Group of Thirty (or G-30) describes itself as “a private, nonprofit, international body composed of very senior representatives of the private and public sectors and academia,” which “aims to deepen understanding of international economic and financial issues, to explore the international repercussions of decisions taken in the public and private sectors, and to examine the choices available to market practitioners and policymakers.”

Trading Away the Future

The Future of Philanthropy

The evolution of the long road to world revolution

Consulting for Oligarchs

What is a global consulting firm? What are the most influential firms, and what is it that they do? Consulting firms work for clients that include governments, banks, corporations, international organizations and think tanks. Taking the example of one such prominent institution – the Group of Thirty – we can see that consulting firms have a prominent role in doing the research and thus, shaping the minds of those who shape the world.

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Central Banking and the Madness of Markets

Welcome to the Most Completely INSANE Point in Human History: The All-or-Nothing
Early on Thursday, 7 November 2013, Greek riot police stormed the offices of Greece’s main public broadcaster, which had been under a five-month occupation by workers who opposed the government’s decision to shutdown the broadcaster, firing thousands and destroying a major cultural institution. The broadcast seems to have come to an end.

Understanding the Global Political Awakening

Zbigniew Brzezinski has – for years – articulated a concept of what he calls the “global political awakening,” referring to the growing restlessness and political activism of the masses of mankind as representing the central challenge to global power structures. This episode goes over many of Brzezinski’s speeches and writing on the global awakening, and analyzes his [elite] perspective, but also what that means from the other direction, that of the population of the world (the ‘awakened’ or ‘awakening’ masses).

“Peace is possible, if people are empowered. Otherwise, imperialism is inevitable, and extinction is nearly ensured.”

The Complex & Incestuous Relationship Between Private Banks & Central Banks