----- Original Message ----- From: John Hermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: John Hermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 12:18 PM Subject: Elite Planning for World Management > Economic Reform Australia > ERA EMAIL NETWORK > > Source: The Trilateral Commission and Elite Planning for World Management > Editor: Holly Sklar > > > TRILATERAL COMMISSION: WORLD SHADOW GOVERNMENT > (http://afgen.com/trilateral.html) > > The Trilateral Commission was established in 1973. Its founder and primary > financial angel was international financier, David Rockefeller, longtime > chairman of the Rockefeller family-controlled Chase Manhattan Bank and > undisputed overlord of his family's global corporate empire. > > Rockefeller's idea for establishing the commission emerged after he had > read a book entitled "Between Two Ages" written by an Establishment > scholar, Prof. Zbigniew Brzezinski of Columbia University. > > In his book Brzezinski proposed a vast alliance between North America, > Western Europe and Japan. According to Brzezinski, changes in the modern > world required it. > > "Resist as it might," Brzezinski wrote elsewhere, "the American system is > compelled gradually to accommodate itself to this emerging international > context, with the U.S. government called upon to negotiate, to guarantee, > and, to some extent, to protect the various arrangements that have been > contrived even by private business." > > In other words, it was necessary for the international upper class to band > together to protect its interests, and to ensure, in the developed nations, > that political leaders were brought to power who would ensure that the > global financial interests (of the Rockefellers and the other ruling > elites) would be protected over those of the hoi polloi. > > POCANTICO HILLS CONFABS > > Although the initial arrangements for the commission were laid out in a > series of meetings held at the Rockefeller's famous Pocantico Hills estate > outside New York City, Rockefeller first introduced the idea of the > commission at an annual meeting of the Bilderberg group, this one held in > Knokke, Belgium in the spring of 1972. > > The Bilderberg group is similar to the Trilateral Commission in that it is > funded and heavily influenced by the Rockefeller empire, and composed of > international financiers, industrialists, media magnates, union bosses, > academics and political figures. However, the much older Bilderberg group's > membership is strictly limited to participants from the United States, > Canada and Western Europe: i.e. the NATO alliance. > > The Trilateral Commission was unique, though, in that it brought the > Japanese ruling elite into the inner councils of the global power brokers, > a recognition of Japan's growing influence in the world economic and > political arena. > > RULING CLASSES UNITE > > The Commission's purpose is to engineer an enduring partnership among the > ruling classes of North America, Western Europe and Japan -- hence the term > 'Trilateral' -- in order to safeguard the interests of Western capitalism > in an explosive world. The private commission is attempting to mold public > policy and construct a framework for international stability in the coming > decades. > > To put it simply, Trilateralists are saying: The people, governments and > economies of all nations must serve the needs of multinational banks and > corporations. > > In short, Trilateralism is the current attempt by ruling elites to manage > both dependence and democracy -- at home and abroad. > > Another Trilateral critic, now-retired Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.), > views the commission as a Rockefeller family operation through and through. > According to Goldwater: "The Trilateral organization created by David > Rockefeller was a surrogate -- the members selected by Rockefeller, its > purposes defined by Rockefeiler, its funding supplied by Rockefeller. David > Rockefeller screened and selected every individual who was invited to > participate." > > PICKING POLICYMAKERS > > David Rockefeller and Brzezinski then began the process of selecting from > among the "Trilateral" nations the several hundred elite power brokers who > would be permitted to join in Trilateral policymaking in the coming years. > > One of the commission's primary goals was to place a Trilateral-influenced > president in the White House in 1976, and to achieve that goal it was > necessary to groom an appropriate candidate who would be willing to > cooperate with Trilateral aims. > > Rockefeller and Brzezinski selected a handful of well-known liberal > Democrats and a scattering of Republicans (primarily of the > liberal-internationalist bent) to serve on the commission. > > And in an effort to give regional balance to the commission Rockefeller > invited the then-obscure one-term Democratic governor of Georgia, Jimmy > Carter, to join the commission. > > ROCKEFELLER CENTER SOUTH > > Rockefeller had longtime ties to the local Atlanta political and economic > Establishment. In fact, much of Rockefeller's personal investment portfolio > is in Atlanta real estate. (According to David Horowitz, co-author of The > Rockefellers, "Atlanta is Rockefeller Center South.") > > And Rockefeller himself had once even invited Carter to dine with him at > the Chase Manhattan Bank several years before, as early as 1971, the year > Carter began serving as governor. > > Carter very definitely impressed Rockefeller and Brzezinski, more so than > another Southern Democrat, Florida Gov. Reuben Askew, also selected to > serve on the commission and viewed, like Carter, as a possible Trilateral > candidate. > > In fact, according to Brzezinski, "It was a close thing between Carter and > Askew, but we were impressed that Carter had opened up trade offices for > the state of Georgia in Brussels and Tokyo. That seemed to fit perfectly > into the concept of the Trilateral." > > Carter, in fact, like Askew, did announce for the 1976 Democratic > presidential nomination, but because of Rockefeller's interest, Carter had > the inside shot. > > So much so that in a speech at the commission's first annual meeting in > Kyoto, Japan in May of 1975, Rockefeller's man Brzezinski promoted the > then-still obscure Carter to his fellow Trilateralists as an ideal > presidential candidate. > > CUT AND DRIED > > From that point on, it was all cut and dried. According to Goldwater: > "Rockefeller and Brzezinski found Carter to be their ideal candidate. They > helped him win the Democratic nomination and the presidency. > > To accomplish this purpose they mobilized the money-power of the Wall > Street bankers, the intellectual influence of the academic community -- > which is subservient to the wealth of the great tax-free foundations -- and > the media controllers represented in the membership of the CFR and the > Trilateralists. > > The aforementioned Council on Foreign Relations -- is another > Rockefeller-financed foreign policy pressure group similar to the > Trilateralists and the Bilderberg group, although the CFR is composed > solely of American citizens. > > In his book The Carter Presidency and Beyond, published in 1980 by the > Ramparts Press, Prof. Laurence H. Shoup devotes an entire chapter to > demonstrating how the Trilateral-linked and Trilateral-controlled > Establishment media promoted the presidential candidacy in 1976 of the > then-obscure Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter. > > Carter, of course, campaigned as a "populist" -- as a "man of the people" > -- as an "outsider" with no ties to the Establishment. The fact is, > however, Carter, who said he'd never lie, was an elitist, an insider, the > Trilateral Commission's "man on the white horse." > > And with the power of the commission and the Rockefeller empire and its > media influence behind him, Carter made his way to the presidency, > establishing the first full-fledged Trilateral administration, appointing > numerous Trilateralists to key policymaking positions and carrying out the > Trilateral agenda to the hilt. > > ----ooOoo---- > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is the Neither public email list, open for the public and general discussion. 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