Guns and Butter

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Guns and Butter investigates the relationships among capitalism, militarism and politics. Show list: http://gunsandbutter.snappages.com/archived-show-list.htm. Maintaining a radical perspective in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks, Guns and Butter reports on who wins and who loses when the economic resources of civil society are diverted toward global corporatization, war, and the furtherance of a national security state. Subscribe free to the newsletter at: http://www.gunsandbutter.org/membership.htm

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Tyranny Abroad, Police State at Home - Michael Ratner, #120 13.02.2019 1:00:20

Attorney and President of the Center for Constitutional Rights, Michael Ratner, has led the Center in its aggressive legal fight against the post - 9/11 violations of civil liberties by the Bush administration. He was part of a small group of lawyers that first took on representation of the Guantanamo detainees in January 2001, a case that went to the supreme court where a major victory was won in...

Why the Facts of 9/11 Must Be Suppressed - Dr. John McMurtry, #122 13.02.2019 55:58

Dr. John McMurtry, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Guelph, Ontario in a presentation at the International Citizens Inquiry Into 9/11 on May 30, 2004 in Toronto. McMurtry was one of the first academics to analyze 9/11 and the 9/11 wars. In response to the extreme pressure of forcing reality to conform to manufactured delusions, the group and its members become increasingly submerged wi...

Biowarfare and the Emergence of Police State America - Dr. Francis A. Boyle, #123 13.02.2019 59:11

Author and Professor of International Law, Dr. Francis Boyle, discusses the history of biological warfare development and the Biological Weapons Convention; forced anthrax inoculations of the military; anthrax attacks on Congress and the resultant Patriot legislation setting up a police state; FBI agent Marion "Spike" Bowman's thwarting of FBI investigations into both Zacarias Moussaoui and the an...

Venezuela: From Oil Proxy to the Bolivarian Movement and Sabotage - Michel Chossudovsky, #401 05.02.2019 59:05

We discuss the economic and political crisis in Venezuela, its history as an oil proxy nation since the discovery of oil in 1918, through successive dictatorships, coups d’etats, a fake nationalization of the oil industry, the Chavista movement and destabilization through financial warfare, with a special emphasis on Michel Chossudovsky’s personal experience there conducting a study on poverty in...

Fictitious Capital, Real Retrogression - Loren Goldner, #124 27.01.2019 58:22

Interview with Independent Writer and Activist, Loren Goldner. Loren Goldner is author of numerous articles on political economy including "International Liquidity Crisis and Class Struggle"; "The Dollar Crisis and Us"; "1973 Redux: Continuity and Discontinuity in the Decline of Dollar-Centered World Accumulation"; "Two Short Texts on Economic Crisis and War"; and "Fictitious Capital and the Trans...

An Air Traffic Controller Looks at the Events of 9/11 - Robin Hordon, #125 27.01.2019 58:47

Interview with Pilot and former Boston Center Air Traffic Controller, Robin Hordon; the job of air traffic control; Flight AA11; the hijack versus the emergency protocol; war games and radar screen blips; remote control of aircraft, i.e., flight director; and Flight AA 77. Robin Hordon is a member of Pilots for 9/11 Truth. Visit their website at www.pilotsfor911truth.org Aired: April 18, 2007 Visi...

Blood Diamonds and Devastation in Congo - Keith Harmon Snow, #126 27.01.2019 58:57

Interview with Journalist, Keith Harmon Snow, just returning from the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Keith Snow's travels; Congo under King Leopold; corporate slavery plantations; police and soldiers; the March 2007 three-day war in Kinshasa; Laurent Kabila and Joseph Kabila; foreign capitalist "untouchables"; logging, mineral, gold and diamond exploitation. Visit his website www.allthingspass....

Debunking 9/11 Debunking - David Ray Griffin, #127 27.01.2019 59:36

Interview with Author and Theologian, Dr. David Ray Griffin, on his new book, "Debunking 9/11 Debunking: An Answer to Popular Mechanics and Other Defenders of the Official Conspiracy Theory". Dr. Griffin takes on four major semi-official publications: The Popular Mechanics book, "Debunking 9/11 Myths"; the Kean/Hamilton book, "Without Precedent"; Vanity Fair's, "9/11 Live the NORAD Tapes"; and NIS...

AFRICOM and the US Resource Wars In Africa - Keith Harmon Snow, #128 27.01.2019 59:27

Interview with Journalist and Human Rights and Genocide Investigator, Keith Harmon Snow; the new US command, AFRICOM; the crisis in northern Uganda; the Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa; military programs and covert operations; Somalia and Ethiopia; oil and mineral resources; the Darfur region of Sudan; NGOs. Aired: June 6, 2007 Visit Guns and Butter at: www.gunsandbutter.org Subscribe to...

What Didn't Hit the Pentagon - Dave von Kleist, April Gallop, and Barbara Honegger, #129 27.01.2019 57:01

Dave von Kleist examines mainstream media coverage of the attack on the Pentagon; Pentagon survivor April Gallop describes her experiences on September 11th, 2001, her first day back at work as an Administrative Specialist with the U.S. Army at the Pentagon, after maternity leave; and Barbara Honegger, Senior Military Affairs Journalist with the Naval Postgraduate School and former White House Pol...

The Philadelphia Emergency Anti-War Convention - Webster Tarpley, #130 27.01.2019 58:44

Interview with Author and Activist Webster G. Tarpley announcing the July 4th Philadelphia Emergency Anti-War Convention, convened in response to the instability and political crisis occurring in the national anti-war movement and both major political parties, opening the way for the formation of a new political coalition of anti-war, anti-dictatorship, impeachment, 9/11 truth, and other activists...

The Declaration of Independence, the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights - Michael Ratner, # 131 27.01.2019 58:45

Interview with President of the Center for Constitutional Rights, Michael Ratner, on this Fourth of July 2007. Where are we now? Aired: July 4, 2007 Visit Guns and Butter at: www.gunsandbutter.org Subscribe to our newsletter at: eepurl.com/bmg4zf

Flight 93 Revealed - Rowland Morgan, # 133 27.01.2019 58:32

Interview with Journalist and Author, Rowland Morgan, on his latest book, "Flight 93 Revealed: What Really Happened on the 9/11 'Let's Roll' Flight?" Detailed analysis of the passenger cell phone calls and an examination of the passenger revolt legend that powered America's war effort. Aired: July 25, 2007 Visit Guns and Butter at: www.gunsandbutter.org Subscribe to our newsletter at: eepurl.com/b...

From Cold War to Class War - Michael Hudson, #136 26.01.2019 58:51

Interview with Financial Economist and Historian, Dr. Michael Hudson; liquidity crisis in the banking system; wiping out of credit; demise of the dollar; stock volatility; hedge funds; sub-prime lending; real estate tax versus labor tax, etc. Dr. Hudson has been appointed Chief Economic Policy Advisor for the Kucinich for President campaign, and is writing a new tax policy for the United States. H...

The Plot to Shift Taxes off Wealth onto Wage Earners - Michael Hudson, #137 26.01.2019 58:25

Interview with Financial Economist and Historian, Dr. Michael Hudson; AAA rating of subprime junk; inflation; change in world order; privatization of banking system through the Federal Reserve; Alan Greenspan and the 1982 Social Security Committee; junk economics; windfall profits; the law of fraudulent conveyance. Dr. Hudson has been appointed Chief Economic Policy Adviser for the Kucinich for Pr...

The US Banking System: Too Big to Bail Out - Webster Tarpley, #138 26.01.2019 58:52

Interview with Economic Historian and Author, Webster Tarpley, on the global financial crisis. We discuss his new 17-page article, "Helicopter Ben Unleashes Hyper-Inflation"; the bailout of Wall Street; inflation; demise of the dollar; derivatives; hedge funds; the Plunge Protection Team; commodities as the next "bubble"; and what we should do. Tarpley is the author of "Surviving the Cataclysm: A...

9/11 Blueprint: The Architecture of Destruction - Richard Gage, #139 26.01.2019 56:31

Interview with Bay Area Architect, Richard Gage, AIA, about the organization that he has formed, "Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth"; his outreach to Architects and Engineers; his presentations to the public and to professionals; the physical evidence of controlled demolition of the World Trade Center Twin Towers and Building Seven. Richard Gage, AIA, will give the keynote address at the 9/1...

Beyond Collapse to Disintegration: How to Stop the Depression #140 26.01.2019 59:03

In this interview with Economic Historian and Author, Webster Tarpley, we continue our discussion of his latest article, "Helicopter Ben Unleashes Dollar Hyperinflation"; the current economic crisis; on the ground indicators of economic decline; de-industrialization; leveraged buyouts; the sub-prime mortgage crisis; dollar hyperinflation; the North American Union; similarities between the Third Re...

Family of Secrets: The Bush Dynasty - Russ Baker, #174 26.01.2019 59:20

We discuss Investigative Reporter Russ Baker's book, Family of Secrets: The Bush Dynasty, The Powerful Forces That Put It In the White House, and What Their Influence Means for America; The Bush family's extensive ties to intelligence; the Kennedy assassination; Nixon and Watergate; and W's rise to power. Aired: May 6, 2009 Visit Guns and Butter at: www.gunsandbutter.org Subscribe to our newslette...

The Alchemical Processing of Humanity Through Public Psychodrama - Michael Hoffman, #400 23.01.2019 59:50

We discuss Michael Hoffman’s book, Secret Societies and Psychological Warfare, published in April 2001; the Revelation of the Method or Making Manifest All That Is Hidden; the Cryptocracy; occult public psychodrama; alchemical processing; metaphysical alchemy; the lone nut syndrome; the cryonic process of freeze and thaw; the Kennedy assassination as a killing of the king rite; revealing the metho...

Is the US Planning to Wage War on Russia and China? - Michel Chossudovsky, #399 10.01.2019 58:47

The structure of military alliances; the evolving situation in the Middle East; a shift in geopolitical alliances; the global military agenda; review of wars since 2001; nonconventional hybrid warfare to undermine a countrys financial structure; coalition of Turkey, Russia and Iran; Pakistan and India now a part of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization; US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, IN...

The Black Budget - Catherine Austin Fitts, #304 30.12.2018 59:13

The Financial Coup d'Etat; Where the Money Has Gone; What Is Being Financed; Black Budget Funding of Private Corporate Projects; History and Organization of the Financial System since World War II; the Exchange Stabilization Fund Managed by the New York Fed; Digital Currencies and the Shadow Government. Aired: June 25, 2014

Unpacking Mr. Global, Part Three - Catherine Austin Fitts, #264 30.12.2018 59:38

QE3 Infinite Quantitative Easing; the world that is dying and the world that is being born; where the money went; where some of the money is returning; fraud and the black budget; the three big lies; re-engineering the federal budget; the fiscal cliff; WTO and industrial food; what's up with space. Aired: September 19, 2012

Unpacking Mr. Global, Part Two - Catherine Austin Fitts, #241 30.12.2018 58:50

Collateral fraud in the housing market; county emergencies used to clean-up the collateral fraud; the black budget; financing of a breakaway civilization; privatization of advanced technology; $12 trillion leveraged buyout of the country; a financial coup d'etat; debt used to re-engineer governance systems; Uruguay round of GATT; $4 trillion missing from the federal government; pension funds the b...

Unpacking Mr. Global, Part One - Catherine Austin Fitts, #240 30.12.2018 59:06

Derivatives exposure of Bank of America and the FDIC; corruption at the Department of Housing and Urban Development; financial hit-man of student loans; prosecution of Hamilton Securities; Popsicle Index; Community Wizard; 9/11; collateral fraud. Aired: November 2, 2011