Guns and Butter

Interview with Webster Tarpley on the deepening economic crisis, its systemic causes including fictitious derivatives trading, federal reserve policy, commodity speculation, the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE); the credit crunch, the gutting of 1930's regulation; etc. We discuss an array of possible counter measures.  Aired: August 13, 2008 Visit Guns and Butter at: http://www.gunsandbutter.org

Sander Hicks speaks in Berkeley, CA on his investigations and research into black operations behind the events of September 11, 2001.  Aired: August 20, 2008 Visit Guns and Butter at: http://www.gunsandbutter.org

Speech by David Ray Griffin with an introduction by economist Michel Chossudovsky. Aired: August 27, 2008 Visit Guns and Butter at: http://www.gunsandbutter.org

Part Two of speech by David Ray Griffin in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on June 21, 2008.  Aired: September 3, 2008 Visit Guns and Butter at: http://www.gunsandbutter.orgeconomics

From a presentation by George Lakoff, Professor of Cognitive Science and Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley and author of, "The Political Mind: Why You Can't Understand Twenty-First Century Politics With an Eighteenth Century Brain".  Aired: September 17, 2008 Visit Guns and Butter at: http://www.gunsandbutter.org

"The New Kleptocracy" with economist Dr. Michael Hudson on Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson's "Plan" passed by Congress on October 3, 2008. We discuss what is being purchased, the congressional vote, what this means for the oligarchs, and what this means for the rest of us.  Aired: October 8, 2008 Visit Guns and Butter at: http://www.gunsandbutter.org

Interview with economist and financial historian, Dr. Michael Hudson, discussing the largest financial theft in American history - the evolving giveaway to Wall Street criminals. We talk about the class war leading to depopulation, de-industrialization, poverty, and sharply increasing default and debt. The bailout offers no help to the economy. The only way to resolve the crisis is to write down t...

Interview with Director of Research and Coordinator for the GlobalEurope Anticipation Bulletin, Franck Biancheri. We discuss the global systemic crisis leading to a Very Great Depression in the United States. Each month, the Bulletin brings its unique analyses of the upcoming stages of the collapse of the world order created after 1945, as well as numerous strategic recommendations for decisions i...

Dr. David Ray Griffin who shows that the greatest obstacle to seeing the truth - that 9/11 was an inside job - is not the lack of evidence, but what can be called "nationalist faith" - the belief that America is the "exceptional nation", whose leaders never deliberately do anything truly evil, at least to their own citizens.  Aired: January 7, 2009 Visit Guns and Butter at: http://www.gunsandbutte...

Israel's broader military-intelligence plan, "Operation Justified Vengeance" (Ariel Sharon 2001) of which "Operation Cast Lead" is part; the assassination of Yaser Arafat; the humanitarian crisis; strategic gas reserves offshore from Gaza; and Israel's energy transport corridor along the coast of the eastern Mediterranean.  Aired: January 14, 2009 http://www.globalresearch.ca/ Visit Guns and Butte...

Joe Biden's enigmatic Seattle campaign speech; geopolitical strategy of the new administration; war and peace with particular focus on Obama's political appointments of Secretary of Defense, Head of the Joint Chiefs, National Security Advisor, and Ambassador to the United Nations.  Aired: January 21, 2009 http://tarpley.net/ Visit Guns and Butter at: http://www.gunsandbutter.org

The causes and consequences of the financial meltdown; the speculative onslaught; financial fraud and the bank bailouts; the impacts on employment, wages and social services; the economic crisis and its relationship to the Middle East war; the centralization of corporate power; the concentration of wealth; and the globalization of poverty.  Aired: February 18, 2009 http://www.globalresearch.ca/ Vi...

Today we define the crisis; discuss the Federal Reserve; the steps that ought to be taken; the Troubled Asset Recovery Program or TARP; foreclosures; the administration's Stimulus Package; the "bad bank" concept under Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Larry Summers, Paul Volker and Austan Goolsbee; the upcoming budget, the Fiscal Responsibility Summit; and what lies ahead under present policies...

With financial economist and historian, Dr. Michael Hudson. We begin with an analysis of the continuing bailout of insurance giant AIG and Monday's stock market selloff; price and debt deflation; the two sectors of the economy; two definitions of 'free markets'; the classical economists; revolution from the right and the former Soviet states; the threat of war; IMF/World Bank resurgence; the dolla...

The administration's 2010 budget will entail the most drastic curtailment in public spending in American history, leading to social havoc and the potential impoverishment of millions of people. Defense spending and bank bailouts will consume all government revenue resulting in fiscal collapse that will lead to the privatization of the state. Aired: March 11, 2009 http://www.globalresearch.ca/ Visi...

The myth of free enterprise; the crash of 2008-2009; derivative speculation; the $8.5 trillion corporate bailout with no strings attached; the maximization of profit and the domination of the banks; the crisis of overproduction; the subprime housing, heathcare, and education crisis; the great depression and the permanent war economy; the need for a movement of people to bring about change.  Aired:...

We discuss Franck Biancheri's open letter to the G20, "Last Chance Before Global Geopolitical Dislocation", which advocates for three strategic recommendations: 1) the creation of a new international reserve currency, 2) the control of banks on a global scale, and 3) an independent assessment of the three national financial systems at the heart of the current financial crisis - the United States,...

Europe; the worsening financial situation and indebtedness; the history of banking and the criminalization of the banking system; tax policy; real estate asset inflation; US imperialism via the monetary system; neoliberal/neofeudal economics; classical political economy; finance capital breaking away from industrial capital; the financial crisis leading to a political crisis; similarities with the...

Reporter and author Reese Erlich on Cuba's history with the United States; U.S. policy and the future of Cuba; present day realities on the island; and options and challenges facing Cuba. His new book is "Dateline Havana: The Real Story of U.S. Policy and the Future of Cuba.  Aired: April 29, 2009 Visit Guns and Butter at: http://www.gunsandbutter.org

With Israeli activist Dorothy Naor. The continuous state of war; Israeli government policies of ethnic cleansing and expansionism leading to the devaluation of human life, including the loss of life and limb, socio-economic deterioration, post-traumatic stress and lack of security; boycott, divestment and sanctions as non-violent means to pressure the Israeli government.  Aired: May 27, 2009 Visit...

With physicist Dr. Steven E. Jones discussing the most recent scientific research into the composition of dust samples collected from the destruction of the World Trade Center buildings on September 11th, 2001. Dr. Jones describes the scientific process of uncovering the mystery of the explosions by examining these dust particles, and the discovery of the red/grey chips and nano thermite. The scie...

Economic historian and author, Webster Tarpley, discusses his Draft Emergency Action Program For California. The budget crisis in California and most other states are signals that the United States and the world are sinking into an economic depression of awesome destructive power. He offers nine recommendations to head off looming disaster. We also discuss the London Intercontinental Exchange, the...

Aired: July 8, 2009 Visit Guns and Butter at: http://www.gunsandbutter.org

With William Pepper, author of "An Act of State: The Assassination of Martin Luther King", his second book on the King case. William Pepper was a close political associate of Dr. King's in the last year of his life. Pepper represented James Earl Ray on appeal of his conviction for the murder of Dr. King. This presentation was given in Long Beach, California in January 2003, after the publication o...

Reese Erlich was in Teheran covering the recent elections. He gives a firsthand account of the demonstrations before and after the elections; the politics of the candidates; election fraud; and provides historical context.  Aired: July 29, 2009 Visit Guns and Butter at: http://www.gunsandbutter.org