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Seven House Judiciary Members Demand DOJ Investigate James Clapper For Lying To Congress. Since the Snowden revelations first started coming out, forcing James Clapper to admit that he flat-out lied to Congress, we've been somewhat perplexed as to how Clapper could come out of the whole thing "unscathed.

Seven House Judiciary Members Demand DOJ Investigate James Clapper For Lying To Congress

" 10 Fearless Black Female Warriors Throughout History - Page 2 of 5. Brzezinski admits: “Worldwide Resistance” is derailing the New World Order. During a recent speech in Poland, former US National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski warned fellow elitists that a worldwide “resistance” movement to “external control” driven by “populist activism” is threatening to derail the move towards a new world order.

Brzezinski admits: “Worldwide Resistance” is derailing the New World Order

Calling the notion that the 21st century is the American century a “shared delusion,” Brzezinski stated that American domination was no longer possible because of an accelerating social change driven by “instant mass communications such as radio, television and the Internet,” which have been cumulatively stimulating “a universal awakening of mass political consciousness.” Nixon and Kissinger Discuss Genocide in East Pakistan. On March 25, 1971, the Pakistani Army launched a devastating military crackdown on restive Bengalis in what was then East Pakistan.

Nixon and Kissinger Discuss Genocide in East Pakistan

While the slaughter in what would soon become an independent Bangladesh was underway, the C.I.A. and State Department conservatively estimated that roughly two hundred thousand people had died (the official Bangladeshi death toll is three million). Some ten million Bengali refugees fled to India, where untold numbers died in miserable conditions in refugee camps.

Pakistan was a Cold War ally of the United States, and Richard Nixon and his national-security advisor, Henry Kissinger, resolutely supported its military dictatorship; they refused to impose pressure on Pakistan’s generals to forestall further atrocities. The two faces of America - Opinion. November 10, 2013 - It was Halloween ten days ago in the United States.

The two faces of America - Opinion

Having spent the last 11 years in US custody at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, I've learned a fair amount about American culture. I understand that it is customary for people to dress up in masks and embrace different identities for a night. The Whole System Failed Trayvon Martin. How Bush's grandfather helped Hitler's rise to power. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. - April 4, 1967 - Beyond Vietnam: A Time To Break Silence [Full Speech] Paul Robeson - About the Actor. Paul Robeson was the epitome of the 20th-century Renaissance man.

Paul Robeson - About the Actor

He was an exceptional athlete, actor, singer, cultural scholar, author, and political activist. His talents made him a revered man of his time, yet his radical political beliefs all but erased him from popular history. Toussaint Louverture. For the airport in Haiti see Toussaint Louverture International Airport.

Toussaint Louverture

François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture, also Toussaint L'Ouverture, Toussaint-Louverture, Toussaint Bréda, nicknamed The Black Napoleon[1] (20 May 1743 – 7 April 1803), was the leader of the Haitian Revolution. His military genius and political acumen transformed an entire society of slaves into the independent state of Haiti.[2] The success of the Haitian Revolution shook the institution of slavery throughout the New World.[3] Haitian Revolution. Louisiana Purchase. France controlled this vast area from 1699 until 1762, the year it gave the territory to its ally Spain.

Louisiana Purchase

Under Napoleon Bonaparte, France took back the territory in 1800 in the hope of building an empire in North America. A slave revolt in Haiti and an impending war with Britain, however, led France to abandon these plans and sell the entire territory to the United States, which had originally intended only to seek the purchase of New Orleans and its adjacent lands. Black Holocaust in America. Jacob Schiff. Russo-Japanese War. The Russo-Japanese War (8 February 1904 – 5 September 1905) was "the first great war of the 20th century.

Russo-Japanese War

"[4] It grew out of rival imperial ambitions of the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over Manchuria and Korea. Communism. Carroll Quigley. Carroll Quigley (/ˈkwɪɡli/; November 9, 1910 – January 3, 1977) was an American historian and theorist of the evolution of civilizations.

Carroll Quigley

He is noted for his teaching work as a professor at Georgetown University, for his academic publications, and for his research on secret societies.[1][2] Life and career[edit] Quigley was born in Boston, and attended Harvard University, where he studied history and earned B.A, M.A., and Ph.D. degrees. He taught at Princeton University, and then at Harvard, and then at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University from 1941 to 1976.[1]

Tragedy & Hope: A History of the World in Our Time (9780945001102): Carroll Quigley. Leo Strauss. Leo Strauss (;[7] German: [ˈleːo ˈʃtʁaʊs];[8][9] September 20, 1899 – October 18, 1973) was a German-American political philosopher and classicist who specialized in classical political philosophy.

Leo Strauss

Born in Germany to Jewish parents, Strauss later emigrated from Germany to the United States. He spent much of his career as a professor of political science at the University of Chicago, where he taught several generations of students and published fifteen books.[10] Early life[edit] Neoconservatism. George Washington Williams. Biography[edit]

Rockefeller/JP Morgan: Scourge of Humanity