Americans once took great pride in the defeat of the Nazi scourge that threatened to run roughshod over the 20th century and beyond. Under the leadership of Franklin Roosevelt, America mobilized not only to heal from the devastation of the Great Depression, but also became a global leader of industrial power supplying the Allies with the tools they needed to fight the war before entering the fight herself in 1941.
Imperial oligarchy moved its center of gravity from Great Britain to the US. Empires are primarily based in raw power. How could American Republic survive at home while being an empire abroad? Imperial oligarchy set up Deep State structures to rule directly through them while leaving Republic’s Institutions standing to fool Americans they still had their Republic. Empire gobbled up the Republic.
FDR made a mistake when he did not pursue those behind the failed coup against him. Imperial Oligarchy has its long range goals of achieving planetary level control and they have been relentlessly pursuing their aims. In the process they have exhausted the US, in a similar way that Great Britain was exhausted. It took two world wars before they succeeded in taking over the US. It is only reasonable to assume that it will take a lot of chaos, tension, wars to achieve their ultimate goal. It is obvious that they are deliberately destroying the West before whatever final conflict they engineer. They are sacrificing the West. The new, and final Hegemon will be centered in Asia.
We can label this whatever we wish but it has more in common with the nature of the empire than it does with Nazism or Fascism. Imperial oligarchy has always dreamed of the efficiency of totalitarian regimes. This inverted totalitarianism they’ve created is infinitely more dangerous than any other totalitarian regime I know. We are being marched toward a slaughter. Humanity’s salvation lies with us, the peoples of the West. If we don’t put a stop to this nobody else will. Russia and China will not save us.
FDR understood that any such moves may quickly end in his death, he only had so much power. A direct attack on segments of the US ruling class would have triggered a general ruling class circling of the wagons against FDR. To be true member of the ruling class is to have very few consequences for your actions, perhaps a smack on the wrist.
A very thoughtful commentary, but I cannot help but be difficult. The most critical force opposing fascism in the US in the 30s and 40s, and the force that kept fascism to a minimum in the Democratic Party itself, was without any doubt the Communist Party USA. Although they made some mistakes, we must recognize their contribution, especially in support for republican Spain and their defense of civil rights--a topic Roosevelt was not aggressive on. Seems odd to leave them out here.
I touched on the role of the anti-fascist communist party of canada here: https://matthewehret.substack.com/p/todays-emergencies-act-and-anti-russian and also Paul Robeson's networks and fight against fascism in many other locations. This is an editorial however and not a place for an exposition of the Communist Party USA which I haven't done any deep dives on to speak authoritatively
the Communist Party was looking for any opportunity to make inroads in American politics and they took advantage of unpopular wars, the Depression, the fight for unions, better working conditions, stopping child labour, etc. to convince people to join them.
I think many, if not most, of the people who became members, or were Fellow Travellers, were sincere in wanting to see the quality of life improve for everyone, to end poverty, etc., like Paul Robeson and those who were blacklisted and thinking the CP had the answers.
Unfortunately, the PTB behind the CP were and are against the Republic; imo communism is just another form of fascism and totalitarianism. The CP used crises to convince people they were actually going to make their lives better, but it was another dead end.
Such an utter misunderstanding of the actual role of the US Communist Party and the successes of the Soviet Union and China in lifting so many out of poverty and defeating the German and Japanese fascists. It seems that you are lost in the usual bourgeois Cold War propaganda. The communists were central to the success of the Labour Unions (e.g. the "wobblies") and the New Deal, and a "commie-sympathizer" actually lead the building of the Atomic Bomb! Its why the US ruling class set about them so viciously straight after WW2.
the Welsh and Scottish coal miners in West Virginia and other parts of Appalachia formed unions without any association with the CP, US or otherwise...
Joe Hill and the others who unionized dock workers in SF for ex were affiliated with the US CP, but the auto workers not so much...
in retrospect the CP as I said took advantage of the political and economic situation to recruit members in factories and across college and high school campuses...imo the ultimate goal of the CP was to destroy the Republic and replace it with a totalitarian regime.
As for lifting millions of Russians and Chinese out of poverty, certainly you must be joking. Have you read "1984"? Forcing people into groupthink and dressing them in bland uniforms and beating questioning anything out of them is a good thing?
So you believe the creation of the Atomic bomb was a good thing because a "comic sympathizer" helped make it? Did you know the news movie "Oppenheimer" has loads of made up scenes of things that never happened, and Christopher Nolan finally admitted it a few weeks ago. Einstein and Oppenheimer never met until years later when they were at Princeton. And Einstein didn't give a shit about security clearances or any other ego-boosting crap.
President Wilson instituted a fascist US state from 1917 to 1920 to drag the US population into a war they wanted no part of, all to rescue the bankers from a peace without Allied victory. Hochschild wrote a good book about the period "American Midnight" but could not admit that it was fascism. The rule of the big corporation and big finance had taken over the US from the 1880s onwards. Roosevelt and his New Deal at home was a passing phase of ruling class retreat in the face of the Great Depression and the success of the Soviet Union. As soon as the latter was gone the ruling class rapidly re-established dominance.
There was nearly a fascist state combining the army and the financiers under the leadership of Hamilton after the Framers Coup, at the end of the 1700s, only beaten back by the election of Jefferson in 1800. The Federalists were beaten back, the present-day Federalists harken back to the fascist centralized state which nearly combined the Federalist party and the army to crush the general population for the benefit of the ruling class.
The US has never been far away from fascism. Let's remember that Hitler based his race and lebensraum policies on those of the US, and had many US admirers.
A timely article documenting the discrete conservation of fascism and its remnants by the US and its regular deployment as shock therapy to destabilise or destroy democratic states targeted as threatening to the global interests of US capital. Ukraine was the most daring apotheosis of this doctrine the discrete installation of a fascist regime under the rubric of democratic forms.A great job Matt deconstructing the origins of the Maidan coup.
The young Geo Washington was in the Ohio River Valley surveying Native American land. He was there to measure that which was to be taken. President Polk invading Mexico. The Americans moving into and taking over the Philippines after the Spanish got booted. More death and destruction. The woman charges rape while the rapist alleges true love. Basically a matter of semantics, hair-splitting. The apologists for the Zionist state claim things 'happen' in war. As if the one-sided destruction of a civilian population is somehow "war". These fascist monsters degrade the language, our very ability to reason. Presidential libraries? Snort! These former US presidents should be sitting in the prison library. Bush the 2nd or Trump need a library?! I'm writing in V. Putin in November...Double-plus FJB.
I remember my dad telling me that George Washington was trained to be a surveyor, and when he married Martha, he surveyed land that she purchased as she was quite wealthy.
Washington was a land speculator, and stood to gain heavily from the removal of the limitations of the British upon the stealing of native lands. As were many of the others that lead the War of Independence and then instituted the Framer's Coup to simply replace British rule with the rule of oligarchy.
"While Lee was stationed at Fort Monroe, he married Mary Anna Randolph Custis (1807–1873), great-granddaughter of Martha Washington by her first husband Daniel Parke Custis, and step-great-granddaughter of George Washington, the first president of the United States."
The land Arlington Cemetery sits on was formerly owned by Robert E. Lee. The conveniences and opportunities for the rich and white are endless. Though there are sea changes afoot disturbing this age old formula. The Chinese curse: May you live in interesting times. The times are way too interesting for my tastes.
It remains yet to be seen whether Putin has such virtuous aims. It's more likely he and his cronies are part of the greater game, or a faction thereof. Unlike his predecessors, he is run by entities that prefer to remain in shadow; it's unclear what side they play on or for whom they pull the levers, nor why. This is not likely the progressive continuation of some of the humanitarian policies by the czars from the 19th century, unfortunately. Still, one hopes the overall results could spawn better results for the world at large, but I'm not optimistic about the hidden agendas therein.
I have made the same point, that WWII never really ended, to some Russians I met in Moscow last year. And incredibly, they pooh pooh everything you wrote in this article, and blame the war on Putin! While most Russians would not agree with this guy, from my experience, many Russians are so cynical that they apparently think the BBC is more reliable than Ria Novosti.
Just would like to say "Thank you" for putting this article forward...this kind of summary always seems to be important; so glad you took the time.
Also...i looked into the recent UFO channels and wonder what your thoughts are about : The 5th Kind by Paul Wallis...and Dr. Michael Salla's info...as well as Kim Goguen at the UnitedNetwork.Earth channel ??? (Quite a bit of info there!!!, so, i won't expect a quick response anytime soon! lol) Love the work you and your wife are doing...God Bless You Both. When i get rich, i will definitely buy your books God Speed and Take Care. Ohh....almost forgot: there is a new medical discovery and invention. I can send you some info personally ...if you send me an email at: TheSovereignDolphin@pm.me ~ Cheers!!
Well said! So many refer back to some mythical time in US history, the "good old days" that never really existed. The period 1935 to 1970 was a time when the average white person was allowed to share in the wealth creation, but under the oversight of the FBI Mafia King Hoover, the witch-hunt of all things "communist" and the CIA directly interfering in domestic politics and culture. The genocide of the indigenous did not fully end until the early twentieth century and neo-slavery not until the mid 1960s. While at the same time the US state roamed the world snuffing out any real democracy.
Imperial oligarchy moved its center of gravity from Great Britain to the US. Empires are primarily based in raw power. How could American Republic survive at home while being an empire abroad? Imperial oligarchy set up Deep State structures to rule directly through them while leaving Republic’s Institutions standing to fool Americans they still had their Republic. Empire gobbled up the Republic.
FDR made a mistake when he did not pursue those behind the failed coup against him. Imperial Oligarchy has its long range goals of achieving planetary level control and they have been relentlessly pursuing their aims. In the process they have exhausted the US, in a similar way that Great Britain was exhausted. It took two world wars before they succeeded in taking over the US. It is only reasonable to assume that it will take a lot of chaos, tension, wars to achieve their ultimate goal. It is obvious that they are deliberately destroying the West before whatever final conflict they engineer. They are sacrificing the West. The new, and final Hegemon will be centered in Asia.
We can label this whatever we wish but it has more in common with the nature of the empire than it does with Nazism or Fascism. Imperial oligarchy has always dreamed of the efficiency of totalitarian regimes. This inverted totalitarianism they’ve created is infinitely more dangerous than any other totalitarian regime I know. We are being marched toward a slaughter. Humanity’s salvation lies with us, the peoples of the West. If we don’t put a stop to this nobody else will. Russia and China will not save us.
FDR understood that any such moves may quickly end in his death, he only had so much power. A direct attack on segments of the US ruling class would have triggered a general ruling class circling of the wagons against FDR. To be true member of the ruling class is to have very few consequences for your actions, perhaps a smack on the wrist.
It is very likely that've killed him anyway.
Great piece Matt , I hope Lew Rockwell picks this up & it gets much exposure .
Thank you !
A very thoughtful commentary, but I cannot help but be difficult. The most critical force opposing fascism in the US in the 30s and 40s, and the force that kept fascism to a minimum in the Democratic Party itself, was without any doubt the Communist Party USA. Although they made some mistakes, we must recognize their contribution, especially in support for republican Spain and their defense of civil rights--a topic Roosevelt was not aggressive on. Seems odd to leave them out here.
I touched on the role of the anti-fascist communist party of canada here: https://matthewehret.substack.com/p/todays-emergencies-act-and-anti-russian and also Paul Robeson's networks and fight against fascism in many other locations. This is an editorial however and not a place for an exposition of the Communist Party USA which I haven't done any deep dives on to speak authoritatively
the Communist Party was looking for any opportunity to make inroads in American politics and they took advantage of unpopular wars, the Depression, the fight for unions, better working conditions, stopping child labour, etc. to convince people to join them.
I think many, if not most, of the people who became members, or were Fellow Travellers, were sincere in wanting to see the quality of life improve for everyone, to end poverty, etc., like Paul Robeson and those who were blacklisted and thinking the CP had the answers.
Unfortunately, the PTB behind the CP were and are against the Republic; imo communism is just another form of fascism and totalitarianism. The CP used crises to convince people they were actually going to make their lives better, but it was another dead end.
Such an utter misunderstanding of the actual role of the US Communist Party and the successes of the Soviet Union and China in lifting so many out of poverty and defeating the German and Japanese fascists. It seems that you are lost in the usual bourgeois Cold War propaganda. The communists were central to the success of the Labour Unions (e.g. the "wobblies") and the New Deal, and a "commie-sympathizer" actually lead the building of the Atomic Bomb! Its why the US ruling class set about them so viciously straight after WW2.
the Welsh and Scottish coal miners in West Virginia and other parts of Appalachia formed unions without any association with the CP, US or otherwise...
Joe Hill and the others who unionized dock workers in SF for ex were affiliated with the US CP, but the auto workers not so much...
in retrospect the CP as I said took advantage of the political and economic situation to recruit members in factories and across college and high school campuses...imo the ultimate goal of the CP was to destroy the Republic and replace it with a totalitarian regime.
As for lifting millions of Russians and Chinese out of poverty, certainly you must be joking. Have you read "1984"? Forcing people into groupthink and dressing them in bland uniforms and beating questioning anything out of them is a good thing?
So you believe the creation of the Atomic bomb was a good thing because a "comic sympathizer" helped make it? Did you know the news movie "Oppenheimer" has loads of made up scenes of things that never happened, and Christopher Nolan finally admitted it a few weeks ago. Einstein and Oppenheimer never met until years later when they were at Princeton. And Einstein didn't give a shit about security clearances or any other ego-boosting crap.
President Wilson instituted a fascist US state from 1917 to 1920 to drag the US population into a war they wanted no part of, all to rescue the bankers from a peace without Allied victory. Hochschild wrote a good book about the period "American Midnight" but could not admit that it was fascism. The rule of the big corporation and big finance had taken over the US from the 1880s onwards. Roosevelt and his New Deal at home was a passing phase of ruling class retreat in the face of the Great Depression and the success of the Soviet Union. As soon as the latter was gone the ruling class rapidly re-established dominance.
There was nearly a fascist state combining the army and the financiers under the leadership of Hamilton after the Framers Coup, at the end of the 1700s, only beaten back by the election of Jefferson in 1800. The Federalists were beaten back, the present-day Federalists harken back to the fascist centralized state which nearly combined the Federalist party and the army to crush the general population for the benefit of the ruling class.
The US has never been far away from fascism. Let's remember that Hitler based his race and lebensraum policies on those of the US, and had many US admirers.
A timely article documenting the discrete conservation of fascism and its remnants by the US and its regular deployment as shock therapy to destabilise or destroy democratic states targeted as threatening to the global interests of US capital. Ukraine was the most daring apotheosis of this doctrine the discrete installation of a fascist regime under the rubric of democratic forms.A great job Matt deconstructing the origins of the Maidan coup.
The young Geo Washington was in the Ohio River Valley surveying Native American land. He was there to measure that which was to be taken. President Polk invading Mexico. The Americans moving into and taking over the Philippines after the Spanish got booted. More death and destruction. The woman charges rape while the rapist alleges true love. Basically a matter of semantics, hair-splitting. The apologists for the Zionist state claim things 'happen' in war. As if the one-sided destruction of a civilian population is somehow "war". These fascist monsters degrade the language, our very ability to reason. Presidential libraries? Snort! These former US presidents should be sitting in the prison library. Bush the 2nd or Trump need a library?! I'm writing in V. Putin in November...Double-plus FJB.
I remember my dad telling me that George Washington was trained to be a surveyor, and when he married Martha, he surveyed land that she purchased as she was quite wealthy.
Washington was a land speculator, and stood to gain heavily from the removal of the limitations of the British upon the stealing of native lands. As were many of the others that lead the War of Independence and then instituted the Framer's Coup to simply replace British rule with the rule of oligarchy.
Thanks Helene. From a quick internet search:
"While Lee was stationed at Fort Monroe, he married Mary Anna Randolph Custis (1807–1873), great-granddaughter of Martha Washington by her first husband Daniel Parke Custis, and step-great-granddaughter of George Washington, the first president of the United States."
The land Arlington Cemetery sits on was formerly owned by Robert E. Lee. The conveniences and opportunities for the rich and white are endless. Though there are sea changes afoot disturbing this age old formula. The Chinese curse: May you live in interesting times. The times are way too interesting for my tastes.
It remains yet to be seen whether Putin has such virtuous aims. It's more likely he and his cronies are part of the greater game, or a faction thereof. Unlike his predecessors, he is run by entities that prefer to remain in shadow; it's unclear what side they play on or for whom they pull the levers, nor why. This is not likely the progressive continuation of some of the humanitarian policies by the czars from the 19th century, unfortunately. Still, one hopes the overall results could spawn better results for the world at large, but I'm not optimistic about the hidden agendas therein.
I have made the same point, that WWII never really ended, to some Russians I met in Moscow last year. And incredibly, they pooh pooh everything you wrote in this article, and blame the war on Putin! While most Russians would not agree with this guy, from my experience, many Russians are so cynical that they apparently think the BBC is more reliable than Ria Novosti.
I like the nickname I saw for Victoria Newland on RT - “regime change Karen”
Just would like to say "Thank you" for putting this article forward...this kind of summary always seems to be important; so glad you took the time.
Also...i looked into the recent UFO channels and wonder what your thoughts are about : The 5th Kind by Paul Wallis...and Dr. Michael Salla's info...as well as Kim Goguen at the UnitedNetwork.Earth channel ??? (Quite a bit of info there!!!, so, i won't expect a quick response anytime soon! lol) Love the work you and your wife are doing...God Bless You Both. When i get rich, i will definitely buy your books God Speed and Take Care. Ohh....almost forgot: there is a new medical discovery and invention. I can send you some info personally ...if you send me an email at: TheSovereignDolphin@pm.me ~ Cheers!!
Paul Wallis has been discredited for his bizarre and absurd beliefs and imo Kim Goguen is either AI or controlled...
Thanks Matt. Always enjoy your insights into geopolitical history. Fyi, a couple hyper links don’t appear to be working properly (5&6)
Well said! So many refer back to some mythical time in US history, the "good old days" that never really existed. The period 1935 to 1970 was a time when the average white person was allowed to share in the wealth creation, but under the oversight of the FBI Mafia King Hoover, the witch-hunt of all things "communist" and the CIA directly interfering in domestic politics and culture. The genocide of the indigenous did not fully end until the early twentieth century and neo-slavery not until the mid 1960s. While at the same time the US state roamed the world snuffing out any real democracy.
the US used Greece not Rome and the Algonquin tribes coalition as the basis for the US government
the USA is supposed to be a Republic