Monday, March 26, 2012
14 defining characteristics of fascism: The U.S. in 2012
When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying
the cross. -- Sinclair Lewis, It Can’t Happen Here. (1935)


      Dees Illustration
Gregory Patin
Activist Post

In the spring of 2003, ex-corporate executive and political scientist
Lawrence W. Britt published an essay in Free Inquiry magazine entitled
“Fascism Anyone?” In his work, Britt examined the traits of the two
governments that formed the original historical model for fascism, Nazi
Germany and Fascist Italy, and five other protofascist regimes that imitated
that model, Franco’s Spain, Salazar’s Portugal, Papadopoulos’s Greece,
Pinochet’s Chile, and Suharto’s Indonesia. He identified 14 characteristics
that were common to all of them.

These traits have since been widely accepted as the 14 defining
characteristics of fascism.

Nearly three generations removed from the horrors of Nazi Germany, all of
these regimes have been overthrown, but fascism’s principles can still be
found in many nations. History tends to repeat itself because many leaders
and nations fail to learn from history, or they draw the wrong conclusions.
Sadly, historical amnesia is the norm in the world today.

In the U.S., leaders, teachers, media and citizens proudly claim that
America is a democratic society with certain freedoms and rights guaranteed
to all citizens by the Constitution, Bill of Rights and rule of law. But is
that really the case?

A close look at the 14 characteristics of fascism in light of what has
changed in America in the past few years may raise some questions as to
whether or not Americans truly live in a democratic society.

  1. Powerful and continuing expressions of nationalism. From the prominent
displays of flags and bunting to the ubiquitous lapel pins, the fervor to
show patriotic nationalism, both on the part of the regime itself and of
citizens caught up in its frenzy, was always obvious. Catchy slogans, pride
in the military, and demands for unity were common themes in expressing this
nationalism. It was usually coupled with a suspicion of things foreign that
often bordered on xenophobia.

Drive down any street in suburban or small-town America and witness the
amount of flags flying, flag stickers on mailboxes, ribbon stickers on
vehicles and patriotic tee shirts. Then-Senator Obama was criticized during
his 2007 campaign for not wearing the ubiquitous flag lapel pin that many
politicians wear. Nearly everyone has heard catchy slogans such as “Freedom
isn’t Free,” “God Bless America” and “Support the Troops.” Borderline
xenophobia is exemplified when french fries were renamed “freedom fries” in
D.C. cafeterias. The fear of “illegals” taking scarce jobs has been written
into legislation in states such as Arizona, where failure to carry
immigration documents is a crime. Your papers, please?

This characteristic may be the most innocuous one of the 14. Americans have
always had a strong sense of patriotic nationalism and there is nothing
inherently wrong with that. But patriotic symbolism and nationalistic
legislation have been taken to a new level in the years since the first Gulf
war when the first yellow ribbons were placed on trees.

  2. Disdain for the importance of human rights. The regimes themselves
viewed human rights as of little value and a hindrance to realizing the
objectives of the ruling elite. Through clever use of propaganda, the
population was brought to accept these human rights abuses by marginalizing,
even demonizing, those being targeted. When abuse was egregious, the tactic
was to use secrecy, denial, and disinformation.
The use of extraordinary rendition, military tribunals instead of public
trials, the refusal to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, waterboarding and
other “enhanced interrogation techniques” are good examples of human rights
violations. Many were done in secrecy until the information was leaked to
the press. Capturing people and imprisoning them without charges is
repeatedly called “extraordinary rendition” in the media, simulated drowning
is called “waterboarding,” refusing the right to a fair trial a “military
tribunal” and torture “enhanced interrogation.” All are good examples of the
use of propaganda to make these practices palatable to the American people.

Disdain for human rights in the U.S. has never been more apparent than in
recent years. The rights of free speech and assembly obviously do not apply
to the over 6700 citizens that have been arrested and the many that have
been beaten and pepper-sprayed since the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement
began last September.

The National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 (NDAA), signed into law by
President Obama in December 2011, gives the government the power to
indefinitely detain, imprison, torture and murder anyone, anywhere if he or
she is considered a suspect of anything the US government wants to make up.
The detention, imprisonment, torture and murder can occur without the person
having been charged and without a trial.

These practices would probably have caused public outrage at any time in
U.S. history before the new millennium, but now are accepted by many
Americans as necessary tools in the “War on Terror,” (itself a slogan). Ask
anyone present at recent OWS demonstrations how “free” they think Americans
are now.

  3. Identification of enemies/scapegoats as a unifying cause. The most
significant common thread among these regimes was the use of scapegoating as
a means to divert the people’s attention from other problems, to shift blame
for failures, and to channel frustration in controlled directions. The
methods of choice—relentless propaganda and disinformation—were usually
effective. Often the regimes would incite ‘spontaneous’ acts against the
target scapegoats, usually communists, socialists, liberals, Jews, ethnic
and racial minorities, traditional national enemies, members of other
religions, secularists, homosexuals, and ‘terrorists.’ Active opponents of
these regimes were inevitably labeled as terrorists and dealt with
accordingly.
The most readily identifiable scapegoats for Americans now are Muslims.
Saddam Hussein was the ultimate scapegoat. It was easy for the Bush
administration to rally the American people behind the invasion and
occupation of Iraq by suggesting Saddam Hussein had ties to Al Qaida, which
Bush later denied, and by repeatedly stating that Iraq had WMDs, which were
never found.

There is a difference, however, between fascism today and the right-wing
ideology that it embodied under Hitler and Mussolini. Modern fascism uses
the left-right dialectic to maintain control over a divided populace.
American politicians, citizens and media on both sides of the political
spectrum continually use scapegoats to shift blame for failures and
misdirect anger: liberals, conservatives, socialists, capitalists,
bible-thumpers, atheists, blacks, welfare queens, tree-huggers, etc., etc.
The list of labels used in name-calling and blaming goes on and on.
Meanwhile, few if any real solutions are offered for problems such as
unemployment, inflation, corruption on Wall Street and government spending.

  4. The supremacy of the military/avid militarism. Ruling elites always
identified closely with the military and the industrial infrastructure that
supported it. A disproportionate share of national resources was allocated
to the military, even when domestic needs were acute. The military was seen
as an expression of nationalism, and was used whenever possible to assert
national goals, intimidate other nations, and increase the power and
prestige of the ruling elite.
The U.S. government spends more on defense than anything else and more than
the next 14 largest defense-spending nations combined. When the need for
budget cuts are debated, politicians usually take aim at “entitlement”
programs and social programs, while expressing concern that “military
spending cuts are a risk to our national security.”

The U.S. government has allocated $851 billion for defense spending in
fiscal year 2013. Defense spending accounts for more than two-thirds of all
discretionary spending and accounts for about 22.4% of all federal
spending - more than the allotments for Medicare or Social Security.
Military manufacturing increased by 123% between 2000 and 2009 while the
rest of the manufacturing sector decreased.

While Americans pay for the military to invade and occupy sovereign nations,
millions of Americans lack access to affordable healthcare. The U.S. is the
only country in the “developed” world that does not have a tax-payer funded
healthcare system. Infrastructure is literally crumbling. Students in other
industrial nations are outperforming U.S. students in math, science and
reading. Yet all other departments, including Health and Human Services
($71.7 billion), the Department of Education ($69.8 billion), and Housing
and Urban Development ($35.3 billion), must operate with the remaining $410
billion of discretionary spending.

  5. Rampant sexism. Beyond the simple fact that the political elite and the
national culture were male-dominated, these regimes inevitably viewed women
as second-class citizens. They were adamantly anti-abortion and also
homophobic. These attitudes were usually codified in Draconian laws that
enjoyed strong support by the orthodox religion of the country, thus lending
the regime cover for its abuses.
For years it has been common knowledge that women in the U.S. earn less than
their male counterparts in identical positions. Rampant sexism and misogyny,
however, has recently received more media attention than ever. Planned
Parenthood was labeled an “abortion provider” and defunded by Congress in
February, despite the fact that only 3% of its patient care expenditures go
towards abortion services.

After a female Georgetown law student, Sandra Fluke, testified in a
Democratic congressional hearing regarding whether or not private health
care insurance companies should be federally mandated to cover female
contraceptives, Rush Limbaugh infamously called her a “prostitute” and a
“slut” on national public airwaves. Fluke was earlier denied the right to
speak at a larger congressional hearing on the same topic by Rep. Darrell
Issa. Ironically, many insurance plans cover erectile dysfunction treatments
for men.

Roe v. Wade has yet to be overturned and abortion is still legal, but
“Draconian” anti-abortion legislation has chipped away at it due to pressure
from fundamentalist Christian and other religious organizations. In 2007 the
Supreme Court upheld the Partial Birth Abortion Act of 2003, which bans a
medical procedure technically known as “intact dilation and extraction.”

In states such as Virginia, Pennsylvania and Oklahoma, legislation that
forces women to have a trans-vaginal ultrasound performed before being able
to legally obtain an abortion was recently passed. While there is a push to
overturn the Defense of Marriage Act of 1996 that defines marriage as
“between a man and a woman,” the Respect for Marriage Act of 2011 that would
do is under intense scrutiny and has not yet passed. Currently, 41 states do
not issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

  6. A controlled mass media. Under some of the regimes, the mass media were
under strict direct control and could be relied upon never to stray from the
party line. Other regimes exercised more subtle power to ensure media
orthodoxy. Methods included the control of licensing and access to
resources, economic pressure, appeals to patriotism, and implied threats.
The leaders of the mass media were often politically compatible with the
power elite. The result was usually success in keeping the general public
unaware of the regimes’ excesses.
Back in 1983, approximately 50 corporations controlled the vast majority of
all news media in the United States. By 2004, ownership of the news media
had been concentrated in the hands of just six incredibly powerful media
corporations.  Today, these six corporate behemoths - Time Warner, Walt
Disney, Viacom, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., CBS Corporation and NBC
Universal, control 90% of what we watch, hear and read every single day.

These gigantic media corporations do not exist to objectively tell the truth
to the American people. Rather, the primary purpose of their existence is to
make money. One cannot reasonably expect these corporations to provide
information to the American people that would threaten their relationships
with their biggest advertisers in industries such as finance, health
insurance, banking, pharmaceuticals or defense.

Furthermore, many of these corporations have direct ties to other
industries. NBC’s parent corporation, for example, is GE, which not only is
one of the largest defense contractors, but also paid no taxes in 2010. That
undoubtedly explains the omission of the no tax story from NBC news outlets.

  7. Obsession with national security. Inevitably, a national security
apparatus was under direct control of the ruling elite. It was usually an
instrument of oppression, operating in secret and beyond any constraints.
Its actions were justified under the rubric of protecting ‘national
security,’ and questioning its activities was portrayed as unpatriotic or
even treasonous.
Air travelers in the U.S. selected for additional screening by the
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in the name of national
security are given two choices: an x-ray body scan or an “enhanced”
pat-down. Some suggest a better way to describe the choices would be
“radiation” or “sexual assault.” The obsession with national security since
9/11 has led the U.S. government to spend $8 billion annually on TSA airport
security measures, yet no “terrorists” have ever been caught and no “terror
plots” have ever been foiled by the TSA.

Americans have accepted such things as a color-coded threat index, secret
warrantless wire-tapping, highway checkpoints and video surveillance in
public areas as the new way of life since 9/11. The current administration
has taken the obsession with national security to a new level with the
National Defense Resources Preparedness executive order (EO) issued by
President Obama on March 16. This EO allows the government to confiscate
private property without due process under the direction of Janet Napolitano
and the Department of Homeland Security in the event of a “potential threat
to the security of the United States.”

  8. Religion and ruling elite tied together. Unlike communist regimes, the
fascist and protofascist regimes were never proclaimed as godless by their
opponents. In fact, most of the regimes attached themselves to the
predominant religion of the country and chose to portray themselves as
militant defenders of that religion. The fact that the ruling elite’s
behavior was incompatible with the precepts of the religion was generally
swept under the rug. Propaganda kept up the illusion that the ruling elites
were defenders of the faith and opponents of the ‘godless.’ A perception was
manufactured that opposing the power elite was tantamount to an attack on
religion.
There are many examples of America being considered a Christian nation, “one
nation under God.” Conservative darling Ann Coulter published a book
entitled, Godless Liberals: The Church of Liberalism. Republicans refer to
themselves as the “family values” party. Both parties embrace Christian
values with their rhetoric, while behaving otherwise with sex scandals and
passing legislation enabling Wall Street greed such as the Commodity Futures
Modernization Act of 2000.

Presidential hopeful Rick Santorum said Kennedy’s famous 1960 speech
endorsing an “absolute” separation between church and state made him want to
“throw up.” Legislators are caving in to pressure from religious groups on
issues such as abortion and same sex marriage.

In 1996 a school prayer amendment to the constitution was proposed by House
Republicans. George W. Bush referred to the war on terrorism as a “crusade”
in a speech in 2001. The separation of church and state implied in the
constitution with the statement that "Congress shall make no law respecting
an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ...."
has been slowly eroding away. May God bless America.

  9. Power of corporations protected. Although the personal life of ordinary
citizens was under strict control, the ability of large corporations to
operate in relative freedom was not compromised. The ruling elite saw the
corporate structure as a way to not only ensure military production (in
developed states), but also as an additional means of social control.
Members of the economic elite were often pampered by the political elite to
ensure a continued mutuality of interests, especially in the repression of
‘have-not’ citizens.
The 2010 Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Elections
Commission, in effect, gave corporations the same rights as people by saying
that federal restrictions on corporate spending in elections constituted a
violation of free speech. Never mind that 80% of Americans opposed the
ruling. Corporations are now free to spend unlimited amounts of money to
influence elections and buy politicians.

Wall Street banks crashed the economy in 2008, yet were bailed out with
public funds through the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). According to
the Financial Times, the corporate tax rate in the U.S. reached a ten-year
low in 2011.

While corporate profits reached an all-time high since the end of World War
II in the third quarter of 2011, real workers wages fell by about 2%.

In the last three years, 78 corporations had at least one year where they
paid no federal income tax at all, while 30 corporations paid not a dime
over the entire three years.

Huge corporations such as Lockheed Martin permeate all aspects of American
life by performing functions for more than two dozen government agencies
from the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy to the
Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency. Lockheed
Martin is involved in surveillance and information processing for the CIA,
the FBI, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the National Security Agency
(NSA), the Pentagon, the Census Bureau, and the Postal Service.

  10. Power of labor suppressed or eliminated. Since organized labor was
seen as the one power center that could challenge the political hegemony of
the ruling elite and its corporate allies, it was inevitably crushed or made
powerless. The poor formed an underclass, viewed with suspicion or outright
contempt. Under some regimes, being poor was considered akin to a vice.
The movement to destroy labor unions and eliminate collective bargaining is
something Wisconsinites have become very familiar with since Scott Walker
became governor. That movement is taking place nationwide. Legislation
similar to Walker’s budget bill was passed in Indiana and Ohio, although in
Ohio it was later overturned.

In a speech on August 9, 1960, JFK said, "Those who would destroy or further
limit the rights of organized labor -- those who would cripple collective
bargaining or prevent organization of the unorganized -- do a disservice to
the cause of democracy.” Frank Askin, a professor of law and director of the
Constitutional Litigation Clinic at Rutgers Law School-Newark, states that
“the ultimate aim of the right-wing strategy is to allow employers to make a
mockery of workers’ right to organize, established by the National Labor
Relations Act during the New Deal era.”

  11. Disdain and suppression of intellectuals and the arts. Intellectuals
and the inherent freedom of ideas and expression associated with them were
anathema to these regimes. Intellectual and academic freedom were considered
subversive to national security and the patriotic ideal. Universities were
tightly controlled; politically unreliable faculty harassed or eliminated.
Unorthodox ideas or expressions of dissent were strongly attacked, silenced,
or crushed. To these regimes, art and literature should serve the national
interest or they had no right to exist.
A 46-page report compiled by over 60 scientists in 2004 accused the Bush
administration of censoring scientific reports for political purposes. The
report accused the administration of "suppressing, distorting, or
manipulating the work done by scientists at federal agencies" on
environmental, agricultural, health and energy issues.

Disdain for science is also evident in the push to give teaching creationism
the same weight as teaching evolution in schools. In 2005, policymakers in
19 states were weighing proposals that question the science of evolution.
Universities such as UW-Madison are pressured by state legislatures to
remove faculty members with undesirable points of view, such as Kevin
Barrett in 2006. Funding for NPR, PBS and education is now under attack.

Anyone calling for a new investigation of the events on 9/11 is labeled a
“conspiracy theorist” and immediately disregarded -- despite the fact that
over 220 senior military, intelligence service, law enforcement, and
government officials, over 1,500 engineers and architects, over 250 pilots
and aviation professionals, over 400 professors, over 300 survivors and
family members, over 200 artists, entertainers, and media professionals, and
over 400 medical professionals have done so.

Science is embraced when it is used for purposes such as weapons or
surveillance technology development, but rejected when it is used to develop
alternative energy sources, study the effects of carbon emissions on the
planet or question the government’s version of events.

  12. Obsession with crime and punishment. Most of these regimes maintained
Draconian systems of criminal justice with huge prison populations. The
police were often glorified and had almost unchecked power, leading to
rampant abuse. 'Normal' and political crime were often merged into
trumped-up criminal charges and sometimes used against political opponents
of the regime. Fear, and hatred, of criminals or 'traitors' was often
promoted among the population as an excuse for more police power.
Under the guise of the wars on terror and on drugs, U.S. police forces are
almost completely militarized and are allowed to violate the Constitutional
rights of the citizenry at will. The U.S. has by far the highest
incarceration rate in the world. There are now more Americans in jail – more
than 6 million - than there were in Stalin's Gulag. Military weaponry and
gear was on full display as police from Los Angeles to New York cracked down
on OWS protests. Since September some 6,700 Americans protesting against
economic inequality and corporate greed have been arrested. Many were beaten
or pepper-sprayed. (See video).

Three provisions of the PATRIOT Act of 2002 were reauthorized by President
Obama in 2010, giving law enforcement an expanded ability to gain access to
personal financial, travel and communications records and to conduct secret
searches. The Federal Restricted Building and Grounds Improvement Act (HR
347) makes protesting in areas where the US President, or anyone protected
by the Secret Service may be visiting, a felony punishable with hefty fines
and up to 10 years in jail. In a recent Republican Presidential debate,
Americans even cheered for the 234 executions in Texas under Governor Rick
Perry.

  13. Rampant cronyism and corruption. Those in business circles and close
to the power elite often used their position to enrich themselves. This
corruption worked both ways; the power elite would receive financial gifts
and property from the economic elite, who in turn would gain the benefit of
government favoritism. Members of the power elite were in a position to
obtain vast wealth from other sources as well: for example, by stealing
national resources. With the national security apparatus under control and
the media muzzled, this corruption was largely unconstrained and not well
understood by the general population.
Cronies in U.S. government positions commonly award non-competitive
contracts to former employers, who in turn, thanks to the Citizens United
ruling, can now kick limitless amounts of money back into elections. The
lack of competition and oversight leads to corruption.

No-bid, sole source, cost-plus contracts in Iraq were awarded to Halliburton
and its subsidiaries while then-Vice-President Cheney, a former board
member, held stock options in the corporation. According to a military
census, in 2006 there were about 100,000 contractors in Iraq performing
security and other logistical functions.

Private contractors are used more now than ever as more and more public
functions are being privatized.

A Baton Rouge company, Innovative Energy Management (IEM), lacking
evacuation experience was paid $500,000 by FEMA to handle the emergency
preparation and evacuation of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. IEM was
a large contributor to President Bush's campaigns and the Republican
National Committee.

The Bush-appointed head of FEMA at the time was Michael Brown, an old friend
of Bush’s with no experience in disaster management.

Cronyism and corruption continues with the Obama administration and has
exploded in the financial sector. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner,
former New York Federal Reserve chairman, has close ties to former Goldman
Sachs CEO Henry Paulson and to Lawrence Summers. Geithner authored the
Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 giving banks free reign over
derivative trading in energy futures, leading to a spike in gasoline prices.

Summers pocketed $5 million as a managing director of D.E. Shaw, one of the
biggest hedge funds in the world, and another $2.7 million for speeches
delivered to Wall Street firms that have received government bailout money.
This includes $45,000 from Citigroup and $67,500 each from JPMorgan Chase
and the now-liquidated Lehman Brothers. Summers is also a leading advocate
of banking deregulation.

Michael Froman, deputy national security adviser for international economic
affairs, worked for Citigroup and received more than $7.4 million from the
bank from January of 2008 until he entered the Obama administration in 2009.
This included a $2.25 million year-end bonus handed him within weeks of his
joining the Obama administration. Citigroup has thus far been the
beneficiary of $45 billion in cash and over $300 billion in government
guarantees of its bad debts.

Obama’s deputy national security adviser, Thomas E. Donilon, was paid $3.9
million by a Washington law firm whose major clients include Citigroup,
Goldman Sachs and the private equity firm Apollo Management. The list of
Wall Street cronies in government - David Axelrod, Louis Caldera, David
Stevens, Neal Wolin, is seemingly endless. While the TARP bailout was signed
into law by the Bush administration, the administration of funds was done at
the hands of all of the above.

The result of these reckless policies are plain as day -- a new ruling class
with $13 trillion of public IOUs added to the national debt. Much of this
was paid out in salaries and bonuses and to “make themselves whole” by
paying on their bad risks in default. American taxpayers, on the other hand,
got rising unemployment, collapsing infrastructure, a steady rise in home
foreclosures, inflation and increased levels of economic stress. Bush-Obama
policies have benefited those who wield real power in the capitalist world -
the financial oligarchs and militarists who prospered from the bailouts and
"War on Terror" military spending.

  14. Fraudulent elections. Elections in the form of plebiscites or public
opinion polls were usually bogus. When actual elections with candidates were
held, they would usually be perverted by the power elite to get the desired
result. Common methods included maintaining control of the election
machinery, intimidating and disenfranchising opposition voters, destroying
or disallowing legal votes, and, as a last resort, turning to a judiciary
beholden to the power elite.
It is difficult to choose where to begin: Bush v. Gore in 2000, Voter ID
laws, the swift-boating of John Kerry, the birther movement, portraying
Obama as “secret Muslim”, “un-American”, “anti-business”, “socialist”; "Our
highest priority is to make Obama a one-term President", redistricting,
denying minorities and college students the right to vote, easily-hacked
electronic voting machines, no viable third party candidates, super PACs. It
takes no more than a casual observer to know that the U.S. election process
is fraudulent. The end result is a choice between two candidates vetted by
the banks and corporations with little or no differences in policies.

The 2000 Presidential election may go down in U.S. history as the point of
no return to not only fair elections, but also to a representative form of
government. It came down to votes in Florida. The race was ultimately
decided by the Supreme Court in favor of Bush even though Gore won the
popular vote by over 500,000 votes. Secretary of State Katherine Harris, a
Bush supporter, oversaw the certification process. On November 22, the
anniversary of JFK’s assassination, Republican protestors pounded on the
doors and windows of the building where Miami's Dade county officials were
counting the ballots.

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights investigated allegations of voting fraud
in Florida during the 2000 presidential election. The Commission found that
approximately 54 percent of the 180,000 "spoiled ballots" in Florida were
cast by African-Americans, who make up about 11 percent of Florida voters,
and are largely registered as Democrats.

Currently in the U.S., there are many allegations of fraud in the Republican
caucuses by Ron Paul supporters.

In distinguishing democratic governments from the commonly known fascist
dictatorships in history, the primary difference that comes to mind for many
is that in democracies leaders are fairly elected by the people to represent
the people. Many former supporters of Al Gore or supporters of Ron Paul may
say that is not the case in America.

Because many concepts in social science, including political science, are
subjective in nature, it is impossible to say with certainty that the U.S.
has crossed the line from freedom to fascism. A close look at the direction
America is heading today with the 14 characteristics of fascism in mind,
however, should at least raise some alarm bells.

A true democracy requires a rule of law to uphold freedoms, a constitution
to protect liberties, honest elections to choose truly representative
leaders, and most importantly, a well-informed public constantly on guard
against evils. History has shown what can happen when these things break
down.

This article first appeared at the Examiner. Gregory Patin is a freelance
writer residing in Madison, WI.


http://www.activistpost.com/2012/03/14-defining-characteristics-of-fascism.html

Rockefeller Soft Kill Depopulation Plans Exposed




Jurriaan Maessen
Infowars.com
March 26, 2012

1: Rockefeller Foundation Developed Vaccines For “Mass-Scale” Fertility
Reduction

In its 1968 yearly report, the Rockefeller Foundation acknowledged funding
the development of so-called “anti-fertility vaccines” and their
implementation on a mass-scale. From page 51 onward we read:

“(…) several types of drugs are known to diminish male fertility, but those
that have been tested have serious problems of toxicity.Very little work is
in progress on immunological methods, such as vaccines, to reduce fertility,
and much more research is required if a solution is to be found here.”

The possibility of using vaccines to reduce male fertility was something
that needed to be investigated further, according to the Rockefeller
Foundation, because both the oral pill and the IUD were not suitable for
mass-scale distribution:

“We are faced with the danger that within a few years these two “modern”
methods, for which such high hopes have been held, will in fact turn out to
be impracticable on a mass scale.”

The possibility of administrating hormone preparations to reduce fertility
was also mentioned, although- states the report- they have been known to
“cause bleeding problems, which may limit their usefulness.”

“A semipermanent or renewable subcutaneous implant of these hormones has
been suggested, but whether or not the same difficulties would result has
not been determined.”

Saying that research thus-far had been too low-grade to produce any
substantial results, the report was adamant:

“The Foundation will endeavour to assist in filling this important gap in
several ways:

1- “Seeking out or encouraging the development of, and providing partial
support to, a few centres of excellence in universities and research
institutions in the United States and abroad in which the methods and points
of view of molecular biology are teamed with the more traditional approaches
of histology, embryology,and endocrinology in research pertinent to
development of fertility control methods;”

2- “Supporting research of individual investigators, oriented toward
development of contraceptive methods or of basic information on human
reproduction relevant to such developments;”

3- “Encouraging, by making research funds available, as well as by other
means, established and beginning investigators to turn their attention to
aspects of research in reproductive biology that have implications for human
fertility and its control;”

4- “Encouraging more biology and biochemistry students to elect careers in
reproductive biology and human fertility control, through support of
research and teaching programs in departments of zoology, biology, and
biochemistry.”

The list goes on and on. Motivation for these activities, according to the
RF?

“There are an estimated five million women among America’s poverty and
near-poverty groups who need birth control service (…). The unchecked
fertility of the indigent does much to perpetuate poverty, undereducation,
and underemployment, not only in urban slums, but also in depressed rural
areas.”

It wasn’t long before all the Foundation’s efforts began to have effect. In
its annual report of 1988, The RF was happy to report the progress made by
the Foundation’s Population Division in the field of anti-fertility
vaccines:

“India’s National Institute of Immunology successfully completed in 1988 the
first phase of trials with three versions of an anti-fertility vaccine for
women. Sponsored by the government of India and supported by the Foundation,
the trials established that with each of the tested vaccines, at least one
year of protection against pregnancy could be expected, based on the levels
of antibodies formed in response to the immunization schedule.”

In its 1997 review of anti-fertility vaccines, Indian based International
Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology didn’t forget to
acknowledge its main benefactor:

“The work on LHRH and HCG vaccines was supported by research grants of The
Rockefeller Foundation, (…).”

In the 1990s the work on anti-fertility vaccines went in overdrive,
especially in third-world nations, as did the funding provided by the deep
pockets of the Rockefeller Foundation. At the same time, the
target-population of the globalists- women- began to stir uncomfortably with
all this out-in-the-open talk of population reduction and vaccines as a
means to achieve it.

Betsy Hartman, Director of the Population and Development Program at
Hampshire College, Massachusetts and “someone who believes strongly in women’s
right to safe, voluntary birth control and abortion”, is no supporter of the
anti-fertility vaccine, as brought into being by the Rockefeller Foundation.
She explains in her essay Population control in the new world order:

“Although one vaccine has been tested on only 180 women in India, it is
being billed there as ‘safe, devoid of any side effects and completely
reversible’. The scientific community knows very well that such assertions
are false - for instance, many questions still remain about the vaccine’s
long-term impact on the immune system and menstrual cycle. There is also
evidence on film of women being denied information about the vaccine in
clinical trials. Nevertheless, the vaccine is being prepared for large-scale
use.”

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Subject: [freedomfightersforamerica] FW: Az. border find, you gotta see these pics! we're in trouble
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FREEDOM FIGHTERS FOR AMERICA                                      "FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM AND LIBERTY"     http://www.freedomfightersforamerica.com                                                   MAN LOOK AT THIS!!!! LIKE JERRY SAYS.. WE’RE IN TROUBLE!!             From: Subject: Fw: Found in Arizona Subject:  Found in Arizona   Earl K. Dille This is the 2nd raid this year - this one took place on 3/2/12 at 3 am -  Border Patrol, Mexican Patrol, AZ swat teams and sheriff's  undercover agents.  I worked with one of the agent's dad for 25+ years and he sent these pictures this afternoon.  3-7-2012 Our country is in BIG trouble.... Why was there no news coverage of this raid on the Arizona border? Definitely NOT Jose wishing to come pick lettuce! This is exactly why we MUST support ARIZONA. This seizure was just five days ago. Right on the Arizona border! This is but one seizure that has taken place along the border over the past year. There have been many more like this (but you won't hear about it on major media news) . Not a mention on ABC - CBS - NBC - MSNBC - or CNN news- - even on FOX . These photos and reports come from a Spanish language news source. Thank God for the border patrol and that they did not allow this to get in. Huge stash of assault rifles (grenade launchers in center!). Enough ammunition to outfit a small army was confiscated. Military caps and equipment were among the cache. All types of assault weapons were among the cache. Many were military grade weapons with plenty of ammo. There were enough guns to open a gun shop. It was a major asenal of weapons including grenade launchers (seen a little to the right of center picture). Not only weapons but also vehicles believed to have been stolen were found at the site. One smuggler was killed during the operation when he fired on the border patrol agents. See cellular phones! Arizona does not require a "front" license plate! Numerous police style bullet proof vests were found in one vehicle. More than 200 large weapons were confiscated along with about 30 smaller arms 2 grenade launchers were among the cache It appears these guys intended to portray themselves as police officers or military men. Each and every vehicle checked had been reported stolen in the USA in the recent past! $380,000 worth of stolen vehicles were recovered. More than 60 grenades of varying size were found. Arabic writing was on them. Numerous hand guns with loaded clips were found in the cache. A single grenade like this could bring $5,000 on the streets of the USA . Each of these weapons could be sold for as much as $5,000 on the black market in the USA . More than 80 stolen cell phones were found. These could be used for detonating bombs remotely. Still more rifles were found stuffed in several SUV's Clips loaded with live bullets were just too numerous to count All types of weapons including Afghan - Russian - Chinese and many others Why would anyone object to protecting our borders after they have seen this? Our Federal Government is suing Arizona over its law. But the Federal law reads almost word for word  as Arizona's. Problem is...the Federal Government refuses to enforce their law. Sorta makes you wonder who our real enemies really are...doesn't it?         __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 7010 (20120329) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com

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