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1000 Americans: The Real Rulers of the U.S.A.

Autor George Seldes
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 iun 2009
The Big Powers, Press, Plutocrats & Politics1000 AMERICANS is loaded with explosive revelations of plans by that master-group of financiers and politicians often referred to cynically as 'the boys in the back room.'The author takes us boldly into all the nation's significant back rooms, the seamiest and the most sumptuous, and shows us where the real controls are concealed. We see not only how they are manipulated but also by whom.This daring account would seem a fantastic nightmare were it not so fully documented from unimpeachable sources.By George Seldes (1890-1995): crusading activist journalist and editor who knew world leaders personally, subject of the film, "Tell the Truth and Run.""George Seldes was the father of the alternative press." - I . F. Stone."There have been three great independent journalists in this century - Lincoln Steffens, I.F. Stone and George Seldes... The children and grandchildren of the "1000 Americans" that Seldes said control America still rule today." - Randolph T. HolhutTopics:Names names of those who control our institutions through the media and pressure groups. 99% of media push the agenda of the powerful and cover up suborning of the public interest and exploitation of the people by private influence. Example of Montana and Anaconda: the USA as a company town.The genesis of Time magazine; financed by Harriman and Morgan; covering up the Ambassador Page cable to Wilson in 1917, calling for war on Germany to serve Morgan financial interests. Conflict of interest between magazines and advertisers.Pro-Hitler line of Wall-Street-controlled newspapers. Commerce Secretary Hoover helps munitions makers circumvent the Geneva arms control conference. Dupont, ally of IG Farben and campaign funding champion, elects Hoover president.The white-washing of Wall Street. Each major industry dominated by a few corporations controlled by a few families like Rockefeller and Morgan. Financing of the Liberty League, the KKK, et al. Smedley Butler and the 1934 Morgan putsch against FDR. The Commission on Freedom of the Press condemns the press as liars and prostitutes. War profiteers destroy our hopes for a world of peace, prosperity and the American way.Table of ContentsPART ONE: BIG POWERS1. Enemies of America2. Power, Press and Politics3. JP Morgan Stops the St. Lawrence River4. NAM-to-Press-to-CongressPART TWO: BIG MAGAZINES5. The Magazine Press6. The Morgan House and Magazines7. Morgan Empire and Luce Empire8. The Morgan Empire: Press Relations9. The Seven Big Monthly Magazines10 The Seven Big WeekliesPART THREE: BIG BUSINESS11. Big Business in the War12. duPont, Hoover and Hitler13. The Top of the Pyramid14. Who Buys the Elections?PART FOUR: BIG REACTION15. Big Money Men16. Big Money Organizations17. The General Welfare in the Atomic AgeAPPENDICES1. The 13 Most Powerful Families in America2. The 12 super rulers of American industry3. The power of the Big Eight banks4. Forty-five corporations with more than $1,000,000,000 in assets5. Noted names on the Morgan "preferred list"6. JP Morgan & Co. and the St. Lawrence Seaway7. JP Morgan & Co. and public power8. The Page Cable9. President Wilson on causes of wars10. America's worst newspapers11. DuPont influence on the American press12. The newspaper press controls the majority of radio stations13. Curtis Publishing Co. finances14. Time ownership15. The press in chains16. Control of the NAM17. Industrial espionage18. NAM press relations19. The NAM: National Association of Manufacturers20. The first fascist plot to seize the U.S. Government21. The fascist plot officially confirmed22. The big subsidizers of American reaction and fascism23. The suppressed U.S. War Department's expose of fascism
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781615779000
ISBN-10: 1615779000
Pagini: 324
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: Progressive Press
Locul publicării:United States

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Seldes goes boldly into all the nation's significant back rooms, the seamiest and the most sumptuous, to show where the real controls are concealed, revealing not only how they are manipulated but also by whom.