Archive for the “History” category
Billions for the Bankers 2: The Federal Reserve
by jehu on December 14, 2011
Part two of a series: Billions for the Bankers, Debts for the People: The Real Story of the Money-Control Over America, this section deals with the unconstitutional money system controlling America: the Federal Reserve. G. Edward Griffin – Creature From (…)
Billions for the Bankers Debts for the People
by jehu on December 13, 2011
Part one of a series by the late pastor Sheldon Emry. This booklet was published in the 198os at a time when many Americans just went along with the banking system and Wall Street thinking all was well and that (…)
Debt Slavery Destroyed Rome and may Destroy Us
by Henry Garman on December 6, 2011
The Plutei of Trajan are two marble slabs with carved reliefs in the centre of the Forum, Rome. This side depicts cancellation of debts and taxes. Citizens are seen carrying record of debts and taxes and destroying them in a (…)
Biblical Debt Cancellation – the lost tradition of the law of liberty
by Henry Garman on November 24, 2011
By Michael Hudson, PhD: The once-glowing core body of law within the Judeo-Christian Bible has become all but ignored – indeed, rejected – by the colder temper of our times. This core provided for periodic restoration of economic order by (…)
Ancient Liberty signified Debt Cancellation
by Henry Garman on October 7, 2011
The earliest-known written appearance of the word “freedom” or “liberty” is the Sumerian cuneiform “Ama-gi”, above. Its meaning is freedom from debt slavery. The literal translation is “return to the mother,” as former debt slaves were “returned to their mothers, (…)
Truth and Liberty – American Jubilee 1854
by Henry Garman on September 15, 2011
AMERICAN JUBILEE Continuing a series of posts on the historical use of the Jubilee theme: American Jubilee was the name of an abolitionist periodical (later renamed the Radical Abolitionist) published by William Goodell in New York during the 1850s. The (…)
The Real Foreign Debt – Do IOU or do UOI?
by Henry Garman on September 14, 2011
A letter from an Indian chief to all European governments to repay the gold and silver they borrowed between 1503 and 1660. By Guaicaipuro Cuautemoc Here am I, Guaicaipuro Cuautemoc, who have come to discover those who are celebrating the (…)
Queen Anne’s 1711 Act for Relief of Insolvent Debtors Restoring Liberty
by Henry Garman on September 7, 2011
One of the objections raised to the proposal for a modern day Jubilee is that it would be an unprecedented event, that there are no historical examples of Jubilees in history. Well, Virginia, here is an example from England in (…)
The Power to Make Debt Disappear
by Henry Garman on May 9, 2011
An illuminating excerpt from David Graeber’s forthcoming book Debt: The First 5,000 Years can be found on the website triple canopy : In the ancient world, it was not debt that was considered sacred, but rather the power to make (…)
Athenian Democracy Began With Shaking Off Debt Burdens
by Henry Garman on January 5, 2011
In Ancient Athens, the establishment of the world’s first democracy began with Solon’s drafting of a constitution which legislated a law known as “the shaking off of burdens”, the ending of Draconian laws of debt slavery.
