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:Trilateralists don't make a habit of speaking directly and openly to us, the mass of world citizens (whether they are in government or out of government). But from their publications and other statements as well as by their actions, we can glean a clear sense of their ideology, goals, and strategy...
 
:Trilateralists don't make a habit of speaking directly and openly to us, the mass of world citizens (whether they are in government or out of government). But from their publications and other statements as well as by their actions, we can glean a clear sense of their ideology, goals, and strategy...
  
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:To put it simply, trilateralists are saying: (1) the people, governments, and economies of all nations must serve the needs of multinational banks and corporations; (2) control over economic resources spells power in modern politics (of course, good citizens are supposed to believe as they are taught; namely, that political equality exists in Western democracies whatever the degree of economic inequality); and (3) the leaders of capitalist democracies-systems where economic control and profit, and thus political power, rest with the few-must resist movement toward a truly popular democracy. In short, trilateralism is the current attempt by ruling elites to manage both dependence and democracy-at home and abroad.<ref> Holly Sklar, (ed) [http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Trilateralism/Trilateralism_Sklar.html Trilateralism - an overview], excerpted from the book, ''Trilateralism'', South End Press, 1980</ref>
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* [[Bill Emmott]] (editor of ''[[The Economist]]'' magazine)
 
* [[Bill Emmott]] (editor of ''[[The Economist]]'' magazine)
 
* [[Dianne Feinstein]] (Democratic US Senator, former mayor of San Francisco, member of the Council on Foreign Relations; ranking member of the [[U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security]])
 
* [[Dianne Feinstein]] (Democratic US Senator, former mayor of San Francisco, member of the Council on Foreign Relations; ranking member of the [[U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security]])
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* [[Martin Feldstein]] (professor of economics at Harvard University; president and CEO of the [[National Bureau of Economic Research]] (NBER); chairman of the [[Council of Economic Advisers]] from 1982 to 1984; former director of the Council on Foreign Relations; member of the Bilderberg Group and of the World Economic Forum, etc.)
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* [[Martin S Feldstein]] (professor of economics at Harvard University; president and CEO of the [[National Bureau of Economic Research]] (NBER); chairman of the [[Council of Economic Advisers]] from 1982 to 1984; former director of the Council on Foreign Relations; member of the Bilderberg Group and of the World Economic Forum, etc.). Feldstein is also reported<ref> Eli Lilly and Company [http://investor.lilly.com/corpgov-BioDetail.cfm?BioID=4151&Group=2 Martin S Feldstein] Accessed 31st January 2008</ref>  to be on the Board of Directors for [[Eli Lilly and Company]], a director of [[American International Group]], a member of the [[American Philosophical Society]] and the Institute of Medicare of the [[National Academy of Sciences]]. He is a fellow of the [[British Academy]], the [[Econometric Society]] and the [[National Association for Business Economics]]. Feldstein is a a member of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] and is reported to be a regular contributer to The [[Wall Street Journal]]. His previous involvements include serving as President Ronald Reagan's chief economic advisor. He also previously served as a fellow at [[Nuffield College]] (1964-67), was a lecturer in public finance for [[Oxford University]] and served as an assistant professor (in 1967), associate professor (in 1968) and full professor (in 1969) at Harvard University.
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* [[David Gergen]] (political consultant and presidential advisor during the Republican administrations of Nixon, Ford and Reagan; also served as advisor to Bill Clinton)
 
* [[David Gergen]] (political consultant and presidential advisor during the Republican administrations of Nixon, Ford and Reagan; also served as advisor to Bill Clinton)
 
* [[Allan Gotlieb]] (Canadian ambassador to Washington from 1981 to 1989, chairman of the [[Canada Council]] from 1989 to 1994)
 
* [[Allan Gotlieb]] (Canadian ambassador to Washington from 1981 to 1989, chairman of the [[Canada Council]] from 1989 to 1994)
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The Trilateral Commission is a private organization, founded in 1973 at the initiative of the heads of the Council on Foreign Relations and of the Bilderberg Group, among them David Rockefeller, Henry Kissinger, Zbigniew Brzezinski. It groups approximatively 300-350 private citizens from Europe, Japan, and North America to promote closer cooperation between these three areas.

Origins

Holly Sklar notes:

In 1973 the Trilateral Commission was founded by David Rockefeller, Chase Manhattan Bank chairman, Zbignew Brzezinski, [President Jimmy] Carter's national security advisor, and other like-minded "eminent private citizens." Some 300 members (up from about 200 members in 1973) are drawn from international business and banking, government, academia, media, and conservative labor. The Commission's purpose is to engineer an enduring partnership among the ruling classes of North America, Western Europe, and Japan-hence the term "trilateral"-in order to safeguard the interests of Western capitalism in an explosive world. The private Trilateral Commission is attempting to mold public policy and construct a framework for international stability in the coming decades. ..."trilateralism" refers to the doctrine of world order advanced by the Commission...
Trilateralists don't make a habit of speaking directly and openly to us, the mass of world citizens (whether they are in government or out of government). But from their publications and other statements as well as by their actions, we can glean a clear sense of their ideology, goals, and strategy...
To put it simply, trilateralists are saying: (1) the people, governments, and economies of all nations must serve the needs of multinational banks and corporations; (2) control over economic resources spells power in modern politics (of course, good citizens are supposed to believe as they are taught; namely, that political equality exists in Western democracies whatever the degree of economic inequality); and (3) the leaders of capitalist democracies-systems where economic control and profit, and thus political power, rest with the few-must resist movement toward a truly popular democracy. In short, trilateralism is the current attempt by ruling elites to manage both dependence and democracy-at home and abroad.[1]

Membership

The three current chairmen are:

Some other people who are or have been members:

External links

Further Reading

  • Trilaterals Over Washington, Vol. I and II by Antony C. Sutton and Patrick M. Wood, The August Corporation (1979/81), ISBN 0-933482-01-9
  • American Hegemony and the Trilateral Commission (Cambridge Studies in International Relations) (collective), Cambridge University Press (November 7, 1991), 318 pages, ISBN 052142433X
  • Trilateralism: The Trilateral Commission and elite planning for world management, Black Rose Books (1980), 604 pages, ISBN 091961843X
  • Trilateralism the Trilateral Commission and Elite Planning for World Management by Holly Sklar, South End Press (November 1, 1980), 616 pages, ISBN 0896081036
  • The Rockefeller triangle: A country editor's documented report on the Trilateral Commission plan for world government by Bill Wilkerson, Idalou Beacon (1980), 44 pages, ASIN B0006E2ZE4
  • Who's who of the elite: members of the Bilderbergs, Council on Foreign Relations, Trilateral Commission, and Skull & Bones Society by Robert Gaylon Ross. - 2nd revision. - San Marcos, Tex : RIE, 2000, ISBN 0964988801
  • Tous pouvoirs confondus : État, capital et medias àl'ère de la mondialisation by Geoffrey Geuens, EPO (15 March 2003), 470 pages, ISBN 2872621938

References

  1. ↑ Holly Sklar, (ed) Trilateralism - an overview, excerpted from the book, Trilateralism, South End Press, 1980
  2. ↑ Eli Lilly and Company Martin S Feldstein Accessed 31st January 2008
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