Sir Edward Grey, Liberal Imperialism and British Responsibility in 1914 – From the British Empire to the American Empire

Posted by on Jul 7, 2012 in First World War, nwo | 0 comments  ©Terry Boardman This article was first given as a lecture at an anthroposophical conference on modern history in Keene, New York State, August 2001 1. Introduction 2. Layne’s Critique of Preponderance 3. Recapitulation 4. British Imperatives in 1900 5. Two Imperialist Streams 1868-1914 6. Balfour 7. Balfour’s ‘Anglo-Saxon Confederation’ 8. Rosebery 9. Sir Edward...
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The Roots of the New World Order – the development of the Anglo-American Imperial Idea 1900 – 2008

Posted by on Jul 5, 2012 in most recent, nwo | 0 comments     A lecture given at a conference of the Free Anthroposophical Association, Pforzheim  13-14 Nov. 2008 © Terry Boardman In my lecture today, I would like to address three points: I would like first to review certain historical phenomena prior to the 20th century in relation to the question why was the USA founded, why did it emerge out of Great Britain ? Then I shall turn to the...
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Into the Bleak Midwinter? The Indian Ocean and Korea

Posted by on Jul 2, 2012 in east west issues | 0 comments © Terry Boardman     This article first appeared in New View magazine Issue 58 Winter 2010/2011 Here in the Northern hemisphere as we approach the darkest time of year I can only say that the omens for peace in 2011 do not look good and that is without even thinking about America, Israel and Iran. First, it is well to be aware of some East Asian anniversaries. There will be many in that...
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War in Eurasia 2011 ? Adbusters and The Economist

Posted by on Jul 2, 2012 in east west issues | 0 comments This essay is  about a couple of articles that appeared recently (May) in Adbusters magazine, and their relation to something that appeared in The Economist in Dec. 1992 “Adbusters Media Foundation is a not-for-profit, anti-consumerist organization founded in 1989 by Kalle Lasn and Bill Schmalz  in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The foundation describes itself as “a global...
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1908 and 2008: Earth Monkey, Earth Rat

Posted by on Jul 2, 2012 in east west issues | 0 comments   © Terry Boardman     This article first appeared in New View magazine 1st Quarter Winter 2008/09     There are particularly momentous years in the biographies of individuals and in the histories of nations. For example, 2008 has clearly turned out to be one such year in the modern history of China . Against a background of increasing concern in the western media about the...
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