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The Reign of Terror (5 September 1793 – 28 July 1794), also known as The Terror (French: la Terreur), was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between two rival political factions, the Girondins and The Mountain, and marked by mass executions of "enemies of the revolution". The death toll ranged in the tens of thousands, with 16,594 executed by guillotine (2,639 in Paris), and another 25,000 in summary executions across France.
The guillotine (called the "National Razor") became the symbol of the revolutionary cause, strengthened by a string of executions: King Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, the Girondins, Philippe Égalité (Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans), and Madame Roland, and others such as pioneering chemist Antoine Lavoisier, lost their lives under its blade. During 1794, revolutionary France was beset with conspiracies by internal and foreign enemies. Within France, the revolution was opposed by the French nobility, which had lost its inherited privileges. The Roman Catholic Church opposed the revolution, which had turned the clergy into employees of the state and required they take an oath of loyalty to the nation (through the Civil Constitution of the Clergy). In addition, the French First Republic was engaged in a series of wars with neighboring powers, and parts of France were engaging in civil war against the republican regime.
As America slips further into a police state John Whitehead founder of The Rutherford Institute, tackles the complexity of why a population lets it happen.
MP3 & SHOW NOTES: http://themindrenewed.com/interviews/2016/845-int103 "We want no Gestapo or secret police. FBI is tending in that direction. They are dabbling in sex-life scandals and plain blackmail… [J.] Edgar Hoover would give his right eye to take over, and all congressmen and senators are afraid of him." (US President Harry S. Truman) So begins a recent commentary by our guest for this Good Friday edition of TMR, the constitutional attorney and author John. W. Whitehead, president of The Rutherford Foundation, a nonprofit civil liberties and human rights organisation headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia. With his recent article—"America's Gestapo : The FBI's Reign of Terror"—as our focus, we discuss the significance of the FBI in the seemingly-inexorable transformation of the...
Award-winning journalist Coy Barefoot talks with civil liberties attorney and award-winning author John Whitehead, the founder and CEO of the Rutherford Institute. His most recent book is "Battlefield America: The War on the American People." The Coy Barefoot Program is a project of the Center for Media and Citizenship at the University of Virginia. It is broadcast every Sunday morning at 10a on ABC16 in Charlottesville, Virginia, and is rebroadcast each Thursday evening at 9p on WVPT-PBS.
Jan Paynter talks with John Whitehead about civil liberties and the Patriot Act About Our Guest John W. Whitehead is an attorney and author who has written, debated and practiced widely in the area of constitutional law and human rights. His concern for the persecuted and oppressed led him, in 1982, to establish The Rutherford Institute, a nonprofit civil liberties and human rights organization whose international headquarters are located in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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"What stands between us and an authoritarian state is the Constitution," says Rutherford Institute President John Whitehead. Unfortunately Whitehead says the government is bypassing the Constitution, particularly the 4th Amendment, thanks to the Patriot Act. As activists are arrested and fear spreads across America, Whitehead says we are watching the US transform into a police state in front of our very eyes. Follow Lauren on Twitter at http://twitter.com/laurenlyster
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John Whitehead (Rutherford Institute) is interview by historian Tom Woods (The Tom Woods Show) regarding his new book "A Government Of Wolves," which details the rise of the American police state and the expansive deployments of militaristic SWAT teams. http://www.LibertyPen.com
Skeptically Yours - Episode #067 - Onions cure everything! Guests - JJ Whitehead / Jimmy Palombi / Matt Kirshen Please Subscirbe me at : https://goo.gl/bts4MA Passionate skeptics Emery Emery and Heather Henderson talk with comedians, actors and friends about skepticism, conspiracies, urban legends and the effects of misinformation on us all. Guests of the show are a mix of skeptics, scientists, humanists and the occasional hard line, conspiracy nut. Discussions are deeply impassioned, mostly respectful and always funny. Skeptically Yours - Where Thinking is free! Listen LIVE Sundays 2-3 PM
"Ain't No Stopping Us Now" by McFadden & Whitehead
Epic interview with Constitutional Attorney and Author of the New Book "Battlefield America". Ron Paul wrote the forward for the book, and has stated, "proof that freedom exists is that this book by John Whitehead was published. Full episode article & audio archive: http://thepetesantillishow.com/?p=4022 Pete's guest today is John W. Whitehead, Constitutional Attorney and founder of The Rutherford Institute. "The president can now direct the military to detain, arrest and secretly execute American citizens. These are the powers of an imperial dictator, not an elected official bound by the rule of law. For the time being, Barack Obama wears the executioner’s robe, but you can rest assured that this mantle will be worn by whomever occupies the Oval Office in the future." About John Whi...
WWW.TRUNEWS.COM SPECIAL GUEST: JOHN WHITEHEAD "BATTLEFIELD AMERICA" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdS6h04RyOE NATO is building its armament along the Russian border, and Vlad Putin is building more nukes. Is anybody paying attention to this madness? And what about China’s repeated testing of its super-secret nuke-launching glider? On today’s program, Rick also repeats his question: Is the economy on track to repeat 1937’s “depression in a depression”? In Part 2, John Whitehead talks about “Battlefield America” and the transformation into a militarized police state. TRUNEWS on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/trunews/ TRUNEWS on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrunewsRadio TRUNEWS on Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/+TRUNEWSofficial TRUNEWS on Spreaker: http://www.spreaker.com/u...
Former Goldman Sachs senior partner and co-chairman John C. Whitehead sits down with Tom Brokaw, journalist and author of The Greatest Generation, to discuss the 70th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy and Whitehead’s role as a landing craft commander on D-Day. Learn more: http://link.gs.com/faDg
John W. Whitehead is an attorney and author who has written, debated and practiced widely in the area of constitutional law and human rights. Whitehead's concern for the persecuted and oppressed led him, in 1982, to establish The Rutherford Institute, a nonprofit civil liberties and human rights organization. Whitehead has filed numerous amicus briefs before the U.S. Supreme Court. He has also been co-counsel in several landmark Supreme Court cases. He joins us to discuss his book, A Government of Wolves: The Emerging American Police State. We'll discuss the shocking cases of police state brutality upon civilians, even upon children, the elderly and pregnant women. America was once a society that valued individual liberty and privacy. But in recent years it has turned into a culture that h...