The Emerging Multipolar World with Saker: Russia, Ukraine & the Risks of War

“When the rich make war, it’s the poor that die.” ~  Old Russian Saying

By Catherine Austin Fitts

The Saker hears the drumbeats of war. On this week’s Solari Report, Saker and I discuss his latest, A Russian Warning co-authored with Dmitri Orlov and Dr. Eugenia V Gurevich:

“We, the undersigned, are Russians living and working in the USA. We have been watching with increasing anxiety as the current US and NATO policies have set us on an extremely dangerous collision course with the Russian Federation, as well as with China. Many respected, patriotic Americans, such as Paul Craig Roberts, Stephen Cohen, Philip Giraldi, Ray McGovern and many others have been issuing warnings of a looming Third World War. But their voices have been all but lost among the din of a mass media that is full of deceptive and inaccurate stories that characterize the Russian economy as being in shambles and the Russian military as weak—all based on no evidence. But we—knowing both Russian history and the current state of Russian society and the Russian military, cannot swallow these lies. We now feel that it is our duty, as Russians living in the US, to warn the American people that they are being lied to, and to tell them the truth. And the truth is simply this: If there is going to be a war with Russia, then the United States will most certainly be destroyed, and most of us will end up dead.”

The Saker gives us an update on the Ukraine and the impact, along with events in the Middle East and US and European sanctions, on the Russian economy. We cover the ancient history of tensions between Russia and the Western nations and revisit why the Russian people are so supportive of Putin’s efforts to resist accommodation. Saker suggests some of the actions we can each take to reduce the chances of war.

Our discussion raises important questions about the shift to a multi-polar world. If the US offers countries two options – submit to multinational corporate control or be destroyed – it is only a matter of time before the world shifts into a deflationary spiral or war. Where are the incentives to cooperate and honor agreements that are the basis of global economic growth?

In Let’s Go to the Movies, I will review the film 13 Hours about the six soldiers (as contractors, they were referred to as “security operators”) who fought to protect the US State Department Special Mission Compound and a nearby CIA station in Benghazi on September 11, 2012. The US Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens died in the attack along with his information officer Sean Smith and two soldiers, Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods, both former Navy Seals. The unanswered questions about the events of that evening as well as the destruction of Libya continue to plague both US foreign policy and relations. The film is also a reminder of the reliance of the US on current and former special forces officers given a military stretched globally and why the chances of an institution of a draft after the Presidential election are rising.

This week’s Solari Report is a reminder of the importance of praying for and supporting peace in all that we each do.

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“It is imperative to choose one’s weapons well.” ~ Dr. Dady Cherry

The story of Haiti is important and rarely told. Lead by the brilliant and charismatic Toussaint L’Ouverture, Haiti’s slave armies achieved in 1798 the first and only successful slave rebellion. Haiti’s rebellion contributed to the French selling Louisiana and withdrawing from North America. It is also contributed to the end of slavery in the United States. After Haiti’s army of former slaves defeated the French, then the English and finally the Spanish armies and established a successful government and free agricultural economy, Haiti became a sobering reminder to American business and political interests of the risks of slavery.

As a result of efforts at occupation and subjugation by US and other national and corporate interests, Haiti has continued to struggle to maintain its independence for more than two centuries.  The latest onslaught began with the earthquake of January 2010 that lead to invasion and occupation by US and UN forces and the establishment of a various governmental structures that engineered low cost access to local natural resources and labor for foreign and corporate interests.  Haiti is not the first country to be targeted by the forces of “disaster capitalism.” It may, however, be the ugliest example to date of this particularly virulent form of economic harvesting.

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“She was a murderess, but on top of that she has also murdered herself. For one who commits such a crime destroys his own soul. The murder has already passed sentence on himself. If someone has committed a crime and is caught, he suffers judicial punishment. If he has done it secretly, without moral consciousness of it, and remains undiscovered, the punishment can nevertheless be visited upon him, as our case shows. It comes out in the end. Sometimes it seems as if even animals and plants “know” it.” ~ Carl Jung, “Memories, Dreams, Reflections”

“As long as I can get government subsidies, what do I care if people have education or jobs?” ~ Dick Ravitch, Chairman, AFL- CIO Housing Trust, Developer of HUD and Mitchell Lama Housing in New York City

By Catherine Austin Fitts

The G-7 establishment is uneasy about the lethal combination of flatlining productivity and populist anger. With the debt growth model slowing, governments can no longer subsidize our unproductive behavior, whether by corporations, governments, not-for-profits and foundations, universities, military or the general population.

We have known for many years this time was coming. The leadership shifted significant amounts of assets out of existing legal structures (the financial coup d’etat) in anticipation of this time. So the day of reckoning is here. We have to convert from the non-sustainable to the sustainable.  The retirees whom the system owes are at risk from those who engineered the assets out of the system in the financial coup and related financial fraud and corruption.

We are seeing a growing number of pronouncements and proposed solutions from members of the establishment. Unfortunately, many of these are coming from the members of the establishment whose bank accounts are particularly ripe with the profits of corruption and financial coup d’etat. In addition to the possibility of the Clintons returning to the White House, recent examples just this past week include:

• Alan Greenspan: Fox Business:  Greenspan: Western World Headed for a State of Disaster
• Robert Rubin:  New York Times: How to Help Former Inmates Thrive
• Marie-Josee Kravis: WSJ: What’s Killing Jobs and Stalling the Economy

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Introducing the Solari Food Series

“On 1/10 of an acre in Pasadena, the Dervaes family grows 6-7,000 lbs of vegetables, herbs, fruits and berries each year, providing 90% of their produce at an estimated annual savings of $75,000.” ~ urbanhomestead.org

By Catherine Austin Fitts

In the post WWII era, power flowed from control of the reserve currency backed by oil. In the emerging multipolar world, as new technologies revolutionize our energy models, power increasingly flows from ownership and access to water, soil and food.

This Thursday, I will be joined by Harry Blazer to launch our new series on food. Harry is my “go to” person on food. In my opinion there is no one who knows more about the subject.

Harry founded “Harry’s Farmers Market” in Atlanta in 1987 and grew it into the largest fresh food market in the country, before selling his business in 2001. In 2005, I moved to the Flathead Valley in western Montana at Harry’s request, to work with him on creating a venture model to finance revitalizing local food production.  While Harry taught me about food, I taught Harry about the real political and economic systems operating on planet Earth.

Harry has agreed to join me on the Solari Report to produce an exciting new series on food – to share with our subscribers his extraordinary understanding of the global food ecosystem and the role of food at the heart of nurturing human health and political and economic freedom.

In this introduction, Harry and I will provide an overview of the future of food and what it means to you – and what you can do about it. Harry will also give us a snapshot of some of the upcoming Solari Reports he will be hosting. We will post an in-depth audio introduction to Harry and a selection of related links, so make sure to login and check out the Subscriber Links.

In Let’s Go to the Movies, Harry and I will discuss Scientists Under Attack which documents efforts to suppress scientific evidence and destroy scientists that question genetically modified organisms and other synthetic introductions into the food supply.

Solari Reports:

• Solari Report: Bertram Verharg, Director of “Scientists Under Attack”
• Solari Report: Fresh Food, Yes! with Jeffrey Smith
• Solari Report: Genetic Roulette with Jeffrey Smith
• Solari Report: Codex: The Global Scheme to Control Your Food