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Mussolini said, "Facism should rightly be called Corporatism, as it is the merger of government and corporate power." The aim of U.S. Imperialism Today is to inquire into the relationships between corporate interests and American policy on foreign relations, domestic programs, and business regulation. A dangerous reality exists when business treasuries unduly influence democracy and where government policy and corporate interests align.

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U.S. Foreign Policy: The Project For A New American Century

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The National Defense Authorization Act: Indefinite Detention And Propaganda

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Natural Resources And The Terrifying Reality Of Depletion

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Monetary Policy: The Invisible Chains Of The Banking System

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Drones in the United States: FAA Drone Authorization Map

Article Sources:
(1) U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration.
• Media Notice: Unmanned Aircraft Operations in the National Airspace System (NAS)

(2) The Electronic Frontier Foundation: Founded in 1990, the EFF is a donor-funded nonprofit digital rights advocacy organization, working with lawyers, analysts, activists, and technologists defending free speech, privacy, innovation, and consumer rights.
• 2012 FAA List of Drone License Applicants

Article Summaries:
(1) This notice provides information and interim guidance on air traffic policies and prescribes procedures for the planning, coordination, and services involving the operation of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in the NAS. This does not apply to hobbyists and model aircraft.
• Certificate of Waiver or Authorization (COA) for UAS operation is renewable annually.

(2) Details the list of applicants in 2012 for COAs to start or continue UAS/Drone operations in National Airspace.
• Notable entities with domestic order roles include: multiple municipal law enforcement agencies, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Defense (DoD) through each military branch, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Source Link:

(1) http://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Notice/N7210.766.pdf

(2) https://www.eff.org/sites/default/files/filenode/faa_coa_list-2012.pdf



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U.S. Marine Corps General: War Profiteering Exposed

Article Source:
U.S. Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler is the recipient of two Congressional Medals of Honor and remains still today as one of the most honored, decorated, and beloved men in United States military history. Major General Butler testified to congress in 1934 of being approached and bribed by corporate plutocrats to lead 500,000 veterans to overthrow FDR, as Roosevelt's New Deal policies threatened the interests of business. This speech, subsequently published as a booklet, outlined in detail the true nature of American foreign policy as the primary vehicle for militant commercialism.

Article Summary:
• War generates massive profits for private companies in two ways: (1) The U.S. Government purchases substantial quantities of weapons, ammunition, supplies, and services from private businesses. (2) The resources of the defeated territory become available for purchase and sale to private bidders.
• The massive payments to these companies come from the tax revenue of U.S. Citizens.
• Through war and the tax payments for war to private companies, the general public unassumingly redistributes its wealth upwards to the few wealthy elite.
• The business elite intentionally influence the U.S. political system in order to harvest wealth from the general public through global expeditionary warfare.
• While this article dates to 1935, the scheme of exploitation and mass murder for profit is only more sophisticated today.
• Some Article Examples:
(1) General Chemical, pre-World War I: $800,000 annual profit. War years: $12 million per year.
(2) DuPont, pre-World War I: $6 million annual profit. War years: $58 million per year.
(3) Utah Copper, pre-World War I: $5 million annual profit. War years: $21 million per year.
(4) Bethlehem Steel, pre-World War I: $6 million annual profit. War years: $49 million per year.
(5) International Nickel Company, pre-World War I: $4 million annual profit. War years: $73 million per year.

Read for yourself...

Source Link:
http://ia600308.us.archive.org/16/items/WarIsARacket/WarIsARacket.pdf