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INTRODUCTION 11

“One of the greatest myths of contemporary history is that the Bolshe-
vik Revolution in Rus sia was a popular uprising of the downtrodden
masses against the ruling class of the Czars,” wrote author G. Edward
Griffin. “. . . however, the planning, the leadership, and especially the fi-

nancing came entirely from outside Russia, mostly from financiers in Ger-
many, Britain, and the United States.”
Th e flight of the privileged elite from Rus sia in 1918 sent shockwaves
through the capitals of Europe and America and prompted a backlash
that lasted for de cades. The cry “Workers of the world, unite!” struck fear
into the capitalists of Western industry, banking, and commerce who
were not in the know. This fear trickled through their political representa-
tives, employees, and on into virtually every home.
Mystified conspiracy researchers were puzzled for years about why such
high-level capitalists as the Morgans, Warburgs, Schiffs, and Rocke fellers
could condone, much less support, an ideology that overtly threatened
their position and wealth. Author Gary Allen explained, “In the Bolshe-
vik Revolution we have some of the world’s richest and most powerful
men financing a movement which claims its very existence is based on the
concept of stripping of their wealth men like the Rothschilds, Rocke fel-
lers, Schiffs, Warburgs, Morgans, Harrimans and Milners. But obviously
these men have no fear of international communism. It is only logical to
assume that if they financed it and do not fear it, it must be because they
control it. Can there be any other explanation that makes sense?”
The manufactured animosity between the democracies of the West and
the communism of the East produced continuous tension from 1918
through the end of the twentieth century. But it threatened to get out of
hand. Some researchers believe that the threat of worldwide communist so-
cialism caused these globalists to turn to German nationalists. Th ey funded
the rise of National Socialism in Germany and saw an armed Greater Ger-
many as a barrier to communism in Europe. National Socialism was a form
of socialism almost indistinguishable from communism, only it was con-
fined within national geographic boundaries. Under National Socialism,
the globalists could pit the various nations against each other. But following
Germany’s military successes in Poland, the Low Countries, and France,
these globalists realized they faced the same problem they had with the