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How I Helped Iran Close the Strait of Hormuz
By John Perkins I spent time in Bandar Abbas on the Strait of Hormuz in the 1970s. My company, Chas. T. Main Inc. (MAIN), was hired by the Shah (at the Pentagon’s urging) to help develop...
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The Voices that Guide Us
Deep inside a tunnel that 2000 years ago was cut through more than 400 feet of volcanic rock high in the Andes mountains of Ecuador, I thought about questions that humans have asked for m...
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Headed to Latin America. Venezuela?
In a few hours, I fly to Latin America. This trip has been planned for several months by an Emmy-nominated filmmaker. He and his team are shooting a documentary about the US’s economic hi...
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The Diminishing of America
By John Perkins I recently returned from speaking at major events in Tbilisi, Georgia, and Istanbul, Turkey, and Nashville, Tennessee. Georgia and Turkey are two nations with long histori...
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Dictator! A Revolutionary Update Told to John Perkins
Thomas Paine wrote “The American Crisis (1776)” as a call for Americans to take action against the authoritarianism of monarchy – and to act for democracy. It impacted General George Wash...
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A Short Quiz for You
By John Perkins How well do you know your history? Can you identify the quotations below? Who said them? In what year? Are the countries correct – or should they be reordered? Masked men...
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A Warning from the Ancients
News reports and personal conversations these days often focus on fast-exploding events in Washington, the Middle East, and Ukraine. We are hammered by one crisis after another: political...
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Be the Dictator
In Ten Easy Steps By John Perkins I decided to spend part of my 4th of July weekend in Fantasy Park . I’d heard about the new Be the Dictator ride and couldn’t resist. Although the line w...
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Bitcoin, Shamanism, and The Bubble
Backstage in the cavernous Las Vegas auditorium, I thought about the thousands of fired-up Bitcoiners who were waiting for my talk. They had recently heard Eric and Donald Trump Jr. and J...
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My First Novel is Finally Here!
I suspect that you, like me, often feel overloaded by all the information and divisive issues bombarding us every day. While it is important to understand what’s going on in the world, I...
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The World’s Biggest Banana Republic
By John Perkins I encourage you to share this important and timely message from people around the world. “The world’s biggest banana republic” is a phrase I hear from people in Latin Amer...
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China Loves Trump
A Conversation with Dr. Xi As many of you know, I usually write a newsletter only once a month. This is an exception. My last one, distributed on January 20 and titled “ AI, Musk, and Oli...
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