Profiles in Populism

by Willis Carto

Book Overview

A set of short biographies of various outstanding American patriots and conservatives, focusing on their 'populist' tendencies and beliefs and how they helped to build, shape, and improve the American... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815965192
• ISBN13: 9780815965190
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: Devin-Adair Pub
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.

Customer Reviews

American Patriots Hall of Fame

"Populism vs. Plutocracy, the Universal Struggle" is rather like JFK's "Profiles in Courage." This is a collection of mini-biographies. These biographies range from one page to twenty pages. The heroes had various occupations: mayor, governor, congressman, president, newspaperman, priest, poet, aviator, inventor, and industrialist. They all devoted their lives to advocating that Americans remain true to their tradition rather than submitting to the powerful financiers who wish to monopolize the government. The thrust of the book is to oppose the most harmful monopoly of all-financial monopoly. Financial monopoly leads to economic monopoly, and the result is government monopoly, better known as tyranny. "Plutocracy" is defined in the glossary as "the rule by super-rich international capitalists and their retainers: the press, office-holders," etc. However, this book doesn't advocate bias against the rich. Rather, it defends and embraces the notion of inherent differences among people. There were chapters extolling Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and William Randolph Hearst-all extremely rich. A is that some of these heroes were praiseworthy, but also championed causes that have been discredited. The Establishment has jumped on this fact to successfully defend the status quo by implanting the notion that anything "populist" is quirky and unworkable. What is being advocated is a return to an American system that promised more than servitude, along with various reforms. This book visualizes a "golden mean" between totalitarianism and anarchy. This could be summarized as a theory that government should serve the people.

Populism Versus The New World Order.

"And when he was come into Jerusalem, Jesus went into the temple, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers." - Matthew 21.10-12_Populism vs. Plutocracy: The Universal Struggle_ is an updated edition of _Profiles in Populism_ edited by Willis A. Carto of the Liberty Lobby which expounds the populist political philosophy for the American nation by offering small profiles of some of the greatest historical populist figures. Many politicians of today claim the populist label; however, as this volume shows few among the Establishment's figures fully understand this political philosophy. Populism is opposed to both monopoly capitalism, high finance, the Federal Reserve banking system, as well as communism and socialism. Populism also argues for an America First, nationalist and non-interventionist, foreign policy of armed neutrality, as opposed to the internationalist policies of both so called "right" and left wing elites. Populism also suggests a scientific tariff system, opposing free trade, to reduce unfair competition from foreign industry, as well as restrictions on immigration from the Third World. Populism also sees the importance of Western civilization (despite its apparent decline into decadence and immorality) against encroaching alien influences and the ever broadening New World Order program of the elite. Against such mattoid criminals as Karl Marx, John D. Rockefeller, and agents for global Zionism, populism maintains the interest of the common American working man and the agrarian farmer. This volume features profiles of various figures transcending both political parties (Republican and Democrat) who have at times espoused elements of the populist philosophy. These include President and agrarian democrat Thomas Jefferson, populist President Andrew Jackson and opponent to the federal bank, inventor Thomas Edison, Senator Robert LaFollette, Senator Thomas Watson, press lord William Randolph Hearst, American industrialist Henry Ford, California progressive Hiram Johnson, "Alfalfa Bill" William Murray, newspaper publisher Robert R. McCormick, columnist and wit H. L. Mencken, Senator Burton K. Wheeler, poet Ezra Pound, Representative Hamilton Fish, Senator George W. Malone, Roman Catholic priest Father Charles Coughlin, Senator Huey Long, populist intellectual Lawrence Dennis, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, and Mayor Frank Rizzo. Many of these populists remained resolute in their opposition to American involvement in the First and Second World Wars as well as to unfair income taxation which is used as a weapon by the ultra-rich against the middle class. This book contains many insights into the nature of American politics, where our wealth and resources are continually plundered by robber barons to be pawned off to the Third World through war and "relief efforts". Today, the political Establishment acts in complete opposition to the populist philosophy attempting to ce