Taking a Stand Against Entangling Alliances
Taking a Stand Against Entangling Alliances
At the founding meeting of The John Birch Society in December 1958, Robert Welch stated that the method most relied upon for “taking us over” is the plan “to induce the gradual surrender of American sovereignty, piece by piece and step by step, to various international organizations — of which the United Nations is the outstanding but far from the only example.”
Then, a little over two years later, Robert Welch clearly stated in the January 1961 Bulletin what is at stake for Americans: “the total surrender of the independence of the United States [and] the loss of all individual freedom on the part of its inhabitants.”
He then clearly stated our strategy for preserving independence and freedom: “We must take the offensive and strike back at points we select.”
Based on the above, the JBS has been taking the offensive by striking back at the UN since 1959. Years later in the January 1989 Bulletin, William F. Jasper issued the Society’s first warning about free trade agreements:
"Legislation calling for the creation of 'free trade zones' must be defeated. Plans to establish such areas will surely blur border distinctions and dilute U.S. sovereignty."
The Society has always distinguished between the classical free trade policy of Adam Smith and the establishment-created “free trade” agreement initiatives, such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the present-day Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
While we don’t oppose classical free trade policy, we do oppose the numerous present-day “free trade” agreement initiatives and the economic and political integration of blocs of nations.
While we played a leading role in stalling the development of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) and greatly slowing down the development of the North American Union (NAU), we now face new threats to our national independence and personal freedoms from the proposed TPP (involving the eventual economic and political integration of the United States and eleven other Pacific Rim nations) and the TTIP (involving merging the United States and the European Union).
What’s happening is that we’ve reached a new critical stage in the transition of the United States from a free, independent nation to becoming a mere “member state” within a UN world government.
While back in the 1990s the U.S. was put on the path to economic and political integration with Canada and Mexico with the NAFTA agreement, now the proposed TTIP would lead to the economic and political integration of the NAU, represented for now by the United States, and the EU, which has already absorbed twenty-eight formerly independent nations in Europe.
The leading feature of this new critical stage is that instead of integrating groups of individual nations, we’re now seeing the integration of blocs of nations. That is, we’re fast approaching the time when regional economic and political blocs of formerly independent nations could be stitched together into a UN world government, thus completing the process that Robert Welch warned us about.
In 2013, JBS leadership chose to “take the offensive and strike back at points we select” by formulating the “Choose Freedom — STOP the Free Trade Agenda” action project to stop congressional approval of the TPP and TTIP partnership agreements.
Successfully stopping the TPP and TTIP will be a heavy lift. We’re faced with the enormous task of exposing the sovereignty- and freedom-destroying reality behind the “free trade” façade.
We’re faced with having to oppose something that most congressional Republicans and many congressional Democrats support. We’re faced with very little media coverage of the negotiations of the TPP and TTIP agreements, which means that it’s extra hard to get people to focus on these agreements.
What we need is for our members, supporters, and other conservative leaders to educate themselves and get inspired about the crucial importance of stopping the TPP and TTIP agreements. The best way to get the required depth of knowledge and big picture overview to be effective leaders in this battle is to read the special report of The New American, “How the Free Trade Agenda Is Knocking Down America,” September 2, 2013. Physical copies are available.
Finally, provide leadership in your area to build sufficient grassroots pressure to influence your senators and representative to vote NO on TPA (fast-track), TPP, and TTIP. As of now, it appears that TPA and TPP could possibly be voted on in the lame-duck session that will be held after the November elections, but more likely the votes will come sometime in 2015. A vote on the TTIP could happen later in 2015, but more likely in 2016.
We must preserve our national independence and our personal freedoms. Educate yourself, educate others, and get organized!
This image is from the website of the European Parliament President which states "The European Parliament wants a far-reaching negotiating mandate and will accompany the negotiations throughout. The European Parliament is convinced that an EU-US comprehensive trade and investment agreement has the potential to lead to a win-win situation and that a deeper degree of integration would considerably multiply the gains for both economies."
From what we know about how the EU was formed, "integration" and "partnerships" should raise some red flags.
The above article was adapted from the September 2014 JBS Bulletin, written for members. Join The John Birch Society today to have access to this and to get started standing up for American independence.
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Quote:
"Legislation calling for the creation of 'free trade zones' must be defeated. Plans to establish such areas will surely blur border distinctions and dilute U.S. sovereignty."
A wake yet America????
