G. Edward Griffin

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G. Edward Griffin

G. Edward Griffin (born November 7, 1931 in Detroit ) is an American political commentator, writer and documentary filmmaker. He is among other things, be translated into German and Japanese book The Creature from Jekyll Iceland (German: The Creature from Jekyll Iceland ) known. According to experts, the majority of his works belong to the series of conspiracy theories .

education

Griffin graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in communications. He also attended the College for Financial Planning in Denver, Colorado, where he was awarded the title of Certified Financial Planner in 1989. This training served him as part of his research on the above. Book. Griffin has been involved as the founder and director of a variety of health, media and political organizations. The best known are “American Media” and “Freedom Force International”.

Author and film producer

As president of American Media (a California-based publishing and film production company) and founder of the Reality Zone website, Griffin has published several books and films, including A World Without Cancer: The Story of Vitamin B17 and Its Suppression and Capitalist Conspiracy. (Eng. The capitalist conspiracy ). In it he advocates the thesis that today's credit-based capitalism is based on a conspiracy of a financial elite and in particular the Federal Reserve System . The same thesis is also the subject of Buch's The Creature from Jekyll Island (German: Die Kreatur von Jekyll Island ), which first appeared in 1994 and has since seen five more editions. The work is not received in economics. The economist Edward Flaherty dismisses it as a "conspiracy version of history" and calls it " amateurish ".

activism

Griffin has been a member of the right-wing John Birch Society since the 1960s, which promotes various conspiracy theories . In 1972 he published an advertising brochure for them. He served on the board of the National Health Federation and the International Association of Cancer Victors and Friends. In 1976 he founded the Cancer Cure Foundation, a non-profit organization that he heads as President and that is dedicated to research and education in alternative cancer therapies.

Griffin received the Telly Award for excellent television productions.

The Coalition for Visible Ballots

Griffin is one of the founding members of the "Coalition for Visible Ballots", a group with the only long-term goal of ensuring that elections are again free of manipulation. Quote: “We at the Coalition for Visible Ballot Papers believe that the only way to guarantee fair and honest elections for our country again is to ban all voting machines (...) and to use paper ballot papers that are counted under public supervision , requires. ”In this context, he co-produced the film Invisible Ballots: A Temptation for Electronic Vote Fraud .

Freedom Force International

In 2002, Griffin founded Freedom Force International , an international organization. It has a unique fee structure: there are paying and non-paying members. Mr. Griffin believes that an organization should not require members to pay fees, but certain bonuses are given to members who choose to pay to fund their operations. Until recently, the minimum monthly fee was based on the equivalent of an ounce of silver.

Works

Selection of his films and videos

  • World without Cancer (A video adaptation of the book of the same name.)
  • Capitalist Conspiracy (An Inside View of International Banking) Documentary.
  • Invisible Ballots a temptation for electronic vote fraud (DVD, executive producer), by David Dill; William Gazecki; G Edward Griffin; Bev Harris; Rebecca Mercuri; Aviel D Ruby. Publisher: [Westlake Village, Calif.?]: American Media; United States: Reality Zone, 2004. ISBN 0-912986-42-5
  • The red reality in Central America with Willy Solis; American Media (Firm), VHS tape, Westlake Village, Calif .: American Media, 1985
  • Hidden agenda real conspiracies that affect our lives today. , VHS tape, Publisher: Venice, CA: Knowledge 2020, 2001
  • Soviet subversion of the free press a conversation with Yuri Bezmenov , with Juri Besmenow ; VHS tape, published by Westlake Village, Calif .: American Media, 1984
  • No place to hide The strategy and tactics of terrorism , with Dick Quincer; Western Goals, VHS tape. Published by Alexander, Va: Western Goals Foundation, Westlake Village, Ca: American Media, 1982; 1983.
  • No place to hide the strategy & tactics of terrorism , with WBTV (Television station: Charlotte, NC); Western Goals. VHS tape. Published by Alexandria, VA .: Western Goals Foundation, 1982.
  • More deadly than war — the Communist revolution in America. American Media.
  • The subversion factor: a history of treason in modern America Westlake Village, Calif .: American Media, 1988. VHS tape.
  • What in the world are they spraying? - The Truth About Chemtrails and Geoengineering , 2013. DVD.

Book selection

  • The Creature of Jekyll Island : The Federal Reserve. Kopp-Verlag ISBN 3-938516-28-3
  • A world without cancer. The history of vitamin B17 and its suppression . Kopp-Verlag ISBN 3-938516-15-1
  • Private papers pertaining to Laetrile , Publisher: [Westlake Village, Calif.]: American Media, © 1997. ISBN 0-912986-20-4
  • A memorandum on Supreme Court decisions Publisher: [Belmont, Mass., 1968]
  • More Deadly than War
  • Nog erger dan oorlog : (More deadly than war: Dutch translation), Publisher: ['s-Gravenhage: Stichting Voorlichting Buitenland], [1970]
  • The Grand Design: a lecture on US foreign policy , Publisher: Thousand Oaks, Calif .: Grand Design, 1968.
  • The capitalist conspiracy Published by Thousand Oaks, Calif .: American Media, © 1971.
  • The great prison break; the Supreme Court leads the way , Publisher: Boston, Western Islands [1968]
  • The Fearful Master . Boston, Western Islands Publishers [1964]
  • This is the John Birch Society; an invitation to membership , Publisher: Thousand Oaks, Calif., American Media, 1970

Magazines

Voice of medical freedom. Americans for Medical Freedom. Monthly Periodical. Published by Westlake Village, Calif .: GE Griffin: Americans for Medical Freedom

Archival material

Ephemeral materials, 1976-1986. Americans for Medical Freedom. Archival material. Published by Westlake Village, Calif.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Reality Zone
  2. ^ Edward Flaherty: Debunking the Federal Reserve Conspiracy Theories at publiceye.org, accessed October 29, 2011
  3. G. Edward Griffin: This is the John Birch Society. An Invitation to Membership , American Media, 1972
  4. a b c Freedom Force International: The Founder ( Memento of March 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  5. The Cancer Cure Foundation ( Memento of the original from November 12, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cancure.org
  6. Board of Directors ( Memento of the original dated December 5, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at www.cancure.org @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cancure.org
  7. ^ Telly Awards
  8. ^ The Coalition for Visible Ballots on coalition4visibleballots.homestead.com
  9. ^ Freedom Force International
  10. World without Cancer ( Memento of the original from November 9, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on realityzone.com @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.realityzone.com
  11. Capitalist Conspiracy (An Inside View of International Banking) ( Memento of the original from December 29, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / realityzone.stores.yahoo.net
  12. Private papers pertaining to Laetrile at WorldCat
  13. ^ A memorandum on Supreme Court decisions at WorldCat