America's Secret Establishment: An Introduction to the Order of Skull & Bones

Antony Sutton’s book, America’s Secret Establishment, is about a secret society that has been on the campus of Yale University since 1833. Sutton’s contention is that this secret society, Skull and Bones, has been extremely influential in American government, economics, and culture for many generations. Rich and powerful families have direct connections to Skull and Bones. Members support each other as they collectively work to promote a sinister program. The implication is that Skull and Bones is at the center of what is commonly referred to as the Deep State, or, as Sutton prefers, the Secret Elite. Skull and Bones has a strong foundation in Germany and German philosophy.Its co-founder, William Russell, had been a student in Germany in 1831-2. He founded Skull and Bones as Chapter 322, a chapter of a German society. Later in the 19th century members of the society, or individuals associated with members, found their way to Germany and were influenced by prevailing attitudes there. Skull and bones is said to deny German origins and influence, but a main theme of Sutton’s book is that such influence is quite demonstrable. Nineteenth century German intellectual thought, Sutton asserts, was largely taken up with the works and ideas of philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831). Sutton argues that it was German Hegelianism that heavily influenced thinking in German institutions of higher education, and that it in turn influenced the intellectual orientation of Skull and Bones. There are two basic ideas that are said to come from Hegel which are paramount in the context of the Skull and Bones worldview. The first is that the state is sovereign and the individual citizen owes absolute allegiance to it. The individual can only find fulfillment and freedom, of sorts, in conformity and service to the all powerful State. The individual only has rights as they are afforded to him or her by the State. This notion contrasts to that of the American Constitution which says that human beings are created with inalienable rights; that rights aren’t afforded by the State but are endowed by nature or God. It is in this fundamental idea that the agenda of Skull and Bones is at odds with the most central of traditional American values. The second idea that comes from Hegelian thought is that of the dialectic. The notion is that progress only comes about through conflict. A thesis is confronted by an antithesis and a synthesis of the two results. Dialectics are typically found, according to adherents of this view, in the political realm, both nationally and internationally. One can see this play out in the conflict between Capitalism and Communism, for example. Through conflict, and especially violent conflict, history moves forward and fundamental change comes about. The charge is that this secret society, armed with the understanding of dialectics, influences the course of events in order to shape a future of their own liking. They fund both sides of a political divide – right and left, Republican and Democrat, Communist and Capitalist – in order to facilitate and influence political conflict. Indeed, they work to make both sides extreme in order to increase the likelihood of conflicts becoming violent. At its worst, the facilitating of these conflicts leads to war. Skull and Bones - also referred to internally as The Order - works to place members in high places in business, government, education, journalism and other fields. They like to place members onto the boards of big Foundations. By controlling large sums of money and by placing members in high places they can leverage their influence in various institutions.In some of Sutton’s earlier works, notably Wall Street and the Bolshevik Revolution and Wall Street and the Rise of Hitler, he details how the west supported both fascism and communism. Without Western bankers and industrialists supporting the Bolsheviks and Nazis, their respective rises to power probably never come about. It is a dangerous game they play. And Sutton argues that the ultimate goal is to create a New World Order - one in which the State is supremely and absolutely dominant. This explains their preference for totalitarian regimes and ideologies. In his Wall Street series, Sutton asserted that the secret elite had no ideology, but that it used ideology merely as a tool to divide populations – and that the only motivations for the actions of the secret elite were power and greed. In America’s Secret Establishment, Sutton comes close to identifying an underlying ideology for this secret elite and its secret club, Skull and Bones. In its promotion of a New World Order it would seem a Hegelian philosophy underpins their ideological goals and methods. In this book Sutton suggests that based on this neo-Hegelian framework a consortium of wealthy and influential families pursue an agenda that would do away with individual rights and promote a tyrannical, global regime that would establish complete dependence of the individual on the State. In the 21st century as human rights and access to the truth continue to erode, this sort of analysis is becoming more and more plausible.

Very few populist authors are as responsible, professional, careful, and important as Antony Sutton. Most I find borrow heavily without credit, repeat unfounded rumor and innuendo as it suits them, credits the most degenerate of sources, and manipulates information to fit a thesis snuggly. Then there is the refreshing work of Antony Sutton who began his research career at Stanford's Hoover Institue and through their commision is responsible for his popular 3 vol. compendium 'Western Technology and Soviet Economic Development: 1917-1965.' You cannot understand Sutton if at least you don't understand this point in his life, this work, and the impact it had on him, his career, and the rest of his life including a major shift in his paradigm.Sutton's main hobby was technology, in fact in his later life when he was in seclusion due to his work that is what he did. Through his inaugural work Sutton came to the understanding that had it not been for the US, both Gov. and Private sector, that the Soviet Union would have never existed without the aid and resources of the US, namely money and technology. This is not what he thought prior, not what he wished, not the world he wanted to live in. Frankly he couldn't understand it but the material led him and he followed it. Because of this work Sutton would part ways with the Hoover Institute insisting on publishing the third volume of the work, which pointed to a conspiracy in America of building up it's own biggest threat of the 20th century. Easy to see how this pill was not something that was swallowed easily at this time, but Sutton drank it down. He then went on to privately publish all the rest of his works, about 20-22 more works. One of those works happened to be this book right here.How this book came about is an interesting story in it's own right, Sutton was contacted by Charlotte Thompsen Iserbyte (now a well known author and critic of the educational system) and asked if he would be interested in her father's Skull & Bones membership list, this doesn't happen. Iserbyte's father was a member of the Order and members get an updated list, bound in leather, sent to them annually which carries the complete history of membership updated to the most recent class of that year. Iserbyte's father was one of the Knight's of Eugolia, who didn't take the vision of the fraternal order to seriously. Unfortunately for us many of them do as Sutton would soon come to find out through his research and resulting book.What follows is a careful examination of the intricacies, ideals, direction, implementation, and subverion of society by the elitist eastern liberal establishment. The Russell Trust (the Order's incorporated name) was established in 1832 by William Huntington Russel (opium smuggler for East India Co.) and Alphonso Taft (father of the only man to be both Pres. and Chief Justice). While many poo poo the organization as a harmless boys club I assure you after reading this you will understand that decisions in this country aren't made unless they are made by this fraternal organization and it's sister organization's.Sutton goes through the various families, members, friends, and connections that the Order consists of and how it uses family power, wealth and those connections to strive for a societal agenda. To achieve this agenda the members of the order take on a certain type of career after they leave which include one of five categories; Education, Tax Exempt foundations, Banking and Finance, Government, Intelligence. Through these avenues they are able to help, promote, initiate, and continue each other and the works and agenda of the Order.Sutton carefully and masterfully details the genesis of our educational system and where it comes from that you certainly won't find on a wikipedia page. I started highlighting parts and pages in the book, but I had to stop because it seems like every page is jam packed with stunning information. Because of this and if you are a populist you will find the book almost too much to bear. But after you are finished you will have a complete understanding of why we are where we are. You will understand why we go to war, who are enemies are and where they come from, why we think the way we do, why are schools are overwhelmingly progressive and athiestic, etc... You will also see the treason committed on a nation by it's most respected families, who do not have the typical bleeding heart associated with most liberals. One of the funnier parts of the book is when Sutton is speaking about the Rockefeller family and it's ties with the Order. No direct Rockefeller descendant had ever been a member unless they were married into the Order by an existing family bloodline. Basically they were used for their wealth and the Rockefeller's used the Order because of their place in high society. You see John D. the family patriach worked and made his money and pulled himself up by his boot straps. He is a true American Dream, a dream that turned into a nightmare no less, but to the old line, old money, eastern liberal establishment who came over with the Pilgrims and founded the colonies they were hicks. Sutton shows this in one of the few light-hearted moments of the book and this fits well with the stereo-typical view that in high-society there is a pecking order just like everywhere else. The Rockefeller name and wealth has been used by the Order so much that many today see them as the rulers of the world and the one's who dictate every decision made. They are NWO caricature, along with the Rothchild's and I'm sure that's fine by the Order as someone is needed for scapegoating.You really can't understand the direction of this country and it's history at all if you haven't read this book and/or you don't understand Skull & Bones. This will be one of the most valuable reads in your life and I understand the weight of that statement. However if you are confused about the direction and the reasons of the world and they don't make sense to you, read this and they will become crystal clear. If you are into NWO, secret society research, read this to clarify your thinking you will not regret it.

An amazing expose of the New World Order and the corrupt global society in which we live. It should be essential reading for secondary education pupils. The author is an excellent writer.

Get this book on the National Curriculum now. University or Secondary, preferably both.Spare a few minutes of your precious time & 'look inside' & find out just why this world is in it's present state'

Our world is a big lie. Start educating yourself quickly before mass censorship of the web.

A truly remarkable read - every sitting politician should be forced to imbibe it.

A1+++