It is unfortunate, but understandable, that young people in the United States are not taught (in the government's schools) the history and operation of their country's most powerful financial institution, The Federal Reserve System. Created in 1910, codified by Congress in 1913 (along with the personal income tax), this "system" facilitated the US government's ability to inflame the nation's citizens for the purpose of supporting the European war of 1914-1918 (World War I). Warfare provides a source of immense borrowing and provides banking corporations with huge profits in the form of interest income. Several of these same Wall Street banks financed Adolph Hitler two decades later.

Readers desiring an insight into the international interests and subsequent political relationships of the bankers who created the Federal Reserve System can click here. To understand how recent the Federal Reserve System is, my own parents were alive when it was created in the USA. The adoption of "central banking", a concept indispensible to enforcing policies determined by big central government, is as old as Alexander Hamilton and The Federalists. Central banking has been tried and thwarted in the past. Today it is alive and well. For a brief background of this subject, read this fascinating essay.

We suggest that informed teachers use this page to help students gain valuable knowledge as part of their general education. A masterful audio-visual resource covering the broad aspects of this subject is Money As Debt.

The Federal Reserve System
This is a transcription of a taped talk given by Edward Griffin, author of The Creature from Jeckyll Island in which he discusses the 1910 origin of The Federal Reserve. This talk also contains a clear exposition of its "how and why". We strongly recommend you read all of this before investigating further.

How and Why International Bankers Make War
A brief history of the US government's 1917-1918 involvement in The First World War and its political aftermath. Note the close relationship which had developed between private bankers and elected politicians, the Federal Reserve System having been adopted shortly before political leaders inflamed the US masses for the purpose of involving our country's youth in Europe's "old world" problems.

Excerpt from President Andrew Jackson's Farewell Speech
Today we are besieged by our mainline media discussing 'the banking crisis'. Isn't it time for at least one 'talking head' to mention these candid, historical, and brilliant comments made by a former President of our country? Regardless, students can use the internet by themselves.

Web of Debt Blog
Ellen Brown, J.D., developed her research skills as an attorney practicing civil litigation in Los Angeles. In Web of Debt, her latest book, she turns those skills to an analysis of the Federal Reserve and "the money trust." She shows how this private cartel has usurped the power to create money from the people themselves, and how we the people can get it back. Her eleven books include the bestselling Nature’s Pharmacy, co-authored with Dr. Lynne Walker, and Forbidden Medicine. Her websites are www.webofdebt.com and www.ellenbrown.com.

The Fed does not represent you... but it has its hand in your Pocket
Current investment newsletters are addressing this subject.

The Federal Reserve Monopoly over Money
An article by Dr. Ron Paul. Dr. Paul is the leading spokesman in Washington for limited constitutional government, low taxes, free markets, and a return to sound monetary policies based on commodity-backed currency.

Articles on the Federal Reserve Bank
Five articles appearing on The Populist Party's website -- including an excellent five-part article by Stephen Lendman and Rep. Ron Paul's classic Sept. 2003 article, "Paper Money and Tyranny"

Congressman McFadden's Astounding Remarks in Congress, 1934
Not long after this public utterance on the Federal Reserve Corporation it became known among his intimates that McFadden had suffered two attacks against his life. This is another MUST READ item.

Central Banking — background
Views of Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, and regrets of the president responsible for its establishment, Woodrow Wilson.

Quote of Charles A. Lindberg, Sr.
Did you know that the father of the famous aviator was a Congressman?

Secrets of the Federal Reserve
For the serious student. Consisting of fourteen chapters, published in 1952 by Kasper and Horton, New York, the original book was the first nationally-circulated revelation of the secret meetings of the international bankers at Jekyll Island, Georgia, 1907-1910, at which place the draft of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 was written. During the intervening years, the author continued to gather new and more startling information about the backgrounds of the people who direct the Federal Reserve policies. New information gathered over the years from hundreds of newspapers, periodicals, and books give corroborating insight into the connections of the international banking houses.

Who Owns the Federal Reserve?
The facts that debunk the conspiracy theory alleging that a secretive international banking elite owns and controls the Federal Reserve, using its power to manipulate financial markets and to control the U.S. economy. The fact that foreigners don't actually control it doesn't make "Central Banking" any less a threat to the security and liberty of America's working men and women.

Comments on "The Invisible Government"
More about how it originated and the way it works.

The Number 1 Reason YOU Became a Slave
Currency control by private interests, in the form of Central Banking, has succeeded also in Canada as this article demonstrates. The problem for working citizens there is the same, although this furnishes no consolation to us, their friendly neighbor.