By Nicholas Jones “The historical mission of West Africa to a large extent consists in taking advantage of the facilities history has given it; to lose no time in becoming a powerful federated state, capable of freeing the rest of the continent by force if need be, rather than continuing indefinitely in weakness, divisiveness and…
Study of the Heavens: a History of Chinese Astronomy
Transcript of a lecture given by Cynthia Chung at ‘The Universe, Creativity and You‘ Symposium. We live in a strange time. Many have forgotten the power of imagination and are instead bogged down with the reality of ‘practicality’. The reality of ‘the budget’, and the reality of ‘what is deemed useful and what is deemed…
Creativity Is the True Source of Economic Wealth
A Book Review by Lawrence Freeman (The following book review is published with permission from Freeman’s blog Africa and the World where it appeared on June 26. Patrick Kabanda, a native of Uganda, is an accomplished organist who also serves as what he describes as a “well-tempered non-economist,” consulting internationally on economic development policy. His book is…
Uncovering the Secret History of the Metric System with Fehmi Krasniqi
In this second part of a series of Rising Tide Foundation interviews with researcher Fehmi Krasniqi, we explore the forgotten ancient origins of the metric system, which involves a multifaceted debunking of the fiction that this scientific method of measurement emerged out of the French Revolution and instead review the evidence pointing to the physical…
The Ancient Celts & Ramayana
By Raj Vedam Ramayana is well-known all over India, and its impact is seen in ancient and popular culture spread across south-east Asia, including Japan, China and Mongolia. I often state the incongruity of Indian culture spreading only to its east, but not to its west — as asserted by Western historians. Several attempts have…
Born in the Witches’ Cauldron (Hitler’s Treasurer and Today’s Secretive NATO Political Lobby)
This past Sunday May 10, I was happy to announce that our guest lecturer will be the renowned English historian, and journalist Tony Gosling who will showcase a side of World War two and the later Cold War that you never imagined. Tony’s recent book ‘The Traitors of Arnhem’ features explosive proof that the infamous…
National Sovereignty: From the Battle of Lagnano to the Strait of Hormuz (with Anton Chaitkin)
What is the connection of the battle of Lagnano of 1176 which formed the Lombard Leage, to the valiant struggle for french liberation led by Joan of Arc, to the rise of the modern nation state through the Peace of Westphalia, the US republic in 1776 and the later battles to liberate humanity from empire…
Le Grand Charles: De Gaulle’s lessons for the Survival and Renewal of Europe in the 21st Century
What does Charles De Gaulle have to teach us to restore world peace, prosperity and security as well for the renewal of the West in the 21st century? Answer – A lot. The true genius architect of blitzkrieg and successful armored war. His own French generals ignored him : Guderian and the German generals studied…
Leclerc Liberator of Paris Who Died Just Before He Would Have Prevented 30 Years of War in Vietnam
On Sunday November 23 at 2pm ET, the Rising Tide Foundation hosted a lecture by Martin Sieff on the figure of General Philip Leclerc- Charles DeGaulle’s powerful ally and anti-imperialist. Purchase Martin Sieff’s Cycles of Change here: https://www.amazon.ca/Cycles-Change-A… Support the Rising Tide Foundation in the following ways: 1) Make a donation https://risingtidefoundation.net/supp… 2) Subscribe to…
Britain’s Hidden Role in Starting – and Prolonging – World War I
By Pelle Neroth Taylor World War I has often been described as the worst disaster of modern European history. Its destruction extended far beyond the battlefield: millions of potential great lives, ideas, works of art, and moral traditions were extinguished in the mud of the Somme and Passchendaele. The war shattered the optimism and confidence…