Lifting the Veil

99% of people fall for this hegelian trap: "left" or "right";democrat or republican, capitalist or communist; it's irrelevant, the power elite plays both sides to achieve their goals,e.g.: just go out and do your own research on the story of creation of The Federal Reserve System, you will see how the power brokers fooled congress. Don't be a victim of this "left" or "right" trap.

This is the first David Ike book that I've read. I must say that some things ring very true and I will read more of his books to get the bigger picture. On the other hand some of it is really out there. I'm keeping an open mind and I'll see what opinions I develop after more in depth reading. I do think that this book is a good investment if you are on the fence about finding out more about the authors ideas. This is a quick and easy read. Also inexpensive compared to some of other books.I've passed my copy on to friends, it definately is food for thought and interesting conversation.

While I do not yet buy Icke's grand conspiratorial theme, I feel he is raising legitimate questions which are all but ignored by mainstream media. Another reviewer is annoyed because it's not clear if Icke is conservative or liberal. That's exactly the point! Conventional liberal vs conservative political viewpoints are becoming more and more irrelevant in terms of meaningful differences or practical solutions. Not only are the political parties merging in the middle but neither are asking the key questions. Both parties have divided up the support of major lobbying groups/$$ and still have some differences of opinion, but neither are focused on the fundamental injustices and problems facing the world. While I do not agree with Icke that the global elite are necessarily in conspiratorial league with each other to enslave the population, I do believe that mainstream media and educational bodies do not pay enough attention to the role played by these powerful individual/corporations in influencing the outbreak of war and other misfortunes in the world. Give this book a try and come to your own conclusions.

if only 5% of what icke says is true ,and some of it probably is, then this is a serious wake up call for all of us. looking back at kosovo , bosnia , irak and east timor , it seems that icke has in fact hit a basic truth. a lot of what he says is hard to accept, however what makes it so hard to accept is the incessant media conditioning and the official version of reality imposed on us even before birth by how tv and pop psychology and other hollywoodian mythologies affect our parents and then us. By the time we are grown ups most of us have swallowed hollywoodianism and consumerism hook ,line and sinker.