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¢ In 1999, Laurance provided a grant in the "five-figure range" to Peggy Dulany the BLT Research Team, Inc. to study crop circles. In 2002, BLT The second eldest of David Rockefeller's three daughters, Peggy announced its findings that many crop circles were created not by Dulany went through a period of rebellion in the 1970s based on humans but by a "mysterious energy force". her outrage at the level of poverty in Latin America that she was The purpose of Laurance Rockefeller's dabbling in the UFO field —_ convinced her father had contributed to in some way. After a peri- has long posed a puzzle to New World Order researchers. One od in Brazil working on poverty alleviation, she was involved in popular suggestion, drawing on an idea probably pioneered by the similar programs in Boston and New York. Since the 1980s, how- late William Cooper in his book, Behold A Pale Horse (1991), is ever, a mellowing of Dulany's opinions has been more than appar- that Laurance's activities serve a more sinister agenda to "present an _ent, as she has joined many of the organisations in which her father ‘alien invasion'...as a pretext to fully entrench the New World has played such a key role, including the CFR, the Overseas Order" (Watson). The alien presence, though, is to be deliberately Development Council and the Rockefeller Foundation.” and elaborately faked. As evidence of this intent, the public mus- In 1986, Dulany used some of her share of the Rockefeller for- ings of President Ronald Reagan in 1987 and 1988, on how an tune to found the Synergos Institute, an organisation devoted to "alien threat" or being "threatened by...a power from another plan- enhancing the ability of philanthropic organisations to collaborate et" would cause all of humanity to set aside its differences and with grassroots organisations to "reduce poverty and increase equity "come together" as "citizens of the world", are often cited. Coupled —_ in Africa, Asia and Latin America".* Although this agenda is sure- with Laurance's efforts to confirm the existence of an alien presence _ly laudable, there are at least two reasons for caution. Firstly, there and those of Hollywood to shape public attitudes towards extrater- is David Rockefeller's key role in the Global Philanthropists Circle, restrials, the stage is supposedly being set to deceive the public.” a Synergos subsidiary—surely a case of the fox guarding the hen The appeal of this theory is obvious; however, compelling proof —_ house, given David's own admitted role in conceiving the so-called in its favour is lacking, forcing its advocates to rely on more cir- "Washington Consensus", which is behind much of the poverty in cumstantial evidence, witnesses with unverifiable claims, and a Latin America. And secondly, Synergos's focus on enhancing the willingness to speculate. If this theory is true, then its advocates role and reach of philanthropy throughout those regions seems may rest assured they will be féted for their prescience should the more a case of enhancing the role of non-state actors into a global time come. enterprise—an explicit objective of both David and JDR3. In the view of this author, however, it seems more likely that In other avenues, Peggy Dulany has proved that her straying Laurance's dabbling in the UFO from the path of Rockefeller interna- scene, besides reflecting some possi- tionalism was indeed a momentary ble eccentricities on his part, forms The second eldest of David lapse. In early 1997, Dulany partici- part of his broader agenda to try to Rockefeller’s three daughters pated in a "Global Governance for ’ mould humanity's ethical outlook. Sustainable Development" conference Rather than trying to establish the Peggy Dulany went through a held by the Rio+5 Forum, giving a existence of a negative "alien threat", period of rebellion in the 1970s presentation on "The Role of Global the aim is gradually to reinforce the Financial Institutions and Networks in sense that there is a genuine, possibly based on her outrage at the level Financing Sustainable Development".” benevolent, alien presence out of poverty in Latin America that Also in 1997, she co-chaired a CFR- there—a presence that by its very h . d her father had sponsored Independent Task Force on existence challenges existing reli- sne was convinced her father na Promoting US Economic Relations gious, cultural and political frame- contributed to in some Way. with Africa. Among the recommenda- works, surely compelling us to coa- tions of the task force were: endorse- lesce around a single new idea. ment of an "Africa Growth and Perhaps along the lines of Swimme's Opportunity Act" to increase US pri- "New Story of the Universe”... vate investment in Africa and create the groundwork for free trade agreements in the region; and for the US to pay its outstanding THE NEXT GENERATION commitments to "the International Development Association, the The five sons and one daughter of Junior gave forth another gen- African Development Bank and Fund, and the United Nations in eration of some 23 children, sometimes known as "the cousins". order to carry a fair share of international cooperation in support of Their contribution to the globalist ideology launched by Junior in African development".” the 1920s and further transformed by their parents is barely recog- In June 2003, Dulany joined the UN Secretary-General's Panel nised yet no less significant, not least because of the major genera- — on Civil Society and UN Relationships. The aim of the panel, tional rupture revealed at length in Peter Collier and David claims the UN, is to "review past and current practises and recom- Horowtiz's book, The Rockefellers (1976). Caught up in the politi- mend improvements for the future in order to make the interaction cal tumult of the late 1960s and early 1970s, most of the children of between civil society and the United Nations more meaningful". the Rockefeller brothers, especially those belonging to David, The Panel's definition of "Civil Society", according to a "contextual rejected their family's legacy (and even the name), embracing leftist. | paper" prepared by the Panel's Chairman, former Brazilian causes including opposition to the Vietnam War anda version of President Fernando Henrique Cardoso, "encompasses a wide vari- environmentalism less tied to the plutocratic version of perfection ety of non-state actors, including parliamentarians and the private promulgated by JDR3 and Laurance. sector" and "non-government organizations". With relations Since that time, though, as the cousins have become older their — between the UN and Civil Society beginning to "show signs of radicalism has been tempered and diluted, and a few of them have strain", there was a need for "greater consistency and coherence" to taken their place in the Rockefeller philanthropic network, embrac- be "introduced in the rules of engagement with civil society". ing Senior's original notions of "stewardship" and Junior's enthusi- Cardoso explicitly linked this goal to the UN's "key role" in asm for a world state. "strengthening global governance" and "building a cosmopolitan Rockefeller's three daughters, Peggy Dulany went through a period of rebellion in the 1970s based on her outrage at the level of poverty in Latin America that she was convinced her father had contributed to in some way. THE NEXT GENERATION The five sons and one daughter of Junior gave forth another gen- eration of some 23 children, sometimes known as "the cousins". Their contribution to the globalist ideology launched by Junior in the 1920s and further transformed by their parents is barely recog- nised yet no less significant, not least because of the major genera- tional rupture revealed at length in Peter Collier and David Horowtiz's book, The Rockefellers (1976). Caught up in the politi- cal tumult of the late 1960s and early 1970s, most of the children of the Rockefeller brothers, especially those belonging to David, rejected their family's legacy (and even the name), embracing leftist causes including opposition to the Vietnam War and a version of environmentalism less tied to the plutocratic version of perfection promulgated by JDR3 and Laurance. Since that time, though, as the cousins have become older their radicalism has been tempered and diluted, and a few of them have taken their place in the Rockefeller philanthropic network, embrac- ing Senior's original notions of "stewardship" and Junior's enthusi- asm for a world state. 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