| | *[[Bohemian Grove]]<ref name="SecretSocieties"/><ref>Adelmann, Bob (July 13, 2011). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/9468-bohemian-grove-where-the-elite-meet-to-eat-and-conspire Bohemian Grove: Where the Elite Meet to Eat (and Conspire)]. ''The New American''. Retrieved December 21, 2017.</ref> | | *[[Bohemian Grove]]<ref name="SecretSocieties"/><ref>Adelmann, Bob (July 13, 2011). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/9468-bohemian-grove-where-the-elite-meet-to-eat-and-conspire Bohemian Grove: Where the Elite Meet to Eat (and Conspire)]. ''The New American''. Retrieved December 21, 2017.</ref> |
| − | Other nongovernmental organizations with similar goals and beliefs include the World Government Summit,<ref>Newman, Alex (February 21, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/asia/item/28339-creepy-world-government-summit-targets-america-freedom Creepy “World Government Summit” Targets America, Freedom]. ''The New American''. Retrieved February 21, 2018.</ref> the World Affairs Council, the Aspen Institute, Le Cercle, the Brookings Institution, the Club of Rome, the [[Atlantic Council]], and the World Economic Forum.<ref>Jasper, William F. (September 23, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/asia/item/30146-globalists-and-communists-converge-at-davos-sponsored-tech-summit-in-china Globalists and Communists Converge at Davos-sponsored Tech Summit in China]. ''The New American''. Retrieved September 23, 2018.</ref><ref name="DeepState2018"/> | + | Other nongovernmental organizations with similar goals and beliefs include the World Government Summit,<ref>Newman, Alex (February 21, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/asia/item/28339-creepy-world-government-summit-targets-america-freedom Creepy “World Government Summit” Targets America, Freedom]. ''The New American''. Retrieved February 21, 2018.</ref> the World Affairs Council, the Aspen Institute, Le Cercle, the Brookings Institution, the Club of Rome, the [[Atlantic Council]], and the [[World Economic Forum]].<ref>Jasper, William F. (September 23, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/asia/item/30146-globalists-and-communists-converge-at-davos-sponsored-tech-summit-in-china Globalists and Communists Converge at Davos-sponsored Tech Summit in China]. ''The New American''. Retrieved September 23, 2018.</ref><ref name="DeepState2018"/> |
| | Many of these organizations are part of the [[deep state]] and are able to exert an extraordinary and disproportionate amount of influence on world affairs, especially since their membership rolls include highly influential figures from various fields and professions, including those from both U.S. political parties.<ref name="DeepState2018">Newman, Alex (January 8, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/27866-deep-state-behind-the-deep-state-cfr-trilaterals-bilderbergs Deep State Behind the Deep State: CFR, Trilaterals, Bilderbergs]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 9, 2018.</ref><ref name="SecretSocieties">Newman, Alex (January 8, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/27870-deep-state-secret-societies-skull-and-bones-bohemians-illuminati Deep State: Secret Societies: Skull and Bones, Bohemians, Illuminati]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 9, 2018.<br> | | Many of these organizations are part of the [[deep state]] and are able to exert an extraordinary and disproportionate amount of influence on world affairs, especially since their membership rolls include highly influential figures from various fields and professions, including those from both U.S. political parties.<ref name="DeepState2018">Newman, Alex (January 8, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/27866-deep-state-behind-the-deep-state-cfr-trilaterals-bilderbergs Deep State Behind the Deep State: CFR, Trilaterals, Bilderbergs]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 9, 2018.</ref><ref name="SecretSocieties">Newman, Alex (January 8, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/27870-deep-state-secret-societies-skull-and-bones-bohemians-illuminati Deep State: Secret Societies: Skull and Bones, Bohemians, Illuminati]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 9, 2018.<br> |