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The Hidden Hand: City of London, The Pilgrims Society &Who Really Runs the Global Banking System | Michael McKibbon
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FEATURING: MICHAEL MCKIBBEN https://aim4truth.org/ Today on Steel News, Ann Vandersteel welcomes technology pioneer and investigative researcher Michael T. McKibben, author of the explosive book “The Hidden Hand: Unraveling the Rothschilds and Israel.” McKibben argues that modern global banking networks did not originate in modern Europe—but in ancient merchant-banking systems stretching back thousands of years along the Silk Road. His research traces the development of Babylonian-style debt banking, taxation systems, and merchant banking networks through history and into the modern financial centers of power. From the City of London and Canary Wharf to the Pilgrims Society, Zionist finance networks, and modern intelligence institutions, McKibben presents a controversial thesis about the architecture of global power. Ann and Michael explore: • The origins of global merchant banking • The financial power of the City of London • The Pilgrims Society and transatlantic elite networks • The Balfour Declaration and British Zionism • How banking, intelligence, and media power intersect • Why the financial system still revolves around debt, war, and control This conversation asks the question: Who truly controls the modern financial system—and how far back does it go? This is Steel News where truth survives pressure.