The Ron Paul Revolution: A Ten-Year Retrospective

The Critical Need for Independent Media

12/09/2021 Glenn Greenwald

Includes an introduction by Tom Woods. Recorded in Lake Jackson, Texas, on December 4, 2021.

Ron Paul’s two campaigns for president (2008 and 2012) were watershed moments for liberty-minded people around the world. The “Ron Paul Revolution”—centered around his undiluted message of peace, property, and markets—changed the way millions thought about the American empire and the American financial system. Dr. Paul’s focus on central banking and foreign policy caught politicians and pundits off guard, forcing them to scramble for explanations of our Middle East policy and Soviet-style central planning at the Fed. Politics in America has not been the same since the “Giuliani moment” and “End the Fed.” The Ron Paul Revolution was both a political and cultural phenomenon.

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