An insightful and intelligent documentary, What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom (2007) by producer, Adam Curtis (The Power of Nightmares). The series consists of three one-hour programmes which explore the concept and definition of freedom, specifically, “how a simplistic model of human beings as self-seeking, almost robotic, creatures led […]
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In “Private Warriors,” FRONTLINE (2005), correspondent Martin Smith travels throughout Kuwait and Iraq to give viewers an unprecedented behind-the-scenes look at companies like Kellogg, Brown & Root, a Halliburton subsidiary, and its civilian army. [youtube]YZ0WJJ0v3xQ[/youtube] “Private Warriors” also explores a very different kind of contractor – the private world of […]
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[ This fantastic doco is well worth a watch if you haven’t seen it. ] Edward Bernays, nephew of Sigmund Freud, invented the public relations profession in the 1920s and was the first person to take Freud’s ideas and apply them to manipulating the masses. Bernays showed American corporations how […]
Charlie Brooker explores the gulf between television and real life. Episode 1: Fear [youtube]AxQuHocBmxw[/youtube] [youtube]NXzMDlVcF54[/youtube] [ Newswipe, Screenwipe, and the rest of this current series are all available on youtube. ] H / t : Lommy the Lomster
This is an important video that may remind you how we got to where we are right now. Lifting the Veil from S DN on Vimeo. No – it’s not the fault of the people of the United States for what is going on – after all they voted for […]
371 Swiss banks stand accused of collaborating with the Nazis during World War II. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cakKQmi–w This was suspected at the time by by U.S. Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau, who began investigating this collaboration. He found the Swiss were not alone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Sm1wFfH7ro His archives reveal that both British and American […]
As the war in Afghanistan enters its final chapter, Sean Smith’s brutal film from the Helmand frontline shows the horrific chaos of a stalemate that is taking its toll in blood. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMyFqJmaIiM Warning: contains distressing scenes and strong language. Warning – Battle scenes are live and very graphic. Sean Smith’s […]
Award-winning journalist John Pilger investigates the discrepancies between American and British claims for the ‘war on terror’ and the facts on the ground as he finds them in Afghanistan and Washington, DC. [youtube]hI6DRJXUYOQ[/youtube]
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