Dear Leo,
Thanks so much for putting my list of U.S. anti-war films on your website. As
my friend Blase Bonpane told me, watching these films is like getting a PHD in
U.S. foreign policy.
The United States is ADDICTED To WAR. It is the biggest business in this
country. Most Americans do not believe that, cannot see that, do not understand
that and so not want to understand that. This includes politicians, people in
the military-industrial-complex, the corporations, the bankers, the oil
companies, the mainstream media and the majority of American public, who have
been taught to believe that our country is such a good country and wants only
to help people around the world. The propaganda they have been fed all their
lives has worked for the most. Most people I know will not look at the films on
my list, they will not read ADDICTED To WAR & they ignore the truth-tellers in
the United States. It is truly a sad thing.
Hillary Clinton supported many of the things seen in these films. I would never
have voted for her. But it is my belief that Donald Trump is not a Peace
President either. He is one of the super-rich who pretty much only cares about
himself and maybe his family. He has surrounded himself with other billionaires
who are climate-change deniers and who do not care about the people. And I
think that most of the important anti-war activists in the U.S. feel this same
way about Trump.
It seems like the most important thing in the United States is money and power.
The super-rich are in control and they do not care about the average person in
the U.S. or in the world. As S. Brian Willson says, they are drunk with their
power.
And by the way, our new anti-war film has been out for the last year. It is
called: “PAYING THE PRICE FOR PEACE: The Story of S. Brian Willson”. It can be
rented at AMAZON.COM. You Can Rent the Film for $5.00 by going to:
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"PAYING THE PRICE FOR PEACE: The Story of S. Brian Willson"
Produced & Directed by Bo Boudart ~ Narrated by Peter Coyote ~ Associate
Producer Frank Dorrel
www.payingthepriceforpeace.com
Vietnam veteran S. Brian Willson paid the price for peace as he was run over
and nearly killed by a military train during a non-violent protest at The
Concord Naval Weapons Station in California on September 1st, 1987. The train
was carrying weapons that were to be shipped to Central America and used to
kill innocent civilians in Nicaragua, El Salvador & Guatemala. Since then,
Brian has not stopped calling attention to the US government’s defiance of
international law through waging endless illegal wars.“PAYING THE PRICE FOR
PEACE” exposes the truth about the United States’ addiction to war and the lies
it perpetuates in order to wage ongoing violence. Brian’s story is very moving,
inspirational and educational.
This Important Film Also Features:
Daniel Ellsberg, Ron Kovic, Roy Bourgeois, Medea Benjamin, Blase Bonpane,
Martin Sheen, Alice Walker, Amy Goodman, Ramsey Clark, Camila Mejia, Phil
Donahue, Col. Ann Wright, David Hartsough,
David Swanson, Chelsea Manning, Charlie Clements, Charlie Liteky, Duncan
Murphy, George Mizo, Jack Ryan, Bruce Gagnon, President Daniel Ortega, Cindy
Sheehan, Michael Lindley and Ed Ellis.
Music by Joan Baez, Jackson Browne, Creedence Clearwater, Barry McGuire &
Malcolm Payne.
Endorsements for: PAYING THE PRICE FOR PEACE
S. Brian Willson has paid the Price For Peace in lifelong regular installments
and his commitment assures us that truly one heart with courage is a majority.
Martin Sheen: Actor & Activist.
"S. Brian Willson is an international hero revered for his lifelong,
unrelenting refusal to accept any apology for the US empire and its murderous
military machine. This documentary should be seen by everyone, particularly the
younger generation who may not yet be familiar with Willson's life and his
challenge to every US resident to take responsibility to end the US
militaristic madness".
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz: Historian & Author of: “An Indigenous Peoples' History
of the United States”
I love Brian. And I love this film. I wish that every American, interested in
truth, could see it. Since his time in Vietnam, Brian’s life has been about
revealing the dark side of US foreign policy. This very important film, which
includes many of Brian’s friends in the anti-war movement, also talks about how
US militarism is one of the biggest contributors to Global Warming.
Daniel Ellsberg: Author, Activist &
Former Military Analyst, who revealed The Pentagon Papers to the New York Times
in 1971.
"These are very challenging and dangerous times. We need people who can inspire
us to resist. I highly recommend seeing: 'PAYING THE PRICE FOR PEACE: The Story
of S. Brian Willson'. Brian and the other people in this very important film,
show us and lead us in resisting wars being waged by the United States. These
illegal and immoral wars have devastated and killed millions of people in the
third world".
Roy Bourgeois: Vietnam Veteran & Founder of School of The Americas Watch
This film: "PAYING THE PRICE FOR PEACE" shows what absolute commitment and
dedication of one's life to peace and the absence of killing really means. What
a man!
Helen Caldicott - An Australian physician, author & anti-nuclear advocate who
has founded several associations dedicated to opposing the use of nuclear
power, depleted uranium munitions, nuclear weapons & military action in general.
I recall being in Baghdad with Gulf Peace Team members from Europe, India and
Australia, during the 1991 Desert Storm invasion of Iraq. Wanting badly to
raise concern, worldwide, for suffering Iraqis who had meant the U.S. people no
harm, we listed people we hoped to reach who might eventually join us in the
Middle East. Brian Willson topped our list because we knew that communities of
people worldwide respected his courage and credibility. "Paying The Price For
Peace" educates audiences about Brian's lifelong commitment to abolish war. The
film also introduces a cast of interesting people, kindred spirits with Brian
Willson, who believe that nonviolence can and must change the world.
Kathy Kelly: Co-Founder of <http://www.vcnv.org/> Voices For Creative
Nonviolence. Has worked closely with the <http://www.livewithoutwars.org/>
Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers. She is the author of “Other Lands Have Dreams”.
"The Documentary on Brian Willson’s life, “Paying The Price For Peace”, is an
important must-see film for anti-war activists and should be required viewing
in all social science/ethics classes in colleges and secondary schools
nationwide. Acknowledging permanent war is the first step to peace."
Peter Phillips Ph.D, Professor Political Sociology Sonoma State University,
Past President of Media Freedom Foundation/Project Censored -
What an inspiring movie! From sea to shining sea, our country is filled with
gleaming statues of war heroes. This powerful movie is a monument to a peace
hero – telling the dramatic story of Brian Willson’s journey from soldier to
lifelong activist for peace and justice. And the movie shows that Brian’s brand
of heroism is infectious and inspires other heroes."
Jeff Cohen: Co-Founder of RootsAction.org and Co-Producer of ‘All Governments
Lie’.
"Paying The Price For Peace" is the remarkable story of a remarkable man
willing to give his life for peace. Brian Willson risked his life for the
people of Central America who were being killed by U.S. bullets. Brian paid the
price for peace with his legs and almost his life. The rest of us are paying
the price with our souls."
Col. Ann Wright: Retired United States Army Colonel & U.S. State Department
official
PAYING THE PRICE FOR PEACE engages our heart and lifts our spirit. It is a
tale of commitment, courage and leadership. It describes how political
deception makes us accomplices to policies we never knew about or agreed to and
underscores the importance of struggle and community. S. Brian Willson has the
lead role in the film. And the story is certainly about him. But it is also
about you and me. What will we do differently because we saw this film? What
will our next steps be?
Sabina Virgo: Founding President, AFSCME 2620, Community and Climate
Organizer/Activist, Writer and Speaker.
See how courageous, non-violent, civil disobedience to the crimes of war can
motivate you to become a more challenging citizen against militarism and
corporatism that a peoples' Congress can stop."
Ralph Nader: Activist, Lawyer and Author of "Breaking Through Power
Paying The Price For Peace is a MUST SEE film by everyone who wants peace and
an end to all wars. Brian Willson not only believes that “Our lives are not
worth more and their lives are not worth less,” he acts on that belief even
risking his life to stop American bombs being shipped to kill people. Millions
of people all over the world who have lost loved ones in America’s wars have
expressed profound gratitude that Brian Willson and other Americans understand
their grief and their suffering and are willing to risk their lives to stop the
madness of war. Be prepared to be inspired and challenged to take your next
step in creating a world where we can give up the insanity of killing one
another and live as brothers and sisters in peace. Together we can end the
madness of war!
David Hartsough: Author of: “WAGING PEACE: Global Adventures of a Lifelong
Nonviolent Activist”, Founder of: PEACEMAKERS and Co-Founder of: WORLD BEYOND
WAR.
"PAYING THE PRICE FOR PEACE is as powerful as it is important, as inspiring as
it is shocking and throws a strong light on an incredible man who suffered so
much yet continued to stand when almost anyone else would have crumbled." It is
quite literally awe inspiring.
Paul Haggis: Academy Award Winning Writer & Director (Crash & Million Dollar
Baby
The OFFICE OF THE AMERICAS was proud to be participant in the Nuremberg Actions
at Concord Naval weapons Station in California. And today the Nuremberg
precedent is more important than ever. We must not obey illegal and immoral
orders from anyone including the President of the United States. After the
horror of the attack on Brian Willson at that site I was privileged to travel
war ravaged Nicaragua with Brian. We flew at tree top level in a worn
helicopter to see the devastation of Reagan's illegal and immoral CONTRA WAR.
The people of Nicaragua came out as one to welcome their hero who had PAID THE
PRICE FOR PEACE, Brian Willson.
Blase Bonpane, Ph.D: Director, Office of the Americas, Host of World Focus,
heard on KPFK 90.7 FM
"Brian Willson declared his independence from every bomb dropped, every threat
leveled, every civil liberties rollback, every child killed, every veteran
maimed. Brian Willson sat down in order to stand up. For all that I have done,
Brian Willson shames me to do more; to be better. Thank you, Brian; I love you."
Cynthia McKinney: Former US Congresswoman from Georgia & Green Party
Presidential Candidate.
PAYING THE PRICE FOR PEACE is a great film about the life and pure dedication
of a great activist. Brian Willson began as an All-American boy. He stayed true
to his patriotic upbringing. When faced with the enormous contradictions of the
Vietnam War, he told the hard truths about the moral depravity of that war.
From then on, Brian remained determined in speaking truth to power, about US
war making in Latin America and beyond. He paid the ultimate price for peace
when he sat on the tracks blocking a weapons shipment to Central America. A
humble man always, Brian inspires all of us to keep working for peace. –
Bruce Gagnon: Coordinator of Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in
Space.
"Thank you for this inspiring story of Brian Willson so that future generations
can be motivated by his courage and fortitude."
Medea Benjamin: Founder of CODEPINK and Life Long Anti-War activist
"A Hero's story of courageous sacrifice, dedication, excitement, adventure, and
solidarity."
David Swanson: Author and Founder of World Beyond War
As an Army medic in Vietnam, I have often said that Lying Is The Most Powerful
Weapon In War. "Paying The Price For Peace" is a primary example of how lying
is the essential ingredient of any war. If you do not follow the deceit of the
money trail and who profits off of war, you will be forever lost in the
rhetoric. One of the most profound statements I have ever read about the
Vietnam War, was written by Brian Willson. Brian witnessed four atrocities in
Vietnam, after U.S. jets bombed four Vietnamese villages killing hundreds of
innocent civilians. When Brian walked into the first village, he looked down at
a dead Vietnamese mother holding three dead children who were scorched by
napalm and these were his words: "In that moment and it only took a second, I
got it." That was the profound lying war in Vietnam and that is why "Paying The
Price For Peace" is such a monumental accomplishment in telling the truth.
Mike Hastie: Army Medic Vietnam, Veterans For Peace & Photojournalist.
"Brilliant documentary about an incredible antiwar hero. This film should be a
strong contender for an Oscar."
Michael D. Knox, PhD: Chair US Peace Memorial Foundation
S. Brian Willson stands courageous, strong and tall among the very best of our
inspirational heroes. "Paying The Price For Peace" is both a beautiful portrait
and engaging account of an iconic champion of deep conscience, intelligence and
humanity. It also provides terrifying examples of the brute force, violence and
militarism used in attempts to silence voices of peace, justice and
brotherhood. Presente, one and all, for this brilliant film.
Maureen Cruise RN: Peace Advocate, Director Health Care for All - Los Angeles
Chapter
"What makes Paying The Price so powerful is hearing the voices of so many
veterans, women and men who know what war is and have had the courage to walk
away. They invite us to remember – however much the national “security” state
would like us to forget -- that every one of us can be brave. Courage (like
cowardice) is a habit we can learn by practice. And there’s no better teacher
than Brian Willson."
Rebecca Gordon: Author of "Mainstreaming Torture: Ethical Approaches in the
Post 9/11 United States"
"Paying The Price For Peace" is an amazing must see film. Brian Willson has
been on an incredible life's journey. As a young conservative Republican, who
believed what he was taught in this country, he enlisted in the Air Force,
became an officer and was sent to Vietnam in 1969. One of his first
assignments was to access the success of targets we had bombed. Brian witnessed
a fishing village with close to 100 people in it who were all either dead or
dying. There were no soldiers and no weapons. Just women, children and a few
old men. In the next week he witnessed 4 other villages that had been bombed
with the same results. His life was changed forever. When he spoke out to his
superiors about what he had seen, he was sent back to the United States. In the
1980's Brian decided to go to Central America to see just what our country was
doing there. That led to his involvement with 'Veterans Fast For Life' in 1986
and then blocking trains at The Concord Naval Weapons Station in California in
1987, where he was run over by a train carrying weapons to be shipped to
Central America and used to kill innocent people. He lost both legs but
survived and became much more well known to people in the anti-war movement.
This film covers all of these actions so clearly and also includes many other
well-known anti-war activists in this country, who are on a similar journey as
Brian, which is to reveal the true and brutal nature of US foreign policy. If
you care about the human race, please see this film.
Frances Fisher: Actress and Activist
At a time when the peace movement is in disarray and at a time when
progressives have given the United States a free pass on endless war and drone
killings, Brian Willson is an example for the peace movement all over the
world. If we are to survive as a species, we will all have to: Pay The Price
For Peace. Regis Tremblay: Directed & Produced both: “30 Seconds To Midnight”
and “Ghosts of Jeju”.
Paying The Price For Peace" is a powerful work that all of us can learn from.
S. Brian Willson's commitment to the ideals of our democracy is an inspiration
to all of us and a great example of a "fearless individual" in pursuit of the
truth." Joseph C. Stillman, Producer/Director of: “CITIZEN CLARK: A Life of
Principle” – a film in progress.
“PAYING THE PRICE FOR PEACE is FANTASTIC! I REALLY LOVE this film. It is one
to be Seen by ALL. I mean ALL. EVERYONE! For the History ALONE! So well done”.
Julie Webster: Teacher, Poet, Videographer and Anti-War Activist.
In Peace,
Frank Dorrel
Publisher
Addicted To War
P.O. Box 3261
Culver City, CA 90231-3261
fdorrel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
fdorrel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.addictedtowar.com
From: Leo Semashko [mailto:leo.semashko@xxxxxxxxx] ;
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2017 2:48 AM
To: Frank Dorrel
Cc: gha-peace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; gha@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; ghausa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx;
RootsAction Team; wwpoenglish@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Anti-War Films:+++ From militaristic addiction to global
peacemaking from harmony through scientific holistic thinking
Dear Frank!
Many thanks for your unique and grandiose anti-war anti-American list of
documentaries that was published on your personal page:
<http://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=668>
http://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=668 ;
These films are the fundamental proof of the militaristic nature of the
American state and American democracy, which is concentrated in your words:
"The True Nature of U.S. Foreign Policy": "the United States has been killed as
many as 20 million or more innocent people since the end of World War II - with
many millions more being injured, losing their homes and having their way of
life ruined…. The United States is ADDICTED To WAR."
Why the US is addicted to war? What is the deep and original cause of this
predilection? What means can overcome this suicidal for the US militaristic
addiction?
Many private answers to these questions have been integrated and holistically
interpreted in the "Global Peace Science" (GPS) from the harmony in the book of
174 co-authors from 34 countries, including you:
<http://peacefromharmony.org/docs/global-peace-science-2016.pdf>
http://peacefromharmony.org/docs/global-peace-science-2016.pdf ;(pp. 352-355,
357-358, etc.)
The essence of this unique paradigm and its scientific answer to these
questions is as follows. The liberal understanding of freedom as a liberation
from the rule of the British Empire, placed by the founding fathers as the
value foundation of the United States, resulted in an unlimited absolutism of
this important but private/insufficient value, leading it for more than two
centuries to degeneration into freedom of violence, wars, murder, militarism,
terrorism, aggression and totalitarianism of the ruling corporate and
irremovable elite of 1% of the population.
The similar absolutization in Marxism of another private value - labor - in the
world class struggle of the proletarian dictatorship turned into a class
genocide of tens of millions of innocent victims of many nations and the
collapse of the USSR as the leader of this other antihuman, erroneous and
militaristic ideology.
An alternative to these temporary, partial and equally inhumane violent
ideologies of liberal capitalism and proletarian communism, based on the
absolutization of partial values, is the Global Peace Science, built on the
universal value of all civilizations - on social harmony. This value includes
all other partial values (freedom, labor, equality, democracy, justice,
etc.), it does not exist without them, but it limits them and does not allow
their disharmonious absolutization, perversion and degeneration into this or
that absolute evil of violence, wars, aggression, etc. Social reality and the
structure of harmony are revealed in this science, which requires the
replacement of both traditional value priorities and forms of violent democracy
in order to free them from their innate pathological militaristic addiction.
Dear Frank! Your great anti-militarist revelatory activity for several decades,
deserving of all praise, I believe, requires a logical continuation and
evolutionary development in the transition from a purely critical work, which
is undoubtedly necessary and important but insufficient, to a positive and
integral scientific peacemaking activity to advance GPS from harmony to the
various institutions of American society, beginning with the Congress and the
President, in the form of an appropriate "Agenda":
<http://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=757>
http://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=757 This is the "third way" beyond of ;
capitalism and communism, but integrating their achievements and advantages,
which Pope John Paul II spoke about and some scientists.
Do you agree to expand your remarkable efforts in this way, giving them a new,
scientific and constructive meaning? We, the GHA will be happy to cooperate
with you in this direction, preserving and strengthening your powerful
criticism. To free themselves from militaristic addiction of any kind (liberal,
Marxist, Nazi, racist, terrorist and etc.), a new paradigm of thinking in
harmony is needed. In the old paradigms that have been discredited for
centuries, this liberation, as we see, does not work. Do you agree with this
historic fact and the mental necessity that follows from it?
Friendly, with the best wishes of peace from harmony through science,
Dr. Leo Semashko,
GHA Honorary President,
published: <http://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=598>
http://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=598
----- Original Message -----
From: Frank Dorrel, <mailto:fdorrel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> fdorrel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: <mailto:leo.semashko@xxxxxxxxx> leo.semashko@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: 18 июля 2017 г., 3:33:50
Subject: This Is The Most Important Email I Will Ever Send To You ~ Anti-War
Films You Can Watch On-Line ~ The Secret Government ~ The Panama Deception ~
War Made Easy ~ Cover-Up: Behind The Iran-Contra Affair ~ Hearts & Minds ~
Occupation 101 & Others
Important Anti-War Films You Can Watch On-Line
Dear Anti-War Friends,
This is the most important email I will ever send to you! The links to these
anti-war films that you can watch on-line sometimes are taken down. So I
have included two or three links when possible. I realize that I have listed
many films here. There is no need to try to watch all of these films in a
short period of time. But the films listed below basically spell out what I
like to call: “The True Nature of U.S. Foreign Policy”. These films are the
proof that the United States has killed as many as 20 million or more
innocent people since the end of World War II - with many millions more
being injured, losing their homes and having their way of life ruined. This
list is the best way I can think of to help educate yourself and others who
might be interested in knowing about this. I believe that the Americans who
have died in these wars, have died for lies coming from our government and
our mainstream media, which are both owned by the same people who profit
from these wars.
It is what I call: “The Big Lie”. It is Orwellian and like The Matrix. I do
not know what is actually going on now in Syria, Libya, Ukraine or Yemen,
but one thing I do know is that we cannot trust that the United States will
ever do the right thing when it comes to foreign policy. Whatever action
this country takes is to benefit the corporations, the oil companies, the
bankers and the war machine: also known as: The Military Industrial Complex
The United States is ADDICTED To WAR.
It is up to us to try to stop this horrible situation. There are more people
now who do understand this to some degree than ever before in history. The
films listed below and many books that have been written on this subject are
a big reason why this is so. Not to mention the many anti-war/peace groups
there are in this country. And the Internet is another big reason there is
more awareness about this. In the alterative media, Democracy Now, hosted by
Amy Goodman, is the most listened to/watched program in this country. Their
website is: <http://www.democracynow.org> www.democracynow.org . You will hear
more truth by listening to
Democracy Now than anywhere else. Another good source of truth is The
INTERCEPT: <https://theintercept.com/> https://theintercept.com/.
To my knowledge, no one else has ever put together a list like this one.
In Peace,
Frank Dorrel
Publisher: ADDICTED To WAR
Associate Producer: PAYING THE PRICE FOR PEACE
Producer: What I’ve Learned About U.S. Foreign Policy
P.O. Box 3261
Culver City, CA 90231-3261
310-838-8131
<mailto:fdorrel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> fdorrel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:fdorrel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> fdorrel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<http://www.addictedtowar.com> www.addictedtowar.com
Important Anti-War Films You Can Watch On-Line
Bill Moyer’s The Secret Government: The Constitution In Crisis – PBS - 1987
This is the full length 90 minute version of Bill Moyer's 1987 scathing
critique of the criminal subterfuge carried out by the Executive Branch of
the United States Government to carry out operations which are clearly
contrary to the wishes and values of the American people. The ability to
exercise this power with impunity is facilitated by the National Security
Act of 1947. The thrust of the exposé is the Iran-Contra arms and
drug-running operations which flooded the streets of our nation with crack
cocaine. - <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28K2CO-khdY>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=28K2CO-khdY -
<http://www.topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-secret-government>
www.topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-secret-government -
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJldun440Sk>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJldun440Sk
The Panama Deception – Won Academy Award for Best Documentary in 1992 -
Narrated by Elizabeth Montgomery – Directed by Barbara Trent - Produced by
The Empowerment Project
This Academy Award Winning film documents the untold story of the December
1989 U.S. invasion of Panama; the events which led to it; the excessive
force used; the enormity of the death and destruction; and the devastating
aftermath. The Panama Deception uncovers the real reasons for this
internationally condemned attack, presenting a view of the invasion which
widely differs from that portrayed by the U.S. media and exposes how the
U.S. government and the mainstream media suppressed information about this
foreign policy disaster. -
<http://www.documentarystorm.com/the-panama-deception>
www.documentarystorm.com/the-panama-deception
- <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo6yVNWcGCo>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo6yVNWcGCo
<http://www.empowermentproject.org/films.html>
www.empowermentproject.org/films.html
HEARTS AND MINDS – Directed by Peter Davis – Won Academy Award for Best
Documentary in 1975.
Peter Davis created one of the most moving accounts of the Vietnam War and
the attitudes at home when he produced "Hearts and Minds". The film looks
unflinchingly at the nature of power and horrible consequences of war. It is
very much a pro-peace film, but uses the people who were there to speak for
themselves. It also seeks to probe deeper underneath the American psyche of
the times and evolves into a historical document about the violent social
rupture that happened between the fifties and the sixties.
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGbC3gUlqz0>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGbC3gUlqz0 -
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdJcOWVLmmU>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdJcOWVLmmU
WAR MADE EASY: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us To Death - Narrated
by Sean Penn – By The Media Education Foundation – 2007 -
<http://www.mediaed.org> www.mediaed.org
Based on Book by Norman Solomon titled: WAR MADE EASY -
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9DjSg6l9Vs>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9DjSg6l9Vs - <http://www.warmadeeasythemovie.org>
www.warmadeeasythemovie.org
<https://freedocumentaries.org/documentary/war-made-easy-how-presidents-pundi>
https://freedocumentaries.org/documentary/war-made-easy-how-presidents-pundi
ts-keep-spinning-us-to-death#watch-film
War Made Easy reaches into the Orwellian memory hole to expose a 50-year
pattern of government deception & media spin that has dragged the United
States into one war after another from Vietnam to Iraq. This film exhumes
remarkable archival footage of official distortion & exaggeration from LBJ
to George W. Bush, revealing in stunning detail how the American news media
have uncritically disseminated the pro-war messages of successive
presidential administrations. War Made Easy gives special attention to
parallels between the Vietnam war and the war in Iraq. Guided by media
critic Norman Solomon’s meticulous research and tough-minded analysis, the
film presents disturbing examples of propaganda and media complicity from
the present alongside rare footage of political leaders and leading
journalists from the past, including Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Defense
Secretary Robert McNamara, dissident Senator Wayne Morse and news
correspondents Walter Cronkite and Morley Safer.
Cover-Up: Behind The Iran-Contra Affair - Narrated by Elizabeth Montgomery –
Directed by Barbara Trent - Produced by The Empowerment Project - 1988
COVER-UP is the only film which presents a comprehensive overview of the
most important stories suppressed during the Iran Contra hearings. It is the
only film that puts the entire Iran Contra affair into a meaningful
political and historical context. The shadow government of assassins, arms
dealers, drug smugglers, former CIA operatives and top US military personnel
who were running foreign policy unaccountable to the public, revealing the
Reagan/Bush administration's plan to use FEMA to institute martial law and
ultimately suspend the Constitution. Strikingly relevant to current events.
- <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOlMo9dAATw>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOlMo9dAATw -
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDdItm-PDeM> www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDdItm-PDeM
<http://www.empowermentproject.org/films.html>
www.empowermentproject.org/films.html
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky & The Media - Produced & Directed by
Mark Achbar – Directed by Peter Wintonick – 1993 -
<http://wwwzeitgeistfilms.com> www.zeitgeistfilms.com
< <http://www.zeitgeistfilms.com/film.php?directoryname=manufacturingconsent>
http://www.zeitgeistfilms.com/film.php?directoryname=manufacturingconsent>
This film showcases Noam Chomsky, one of America's leading linguists &
political dissidents. It also illustrates his message of how government and
big media businesses cooperate to produce an effective propaganda machine in
order to manipulate the opinions of the United States populous. –
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnrBQEAM3rE>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnrBQEAM3rE -
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FKdU_xL4O8>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FKdU_xL4O8 -
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBhBfa6gK60>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBhBfa6gK60 -
Hijacking Catastrophe: 911, Fear & The Selling of the American Empire -
Narrated by Julian Bond - The Media Education Foundation – 2004 -
<http://www.mediaed.org> www.mediaed.org
The 9/11 terror attacks continue to send shock waves through the American
political system. Continuing fears about American vulnerability alternate
with images of American military prowess and patriotic bravado in a
transformed media landscape charged with emotion and starved for
information. The result is that we have had little detailed debate about the
radical turn US policy has taken since 9/11. Hijacking Catastrophe places
the Bush Administration's original justifications for war in Iraq within the
larger context of a two-decade struggle by neo-conservatives to dramatically
increase military spending while projecting American power and influence
globally by means of force.
<http://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/hijacking-catastrophe-911-fear-and-the-selling->
www.filmsforaction.org/watch/hijacking-catastrophe-911-fear-and-the-selling-
of-american-empire-2004 - <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGotBt_JxVo>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGotBt_JxVo
Occupation 101: Voices of the Silenced Majority – Directed By Sufyan &
Abdallah Omeish -2006 - Best Film I’ve Seen about the Israeli-Palestinian
Conflict –
A thought-provoking and powerful documentary film on the current and
historical root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Unlike any other
film ever produced on the conflict -- 'Occupation 101' presents a
comprehensive analysis of the facts and hidden truths surrounding the never
ending controversy and dispels many of its long-perceived myths and
misconceptions. The film also details life under Israeli military rule, the
role of the United States in the conflict, and the major obstacles that
stand in the way of a lasting and viable peace. The roots of the conflict
are explained through first-hand on-the-ground experiences from leading
Middle East scholars, peace activists, journalists, religious leaders and
humanitarian workers whose voices have too often been suppressed in American
media outlets. - <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuI5GP2LJAs>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuI5GP2LJAs -
<http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/occupation-101>
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/occupation-101 - ;
<http://www.occupation101.com> www.occupation101.com
Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land: US Media & the Israeli-Palestinian
Conflict - The Media Education Foundation – 2003 - <http://www.mediaed.org>
www.mediaed.org
Peace, Propaganda & The Promised Land provides a striking comparison of U.S.
and international media coverage of the crisis in the Middle East, zeroing
in on how structural distortions in U.S. coverage have reinforced false
perceptions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This pivotal documentary
exposes how the foreign policy interests of American political elites--oil,
and a need to have a secure military base in the region, among others--work
in combination with Israeli public relations strategies to exercise a
powerful influence over how news from the region is reported. –
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSXFNSvInIE>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSXFNSvInIE -
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiiQI7QMJ8w>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiiQI7QMJ8w
Paying The Price - Killing the Children of Iraq - John Pilger – 2000 – This
documentary by John Pilger shows the appalling reality of what happens to a
country under economic sanctions. It’s about the punishment of a whole
nation—the killing of hundreds of thousands of people, including many young
children. They are all the nameless and faceless victims of their own
government and of an endless war that Western nations have waged against
them: -
<http://johnpilger.com/videos/paying-the-price-killing-the-children-of-iraq>
http://johnpilger.com/videos/paying-the-price-killing-the-children-of-iraq -
<http://documentarystorm.com/paying-the-price-killing-the-children-of-iraq>
http://documentarystorm.com/paying-the-price-killing-the-children-of-iraq -
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjkcePc2moQ>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjkcePc2moQ
Guns, Drugs & The CIA - Original Air Date: May 17th, 1988 – On PBS Frontline
- Produced & Written by Andrew and Leslie Cockburn - Directed by Leslie
Cockburn
Frontline investigation into CIA drug running to fund foreign operations.
Introduced by Judy Woodruff.
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpoahXzt-lM>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpoahXzt-lM -
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF27ld7lF_c>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF27ld7lF_c -
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xn7m1NFRRE>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xn7m1NFRRE - <https://vimeo.com/181665011>
https://vimeo.com/181665011 ;
“What I’ve Learned About US Foreign Policy: The War Against The Third World"
– by Frank Dorrel – Updated 2014 Edition
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdMWOjYuYwk&t=183s>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdMWOjYuYwk&t=183s
This is a 2-Hour: 23-Minute Video Compilation Featuring the Following 13
Segments:
1. Martin Luther King Jr. (02:55)
2. John Stockwell, Ex-CIA Station Chief (06:14)
3. Coverup: Behind The Iran-Contra Affair (19:34)
4. School of Assassins (13:25)
5. Genocide by Sanctions (12:58)
6. Philip Agee, Former CIA Case Officer (22:08)
7. Amy Goodman, Host of Democracy Now! (5:12)
8. The Panama Deception (22:10)
9. Crisis In The Congo (14:11)
10. Dr. Dahlia Wasfi, Peace Activist (04:32)
11. Jimmy Carter, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid (04:35)
12. Ramsey Clark, Former U.S. Attorney General (07:58)
13. S. Brian Willson, Vietnam Veteran for Peace (08:45)
This video has been seen by millions of people since 2000. It is an
excellent & invaluable educational tool that reveals the true nature of U.S.
foreign policy.
It’s been screened in many high schools, colleges, churches, homes, on cable
TV, in theaters and shown by many Peace & Justice Anti-War Organizations.
Howard Zinn, S. Brian Willson, Blase Bonpane, Michael Parenti, Oliver Stone,
Ed Asner, Father Roy Bourgeois, Ramsey Clark, William Blum, Kathy Kelly,
Medea Benjamin,
Susan Sarandon, Chalmers Johnson, Cynthia McKinney, Col. Ann Wright and
Woody Harrelson have seen this film & have found it to be very informative
and empowering.
The new segments are: Crisis In The Congo, Dr. Dahlia Wasfi & Jimmy Carter,
Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid. Visuals have been added to the John
Stockwell segment.
More than one person has called: “What I’ve Learned About U.S. Foreign
Policy: The War Against The Third World": “Timeless”.
<http://www.addictedtowar.com/dorrel.html> www.addictedtowar.com/dorrel.html
Vietnam: American Holocaust - Narrated by Martin Sheen – Written, Produced &
Directed by Clay Claiborne - 2008 -
<http://www.topdocumentaryfilms.com/vietnam-american-holocaust>
www.topdocumentaryfilms.com/vietnam-american-holocaust
This film exposes one of the worst cases of sustained mass slaughter in
history, carefully planned & executed by presidents of both parties. Our
dedicated generals & foot soldiers, knowingly or unknowingly, killed nearly
5 million people, on an almost unimaginable scale, mostly using incendiary
bombs. Vietnam has never left our national consciousness & now, in this
time, it has more relevance than ever. <http://www.vietnam.linuxbeach.net>
www.vietnam.linuxbeach.net
Arsenal of Hypocrisy: The Space Program & The Military Industrial Complex -
With Bruce Gagnon & Noam Chomsky – 2004 - <http://www.space4peace.org>
www.space4peace.org
Today the Military Industrial Complex is marching towards world dominance
through Space technology on behalf of global corporate interest. To
understand how and why the space program will be used to fight all future
wars on earth from space, it's important to understand how the public has
been misled about the origins and true purpose of the Space Program. Arsenal
of Hypocrisy features Bruce Gagnon: Coordinator: Global Network Against
Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, Noam Chomsky and Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar
Mitchell talking about the dangers of moving the arms race into space. The
one-hour production features archival footage, Pentagon documents, and
clearly outlines the U.S. plan to "control and dominate" space and the Earth
below. - <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf7apNEASPk>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf7apNEASPk
Beyond Treason – Written & Narrated by Joyce Riley - Directed by William
Lewis - 2005 - <http://www.beyondtreason.com> www.beyondtreason.com
Is the United States knowingly using a dangerous battlefield weapon banned
by the United Nations because of its long-term effects on the local
inhabitants and the environment? Explore the illegal worldwide sale and use
of one of the deadliest weapons ever invented. Beyond the disclosure of
black-ops projects spanning the past 6 decades, Beyond Treason also
addresses the complex subject of Gulf War Illness. It includes interviews
with experts, both civilian and military, who say that the government is
hiding the truth from the public and they can prove it. UNMASKING SECRET
MILITARY PROJECTS: Chemical & Biological Exposures, Radioactive Poisoning,
Mind Control Projects, Experimental Vaccines, Gulf War Illness & Depleted
Uranium (DU). <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRG8nUDbVXU>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRG8nUDbVXU -
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViUtjA1ImQc>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViUtjA1ImQc
The Friendship Village - Directed & Produced by Michelle Mason - 2002-
<http://www.cultureunplugged.com/play/8438/The-Friendship-Village>
www.cultureunplugged.com/play/8438/The-Friendship-Village -
<http://www.cypress-park.m-bient.com/projects/distribution.htm>
www.cypress-park.m-bient.com/projects/distribution.htm
A timely, inspiring film about our ability to transcend war, 'The Friendship
Village' tells the story of George Mizo, a war hero-turned-peace activist
after losing his entire platoon in an opening salvo of the 1968 Tet
Offensive of the Vietnam War. George's journey to heal the wounds of war
leads him back to Vietnam where he befriends the Vietnamese General
responsible for killing his entire platoon. Through their friendship, the
seeds of the Vietnam Friendship Village Project are sewn: a reconciliation
project near Hanoi that treats children with Agent Orange-related illnesses
One man could build a village; one village could change the world.
Breaking The Silence: Truth and Lies in The War On Terror - A Special Report
by John Pilger – 2003 - <http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/break.html>
www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/break.html
The documentary investigates George W Bush's "war on terror". In "liberated"
Afghanistan, America has its military base & pipeline access, while the
people have the warlords who are, says one women, "in many ways worse than
the Taliban". In Washington, a series of remarkable interviews includes
senior Bush officials & former intelligence officers. A former senior CIA
official tells Pilger that the whole issue of weapons of mass destruction
was "95 per cent charade". <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phehfVeJ-wk>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=phehfVeJ-wk -
<http://www.topdocumentaryfilms.com/breaking-the-silence>
www.topdocumentaryfilms.com/breaking-the-silence -
<http://www.johnpilger.com> www.johnpilger.com
The War On Democracy - by John Pilger - 2007 -
<http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/wdem.html>
www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/wdem.html - <http://www.johnpilger.com>
www.johnpilger.com
This film shows how US intervention, overt and covert, has toppled a series
of legitimate governments in the Latin American region since the 1950s. The
democratically elected Chilean government of Salvador Allende, for example,
was ousted by a US backed coup in 1973 and replaced by the military
dictatorship of General Pinochet. Guatemala, Panama, Nicaragua, Honduras and
El Salvador have all been invaded by the United States. Pilger interviews
several ex-CIA agents who took part in secret campaigns against democratic
countries in the region. He investigates the School of the Americas in the
US state of Georgia, where Pinochet’s torture squads were trained along with
tyrants and death squad leaders in Haiti, El Salvador, Brazil and Argentina
The film unearths the real story behind the attempted overthrow of
Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez in 2002 and how the people of the barrios
of Caracas rose up to force his return to power.
<http://www.topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-war-on-democracy>
www.topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-war-on-democracy -
<http://www.johnpilger.com/videos/the-war-on-democracy>
www.johnpilger.com/videos/the-war-on-democracy
Crisis In The Congo: Uncovering The Truth – By The Friends of the Congo -
2011 – 27 Minutes - <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLV9szEu9Ag>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLV9szEu9Ag –
<http://www.congojustice.org> www.congojustice.org
Millions of Congolese have lost their lives in a conflict that the United
Nations describes as the deadliest in the world since World War Two. United
States allies, Rwanda and Uganda, invaded in 1996 the Congo (then Zaire) and
again in 1998, which triggered the enormous loss of lives, systemic sexual
violence and rape, and widespread looting of Congo’s spectacular natural
wealth. The ongoing conflict, instability, weak institutions, dependency and
impoverishment in the Congo are a product of a 125 year tragic experience of
enslavement, forced labor, colonial rule, assassinations, dictatorship,
wars, external intervention and corrupt rule. Analysts in the film examine
whether U.S. corporate and government policies that support strongmen and
prioritize profit over the people have contributed to and exacerbated the
tragic instability in the heart of Africa. Crisis in the Congo: Uncovering
The Truth explores the role that the United States and its allies, Rwanda
and Uganda, have played in triggering the greatest humanitarian crisis at
the dawn of the 21st century. The film is a short version of a feature
length production to be released in the near future. It locates the Congo
crisis in a historical, social and political context. It unveils analysis
and prescriptions by leading experts, practitioners, activists and
intellectuals that are not normally available to the general public. The
film is a call to conscience and action.
Thirty Seconds To Midnight: The Final Wake-Up Call - By Filmmaker Regis
Tremblay - <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nd5hXwenwzc&t=620s>
wwwyoutube.com/watch?v=Nd5hXwenwzc&t=620s – Narrated by Regis
Tremblay.
A shocking documentary that traces the origins of U.S. genocides, military
interventions and wars from the 15th century when the white, colonial
explorers first came to the Americas to the very present. American
Exceptionalism, Manifest Destiny, and the right to claim the earth and its
resources as their own are the beliefs that are the foundation of American
foreign policy in the 21st Century that has humanity on the brink of
extinction. Humanity is on the brink of extinction! Nuclear power is not
safe. 48 of America’s nuclear power plants are leaking and there is no way
to get rid of nuclear waste. America’s reckless provocations of both Russia
and China, two nuclear-armed countries, risk a nuclear holocaust from which
no one survives. Climate change and global warming, if not mitigated
immediately, will end the human experiment on earth sooner rather than
later. Dr. Helen Caldicott, Ray McGovern, Chris Hedges, Ann Wright, Peter
Kuznick, Bill McKibben, David Vine, Bruce Gagnon and other activists,
scholars, and authors explain and clarify the crisis and threats to life on
the planet.
NO MORE VICTIMS – Videos of 4 War-Injured Iraqi Children NMV Brought to the
US for Medical Treatments: <http://www.nomorevictims.org> www.nomorevictims.org
What American Missiles Did to 9-Year Old Salee Allawi in Iraq -
<http://www.nomorevictims.org/?page_id=95> www.nomorevictims.org/?page_id=95
In this video, Salee Allawi & her father tell the harrowing story of the
American air strike that blew off her legs while she was playing outside her
home in Iraq. Her brother & best friend were killed.
Nora, A 5-Year Old Iraqi Girl: Who Was Shot in the Head by a US Sniper -
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft49-zlQ1V4>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft49-zlQ1V4 -
<http://www.nomorevictims.org/children-2/noora>
www.nomorevictims.org/children-2/noora
As her father writes, “On October 23, 2006 at 4:00 in the afternoon,
American snipers positioned on a rooftop in my neighborhood started firing
toward my car. My daughter Nora, a five-year-old child, was hit in the head
Since 2003 No More Victims has secured treatment for children injured by US
forces.
Abdul Hakeem’s Story – Narrated by Peter Coyote –
<http://www.nomorevictims.org/?page_id=107> www.nomorevictims.org/?page_id=107
- On April 9, 2004 at 11:00 PM, during
the First Siege of Fallujah, Abdul Hakeem & his family were asleep at home
when mortar rounds fired by US forces rained down on their home, destroying
one side of his face. His mother suffered abdominal & chest injuries & has
undergone 5 major operations. His older brother & sister were injured and
his unborn sister killed. US forces did not permit ambulances to transport
civilian casualties to the hospital. In fact, they fired on ambulances, one
of many violations of international law committed by US forces in the April
assault. A neighbor volunteered to take the family to the hospital, where
doctors assessed Hakeem’s chances of survival at five percent. They laid his
limp body aside & treated other civilian casualties whose chances of
survival appeared higher.
Agustin Aguayo: A Man of Conscience - A Short Film by Peter Dudar & Sally
Marr - <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAFH6QGPxQk>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAFH6QGPxQk
Iraq War Veteran Agustin Aguayo served his country for four years in the
Army but was repeatedly denied Conscientious Objector status. His Press
Conference never made the NEWS!
Jesus...A Soldier Without A Country - A Short Film by Peter Dudar & Sally
Marr - <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYeNyJFJOf4>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYeNyJFJOf4
Fernando Suarez, whose only son Jesus was the first Marine from Mexico to be
killed in the Iraq War, marches for Peace from Tijuana to San Francisco.
