The Hottest Trend out of Hollywood: “War Sells!”

The Hottest Trend out of Hollywood: “War Sells!” In this day and age, “selling war” on the big screen has become a vastly lucrative enterprise, and business is booming By Global Research Global Research  February 28, 2013  GlobalResearch.ca This past week, television broadcasters worldwide have been particularly enthusiastic in celebrating a glorified image of war and More

5 Oscar nominees you actually need to see

5 Oscar nominees you actually need to see Thelma Young  February 24, 2013  WagingNonviolence.org Spanish-language promotional poster for “No.” (Monsieur X Studio) Have your friends banned you from singing Les Miserables’ anthem “Do You Hear the People Sing” one more time? Can’t stand hearing again and again about how Osama Bin Laden was or wasn’t found? If you More

Hollywood Progressive> Ed Rampell’s Top 10 Films of 2011

Ed Rampell’s Top 10 Films of 2011 January 15, 2012 By Ed Rampell     Hollywood Progressive Scene from “Hugo” The criteria for my favorite films are progressive political and cultural content plus artistic excellence in terms of using the uniquely cinematic attributes of the movie medium. Astute readers may observe that half of the motion pictures on More

Frank Miller and the rise of cryptofascist Hollywood

Frank Miller and the rise of cryptofascist Hollywood Fans were shocked when Batman writer Frank Miller furiously attacked the Occupy movement. They shouldn’t have been, says Rick Moody – he was just voicing Hollywood’s unspoken values. Rick Moody  guardian.co.uk    24 November 2011 via truthdig ‘A mindless, propagandistic storytelling medium’ … The film 300, left, More

Top Secret America> The Rise of the New American Security State

Top Secret America> The Rise of the New American Security State A decade of terrorism warnings about possible attacks in the United States has convinced us that we have much to fear. October 30, 2011 | AlterNet The following is an excerpt from Top Secret America: The Rise of the New American Security State By Dana Priest More

When Women Make Peace> PBS Series Women, War and Peace

When Women Make Peace Dana Goldstein   October 17, 2011 – 1:31pm ET   The Nation [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi3nvH_Po5E&w=560&h=315] Watch Pray the Devil Back to Hell  on PBS. See more from Women War and Peace. Are women inherently more peaceful than men? And are women’s interests always united when it comes to debates over war and peace? These are just More

Film Screening> Woven from the Land: women. prairie. culture

Woven from the Land: women. prairie. culture. FILM SCREENING followed by a Q&A with filmmaker (and possibly surprise guest panelists!) St Anthony Main Screen 3 Monday, October 10, 2011 7pm wovenfromtheland.com General Public - $10 Film Society of Msp/St Paul Members  -  $5 Low Income - there will be a limited number of $5 tickets for low income More

Great books to read, by Barry Laycock

Reading List: Books I Have Found Useful 1. “Chain of Command “ by Seymour Hersh 2. “The Twentieth Century: A People’s History” by Howard Zinn 3. “The Shock Doctrine “ by Naomi Klein 4. “A Pretext For War” by James Bamford 5. “Fiasco; the American Adventure In Iraq” by Thomas E Ricks 6. “Contrary Notions: The More

Cheney, Rumsfeld, and the Dark Art of Propaganda, by Amy Goodman

Cheney, Rumsfeld, and the Dark Art of Propaganda by Amy Goodman  Published: Wednesday 31 August 2011   NationofChange.org “A central pillar of the invasion of Iraq was Powell’s Feb. 5, 2003, speech before the United Nations, which laid out the case of weapons of mass destruction.” “When one lies, one should lie big, and stick More

Video: Glenn L. Carle discussing his book The Interrogator: An Education

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgE9rClQ1ho&w=640&h=390] Uploaded by NewAmericaFoundation on Aug 9, 2011 The Interrogator: An Education A New America Book Event with Glenn L. Carle Editor's Note:  The YouTube video shown here is the short version.  To understand what happened to this CIA agent and why he has written this book, after watching the short video, click on the note that says More

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