This is a powerful 10-part
compilation that (in important ways) pulls aside the veil of Official myths and
Lies about "freedom", "democracy", Human Rights, etc.,
being the basis of U.S. foreign policy.
SEGMENT 1
1. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
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1. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
(segment 2:55) read segment
He was not only a civil rights advocate, he also spoke out
against the U.S. war in Vietnam. Some people feel he was assassinated after he
criticized our involvement there and other regions of the world.
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
SEGMENT 2
2. John Stockwell, former C.I.A. Station Chief
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2. John Stockwell, former C.I.A. Station Chief
(segment 6:14) read segment
Former CIA Station Chief in Angola 1975, working for then
Director of the CIA, George Bush. A 13 year veteran of the agency, Stockwell
provides a short history of the CIA, estimating 6 million people have died as a
direct consequence of the agency's covert operations since its inception in
1947. This talk was given in the late 1980's.
Recommended reading: John Stockwell's
The Praetorian Guard : The US Role In The New World Order
The Praetorian Guard : The US Role In The New World Order
SEGMENT 3
3. Coverup: Behind the Iran-Contra Affair
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3. Coverup: Behind the Iran-Contra Affair
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This investigative documentary has been seen in theaters
worldwide. Directed by Barbara Trent of the Empowerment Project. The
Iran-Contra scandal is not an aberration of U.S. foreign policy. It has been
estimated that between 20 to 30,000 Nicaraguan men, women and children were
killed in U.S. sponsored terror conducted by the CIA backed right-wing Contra
forces.
Elizabeth Montgomery narrates. Includes a short history of CIA
covert operations by Peter Dale Scott
This segment comes from the full-length documentary 'CoverUp:
Behind the Iran-Contra Affair' available from The Empowerment Project
SEGMENT 4
4. School of Assassins
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4. School of Assassins
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The School of the Americas, located at Fort Benning, Georgia -
our own terrorist training school right here in the United States. This
documentary is narrated by Susan Sarandon and features Father Roy Bourgeois
talking about this U.S. Army school where soldiers from Central and South
America are trained in the art of torture, terrorism, and assassination. This
school has since officially been renamed "Western Hemisphere Institute for
Security Cooperation."
This film was directed and produced by Robert Richter of
Maryknoll World Productions.
This segment comes from the documentary "School of
Assassins" available from the School of the Americas Watch web site.
SEGMENT 5
5. Genocide by Sanctions
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5. Genocide by Sanctions
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Produced and directed by Gloria La Riva in 1998 (long before the
current war in Iraq), this film features former Attorney General of the United
States, Ramsey Clark, as he shows the terrible conditions the Iraqi's were
suffering from due to the first U.S. war on Iraq. UNICEF, the International Red
Cross and other world organizations estimate around 5,000 children were dying
every month in Iraq after that war and the imposition of sanctions placed on
that country.
Over 1.5 million Iraqi's died as a result of the sanctions
alone. Ramsey Clark goes into the hospitals and talks with Iraqi doctors, who
say many of these deaths could have been prevented if they had medicine to give
to the children. The United States bombed out their way of life; their water
treatment facilities, food delivery systems, sewage treatment facilities,
electrical systems, their mass communication facilities and more. And
American's were lead to believe that this was a good thing.
This segment comes from the documentary 'Genocide By Sanctions.'
Check out the Left Books web site for more info.
SEGMENT 6
6. Philip Agee, former C.I.A. Case Officer
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6. Philip Agee, former C.I.A. Case Officer
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Philip Agee spent 13 years in the C.I.A. before resigning in
1969. His book "Inside the Company: C.I.A. Diary" was first published
in 1975 and has been translated in to 27 languages. It was a best seller
world-wide. His autobiography, "On The Run" was published in 1987.
In this speech given in 1991 after the first Gulf War, Agee
analyzes why the U.S. invaded Iraq. He also describes "the war against the
third world" as being fought for the natural resources, the labor and the
markets of these third world countries the United States invaded either overtly
or covertly since the end of World War II.
SEGMENT 7
7. Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now!
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7. Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now!
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Journalist and host of Democracy Now!, a daily radio and TV news
program on over 400 stations. Amy is the best at what she does! On this
segment, Amy talks about two genocides Indonesia committed, first against its
own people in 1965 and then against the people of East Timor in 1975. Both of
these mass slaughters were sanctioned by the United States government and aided
by the C.I.A. Includes scenes from "Bitter Paradise," a video by
Elaine Briere. Amy Goodman was filmed by Ralph Cole of Justice Vision.
SEGMENT 8
8. The Panama Deception
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8. The Panama Deception
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Won the 1993 Academy Award for Best Documentary. Directed by
Barbara Trent of the Empowerment Project. This film documents the untold story
of the December 1989 U.S. invasion of Panama. The United States military
deliberately attacked and destroyed primarily residential neighborhoods,
killing an estimated 3 to 4 thousand people in the process. This segment
exposes the role the U.S. government and the mainstream media play in
suppressing information about U.S. foreign policy. Includes never before seen
footage of this invasion. Narrated by (actress) Elizabeth Montgomery
This segment comes from the feature-length documentary 'The
Panama Deception' available from The Empowerment Project
SEGMENT 9
9. Ramsey Clark, former U.S. Attorney General
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9. Ramsey Clark, former U.S. Attorney General
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Former Attorney General of the United States speaking in 1998 in
Los Angeles. I was there that night and it was a very memorable evening called
"Save the Iraqi Children." Ramsey's talk is very powerful as he
conveys the sorry truth about U.S. foreign policy. He quotes Martin Luther King
Jr. saying, "The greatest purveyor of violence on the earth is my own
government." The entire evening's event was filmed by Ralph Cole of
Justice Vision.
Recommended Reading:
"The Fire This Time: U.S. War Crimes in the Gulf War"
by Ramsey Clark
"The Fire This Time: U.S. War Crimes in the Gulf War"
by Ramsey Clark
SEGMENT 10
10. S. Brian Willson, Vietnam Veteran and Peace Activist
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10. S. Brian Willson, Vietnam Veteran and Peace Activist
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Brian is the Vietnam veteran who, in 1987, lost both his legs
when run over by a munitions train at the Concord Naval Weapons Station,
located in California. The bombs and munitions aboard this train were bound for
Central America. Brian is one of the most spiritual, courageous and honest
activists who Wages Peace against our violent foreign policies. He is a hero in
Central America where the people understand that he has stood up for their
rights as equal human beings. Brian says that he doesnât want mothers and
fathers and children to be killed and maimed in our name with our tax money!
Frank Dorrel: "I've put together this 2-hour video called
‘What I’ve Learned About U.S. Foreign Policy’. The basic message being that the
CIA, the military-industrial-complex, the Pentagon, the multinational
corporations, the media and the government of the United States are responsible
for the deaths of millions of people in the third world, not to mention the
poverty and oppression of millions more. We support, arm, and train dictators
and militaries that do these evil actions to their own people. All of this is
to ensure that we control the natural resources of these countries and their
market place, use the people for cheap labor and keep the business of war
(which is our biggest business) ongoing.
The CIA has also done business with international drug dealers,
allowing heroin and cocaine to enter the U.S., using the enormous profits to
fund more covert operations. Since WWII the US has bombed Korea, Vietnam,
Cambodia, Laos, Guatemala, El Salvador, Panama, Iraq, Somalia, Yugoslavia,
Afghanistan, and now currently Iraq, once again killing millions of innocent
people! The [corporate media] will not tell these truths because it is owned by
the very corporations who benefit from all of this.
When it comes to foreign policy, the [media] gets its stories
straight from the Pentagon and the CIA. We have been taught all our lives that
the US fights for freedom and democracy, that we are the good guys. And since
so many people in America are doing well, do have freedom, opportunity and
wealth, or are just trying to get by, there is very little motivation to look
into the things being said on this tape. I believe that Americans are living in
a state of mass denial, kind of a mass hypnosis. It is the BIG LIE! [...] The
people who are attempting to get this message out are labeled as crackpots,
radicals, subversives, or worse, and are not given the opportunity to be heard
in the mainstream media. [...]The first step is to understand that this is
really happening. We have been lied to! I believe the people on this video are
telling the truth and it’s absolutely frightening."