DVD: Hijacking Catastrophe
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This DVD examines how a radical fringe of the Republican Party has used the trauma of the 9/11 terror attacks to advance a pre-existing agenda to radically transform American foreign policy while rolling back civil liberties and social programs at home. It is perhaps the best film produced on this subject. This is the back-story everyone who has seen "Fahrenheit 9-11" needs to see to better understand the neo-cons takeover of the U.S. government in recent years.
The documentary places the Bush Administration's false justifications for war in Iraq within the larger context of a two-decade struggle by neo-conservatives to dramatically increase military spending in the wake of the Cold War, and to expand American power globally by means of force. At the same time, the documentary explains how the Bush Administration has sold this radical and controversial plan for aggressive American military intervention by deliberately manipulating intelligence, political imagery, and the fears of the American people after 9/11.
Narrated by Julian Bond, the documentary features interviews with more than twenty of the mot important political observers of our time, including Pentagon whistleblower Lt. Colonel Karen Kwiakowski, former U.N. Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter, Daniel Ellsberg (who released The Pentagon papers to the public), Noble Prize Laureate Jody Williams, Norman Mailer, Noam Chomsky, Medea Benjamin of Code Pink, Mark Crispin Miller, William Hartung, Vandana Shiva, Kevin Danaher of Global Exchange, Chalmers Johnson, Benjamin Barber, Army Special Forces Master Sergeant Stan Goff (ret.) and other prominent commentators.
The producer, Media Education Foundation is a nationally-recognized source for outstanding education videos. This film is
essential viewing to be a fully-informed citizen. Show it in your local public library, and/or as part of a regular free public film/discussion series.
