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Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers
War for profit? Are companies profiting from the war in Iraq while further endangering the lives of American soldiers and innocent civilians?
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Auschwitz: The Nazi and the final solution : Episode 2 : Orders and Initiatives
The history of the Final Solution phase of the Nazi Holocaust, particularly within the most infamous of the death camps. The second episode, “Orders and Initiatives”, tells of the lengths travelled to in trying to reach the orders of 'the final solution', and how despite claims that they were only following orders, many of the perpetrators were conscious of their actions
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Auschwitz: The Nazi and the final solution : Episode 3 : Factories of Death
The history of the Final Solution phase of the Nazi Holocaust, particularly within the most infamous of the death camps. The third episode, “Factories of Death”, looks at the increasing efficiency of the exterminations at Auschwitz and Treblinka, and the widening field of capture for Jews, including France and the British Channel Islands.
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Auschwitz: The Nazi and the final solution : Episode 4 : Corruption
The history of the Final Solution phase of the Nazi Holocaust, particularly within the most infamous of the death camps. The fourth episode, “Corruption”, tells the story of the widespread corruption by SS officers at Auschwitz, taking valuables from the bodies of those gassed and having affairs with prisoners, and the even more corrupt way in which this was handled.
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Auschwitz: The Nazi and the final solution : Episode 5 : Frenzied Killing
The history of the Final Solution phase of the Nazi Holocaust, particularly within the most infamous of the death camps. The fifth espisode, “Frenzied Killing”, shows us that as the scale of the fight heated up, so did the killing, with the entrance of Adolf Eichmann into Hungary and the liquidation of the gypsy camp at Auschwitz.
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Auschwitz: The Nazi and the final solution : Episode 6 : Liberation and Revenge
The history of the Final Solution phase of the Nazi Holocaust, particularly within the most infamous of the death camps. The sixth episode, “Liberation and Revenge”, tells the story of the chaos following the liberation of the camps, as Nazis escape into hiding and Jews struggle to find somewhere to settle, some forming avenging groups.
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Body of war
What is it like to be maimed in Iraq and return back to the US a cripple? Tomas Young would like to show you his world.
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Breaking Ranks
So what happens when a soldier from the Iraq war decides that hes done with the war before the government does? He moves to Canada! Here are their stories.
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CBC The Fifth Estate: The Lies That Led To War
"The Lies That Led To War" provides context to the events of the previous six years, showing how political, diplomatic, media spin – which sometimes crossed the line into outright lies - have been used by the those in power to further their own agendas.
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Control Room: Propaganda of the Iraq War
A 2004 documentary film about Al Jazeera and its relations with the US Central Command (CENTCOM), as well as the other news organizations that covered the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
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Darwin's Nightmare
An edible Nile perch was introduced into Lake Victoria in order to make money. Though this goal was accomplished, something went horribly wrong. This film discusses the complex issues of fisheries and how they interact with local ecologies. This film puts the fisheries context from a social economic standpoint within the struggle of globalization.
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Dispatches: Chechnya: The Dirty War
What is going on in Chechnya? Why are Chechen rebels committing acts of terrorism in Russia? And why are they complaining of the murdering of civilians by the Russians?
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Dispatches: The Killing Zone
British journalists report on Israeli violence in Gaza against not only Palestinian civilians, but international aid volunteers and foreign reporters as well. This is their first hand account of the violence and what life in Gaza is like.
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Dixie Chicks: Shut Up & Sing
This film follows the trials, tribulations and camaraderie of the Dixie Chicks. These three regular girls turned music superstars were transferred into enemies of the state due to one fateful comment.
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Evidence of Revision, Episode 4: The RFK assassination as never seen before
Who was Robert F. Kennedy? What did he stand for and why was he assasinated? And how was this associated with the assination of his brother? And who was that girl in the blue polka dot dress that gleefully claimed to have killed him on the scene of his murder? These are topics discussed in this 4th episode of a 5 episode series. We recommend watching the series starting with episode 1.
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Evidence of revision, Episode 6
Was Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated by James Earl Ray or did the government have something to do with it. And was there any connection with the Kennedy Assassinations. This film may surprise you.
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Hearts and Minds
A courageous and startling film, Peter Davis' landmark documentary "Hearts and Minds" unflinchingly confronts the United States' involvement in Vietnam.
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Hidden Wars Of Desert Storm
If you want to learn about the second Iraq war, you better first learn about what happenned about the first Iraq war and some history of the US policies with Iran as well...key interviews and investigative journalism educates and surprises. This film explains some important historical facts that our media has totally ignored, at the expense of American soldiers and tax payers.
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Invisible Children
Watch one of the biggest stories that you have never heard of. Discover a war which few have heard of; a war in which the rebels are ruthless murderers of civilians yet are hard to hate. This is because they are only children.
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Iraq: The Hidden Story
What is Iraq really like and why is it so hard for even the unbiased newscasters to show this to us? Hear the answer from the journalists themselves.
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Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
Chomsky and Herman illustrate their propaganda model, the thesis that corporate media, as profit-driven institutions, tend to serve and further the agendas of the interests of dominant, elite groups in the society.
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Nicaragua - A Nation's Right To Survive
With 4,000 hostile troops strung along Nicaragua's jungle borders with Honduras, John Pilger investigates this tiny nation's right to survive while explaining the history of U.S. supported death squads in Central America.
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No End in Sight
"No End in Sight" alternates between U.S. policy decisions and Iraqi consequences, systematically dissecting the Bush Administration’s decisions. The consequences of those decisions now include 3,000 American deaths and 20,000 American wounded, Iraq on the brink of civil war, hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilian deaths, the strengthening of Iran, the weakening of the U.S. military, and economic costs of over $2 trillion. It marks the first time Americans will be allowed inside the White House, Pentagon, and Baghdad’s Green Zone to understand for themselves what has become the disintegration of Iraq.
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Operation Hollywood
The film industry and the U.S. military have a very close working relationship. The armed forces supply Hollywood with use of expensive equipment and stage props as long as Hollywood aids in military propaganda. This investigative study explores this relationship and any moral consequences it might have.
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Palestine is Still the Issue
John Pilger details the war in Palestine through interviews of Palestinian and Israelis. This documentary details the progress of peace during the last 25 years and the strategies and policies at work on both sides of the issue.
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PBS Frontline - Bad Voodoo's War
A group of California based soldiers, calling themselves the "Bad Voodoo Platoon" provides an inside look at their time in Iraq.
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PBS Frontline: Cheney’s Law
For three decades Vice President Dick Cheney conducted a secretive, behind-closed-doors campaign to give the president virtually unlimited wartime power. Finally, in the aftermath of 9/11, the Justice Department and the White House made a number of controversial legal decisions. Orchestrated by Cheney and his lawyer David Addington, the department interpreted executive power in an expansive and extraordinary way, granting President George W. Bush the power to detain, interrogate, torture, wiretap and spy -- without congressional approval or judicial review.
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PBS Frontline: Private Warriors
FRONTLINE returns to Iraq, this time to embed with Halliburton/KBR, and to take a hard look at private contractors who play a critical role in running U.S. military supply lines, providing armed protection and operating U.S. military bases. Their dramatic story illuminates the Pentagon's new reliance on corporate outsourcing and raises questions about where they fit in the chain of command and the price we are paying for their role in the war.
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PBS Frontline: The Return of the Taliban
Nearly five years after the Taliban were toppled, Al Quaida and the Taliban continue to use Pakistan as a de facto base, virtually unchallenged and far out of America's reach. Who is helping who?
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Rwanda - Do Scars Ever Fade?
How do people become caught in a almost imaginable racist fury, strong enough for neighbors to ruthlessly murdering neighbors. And how can the victims and murderers reconcile and live peacefully again?
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The Fog of War
What does Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense during the Vietnam War, think about his role in the war? What lessons has he learned? What was it like for a politician entrenched in fighting "The Cold War"?
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The Invisible War
Did the U.S. government use harmful radioactive military weapons which hurt not only civilians but also its own military in the Gulf War? Listen to reports from both scientists and soldiers after the first Gulf War. This film is especially relevant since the same materials in question are being used in the current war in Iraq.
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The Loss of Liberty
On June 8, 1967, Israel launched a two-hour air and naval attack on the U.S.S. Liberty, killing 34 and wounding 172 American servicemen. Was it an accident?
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The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror
Today, 6.5 billion humans depend entirely on oil for food, energy, plastics & chemicals. Population growth is on a collision course with the inevitable decline in oil production. George Bush's "war on terror" happens where 3/4 of the world's remaining oil and natural gas is located.
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The Panama Deception: Exposing the Cover Up!
Why was Manuel Noriega a friend of the United States and why did the US government mark him as an enemy and overthrow his government? This film explores the 1989 invasion in a manner different from what one would have seen on television.
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The Power of Nightmares 1: The Rise of the Politics of Fear
The Power of Nightmares depicts rise of the American Neo-Conservative movement and the radical Islamist movement, making comparisons on their origins and suggesting a strong connection between the two. Episode 1 explores the origins of radical Islamism stemming as well as neo conservatism which promised to mobilize America by creating a mythical enemy.
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The Power of Nightmares 2: The Phantom Victory
The Power of Nightmares depicts rise of the American Neo-Conservative movement and the radical Islamist movement, making comparisons on their origins and suggesting a strong connection between the two. In Episode 2 the Neoconservatives and Islamists join forces to fight the Soviet Union and later target Bill Clinton.
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The Power of Nightmares 3: The Shadows in the Cave
The Power of Nightmares depicts the rise of the American Neo-Conservative movement and the radical Islamist movement, making
comparisons on their origins and suggesting a strong connection
between the two. In Episode 3, Curtis argues that Bin Laden had little support yet the Neo-conservatives created a myth of an organization to further their own political agenda including the invasion of Iraq.
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The Road To Guantanamo
What would happen if you were on vacation in Afghanistan and were accused wrongly of being a terrorist and taken to the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba? Winner of the Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival, "The Road to Guantanamo" is the terrifying first-hand account and recreation of three innocent British citizens who were held there for two years. Charges were never brought against them.
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The Truth Game
John Pilger looks at world-wide propaganda surrounding the nuclear arms race.
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The War on Democracy
"The War on Democracy" is a 2007 documentary film directed by Christopher Martin and John Pilger. Focusing on the political state of Latin America, the film is a rebuke of both the United States' intervention in foreign countries' domestic politics, and its war on terrorism.
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Uncovered: The War on Iraq
"Uncovered" provides interviews with leading experts and officials all of whom possess informed opinions about the reasons we were given for war and the evidence presented to support those reasons. Some supported the war itself but are deeply concerned about the way information was misused.
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Vietnam - The Quiet Mutiny
John Pilger dives us into the life of US soldiers during the Vietnam War and shows the complicated relations between the executants and the executives
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Why We Fight
This film tells telling us why a nation of, by, and for the people has become the savings-and-loan of a system whose survival depends on a state of constant war.
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