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TWA 800 - The Search for the Truth 59 min
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Reid Collins, a 30-year veteran of CBS News and CNN, interviews eyewitnesses, family members of victims and air-crash investigators who have looked into what happened that night. The government concluded that a spark in the center-wing fuel tank caused the explosion, but over 200 eyewitnesses and government and military investigators beg to differ. They say TWA 800 was shot down. There is nothing to support the official story and the footage from press conferences and testimonies reveals straight forward accusations of a cover up. Sound familiar? Are we seeing a pattern here?
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America's Disgrace Exposed 27 min
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The US Human Rights Commission brings you this disturbing film to expose proof of governmental torture and murder. The first victim in the film is a US Congressman who fought for taxpayers rights. You will be shocked by what you see. The second victim is a man who was brutally murdered in prison and the evidence shows how the officials forced a cover up of their crimes. It is disturbing to say the least but the fact is, these are not the only people who have been brutalized and/or murdered by our own government. You need to know. It's reality.
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323,000 41 min
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Facing the largest health care cuts in American history, people in Tennessee take on the Governor, and occupy his office for 77 days and nights--making it the longest sit in in American history. People facing almost certain death, plea with the Governor not to pull the plug on them. You'd think this would have been front page news across the nation. Odd isn't it? That when the people join together to petitition the government with their grievances that the establishment doesn't think it's important enough to make the six o'clock news. In fact, they'd prefer you not know about it, and if you do know, that you just forget.
254
The Trials Of Henry Kissinger 1 hr 20 min
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While this excellent documentary focuses on Kissinger, it exposes the internal secrecy of our government where one hand doesn't know what the other is doing. The spying, eavesdropping, subversion of our highest principles and lying are business as usual. To believe that this was unique is to be naive to the point of childishness. Wars are fought to protect corporate interests, not for anything else. Freedom and democracy have nothing to do with it. People die so that a few may get richer.
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Jon Snow's Hidden Iraq 49 min
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Thanks to foreign news media we can find out what's going on over there. Our media likes to blow smoke up your *ss because they're the same people that make all the weapons and get rich off war. Slight conflict of interest? Ya think? This recently aired BBC program from March 2008 takes a look at Iraq 5 years after the US invasion. It ain't pretty but it sure is informative.
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War Made Easy (The Movie) 1 hr 14 min
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Norman Solomon's book becomes a powerful movie that exposes the deeply entrenched system of lies and manipulation our government has been using non-stop to get us to go to war. Once they're there they can stretch it out as long as they want to with even more lies. The media has always been complicit, but as you know, this media in particular is the scum of the earth; engaging in full frontal attacks whenever anyone expresses anything except a fully pro-war hysteria. Very ugly business. Film clips from Viet Nam to the present do all the work effortlessly, showing the same words, phrases, claims, behaviors and deceptions that allow our military industrial complex to do what they love the most - make war on innocent civilians. The bush clips about mushroom clouds may make you ill so keep a bag handy just in case. It's a good film, don't miss it, it's very important.
257
Conspiracy? The CIA and the Nazis 45 min
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After WWll thousands of Nazi war criminals came to work for the US Government. The Gov't was willing to falsify records, ignore their crimes of murder and torture, and get them on the payroll working for the government, IN the government, as spies, double agents, scientists, doctors, record keepers, propagandists - and they did this all without the knowledge or consent of the American people. Nice huh? I guess that's reason #257 to not trust the government. If you're doubtful get an eyeful, watch this and check the facts yourself. It'll make your hair stand up.
258
The War Party (BBC) 50 min
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Take a tour of the Zionist Enterprise Institute and meet the scary men and women behind the push to make America a true Imperialist power. These folks have MASTERED the fine art of deception. In the name of Democracy and Freedom they send our troops off to die for wealth and power. Why are these people deciding the fate of our nation? Why are they deciding the fate of any nation? Who the hell are they? The fact that they all hold dual citizenship with Israel and the United States should be openly discussed, but trying to do so brings on accusations of anti-semitism. The invasion of Iraq never was and never will be an 'American War'. It's a Zionist War, plain and simple. These people are dangerous. They run the Pentagon, the State Department and the White House. The question we should be asking is why?
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Occupation 101 1 hr 28 min
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The American media has failed in it's obligation to report objectively and honestly time and again making it clear that the privately owned, very wealthy and very powerful corporate "mainstream" media is as corrupt and dishonest as can be. One area that Americans have been utterly and completely failed is on the subject of Israel and Palestine, where the prevailing opinion is completely misinformed. Israel's brutal occupation of Palestine is revealed in this important film which covers history to the present day and exposes the harsh realities of life in the occupied Territories. This is an excellent, thorough introduction to this subject and to foreign military occupation and oppression in general. It is highly recommended.
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Loose Change Final Cut 2 hrs 9 min
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Released in November 2007 is the final evolution of the Loose Change theme in this two hour long presentation of facts and evidence. To be honest with you, I couldn't sit through the whole thing. Which is likely because I've already seen 50 bajillion movies on the subject so there was nothing new there for me personally. Perhaps someone in discovery mode would appreciate this deeper look into details. It is dry stuff though.
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In Lies We Trust: The CIA, Hollywood and Bioterrorism 2 hrs 31 min
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This very interesting documentary reveals the lies we're told about health care and how corruption at the top has always been there working together with the CIA and the media to dupe us to death for financial profit. Yes, they're scum. But you knew that. What you might not know are some of the important details this film documents with official papers and a lot of movie clips that are confessions of moral depravity and intent to defraud the public in too many ways to list. You should know about these things.
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Port Arthur Massacre Martin Byant Setup 59 min
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In case you thought govt conspiracies were limited to the USA, the Port Arthur Massacre is the Australian counterpart to our own Columbine school shooting. This video is of a home town meeting begins with an introduction to the speaker, Wendy Scurr, who relates an utterly blood curdling recount of her on the scene experiences that day. Notice the similarities in govt tactics, failings and lies. It's so sick, and so obvious. The bottom line is, the man accused of the killings didn't do it.
In case you can't get enough, here's part 2:
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Bill Hicks - Revelations (1993) 57 min
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Legendary comedian Bill Hicks follow-up show to Relentless, recorded at the Dominion Theatre in London. Bill Hicks had a brilliant mind and a wonderful way of telling it like it is, framing things in a new way that expands perception. He's also funny as heck. Mature content, graphic language.
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Vietnam War: The Impact Of Media 57 min
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Made in 1984, this intelligent, informative and historical program uses specifics to detail the many reasons that we should watch our television news with a healthy dose of skepticism. This was the entrenched condition of mass media 28 years ago and there's no reason to naively believe that anything was done to address or correct this penchant for skewing visual media in the most spectacular way. Picture stories aren't necessarily all that true, but who ever checks the facts for themselves? While the program uses the war in Viet Nam to make its point, it's self-evident that this applies to all subjects in the mass media. Today more than ever before the state of credibility in mass media is in its death throes. Strangely, the production is narrated by Charleton Heston who does a great job of getting the message across. Historical Viet Nam footage and reporting is important and interesting too.
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The Truth That Lies Behind War 3 hrs 24 min
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We loved this. It's brilliant, informative and possibly the longest music video ever made. The filmaker has taken some of the best footage of audio and video clips and references of real historical value and superimposed them on top of music. It's different and really quite entertaining. It will also impart a great deal of information to the viewer. As the length of the film is staggering for most, it can easily be watched in two separate sittings. The first two hours are specifically on the topic of war and shouldn't be missed. The remaining hour and a half should perhaps have been left for a separate film but they are related to war. The focus is on the 1960's antiwar and black equality movement. It is packed with history and insight into the sadly continuing struggles of black Americans who are still targeted by the government, treated with violence and too often denied the simple promises of our Constitution. If you're going to kill three hours sitting in front of a screen you might as well learn something and walk away better off for the experience. This movie does that.
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Necessary illusions 2 hr 47 min
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Noam Chomsky. The movie. The subject is censorship and lies. Noam does battle with establishment types and talks about how they control our information and twist our little heads into pretzel shapes, just the way they like them. Good stuff. Should be part of Waking Up 101.
267
The Drug Trial That Went Wrong 1 hr
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See what the reality of drug trials is about and in this case what happens when things go wrong. The film is an investigation into the circumstances of an infamous drug trial that recently took place in London which nearly killed Ryan Wilson. He managed to survive what amounted to having his body flushed with Drano, but just barely. His hands and feet didn't quite make it. Drug developers do what they do to get rich and their investors fund them hoping to get richer. No one in the process folks, is there wanting to selflessly find ways to help human beings recover from diseases. It's to find out, "What happens if we give them this stuff?" Testing on people is done as if we owe it to them, and we don't. We need to get a clue that they aren't in this for us, they're in it to make mega bucks. It's time to leave the naivety back in the play pen and start watching out for these people.
Trusting greedy people can be very bad for your health.
268
Tuhoe - History of Resistance 1 hr 1 min
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By now we're well familiar with the reality of imperialism or exploitationism that is at the core of world power and has been for a very long time. Nations with superior military might invade nations who cannot defend themselves and 'conquer' them to take their stuff and enslave and impoverish the people. This is the story of the Tuhoe people of New Zealand, who, after 100 years of being slaughtered and screwed over decided it was time to talk back to the crown and let them know a thing or two.
269
The Diamond Empire: Oppenheimer family's cartel
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This 1994 episode from Frontline exposes two things. First is the way that diamonds have been 100% marketed into the very fabric of our society in one of the most successful manipulations of the public mind in history. The concept of scarcity is revealed to be totally untrue. The second is a revealing look at the De Beers cartel, whose wealth, power and price fixing has made them unable to set up shop in the USA. Not the highest quality video but a very high quality message. It is most enlightening.
270
The Hidden History of Rome - Terry Jones 50 min
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Populist minded ex-Python Terry Jones takes you to ancient Rome to learn about the lives of the ordinary people of the day. The politics of the Roman Empire are also revisited and don't be surprised to hear this, but what they say in our history books may not actually be all that accurate. Really interesting stuff with lots of visually appealing historical scenery.
More in this excellent series:
The Primitive Celts 58 min
The Savage Goths 58 min
The Brainy Barbarians 58 min
The End of The World 58 min
271
The Take 1 hr 30 min
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"The Take," a Canadian documentary shot in Argentina, where a prosperous middle-class economy was destroyed during 10 years of IMF policies, as enforced by President Carlos Menem (1989-1999). Factories were closed, their assets were liquidated, and money fled the country, sometimes literally by the truckload. After most of it was gone, Menem closed the banks, causing panic. Today more than half of all Argentineans live in poverty, unemployment is epidemic, and the crime rate is scary.
272
The History of Asbestos 27 min
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Besides finding out about exactly how and why asbestos is so harmful to humans this short documentary makes plain just how long it's been standard practice for corporations in America to lie, cheat, deceive and kill us - and get away with it. They know all about real dangers up front and in advance but lie in court, right in the faces of their victims and to all the rest of us pretending those dangers don't exist or that they've never heard of them. They are scum. You should know.
273
Big Sugar 45 min x 2
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This excellent two part offering from the CBC exposes the dark history and continuing present of the world's reigning sugar cartels. Sugar is a huge and wealthy industry that gets into all of our lives whether we know it or not, or like it or not, and their political power is staggering. Today's sugar plantations continue their blatant slave practices. Abusing workers, forcing them to live in hovels, forcing poor nutrition and a horrid lack of health care on people who are paid pennies for endless days of the hardest labor there is. This is a very eye opening look into the bowels of how the rich get rich and how the poor stay poor. This is it in a nutshell, it's all just a matter of degree. And by the way, that sugar is really unhealthy for all of us. These major corporations just suck. That about sums it up.
Episode 1
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Hearts and Minds 1 hr 52 min
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From IMDB: "This film recounts the history and attitudes» of the opposing sides of the Vietnam War using archival news footage as well as their own film and interviews. A key theme is how attitudes of American racism and self-righteousness militarism helped create and prolong this bloody conflict. The film also endeavors to give voice to the Vietnamese people themselves as to how the war has affected them and their reasons why they fight the United States and other western powers while showing the basic humanity of the people that US propaganda tried to dismiss."
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Sicko 2 hr 3 min
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Prepare to engage in an emotional roller coaster ride as you watch this shocking, sickening, elucidating and often infuriating film exposing the cutthroat money-grubbing cheating underhanded way that insurance companies are preventing America from having good, available, affordable health care. It goes to several other countries that offer excellent health care at no cost to all of their citizens just to prove that it's not only possible, it's criminal that we don't have anything remotely like what they have. The greatest country in the world? Perhaps not. In the critical area of corporate controlled for-profit health care, definitely not. We're being screwed - to death.
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Sacco And Vanzetti 1 hr 20 min
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The story of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, two Italian immigrants who were accused of a murder in 1920, and executed in Boston in 1927 after a notoriously prejudiced trial which was watched for years all over the world as it unfolded. Their real crime was fighting for social justice and caring about the poor and the struggling. Being framed for the crime, the trial and their subsequent execution was punishment for refusing to bow down to the establishment, refusing to live life on their knees. That's called 'anarchy' by the way, just so you know.
Sorry, no longer available, anywhere. YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF AMERICAN CENSORSHIP AND SUPPRESSION OF TRUTHS THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW. Read up on this trial and find out who your dear government really is. They sure won't tell you.
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Murder in the Heartland 1 hr 56 min
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The Oklahoma City bombing isn't what they told us it was. The evidence says the government planned it and made it happen and the 'investigation' afterwards was a highly controlled cover up. This movie goes into the detail you'd expect after making that assertion. Are we seeing a pattern yet?
278
Day 51 - The True Story of Waco 58 min
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A closer look at the horrible siege at Waco where a group of people were demonized in the press so we would hate them and not care so much that the government sent in the military to murder them all. This film takes a bit more of an objective look at the situation and that's important because there is always another side to every story. We should hear all sides before we make up our minds about anything but if you'll notice, we rarely get anyone's side but the official side on the news.
279
Commanding Heights: The battle for the world economy 1 hr 57 min
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From PBS. This series explores the roots of the globalization movement. The goal to create a one world economy controlled by the rich and the corporations is sold to us as 'free trade'. While it's true that where money is poured into growing economies those countries prosper, it's also true that when money is pulled out of economies those economies catastrophically fail. Globalists call that success and they have little concern for the millions of lives destroyed by their selfish vision of the world. They speak openly here of "planned" economies, planned by themselves of course, and of their "shock doctrine", the idea that thrusting entire nations into financial despair is a good cleansing thing. These people suck.
280
Incident at Oglala 45 min x 2
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1992 documentary examining the other side of the story of what happened on the Indian Reservation at Pine Ridge and the subsequent trials of several native Americans including Leonard Peltier. This betrayal of justice was not invisible to the people, nor has it been forgotten. It does need to be made available to the public at large however, and the sad fact is that won't ever happen. How NOT democratic.
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The War Game 46 min
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This BBC documentary is a modern production set back in the 60's presented as TV journalism. The subject is nuclear war. The question being answered is what would it have been like if England had been nuked. The answer comes in the form of black and white enactments, on the street interviews, questions asked of officials and some scary looking scenes. Plenty of suffering and loss, plenty of death, and plenty to learn and think about. It's a question best answered hypothetically. It would be better if we didn't have to answer it at all.
282
The World According to Monsanto 1 hr 49 min
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Billed as a 'documentary that Americans won't ever see', the first thing you'll see is Monsanto telling a big fat lie. That's something they're pretty darn good at. The biotech industry is literally destroying natural agriculture and you should know that. Once they achieve their goal we'll be at the mercy of a giant corporation with the power over life and death for everyone on the planet. Neat huh? Not.
283
Run From The Cure - The Rick Simpson Story (7 Parts) about 10 min each
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Here's a real conspiracy for you. What if marijuana was the cure for cancer? What if it was the cure for a whole lot of diseases? This man says it is. The govt sure doesn't that. I wonder why, you think they'd be happy to hear about it and would want to find out more about it. But no. All the more reason to pay close attention to what this movie has to say.
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The Holocaust Industry 1 hr 44 min
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LECTURE: Norman Finkelstein talks about his book, The Holocaust Industry, and on the on the Israel Palestine Conflict on CSpan. March 18th 2004. This is definitely not ready for prime time.
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Blowback: Monarch 2 hr 21 min
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A close up look at the lesser known aspects of our military/security/
intelligence programs, i.e. black ops. Covers all manner of abuses, torture, murder, cruelty and technology they'd rather you not know about. The film maker did not make this stuff up, it's reality. You should know.
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BBC Panorama 1994 Poison In The Mouth 38 min
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They don't make 'em like this anymore. You'd be hard pressed to flip on the TV today and ever see anything this honest or condemning of the liaison of government and business which always covers its own ass at the expense of yours being left out in the wide open spaces to get kicked. If you have little children or are pregnant or planning to get pregnant you definitely need to watch this. Everyone else should watch it. It's about those mercury fillings in your teeth, they're leaking mercury into your body, brain and all of your organs. Mercury is one of the most toxic substances there is, so it only makes sense they decided to use it in dental fillings. Actually no, it doesn't make sense. Before you rush out to get those removed however, you should know you could make things worse rather than better. Best to watch this excellent, no BS investigation and get the whole picture for yourself. As this was filmed 15 years ago no doubt there is newer data available but this is still a very good place to start.
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Alex Jones - ENDGAME 2 hrs 19 min
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Alex Jones latest explores and exposes the Bilderbergers and their plans for global genocide. Fun, huh?
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