Project Censored recommends another documentary film.

[JohnyCanuck]

"Hijacking Catastrophe."

From the project censored (www.projectcensored.org) email newsletter:

The documentary places the Bush Administration's false justifications for war in Iraq within the larger context of a two-decade struggle by neoconservatives to dramatically increase military spending in the wake of the Cold War, and to expand American power globally by means of military force. At the same time, the documentary argues that 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.

Hijacking Catastrophe is narrated by Julian Bond, and features interviews with more than twenty prominent political observers, including Pentagon whistleblower Lt. Colonel Karen Kwiatkowski, who witnessed first-hand how the Bush Administration set up a sophisticated propaganda operation to link the anxieties generated by 9/11 to a pre-existing foreign policy agenda that included a preemptive war on Iraq.

At its core, the film places the deceptions of the Bush Administration within the larger frame of questions seldom posed in the mainstream: What, exactly, is the agenda that drove the administration's pre-war deceptions? How is 9/11 being used to sell this agenda? And what are the stakes for America, Americans, and the world if this agenda succeeds in being fully implemented during a second Bush term?

The DVD features: the full-length program; a 34-minute abridged version that is ideal for house parties, with the option of either Spanish subtitles or dubbing; an extra section entitled "The Economics of Empire;" extended interviews with Daniel Ellsberg of Pentagon Papers fame; Pentagon whistleblower Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski (Air Force, ret.); former Chief UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter; retired Army Special Forces Master Sergeant Stan Goff; and Shadia Drury, one of the world's leading authorities on Leo Strauss and American neoconservatism.


Peter Phillips
Director Project Censored

Hijacking Catastrophe is available on DVD from: www.mef.tv for $19.95US.

Here are some of the comments posted at the MEF web site



"Stands to become an explosive and empowering information weapon.”
Naomi Klein | Author, No Logo


"Hijacking Catastrophe goes beyond simple Bush-bashing to paint a horrifying portrait of organized U.S. imperialist expansion and public deception stretching back to the early Reagan era."
Daily Variety

“A more-serious-than-Moore indictment of U.S. policy in Iraq.”
San Francisco Chronicle

“The Media Education Foundation has been carrying out vitally important work on major issues of the day, in a highly meritorious effort to raise public awareness and understanding, work that is particularly crucial in advance of the coming election, which may well cast a long shadow over the country's future.”
Noam Chomsky

“This is the best, most complete explanation of the motives, the underlying ideology, behind the Bush administration’s headlong thrust into war with Iraq on the heels of 9/11 I have seen. It answers the question so many citizens are asking with increasing frequency, 'We know it’s about oil – but is that all?'“
Wilson “Woody” Powell | Executive Director of Veterans for Peace

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[JohnyCanuck]

1. kick n/t

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Thanks! I'll add it to my news and views page