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The Power of Nightmares

Started by spacial, February 07, 2011, 06:06:34 PM

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spacial

The link below is to a YouTube page featuring three one hour episodes of the European liberal viewpoint of the current state of affairs in the world. The programs are called The Power Of Nightmares

It charts the rise of the neo-Cons in the US, the rise of Islamic terrorism and the fall of the Soviet Union.

It was originally broadcast on BBC TV in 2004.

There is a Wikipedia page on the programs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_Nightmares

QuoteAs of 1 January 2008 (2008 -01-01)[update], the film has yet to be aired in the United States. Curtis has commented on this failure:

Something extraordinary has happened to American TV since September 11. A head of the leading networks who had better remain nameless said to me that there was no way they could show it. He said, 'Who are you to say this?' and then he added, 'We would get slaughtered if we put this out.' When I was in New York I took a DVD to the head of documentaries at HBO. I still haven't heard from him.[6]

I really don't know if Americans have see it. Hopefully you can access it through YouTube, if you're interested.

http://www.youtube.com/user/GhanDProductions#p/u/4/kKjzxxbkRH4

It's interesting stuff.
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Gabby

Spacial, Adam Curtis is a genius and he has a blog http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/

Now checking out your link Princess of Cups.
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