9/11

Award-winning journalist, John Pilger dissects the truth and lies in the ‘War on Terror’ and investigates the discrepancies between American and British claims and the facts on the ground as he finds them in Afghanistan and Washington, DC. (50 minutes in 5 segments)

Afghanistan produces more than the world demand for poppy. (6:12 min)

A 2006 documentary about ‘End Timers’ Evangelical Christians who are pushing the believe that we are living in the ‘End Times’ according to the Bible. Believe in the prophesy or not, this point of view seems to be currently affecting politics in the Bush administration. (101 minutes)

A documentary film about the American occupation of Iraq asserting that serious mistakes made by the Bush administration were the cause of ensuing problems, such as the rise of the insurgency, a lack of security and basic utilities for many Iraqis, sectarian violence and, at one point, the risk of complete civil war. (65:19 min)

On this week-end celebrating American independence, it seems appropriate to post this interview (56:00 min video) by Charlie Rose of Noam Chomsky. Rose steers the conversation so Chomsky can speak about values that make United States a great nation, values worth living up to, in addition to his usual critical views of the country. Not surprisingly, they are just the flip side of the same coin. It’s a great discussion for the 4th of July.

CBC News: The Fifth Estate looks at American Vice-President Dick Cheney (43:14 min)

Noam Chomsky, widely considered the most important living intellectual, talks with BBC’s Francine Stock at London’s St Paul’s Cathedral, December 2002. (23:28 min)