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BBC Four - Why I Hate The Sixties August 9 2005

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WHY I HATE THE SIXTIES Tuesday 9 August 2005 1.55am-2.55am (Mon night) BBC Four - Why I Hate The Sixties August 9 2005 The myth of the 60s was created before the decade was out. But what we have lived with ever since is a mirage, a mass hallucination, a fantasy. Why I Hate the Sixties examines the truth behind the myth. It suggests that we were living on borrowed time - we partied as Britain lost an empire and slid into unchecked industrial decline. Archive footage and contributors of all political stripes build the case against the decade where dreams turned to nightmares… The Charges Architecture:An obsession with modernity meant out with old and in with the damp-stained concrete, huge tower blocks and anonymous estates of rotting flats. Transport: Think the trains are bad now? Two thirds of the railway system was dismantled in the 1960s alone. Women's Liberation:Why did feminism grow in strength during the 1970s? Because women were turned into sex objects during the 60s. And the pill? It was not just to make women more available for men but that was its immediate effect. Multi-culturalism:Instead of embracing a new wave of immigration, we blew it. If you were black, the 60s were not the decade of peace and love, they were the decade of racism and Powellism. Music: The Beatles? The Rolling Stones? Forget about it. The best-selling single of the 60s was a slice of pungent cheese, Release Me by Englebert Humperdinck. Sport: England's World Cup victory is still celebrated as the pinnacle of the country's sporting success. But was it deserved? You'll have to watch the programme to find out...
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Democracy Now! Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Category: News & Current Affairs
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Today's Headlines Sotomayor Answers GOP Sens on Alleged Bias House Dems’ Health Plan Includes Surtax on Wealthy Obama Proposes $12B for Community Colleges Israel to Test Missiles in US Waters Gitmo Prisoners Staged Two-Week Sit-in Burmese Junta Promises Amnesty for Unspecified Prisoners Charges Dropped Against US Troops in Couso Killing Ex-Liberian President Takes Stand at War Crimes Trial Goldman Sachs Posts Record $3.44 Quarterly Profit Ousted GM CEO Rick Wagoner Gets Lucrative Severance Madoff Begins Jail Sentence at N.C. Prison Supreme Court Nominee Sotomayor Answers GOP Critics on Prior Remarks The confirmation hearings for President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor continue on Capitol Hill. On Tuesday, Democratic senators praised Sotomayor’s seventeen years on the federal bench, while Republicans repeatedly grilled her about statements she has made during a series of speeches over the years. We play excerpts of the hearings. [includes rush transcript] Review of Sotomayor's Record Belies GOP Charges of Biased Judicial Practice An exhaustive review of all 1,994 constitutional cases decided by the Second Circuit during the decade of Judge Sotomayor’s service found that Sotomayor is solidly in the mainstream of her colleagues. The Brennan Center for Justice report found Sotomayor voted with the majority of the court in 98.2 percent of constitutional cases. We speak with the report’s author, attorney Monica Youn, and Democracy Now!‘s Juan Gonzalez, who’s in DC covering the hearings. [includes rush transcript] As Goldman Sachs Posts Record Profits, Matt Taibbi Probes Role of Investment Giant in US Financial Meltdown Goldman Sachs, the nation’s most powerful financial company, has reported the richest quarterly profit in its 140-year history: $3.44 billion between April and June. Goldman’s record profits come just one month after it repaid $10 billion of TARP money to the US Treasury, freeing itself from restrictions on year-end bonuses. We speak to Matt Taibbi, whose new Rolling Stone article argues that “Goldman Sachs has engineered every major market manipulation since the Great Depression.” [includes rush transcript] US Lobbyists with Clinton Ties Hired to Defend Honduran Coup Regime Supporters of the coup in Honduras have begun hiring advisers and lobbyists with close ties to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in an attempt to strengthen support in Washington for the coup. A Honduran business group has hired lobbyist Lanny Davis, who served as White House counsel for President Bill Clinton. The coup government has also hired Bennet Ratcliff, a public relations specialist with ties to former President Bill Clinton. [includes rush transcript]
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Rolling Stone - Naomi Klein - China's All-Seeing Eye

Category: eBooks, Magazines, Audio Books
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Naomi Klein article on China's big brother technology, funded by the u.s. and about to be shipped to the u.s.; As well as human rights group Rights & Democracy's document on china's police state in October 2001.
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Woodstock 69 (1970) [DVDrip (XviD)]

Category: Documentary
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Woodstock (1970) The Woodstock Music and Art Fair was a historic event held at Max Yasgur's 600 acre (2.4 km²; 240 ha) dairy farm in the rural town of Bethel, New York from August 15 to August 18, 1969. Bethel (Sullivan County) is 43 miles (69 km) southwest of the town of Woodstock, New York, which is in adjoining Ulster County. To many, the festival exemplified the counterculture of the 1960s and the "hippie era." Thirty-two of the best-known musicians of the day appeared during the sometimes rainy weekend. Although attempts have been made over the years to recreate the festival, the original event has proven to be unique and legendary. It is widely regarded as one of the greatest moments in popular music history and was listed on Rolling Stone's 50 Moments That Changed the History of Rock and Roll. The event was captured in a successful 1970 movie, Woodstock; an accompanying soundtrack album; and Joni Mitchell's song "Woodstock", which commemorated the event and became a major hit for Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Director:Michael Wadleigh Release Date:26 March 1970 (USA) Genre:Documentary / Music Tagline:love, peace, music Awards:Won Oscar. Another 1 win & 2 nominations http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066580/ Length.......................: 03h 35m 05s Orig. Source Aspect Ratio....: 16 : 9 Display Aspect Ratio.........: 1.82 Resolution...................: 640 x 352 ColorDepth...................: 24 bit Framerate....................: 25.000 Frames/Sec Codec........................: XviD, 2 Pass mode Bitrate......................: Avg. 1035 kBit/s Language.....................: English [6 channels] AC3 Format.......................: MP3 Channels.....................: 2 Channels (Surround Stereo) SampleRate...................: 48000 Hz Bitrate......................: 320 kBit/s
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Fidel (1969)

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This documentary is a personal profile of Fidel Castro and a view of the developments since the revolution 10 years before. There is a lot of images of Fidel: listening to complaints, arguing, laughing and philosophizing. As he is traveling the countryside in a jeep with the filmcrew, he is trying to explain the Cuban revolutionary experience. There is beautiful footage of the Bay of Pigs invasion, and of Fidel and Che Guevara in the mountains. Also there are interviews with political prisoners. "The great quality of this remarkable film is that it is educational in the best possible sense. It gives you a feeling for what revolution - any revolution - is actually about, what it means in all its implications and how it affects the lives of the people. The task in making this film seems in retrospect to have been enormous and it is a tribute to the makers that they produced such an exciting and illuminating work. I found it completely absorbing from the start to finish. A tapistry for history" - Ralph Gleason, Rolling Stone This Link TV special presentation features an introduction and interview with director Saul Landau who talks about getting to know Fidel Castro, his effect on Latin America, and what is likely to happen when he passes away.
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Phil Ochs - Farewells & Fantasies

Category: Misc
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Philip David Ochs (December 19, 1940–April 9, 1976) was a U.S. protest singer (or, as he preferred, a "topical singer"), songwriter, musician and recording artist who was known for his sharp wit, sardonic humor, earnest humanism, political activism, insightful and alliterative lyrics, and haunting voice. He wrote hundreds of songs in the 1960s and released eight LP record albums in his lifetime. He performed at many political events, anti-Vietnam War and civil rights rallies, student events, and at organized labor events over the course of his career, in addition to many concert appearances at such venues as New York City's The Town Hall and Carnegie Hall. Politically, Ochs described himself as a "left social democrat" who turned into an "early revolutionary" after the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, which had a profound effect on his state of mind. He was often seen as a radical and also a patriot — though he was also interested in differing political philosophies as well as journalism, and was an avid fan of music and movies. After years of prolific writing in the 1960s, Ochs' mental stability declined in the 1970s and eventually he succumbed to a number of problems including bipolar disorder, depression, and alcoholism, and he took his own life in 1976. Some of his major influences were Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, Bob Gibson, Faron Young, Merle Haggard, John Wayne, and John F. Kennedy. His best known songs include "Power and the Glory", "Draft Dodger Rag", "There But for Fortune", "Changes", "Crucifixion, "When I'm Gone", "Love Me I'm a Liberal", "Links on the Chain", "Ringing of Revolution", "Outside of a Small Circle of Friends", and "I Ain't Marching Anymore". Farewells & Fantasies is the 1997 posthumous box set of the work of singer/songwriter Phil Ochs, chronicling his life and career in music from 1964 through 1970. With its non-chronological running order, it plays like three separate albums, each showcasing a different side of the extraordinary Ochs. The compilation was produced by Gary Stewart, Michael Ochs (Phil's brother) and Meegan Lee Ochs (Phil's daughter). Liner notes include a Foreword by Meegan Lee Ochs, "The Sound of Freedom Callin'" by Michael Ventura and "Song of a Soldier: The Life and Times of Phil Ochs" by Mark Kemp, (Music News Editor of Rolling Stone,) track-by-track explanations by Ben Edmonds, discography, selected bibliography, and many photographs, some of which are from the family's private collections. The box set is dedicated to Bob Gibson, a friend, co-writer, and inspiration to Phil Ochs, who died while the box set was in production. Its title comes from the back of Ochs' LP Tape from California. Phil Ochs Links Phil Ochs Videos Tribute #1 Tribute #2 Phil Ochs' FBI File
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Democracy Now! Friday, October 27, 2006

Category: News & Current Affairs
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Democracy Now!, a daily independent newshour * Headlines for October 27, 2006 * Worst Congress Ever: Rolling Stone Writer Matt Taibbi on How Our National Legislature Has Become a "Stable of Thieves and Perverts" * NJ Supreme Court Affirms Legal Rights for Same-Sex Couples * Breaking the Silence: Fmr. Israeli Soldier Tours U.S. to Expose Abuse of Palestinians by Israeli Military
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RFK Rolling Stone article re 2004 Ohio election fraud audio file

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This is a 16 K/sec audio file made using a text to speech program of Robert F. Kennedy's Rolling Stone article on the 2004 massive Ohio election fraud. It references a lot of well documented evidence, points to impossible statistical anomalies etc. It is an hour and a quarter long.
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Operation Saddam: America's Propaganda Battle

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Operation Saddam: America's Propaganda Battle First aired on Tuesday July 29, 2003 In Iraq, the regime of Saddam Hussein is no more. One month ago, that country was a prison to its people, a haven for terrorists, an arsenal of weapons that endangered the world. In a televised address from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington DC, on April 15, 2003, George W. Bush was europhic. These are good days in the history of freedom. Saddam Hussein had been overthrown the Second Gulf War was over. However the debate about the causes of the war and thus about the credibility of US President George W. Bush has only just begun. According to one former high-ranking US secret service agent, the threat to America posed by Iraqs weapons of mass destruction was a propaganda lie used to deceive the public. The Cutting Edge documentary Operation Saddam: Americas Propaganda Battle, screening on SBS Television on Tuesday July 29 at 8.30pm, presents the individual stages of the propaganda battle, by which the American and British governments sought to justify the Second Gulf War. How does one sell a war? This was a question that weighed heavy on the minds of those in the US administration long before the war had even started. Operation Saddam: Americas Propaganda Battle takes a look at the marketing of this war a cocktail of distortion, lies and forgeries as shown by former secret service agent Ray McGovern, American investigative journalist Seymour Hersh and best-selling author John MacArthur. MacArthur, for instance, tells of how the amazing image of an Iraqi man climbing the huge statue of Saddam Hussein in central Bagdad at the end of the war and throwing an American flag over the head of the dictator, was actually a carefully staged publicity stunt dreamed up by an advertising agency in the US. I think the Rendon group advised the Pentagon right up through the seizure or the knocking down of the statue in the central square in Bagdad that was a set piece thought of ahead of time for the Bush re-election campaign. The documentary also examines the truths, lies and distortions around the assertions that Saddam Hussein was acquiring and building nuclear weapons, and the pretenses behind the Congressional authorization for the decisive new directions in American foreign and defence policy. http://www.sbs.com.au/whatson/index.php3?id=280 WMV file, 1 hour, 320x200, 700mbps ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment 1 posted by ccarota (HIDDEN) : Tue Feb 14 10:49:26 2006 This came out almost immediatly after the invasion, and was one of the first documentaries to put the war in its proper context as product that was being "sold" to the american people and the world. Low quality versions of this and many interesting videos and documents can be found here - http://jacksradio.blogspot.com/ Comment 2 posted by ccarota (HIDDEN) : Tue Feb 14 10:53:05 2006 Also check out this amazing rolling stones article on the same subject by James Bamford, who is the best-selling author of "A Pretext for War: 9/11, Iraq, and the Abuse of America's Intelligence Agencies" (2004) and "Body of Secrets: Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency" (2001) http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/8798997/the_man_who_sold_the_war/?rnd=1139887342328&has-player=true&version=6.0.12.12
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