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Why America Fights: Patriotism and War Propaganda from the Philippines to Iraq

Category: eBooks, Magazines, Audio Books
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Why America Fights: Patriotism and War Propaganda from the Philippines to Iraq "This is a stunning book which blows away all the myths about why America goes to war. American fights, the author demonstrates, to remake the world in its own image, for power and for markets. Its propaganda, 'as American as apple pie,' has historically sought to disguise this."--Phillip Knightley, author of The First Casualty "Marshalling compelling evidence, Susan Brewer documents the rhetorical strategies by which the U.S. government, often with the complicity of the media and key opinion-molding groups, has mobilized popular support for every major U.S. conflict from the Spanish-American war to the invasion of Iraq. Well written and deeply researched, this timely work should be read by all those concerned with issues of war and peace and with how propaganda can coarsen and debase civic discourse on vital public issues."--Paul Boyer, editor of The Oxford Companion to United States History "Susan Brewer's lively account of wartime propaganda from 1898 to the war in Iraq, Why America Fights, could well be sub-titled, Why America Is Still Fighting. May its account of the mobilization of patriotism for dubious purposes serve as a prophylactic for the future."--Marilyn Young, New York University "Susan Brewer writes that U.S. war propaganda since the dawn of the twentieth century has been both necessary and misleading. Judiciously argued and well researched, this engaging narrative examines the claims that policymakers advanced in their speeches, newspapers, radio programs, and films to sell America's wars. Brewer's provocative book deserves a wide readership from Americans who so often wonder how their lofty goals in war can end in disillusionment."--Emily S. Rosenberg, author of A Date Which Will Live: Pearl Harbor in American Memory Product Description On the evening of September 11, 2002, with the Statue of Liberty shimmering in the background, television cameras captured President George W. Bush as he advocated war against Iraq. This carefully stage-managed performance, writes Susan A. Brewer, was the culmination of a long tradition of sophisticated wartime propaganda in America. In Why America Fights, Brewer offers a fascinating history of how successive presidents have conducted what Donald Rumsfeld calls "perception management," from McKinley's war in the Philippines to Operation Iraqi Freedom. Brewer's intriguing account ranges from analyses of wartime messages to descriptions of the actual operations, from the dissemination of patriotic ads and posters to the management of newspaper, radio, and TV media. When Woodrow Wilson took the nation into World War I, he created the Committee on Public Information, led by George Creel, who called his job "the world's greatest adventure in advertising." In World War II, Roosevelt's Office of War Information avowed a "strategy of truth," though government propaganda still depicted Japanese soldiers as buck-toothed savages. In the Korean War, the Truman administration delineated differences between "good" and "evil" Asians, while portraying the conflict as a global battle between the Free World and Communism. After examining the ultimately failed struggle to cast the Vietnam War in a favorable light, Brewer shows how the Bush White House drew explicit lessons from that history as it engaged in an unprecedented effort to sell a preemptive war in Iraq. Yet the thrust of its message was not much different from McKinley's pronouncements about America's civilizing mission. Impressively researched and argued, filled with surprising details, Why America Fights shows how presidents consistently have drummed up support for foreign wars by appealing to what Americans want to believe about themselves. Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (June 2009) Language: English
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The Truth Game

Category: Documentary
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John Pilger’s penetrating documentary which looks at world-wide propaganda surrounding the nuclear arms race. When the two American atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, they were code-named ‘Fat Man’ and ‘Little Boy’, and President Truman announced after the event: “The experiment has been an overwhelming success.” “These”, says Pilger, “were words used to describe the awful and horrific carnage of nuclear war. By using reassuring, even soothing language, this new kind of propaganda created acceptable images of war and the illusion that we could live securely with nuclear weapons”. Official ‘truths’ are examined in connection with the bombing of Hiroshima, the build up of arms by Russia and America, the siting of nuclear bases by the US in Britain and Europe, Ministry of Defence statements about the Cruise missile base at Greenham Common, and other US bases, the amount of government money spent on weapons, ‘Civil defence’ arrangements and a NATO ‘limited’ nuclear and chemical war exercise in West Germany, which Pilger describes as ‘a dry run for the unthinkable’. Many experts give their views, including Paul Warnke who thinks arms reduction is feasible — ‘All we need is the political will to go ahead with it’.
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CONSUME HASTA MORIR-GRANDES SUPERFICIES SPA DVD FULL NO SUBS

Category: Documentary
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CONSUME HASTA MORIR-GRANDES SUPERFICIES SPA DVD FULL NO SUBS DATOS DEL DOCUMENTAL: Formato: DVD PAL Duración: 60 minutos. Fecha: Septiembre de 2005 Guión: María González, Pedro Ramiro, Pablo Buchó e Isidro Jiménez. Dirección y realización: María González, Pedro Ramiro e Isidro Jiménez. Música: Jose María Alfaya, María González y dj.Sildorf Producción: Carlos Martín Sanz, Eva Bernáldez. Índice de Capítulos: I. Publicidad II. Estrategias III. Alimentación y estética IV. Educación V. Consumo VI. Grandes superficies VII. Entorno VIII. Infelicidad Este proyecto nace dentro de la asociación Ecologistas en Acción, una confederación de ámbito estatal fruto de la unificación, en 1998, de más de 300 grupos ecologistas. ConsumeHastaMorir.com es una reflexión sobre la sociedad de consumo en la que vivimos, utilizando uno de sus propios instrumentos, la publicidad, para mostrar hasta qué punto se puede morir consumiendo. El consumo es, evidentemente, inevitable, pues en la sociedad en la que nos encontramos tenemos una serie de necesidades que, en su mayor parte, no podemos satisfacer sin entrar en el circuito comercial que lleva funcionando siglos, consistente en una adquisición de bienes y servicios a cambio de un valor contable universal, el dinero, que permite realizar estas transacciones de un modo normalizado. Ni siquiera una vida natural de subsistencia, cultivando y criando lo necesario para vivir, está exenta de cierto nivel de dependencia del entramado comercial. Lo malo es que, en los últimos tiempos, este sistema comercial, sobre todo en la llamada sociedad capitalista occidental (que, por cierto, es casi de distribución universal), se encuentra en una fase de desarrollo tan grande que se convierte, muy a menudo, en una obsesión por vender y consumir y, en muchos casos, con una competencia brutal entre empresas (las hay con presupuestos mayores que los de países enteros, tan grandes como Rusia, por ejemplo), y un crecimiento desproporcionado de las diferencias entre países desarrollados (consumidores y explotadores de recursos) y los "en vías de desarrollo" (productores y explotados). La publicidad se encarga, de mostrarnos una realidad deformada, tratando de que el ciudadano consuma sin límites, todo tipo de productos, sin reflexionar en los posibles impactos o perjuicios que puedan causarse a personas, al medio ambiente, a otras culturas, etc; el ciudadano feliz, desde pequeño hasta el final de sus días, ha de consumir todo tipo de productos; hoy se vende y se consume absolutamente de todo: viajes, votos, salud, cuotas de pesca, agua, felicidad, sexo, seguridad, inversiones, deportes, aventuras, derechos, niños (tema controvertido de las adopciones), patentes sobre la naturaleza ... Así el consumo se convierte en consumismo, es decir, en un desenfreno por comprar bienes y servicios que, en muchos casos, se acumulan sin una utilidad concreta ni mucho menos necesidad por parte del usuario pero que se nos venden con el fin de conseguir esa felicidad y confort anhelados y, como ya hemos comentado, lleva aparejado un deterioro de los medios en los que vivimos (aire que respiramos, agua que nos da vida, suelos contaminados), un agotamiento de recursos y la explotación de personas. ConsumeHastaMorir utiliza la contrapublicidad como herramienta para difundir estas problemáticas sociales y promover un comportamiento más crítico frente al consumo y los medios de comunicación. Enero 2005, ConsumeHastaMorir Para profundizar en el análisis del modelo de consumo, te recomendamos estos textos: (Incluidos en el torrent como pdfs) El ego te lo patrocina Movistar o del individualismo intimista como la reina de las ideologías >   La sociedad de consumo promueve la falta de sociedades alternativas   De shopping en el paraíso de Truman Y para este nuevo año, un consumo responsable Para profundizar en el análisis de la publicidad te recomendamos estos textos: (Incluidos en el torrent como pdfs) La lavadora publicitaria   La empresa sentimental Contra la publicidad. Análisis de una perversidad cotidiana Más información y videos: http://www.ecologistasenaccion.org/ http://www.letra.org/spip/ Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos Artículo 19 Todo individuo tiene derecho a la libertad de opinión y de expresión; este derecho incluye el de no ser molestado a causa de sus opiniones, el de investigar y recibir informaciones y opiniones, y el de difundirlas, sin limitación de fronteras, por cualquier medio de expresión. Más Torrents http://thepiratebay.org/user/anarchasis Más aún http://www.nidiosniamo.com This project comes within the association Ecologists in Action, a confederation of state resulting from the unification in 1998 of over 300 environmental groups. ConsumeHastaMorir.com is a reflection of the consumer society we live in, using one of their own instruments, advertising, to show how it could die consuming. This project comes within the association Ecologists in Action, a confederation of state resulting from the unification in 1998 of over 300 environmental groups. Consumption is, of course, inevitable, because the society in which we live needs a series of requirements, for the most part, we can not meet without getting into the business has been operating for centuries, consisting of a purchase of goods and services in exchange for a universal value, money that allows these transactions in a standardized way. Even a natural life of subsistence farming and raising enough to live, is exempt from some level of reliance on the commercial network. The downside is that, in recent times, this trading system, especially in the so-called Western capitalist society (which, incidentally, is almost universal distribution) is at a stage of development such that it becomes very often, an obsession for selling and consuming, and in many cases, a brutal competition between firms (those with budgets are larger than those of whole countries, as large as Russia, for example), and a disproportionate growth of the differences between developed countries (consumers and owners of resources) and "developing" (producers and exploited). The advertising web is the responsible to create a distorted reality, trying to get people to consume without limit, all sorts of products, without reflecting on the possible impacts and losses that might be caused to people, the environment, other cultures, etc., the people happy, from smallest to the end of his life, has to consume any type of product today is sold and consumed absolutely everything: travel, voting, health, fishing quotas, water, happiness, sex, insurance, investments, sports, adventures, rights, children (controversial issue of adoptions), patents on nature ... Thus the consumer becomes a consumption, ie a wildness to buy goods and services which in many cases, building up concrete with a utility, much less need for the user but we are selling in order to achieve this happiness and comfort desired, and as we have said, leads to degradation of the environment in which we live (air, water that gives us life, contaminated soil), a depletion of resources and exploitation of people. ConsumeHastaMorir Counterpublics is used as a tool to disseminate these social problems and promote a more critical consumer at the media. January 2005, ConsumeHastaMorir For further analysis of the consumption model, we suggest these texts: (Included in the torrent as pdfs-Only in Spanish) El ego te lo patrocina Movistar o del individualismo intimista como la reina de las ideologías > La sociedad de consumo promueve la falta de sociedades alternativas   De shopping en el paraíso de Truman Y para este nuevo año, un consumo responsable For further analysis of advertising texts we recommend: (Included in the torrent as pdfs- Only in Spanish) La lavadora publicitaria   La empresa sentimental Contra la publicidad. Análisis de una perversidad cotidiana For further information http://www.ecologistasenaccion.org/ http://www.letra.org/spip/ Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 19 Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. My uploads http://thepiratebay.org/user/anarchasis Much more http://www.nidiosniamo.com
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Tale of Two Cities - Hiroshima and Nagasaki (1945 DOCUMENT)

Category: Documentary
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A Tale of Two Cities was a 1946 propaganda/documentary film about the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, produced by the Army-Navy Screen Magazine. The film chronologically, and for the most part, neutrally[citation needed], describes the testing and the use of the atomic bombs impact on Hiroshima, describing where the bomb was actually dropped, and the damage done to military industrial targets, as well as noting which edifices sustained less damage, like those built with reinforced concrete. An interview is shown with a Jesuit priest, who describes his experience, and notes that he believes that approximately 100,000 people died. Then the film moves on to Nagasaki, telling the audience that U.S. President Harry S. Truman warned the Japanese that he would use more nukes if they didn't surrender. The Nagasaki mission is described, showing the two plants that were the basic targets, and the valley that they planned to bomb, and then shows the mushroom cloud, "The baptism of the aggressor nation" At the end, the film takes a rather sober view of the future of atomic power, showing an "atomic shadow" of someone in the Hiroshima blast, saying that this could be someone of any race or creed, and that the future of atomic power could help mankind, or destroy it, depending on how people use it.
Seeders: 11
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Recount.2008.TVRip .XviD.AC3-kAtO

Category: Misc
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Starring Kevin Spacey, Bob Balaban, Ed Begley, Jr., Laura Dern, John Hurt, Denis Leary, Bruce McGill, and Tom Wilkinson, Recount brings viewers behind the scenes at the controversial Florida recount. This illuminating, hugely entertaining film pulls back the veil on the headlines to explore the human drama surrounding the most controversial presidential election in U.S. history. Mixing news footage and verbatim dialogue into fictionalized re-creations, Recount examines the torturous process that culminated in the Supreme Court decision in Bush vs. Gore. The Republicans, led by charismatic Texan James Baker, seize the initiative as the case is tried in the judicial system and the court of public opinion. The Democrats play catch-up until Ron Klain, Gore's former chief of staff, takes over and starts matching Baker's political hardball with tough moves of his own. Mutual respect forms between the two as the fate of the presidency plays out among a colorful cast ranging from the impressive (appellate lawyer David Boies) to the maligned (Florida's Secretary of State Katherine Harris). Recount recreates many of the movers and shakers in the Florida fight. Among the Democrats are Ron Klain (Spacey), soldiering on despite being demoted as Gore's Chief of Staff; Michael Whouley (Leary), Gore's Chief Field Operative; Warren Christopher (Hurt), the onetime Secretary of State whose passivity eventually yields to Klain's more forceful tactics; and David Boies (Begley), an appellate lawyer recruited to articulate the Democrats' message. Republicans include James Baker (Wilkinson), another former Secretary of State with a will to win to match Klain's; Ben Ginsberg (Balaban), the campaign's Lead Counsel; Katherine Harris (Dern), Florida's Secretary of State, remembered as much for her makeup as for her role in determining the winner; and Mac Stipanovich (McGill), a lobbyist with the moniker "Mac the Knife." Recount is directed by Jay Roach (Meet the Fockers, Austin Powers films), and written by Danny Strong (best-known as an actor in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Gilmore Girls). It was executive produced by Roach, Emmy® winner Paula Weinstein (HBO's Truman), HBO Films exec Len Amato (Blood Diamond), and Oscar® winner Sydney Pollack (Out of Africa). The producer is Michael Hausman (Brokeback Mountain). Release Info: Genre : Drama iMDB : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1000771/ iMDB Rating : 5.4/10 (8 votes) Rotten Tomatoes: N/A Rotten Tomatoes N/A Release Date : 05/25/2008 Source : Tivo Aspect Ratio : 1.73 : 1 Video Format : XviD Video Resolution : 720 X 416 (23.976 fps) Video Bitrate : 2 Pass @ 1399 kb/s AVG Audio Bitrate : AC3 48KHz @ 256 Kbp/s AVG Runtime : 115 mins Size : 15MB X 49 X 2 Language : English Other Links: HBO Synopsis - http://www.hbo.com/films/recount/synposis/
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Chomsky Articles

Category: Chomsky
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This upload contains 170 articles written by Chomsky on political, linguistic, and philosophical subjects over the years 1953-2007. Included are all of the articles collected by the most comprehensive Chomsky archive site, www.chomsky.info, plus a few more. Additional uploads of Chomsky Debates, Letters, articles about Chomsky etc., presented in the same formats, will follow in the near future. I've already uploaded "Chomsky Books", "Chomsky Talks", "Chomsky on Anarchism", "Understanding Power", and "Chomsky Interviews". The articles are made available in two formats: as individual .htm and .pdf files and all .htm files compiled into a single .chm file that can be scanned quickly as well as read comfortably and searched off-line with a chm viewer. In Windows, the .chm file can be read with the default Windows Help Reader or, preferably, with the free HelpExplorer Viewer 3.0 (http://www.help-explorer.com/downloads.php). In Linux, it can be read with KchmViewer (for KDE) or Xchm or HelpExplorer for Linux (in which fonts may not be anti-aliased) or, preferably, with HelpExplorer Viewer 3.0 for Windows, running in Wine or CrossOver.
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