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Posted on Mar 23, 2006
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If you are troubled by the symbiotic relationship between military contractors and military planners--as Eisenhower was--don’t miss the acclaimed documentary, “Why We Fight.”
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By Jan, April 7, 2006 at 1:07 am #
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“It’s called CENSORSHIP!”

Why order this documentary at Amazon? The BBC has placed it in the public domain, you can download it from archive.org in high quality.

http://www.archive.org/details/ThePowerOfNightmares

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By Joe Buckstrap, April 5, 2006 at 3:32 pm #
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Where can I get a DVD copy of this documentary?

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By Joyce Goulet, April 5, 2006 at 1:58 pm #
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In 1977 I read a book called “Who Rules America.” It was denounced as lies and heavily derided at the time, but it is exactly what is going on.  Who Rules America are the major corporations.  At that time, the book said it was something like the same 5 families who ran the huge corps by sitting on all boards. Probably fewer now. It only takes ownership of 3% of the stock to control the company because the rest is dispersed. I saw the documentary and it made me feel totally powerless, which we are.  As the film says, since World War II, and it’s worse now than ever. It’s not our politicians who control America.  It’s money.

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By Aeon, April 1, 2006 at 12:07 pm #
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It’s called CENSORSHIP!

Same thing happened to me when I ordered the BBC Documentary “The Power of Nightmares”.  Amazon said they had a delay, then after a few months, said they could not provide it.

I wasn’t too surprised, as I read in watchingamerica.com - an international news site - that as soon as Bu$hCo took office, they put out a list to BAN BOOKS - after a three year battle with various organizations, incl. Amer. Liabrary Assn, ACLU and others - THE PEOPLE won the right to GO TO COURT about the issue of BANNING BOOKS. 

When Bu$hCo understood that their TRUE intentions would become public in a very messy trial - they backed off.  ONLY when the public would be informed.

“If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.”
-Noam Chomsky

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By John Shardlow, March 25, 2006 at 7:52 pm #
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I ordered this documentary from Amazon but they sent me the wrong one - a Capra film of the same title. When I returned it and asked for the correct DVD they said they couldn’t provide it !

What is going on? Apparently I’m not the only person this happened to…

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