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Important Anti-War Films You Can Watch On-Line
Dear Anti-War Friends,
This is the most important email I will ever send to you! The links to these
anti-war films that you can watch on-line sometimes are taken down. So I
have included two or three links when possible. I realize that I have listed
many films here. There is no need to try to watch all of these films in a
short period of time. But the films listed below basically spell out what I
like to call: “The True Nature of U.S. Foreign Policy”. These films are the
proof that the United States has killed as many as 20 million or more
innocent people since the end of World War II - with many millions more
being injured, losing their homes and having their way of life ruined. This
list is the best way I can think of to help educate yourself and others who
might be interested in knowing about this. I believe that the Americans who
have died in these wars, have died for lies coming from our government and
our mainstream media, which are both owned by the same people who profit
from these wars.
It is what I call: “The Big Lie”. It is Orwellian and like The Matrix. I do
not know what is actually going on now in Syria, Libya, Ukraine or Yemen,
but one thing I do know is that we cannot trust that the United States will
ever do the right thing when it comes to foreign policy. Whatever action
this country takes is to benefit the corporations, the oil companies, the
bankers and the war machine: also known as: The Military Industrial Complex.
The United States is ADDICTED To WAR.
It is up to us to try to stop this horrible situation. There are more people
now who do understand this to some degree than ever before in history. The
films listed below and many books that have been written on this subject are
a big reason why this is so. Not to mention the many anti-war/peace groups
there are in this country. And the Internet is another big reason there is
more awareness about this. In the alterative media, Democracy Now, hosted by
Amy Goodman, is the most listened to/watched program in this country. Their
Democracy Now than anywhere else. To my knowledge, no one else has ever put
together a list like this one.
In Peace,
Frank Dorrel
Publisher: ADDICTED To WAR
Associate Producer: PAYING THE PRICE FOR PEACE
Producer: What I’ve Learned About U.S. Foreign Policy
P.O. Box 3261
Culver City, CA 90231-3261
Important Anti-War Films You Can Watch On-Line
Bill Moyer’s The Secret Government: The Constitution In Crisis – PBS - 1987
This is the full length 90 minute version of Bill Moyer's 1987 scathing
critique of the criminal subterfuge carried out by the Executive Branch of
the United States Government to carry out operations which are clearly
contrary to the wishes and values of the American people. The ability to
exercise this power with impunity is facilitated by the National Security
Act of 1947. The thrust of the exposé is the Iran-Contra arms and
drug-running operations which flooded the streets of our nation with crack
The Panama Deception – Won Academy Award for Best Documentary in 1992 -
Narrated by Elizabeth Montgomery – Directed by Barbara Trent - Produced by
The Empowerment Project
This Academy Award Winning film documents the untold story of the December
1989 U.S. invasion of Panama; the events which led to it; the excessive
force used; the enormity of the death and destruction; and the devastating
aftermath. The Panama Deception uncovers the real reasons for this
internationally condemned attack, presenting a view of the invasion which
widely differs from that portrayed by the U.S. media and exposes how the
U.S. government and the mainstream media suppressed information about this
HEARTS AND MINDS – Directed by Peter Davis – Won Academy Award for Best
Documentary in 1975.
Peter Davis created one of the most moving accounts of the Vietnam War and
the attitudes at home when he produced "Hearts and Minds". The film looks
unflinchingly at the nature of power and horrible consequences of war. It is
very much a pro-peace film, but uses the people who were there to speak for
themselves. It also seeks to probe deeper underneath the American psyche of
the times and evolves into a historical document about the violent social
rupture that happened between the fifties and the sixties.
WAR MADE EASY: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us To Death - Narrated
Based on Book by Norman Solomon titled: WAR MADE EASY -
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War Made Easy reaches into the Orwellian memory hole to expose a 50-year
pattern of government deception & media spin that has dragged the United
States into one war after another from Vietnam to Iraq. This film exhumes
remarkable archival footage of official distortion & exaggeration from LBJ
to George W. Bush, revealing in stunning detail how the American news media
have uncritically disseminated the pro-war messages of successive
presidential administrations. War Made Easy gives special attention to
parallels between the Vietnam war and the war in Iraq. Guided by media
critic Norman Solomon’s meticulous research and tough-minded analysis, the
film presents disturbing examples of propaganda and media complicity from
the present alongside rare footage of political leaders and leading
journalists from the past, including Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Defense
Secretary Robert McNamara, dissident Senator Wayne Morse and news
correspondents Walter Cronkite and Morley Safer.
Cover-Up: Behind The Iran-Contra Affair - Narrated by Elizabeth Montgomery –
Directed by Barbara Trent - Produced by The Empowerment Project - 1988
COVER-UP is the only film which presents a comprehensive overview of the
most important stories suppressed during the Iran Contra hearings. It is the
only film that puts the entire Iran Contra affair into a meaningful
political and historical context. The shadow government of assassins, arms
dealers, drug smugglers, former CIA operatives and top US military personnel
who were running foreign policy unaccountable to the public, revealing the
Reagan/Bush administration's plan to use FEMA to institute martial law and
ultimately suspend the Constitution. Strikingly relevant to current events.
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky & The Media - Produced & Directed by
This film showcases Noam Chomsky, one of America's leading linguists &
political dissidents. It also illustrates his message of how government and
big media businesses cooperate to produce an effective propaganda machine in
order to manipulate the opinions of the United States populous. –
Hijacking Catastrophe: 911, Fear & The Selling of the American Empire -
Narrated by Julian Bond - The Media Education Foundation – 2004 -
The 9/11 terror attacks continue to send shock waves through the American
political system. Continuing fears about American vulnerability alternate
with images of American military prowess and patriotic bravado in a
transformed media landscape charged with emotion and starved for
information. The result is that we have had little detailed debate about the
radical turn US policy has taken since 9/11. Hijacking Catastrophe places
the Bush Administration's original justifications for war in Iraq within the
larger context of a two-decade struggle by neo-conservatives to dramatically
increase military spending while projecting American power and influence
globally by means of force.
Occupation 101: Voices of the Silenced Majority – Directed By Sufyan &
Abdallah Omeish -2006 - Best Film I’ve Seen about the Israeli-Palestinian
Conflict –
A thought-provoking and powerful documentary film on the current and
historical root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Unlike any other
film ever produced on the conflict -- 'Occupation 101' presents a
comprehensive analysis of the facts and hidden truths surrounding the never
ending controversy and dispels many of its long-perceived myths and
misconceptions. The film also details life under Israeli military rule, the
role of the United States in the conflict, and the major obstacles that
stand in the way of a lasting and viable peace. The roots of the conflict
are explained through first-hand on-the-ground experiences from leading
Middle East scholars, peace activists, journalists, religious leaders and
humanitarian workers whose voices have too often been suppressed in American
Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land: US Media & the Israeli-Palestinian
Peace, Propaganda & The Promised Land provides a striking comparison of U.S.
and international media coverage of the crisis in the Middle East, zeroing
in on how structural distortions in U.S. coverage have reinforced false
perceptions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This pivotal documentary
exposes how the foreign policy interests of American political elites--oil,
and a need to have a secure military base in the region, among others--work
in combination with Israeli public relations strategies to exercise a
powerful influence over how news from the region is reported. –
Paying The Price - Killing the Children of Iraq - John Pilger – 2000 – This
documentary by John Pilger shows the appalling reality of what happens to a
country under economic sanctions. It’s about the punishment of a whole
nation—the killing of hundreds of thousands of people, including many young
children. They are all the nameless and faceless victims of their own
government and of an endless war that Western nations have waged against
them: -
Buying The War: Media Manipulation – Bill Moyers -
Examining the lies that led the U.S. to war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Over a
decade ago Bush administration forced the United States into a war so poorly
prepared and executed it soon turned into a complete catastrophe. The fact
of how the bureaucrats misled the country has been already expressed, but
they couldn't have done it by themselves; they needed an obedient and docile
press, to propagate their disinformation as actual news and encourage them
to continue to do so. Since then thousands of people have perished, and many
are suffering and dying to this day. Yet the story of how the media was sold
to the White House has not been elaborated in depth. If we look back at the
moments before the invasion, we'll see that the US media relinquished its
liberty and doubt to a great extent to accompany the US government in
advancing to war. Two weeks before he'll command America to war, President
Bush calls a media conference to convince the people for removing Saddam
Hussein from power. His administration has been persistent to associate Iraq
with 9/11. Many times during this meeting he will call upon 9/11 and Al
Qaeda to legitimize a deterrent attack on a country that has not assaulted
America. The seed of this story lies in the terror of 9/11... Like everyone
else media was bewildered by the horror and havoc on that day. As people
responded to the barbarity of a terrorist attack a flood of unity spread
across the country. And as the military prepared to attack the terrorists,
there was almost zero tolerance for condemnatory inspection by the media.
Guns, Drugs & The CIA - Original Air Date: May 17th, 1988 – On PBS Frontline
- Produced & Written by Andrew and Leslie Cockburn - Directed by Leslie
Cockburn
Frontline investigation into CIA drug running to fund foreign operations.
Introduced by Judy Woodruff.
“What I’ve Learned About US Foreign Policy: The War Against The Third World"
– by Frank Dorrel – Updated 2014 Edition
This is a 2-Hour: 23-Minute Video Compilation Featuring the Following 13
Segments:
1. Martin Luther King Jr. (02:55)
2. John Stockwell, Ex-CIA Station Chief (06:14)
3. Coverup: Behind The Iran-Contra Affair (19:34)
4. School of Assassins (13:25)
5. Genocide by Sanctions (12:58)
6. Philip Agee, Former CIA Case Officer (22:08)
7. Amy Goodman, Host of Democracy Now! (5:12)
8. The Panama Deception (22:10)
9. Crisis In The Congo (14:11)
10. Dr. Dahlia Wasfi, Peace Activist (04:32)
11. Jimmy Carter, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid (04:35)
12. Ramsey Clark, Former U.S. Attorney General (07:58)
13. S. Brian Willson, Vietnam Veteran for Peace (08:45)
This video has been seen by millions of people since 2000. It is an
excellent & invaluable educational tool that reveals the true nature of U.S.
foreign policy.
It’s been screened in many high schools, colleges, churches, homes, on cable
TV, in theaters and shown by many Peace & Justice Anti-War Organizations.
Howard Zinn, S. Brian Willson, Blase Bonpane, Michael Parenti, Oliver Stone,
Ed Asner, Father Roy Bourgeois, Ramsey Clark, William Blum, Kathy Kelly,
Medea Benjamin,
Susan Sarandon, Chalmers Johnson, Cynthia McKinney, Col. Ann Wright and
Woody Harrelson have seen this film & have found it to be very informative
and empowering.
The new segments are: Crisis In The Congo, Dr. Dahlia Wasfi & Jimmy Carter,
Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid. Visuals have been added to the John
Stockwell segment.
More than one person has called: “What I’ve Learned About U.S. Foreign
Policy: The War Against The Third World": “Timeless”.
Vietnam: American Holocaust - Narrated by Martin Sheen – Written, Produced &
Directed by Clay Claiborne - 2008 -
This film exposes one of the worst cases of sustained mass slaughter in
history, carefully planned & executed by presidents of both parties. Our
dedicated generals & foot soldiers, knowingly or unknowingly, killed nearly
5 million people, on an almost unimaginable scale, mostly using incendiary
bombs. Vietnam has never left our national consciousness & now, in this
Arsenal of Hypocrisy: The Space Program & The Military Industrial Complex -
Today the Military Industrial Complex is marching towards world dominance
through Space technology on behalf of global corporate interest. To
understand how and why the space program will be used to fight all future
wars on earth from space, it's important to understand how the public has
been misled about the origins and true purpose of the Space Program. Arsenal
of Hypocrisy features Bruce Gagnon: Coordinator: Global Network Against
Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, Noam Chomsky and Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar
Mitchell talking about the dangers of moving the arms race into space. The
one-hour production features archival footage, Pentagon documents, and
clearly outlines the U.S. plan to "control and dominate" space and the Earth
Beyond Treason – Written & Narrated by Joyce Riley - Directed by William
Is the United States knowingly using a dangerous battlefield weapon banned
by the United Nations because of its long-term effects on the local
inhabitants and the environment? Explore the illegal worldwide sale and use
of one of the deadliest weapons ever invented. Beyond the disclosure of
black-ops projects spanning the past 6 decades, Beyond Treason also
addresses the complex subject of Gulf War Illness. It includes interviews
with experts, both civilian and military, who say that the government is
hiding the truth from the public and they can prove it. UNMASKING SECRET
MILITARY PROJECTS: Chemical & Biological Exposures, Radioactive Poisoning,
Mind Control Projects, Experimental Vaccines, Gulf War Illness & Depleted
The Friendship Village - Directed & Produced by Michelle Mason – 2002 -
A timely, inspiring film about our ability to transcend war, 'The Friendship
Village' tells the story of George Mizo, a war hero-turned-peace activist
after losing his entire platoon in an opening salvo of the 1968 Tet
Offensive of the Vietnam War. George's journey to heal the wounds of war
leads him back to Vietnam where he befriends the Vietnamese General
responsible for killing his entire platoon. Through their friendship, the
seeds of the Vietnam Friendship Village Project are sewn: a reconciliation
project near Hanoi that treats children with Agent Orange-related illnesses.
One man could build a village; one village could change the world.
Breaking The Silence: Truth and Lies in The War On Terror - A Special Report
The documentary investigates George W Bush's "war on terror". In "liberated"
Afghanistan, America has its military base & pipeline access, while the
people have the warlords who are, says one women, "in many ways worse than
the Taliban". In Washington, a series of remarkable interviews includes
senior Bush officials & former intelligence officers. A former senior CIA
official tells Pilger that the whole issue of weapons of mass destruction
The War On Democracy - by John Pilger - 2007 -
This film shows how US intervention, overt and covert, has toppled a series
of legitimate governments in the Latin American region since the 1950s. The
democratically elected Chilean government of Salvador Allende, for example,
was ousted by a US backed coup in 1973 and replaced by the military
dictatorship of General Pinochet. Guatemala, Panama, Nicaragua, Honduras and
El Salvador have all been invaded by the United States. Pilger interviews
several ex-CIA agents who took part in secret campaigns against democratic
countries in the region. He investigates the School of the Americas in the
US state of Georgia, where Pinochet’s torture squads were trained along with
tyrants and death squad leaders in Haiti, El Salvador, Brazil and Argentina.
The film unearths the real story behind the attempted overthrow of
Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez in 2002 and how the people of the barrios
of Caracas rose up to force his return to power.
CIA Documentary: On Company Business – 1980 -
Rare award winning CIA documentary, On Company Business painfully restored
from VHS. Inside the CIA: On Company Business" PARTS I, II & III (1980) is a
gripping and penetrating look inside the world's most powerful secret
institutionalized conspiracy organization. This rare, long suppressed,
award-winning documentary series by the late Great American Allan Francovich
is an absolute must for anyone studying the truly loathsome and nauseating
activities of the CIA 1950-1980. This Complete Series Includes: PART I: THE
HISTORY; PART II: ASSASSINATION; PART III: SUBVERSION. Ex-CIA Spies Phillip
Agee and John Stockwell risk all to expose the CIA Frankenstein in full
relief, its perfidy and anti-democratic, anti-union methodologies.
Understand how elite New York-London financiers were able to successfully
subvert the American System by using the CIA as one in a bag of fascist,
bloody tools to transform the USA into a tyrannical Empire the Founding
Fathers flatly rejected. Don't expect any stands for human rights or one man
one vote from these amoral operatives. See Richard Helms, William Colby,
David Atlee Phillips, James Wilcott, Victor Marchetti, Joseph B. Smith, and
other key players in a uniquely American tragedy of truly historic
proportions. "Inside the CIA: On Company Business, one of the most important
American films ever made, is a vital and dramatic examination of the CIA and
US foreign policy.
Crisis In The Congo: Uncovering The Truth – By The Friends of the Congo -
Millions of Congolese have lost their lives in a conflict that the United
Nations describes as the deadliest in the world since World War Two. United
States allies, Rwanda and Uganda, invaded in 1996 the Congo (then Zaire) and
again in 1998, which triggered the enormous loss of lives, systemic sexual
violence and rape, and widespread looting of Congo’s spectacular natural
wealth. The ongoing conflict, instability, weak institutions, dependency and
impoverishment in the Congo are a product of a 125 year tragic experience of
enslavement, forced labor, colonial rule, assassinations, dictatorship,
wars, external intervention and corrupt rule. Analysts in the film examine
whether U.S. corporate and government policies that support strongmen and
prioritize profit over the people have contributed to and exacerbated the
tragic instability in the heart of Africa. Crisis in the Congo: Uncovering
The Truth explores the role that the United States and its allies, Rwanda
and Uganda, have played in triggering the greatest humanitarian crisis at
the dawn of the 21st century. The film is a short version of a feature
length production to be released in the near future. It locates the Congo
crisis in a historical, social and political context. It unveils analysis
and prescriptions by leading experts, practitioners, activists and
intellectuals that are not normally available to the general public. The
film is a call to conscience and action.
Thirty Seconds To Midnight: The Final Wake-Up Call - By Filmmaker Regis
Narrated by Regis Tremblay. A shocking documentary that traces the origins
of U.S. genocides, military interventions and wars from the 15th century
when the white, colonial explorers first came to the Americas to the very
present. American Exceptionalism, Manifest Destiny, and the right to claim
the earth and its resources as their own are the beliefs that are the
foundation of American foreign policy in the 21st Century that has humanity
on the brink of extinction. Humanity is on the brink of extinction! Nuclear
power is not safe. 48 of America’s nuclear power plants are leaking and
there is no way to get rid of nuclear waste. America’s reckless provocations
of both Russia and China, two nuclear-armed countries, risk a nuclear
holocaust from which no one survives. Climate change and global warming, if
not mitigated immediately, will end the human experiment on earth sooner
rather than later. Dr. Helen Caldicott, Ray McGovern, Chris Hedges, Ann
Wright, Peter Kuznick, Bill McKibben, David Vine, Bruce Gagnon and other
activists, scholars, and authors explain and clarify the crisis and threats
to life on the planet.
NO MORE VICTIMS – Videos of 4 War-Injured Iraqi Children NMV Brought to the
What American Missiles Did to 9-Year Old Salee Allawi in Iraq -
In this video, Salee Allawi & her father tell the harrowing story of the
American air strike that blew off her legs while she was playing outside her
home in Iraq. Her brother & best friend were killed.
Nora, A 5-Year Old Iraqi Girl: Who Was Shot in the Head by a US Sniper -
As her father writes, “On October 23, 2006 at 4:00 in the afternoon,
American snipers positioned on a rooftop in my neighborhood started firing
toward my car. My daughter Nora, a five-year-old child, was hit in the head.
Since 2003 No More Victims has secured treatment for children injured by US
forces.
Abdul Hakeem’s Story – Narrated by Peter Coyote –
the First Siege of Fallujah, Abdul Hakeem & his family were asleep at home
when mortar rounds fired by US forces rained down on their home, destroying
one side of his face. His mother suffered abdominal & chest injuries & has
undergone 5 major operations. His older brother & sister were injured and
his unborn sister killed. US forces did not permit ambulances to transport
civilian casualties to the hospital. In fact, they fired on ambulances, one
of many violations of international law committed by US forces in the April
assault. A neighbor volunteered to take the family to the hospital, where
doctors assessed Hakeem’s chances of survival at five percent. They laid his
limp body aside & treated other civilian casualties whose chances of
survival appeared higher.
Agustin Aguayo: A Man of Conscience - A Short Film by Peter Dudar & Sally
Iraq War Veteran Agustin Aguayo served his country for four years in the
Army but was repeatedly denied Conscientious Objector status. His Press
Conference never made the NEWS!
Jesus...A Soldier Without A Country - A Short Film by Peter Dudar & Sally
Fernando Suarez, whose only son Jesus was the first Marine from Mexico to be
killed in the Iraq War, marches for Peace from Tijuana to San Francisco.
