Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

How the U.S. Uses Globalization to Cheat Poor Countries Out of Trillions

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/12/31/1546207

"We spend the hour with John Perkins, a former respected member of the international banking community. In his book Confessions of an Economic Hit Man he describes how as a highly paid professional, he helped the U.S. cheat poor countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars by lending them more money than they could possibly repay and then take over their economies."

Things haven't changed since their heyday.. just moved offshore a bit until conditions are ripe again back here at home (B*sh is doing the ha-a-ard work now)

A peek into the real game afoot.
I will add here,



The Propaganda Model of News
1997
(60 min)
 
An excellent discussion about how the news is sculpted to present a certain viewpoint of events around the world. Featuring Noam Chomsky, Edward Herman and Justin Lewis.
 
Download 32.6MB
http://www.indybay.org/uploads/myth_of_the_liberal_media.rm



THE PAUL MORAN STORY
uly 23, 2003
(20:17 min)
 
Paul Moran died after a suicide bombing in Iraq.  He was a reporter for ABC, and one of the strongest voices along with Judith Miller of the New York Times, to claim Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.  At his funeral it raised eyebrows when CIA, FBI, and other secret agents popped up to pay their respects.  In this report, an investigation in how the secret service operates within the mainstream media. 
 
Watch Online
http://203.15.102.143:8080/ramgen/media/dl_030724b.rm


GARY WEBB: IN HIS WORDS
Download 23MB (8:15 min)
Gary Webb broke the story of the CIA’s involvement in cocaine.
http://www.archive.org/download/Gary_Webb2/Gary_Webb_bb2.mov


"Spin"
Brian Springer
Video, 1995, (60 min.)

Using the 1992 presidential election as his springboard, documentary filmmaker Brian Springer captures the behind-the-scenes maneuverings of politicians and newscasters in the early 1990s. Pat Robertson banters about "homos," Al Gore learns how to avoid abortion questions, George Bush talks to Larry King about halcyon -- all presuming they're off camera. Composed of 100% unauthorized satellite footage, Spin is a surreal expose of media-constructed reality.
 Download 574MB
 http://illegal-art.org/video/vcd/Spin_1.mpg



Bill Moyer’s "The Secret Government"
aired on PBS in 1987 and is as good as anything on the tape. Bill Moyers is one of the most recognizable and celebrated journalists whose approach to investigative journalism is highly respected. Known for his award winning PBS documentaries, in this segment he interviews several different people involved with the CIA and other government agencies who speak about various U.S. foreign policy covert and overt operations that took place during the Cold War era. His documentary gives quite an overview of what has actually happened in the last 50 years regarding the founding of the National Security Agency and the CIA. (22:04)

Download part1 2.94MB
http://storage.testpad.net/freedomfiles.org/Secretgov1.wmv
and part2 2.66MB
 http://storage.testpad.net/freedomfiles.org/Secretgov2.wmv


S-11 REDUX
Download 40MB (10:53 min)
During wartime, media & government become one
http://www.archive.org/download/redux/redux_256kb.mov


EAST TIMOR BLACKOUT
Download 30MB (8:07 min)
Savage oppression backed by U.S. ignored by news outlets.
http://www.archive.org/download/east_timor/east_timor.mov


WAR CONSPIRACY
Download 16MB (4:17 min)
The CIA, the oily elite and their manipulation of foreign policy.
 http://www.archive.org/download/war/war_256kb.mov


OWNING THE PEACOCK
Download 18MB (4:53 min)
The unholy alliance of General Electric & NBC.
http://www.archive.org/download/nbc_1_/nbc_1_.mov


Many more videos avail. for download here-
http://mysite.verizon.net/res7dhyg/id3.html

An education in the Misrepresentation of American History

The original poster has mentioned Perkins (Confessions of an Economic Hitman) he spills the beans and spells it all out.

I am currently reading gary Webb's book -- wow!!!

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1888363932/qid=1104598226/sr=2-1/ref=pd_ka_b_2_1/104-6880952-3722341

Here is part of a reader's review on amazon:

Webb has assembled not shadowy sources leaking dark innuendos but a thorough reporting of facts taken from congressional testimony, court testimony, declassified documents and personal interviews. It's clear, at a minimum, that the US government was connected to the people responsible for a large piece of the cocaine trade.

Deserves to take his place alongside the redoubtable Gen. Smedley Butler....

This links I posted are working...is it the 1st you are trying?
Here is a GREAT extended interview with him on another show-
Guest: John Perkins, "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man"
Fri., December 10, 2004
Deadline Live w/Jack Blood

mp3's-
pt1-
http://mp3.rbnlive.com/Blood/0412/20041210_Fri_JackBlood1.mp3

pt2-
http://mp3.rbnlive.com/Blood/0412/20041210_Fri_JackBlood2.mp3

Realplayer RAM-
http://mp3.rbnlive.com/Blood/0412/20041210_Fri_JackBlood.ram

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I could try and express myself but I would be at a loss for words.

This in itself brings up many more questions that I don't think have been approached.

Why in the name of all that is holy did the military go into Iraq? Yes the jackals did not succeed, but prior to that the whole world was succumbing to capitalism. Even Russia and China.
We have, many of us, put the military escapade down to PNAC. However, this questions even this approach. The PNAC was working without the military going into Iraq. Unless the thought was that it would be like previous escapades in South America. In which case it is incompetence and hubris.

Perhaps it is just the momentum, that things keep moving in the same direction until they have reached their limit?

For those that are looking for a change, it seems that the most likely collapse of the system is to have things tied down in Iraq for a while longer.

Another point brought out in the interview is that it doesn't matter which administration is in power, the system keeps on chugging along.

I need to sleep on this for awhile.

but then go get the book

best I've read in all of 2004

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