Michael Moore - Fahrenheit 911 (for those who haven't seen it)

The use of depleted uranium in Iraq

The Late Edition

"The Late Edition is the UK's version of The Daily Show. Unlike the US show, none of the language is censored and, perhaps more refreshingly, the audience doesn't constantly interrupt the more pithy insults of government with mindless whoops and cheers no matter how clever or lame the gag being cracked."

Pandora's Box - Episode 2 - To The Brink of Eternity

"Focusing on the men of the Cold War on whom Dr Strangelove was based. These were people who believed that the world could be controlled by the scientific manipulation of fear - mathematical geniuses employed by the American Rand Corporation. In the end, their visions were the stuff of science fiction fantasy."

The Doha Debates on the Right of Return for Palestinians

Pandora's Box - Episode 1 - The Engineer's Plot

"The revolutionaries who toppled the Tsar in 1917 thought science held the key to their new world. In fact, it ended up creating a bewildering world for millions of Soviet people. In this light-hearted investigation, one industrial planner tells how she decided the people wanted platform shoes, only to discover that they had gone out of fashion by the time that the factory to manufacture them had been built."

Bush Family Fortunes (2003)

"This hour-long documentary follows the award-winning reporter-sleuth Greg Palast on the trail of the Bush family, from Florida election finagling, to the Saudi connection, to the Bush team's spiking the FBI investigation of the bin Laden family and the secret State Department plans for post-war Iraq.

"These are the hard-hitting reports that have been seen in films like Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11, broadcast internationally on BBC Newsnight television, and are found in Palast's international bestselling book The Best Democracy Money Can Buy."

The Republican War on Science

Happily, not all Americans are stupid and gullible, by any means... thank goodness!

"Renowned science scholar Naomi Oreskes hosts Chris Mooney, author of the bestselling book "The Republican War on Science", a "well-researched, closely argued and amply referenced indictment of the right wing's assault on science and scientists" (Scientific American) Series: "UCSD Guestbook" [Science]"

A War On Science

In the USA today, the right-wing, which is largely Christian Fundamentalist, is literally waging a war on science. It tries to redefine school curriruli, to exclude the teaching of the theory of evolution and replace it with, at best, the theory of Intelligent Design, and it generally attempts to dumb-down the population and plunge it back into an age of ignorance and superstition.

Is Torture A Good Idea?

"Clive Stafford Smith is a British lawyer who has represented American prisoners on Death Row and, more recently, detainees in Guantanamo Bay. In this programme, he reveals the abuses suffered by Guantanamo detainees and talks to experts in the field of torture, including CIA and US Army veterans. The programme examines cases of false confessions extracted under torture, suggesting that torture is useless as well as being repugnant and illegal."

Petrodollar Recycling

The image is unfortunately distorted, stretched verticaly, but the subject is most interesting and not without merit.

Roy Harper - Playing God

Roy Harper at MySpace



Roy Harper's Website

The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror - Narrated by Ed Asner

STOP THE CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS (A message from avaaz.org)

Talk is rising of a ‘clash of civilizations’. But the problem isn’t culture, it’s politics – from 9/11 to Guantanamo, Iraq to Iran. This clash is not inevitable, and we don't want it.

So where to start? The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the key symbol of the rift between Islam & the West. It's time to step up and take the initiative.

Add your voice to the petition and when leaders meet in late March, our message will be delivered in a way they can’t ignore...

Petition to Israeli, Palestinian & international leaders: The Palestinian-Israeli conflict lies at the heart of a global clash threatening to divide us all. People from every corner of the world want a just and lasting peace in the Middle East - and the international community can and must help bring all sides to the table. Start Real Middle East Talks Now, and stay at the negotiating table until we have peace...

Rageh Inside Iran

"Rageh Omaar embarks on a unique journey inside what he describes as one of the most misunderstood countries in the world, looking at the country through the eyes of people rarely heard - ordinary Iranians.

"It took a year of wrangling to get permission to film inside Iran but the result is an amazing portrayal of an energetic and vibrant country that is completely different to the usual images seen in the media. A country of contrasts

"Rageh soon discovers that Tehran is a complex place and uncovers a city of extremes of wealth and poverty, where some people survive on less than a dollar a day and others shop till they drop in glitzy shopping malls.

"Iran is a country that bans women from riding motorcycles but where 60 per cent of the student population is female. It is also a youthful place, with two thirds of Iran's 70 million population under the age of 30. Local stories

"Rageh meets with local people to hear their personal stories and feelings about the current state of affairs in Iran. There are stories of taxi drivers, wrestlers, business women, people working with drug addicts and the country's leading pop star and his manager - the 'Simon Cowell' of Iran.

"Rageh Inside Iran transcends images of angry demonstrations and burning flags to reveal a country that isn't without its problems but which is also fascinating, dynamic and hospitable."

The Death Squads - Iraqi Ethnic Cleansing

Interestingly enough, this began at the time when infamous John Negroponte, of Iran/Contra Death Squads "fame", had been the US' Ambassador to Iraq for several months already. Coincidence? I doubt it very, very much.

Jules, with love.

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HardTalk with George Galloway

"George Galloway talks candidly (as usual) about the demise of the old Labour (party), his own party Respect, and the invasion of Iraq, among other things. He also called Tony Blair a 'War Criminal', who should be tried at the Hague, just like the Nazis were tried at the Nuremberg Trials."

George Galloway on Question Time, 8th June 2006

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Will Israel Bomb Iran?

"This film reveals Israel's view of the threat and gets inside the intensely secret world of the Israeli military, which speaks openly for the first time about what they see as the "existential" threat to Israel, posed by Iran's alleged atomic weapons programme.

"Three of Israel's former prime ministers come together on this issue, comparing the danger to a "new Holocaust".

"This World gains rare access to Israel's highly protected missile factories and satellite surveillance centres, where the arms needed for any potential raid are manufactured."