THE PLOT TO OVERTHROW FDR

When Franklin Delano Roosevelt won the Presidency in 1932, many Americans looked to his bold New Deal plans as the way out of the dark days of the Depression. But a powerful group of financiers and industrialists saw his economic policies as a threat.
THE PLOT TO OVERTHROW FDR reveals how, inspired by political trends in Germany and Italy, this group conceived of a plan to either overthrow the newly-elected president or force him to take orders from them. They envisioned a paramilitary organization of disgruntled WWI veterans as the force to intimidate the government. The man they chose to inspire and lead this veteran's army was retired Marine General Smedley D. Butler, a colorful and outspoken champion of veteran's rights. But Butler was their undoing. After discovering the details of the conspiracy, the horrified general blew the whistle and subjected the outrageous plot to the scrutiny of a Congressional investigation.

Coverup - behind the iran-contra affair

This film exposes one of the most disturbing chapters in U.S. history. It presents a tale of a shadow government that ran a secret foreign policy involving drugs, hostages, weapons, assassinations, terrorism, secret war, and the ultimate plan to suspend the U.S. Constitution. It is the only film which presents a comprehensive overview of the stories suppressed during the Iran Contra hearings and puts the entire affair into a meaningful political and historical context. Because many of the key players have resurfaced in the current Bush administration, this film is vital to understand what is going on behind the scenes today. Released in 1988, this film is not available on DVD. 72 min. download here.

Michael Parenti - The Struggle for History

This excellent lecture by political scientist, historian, and media critic Michael Parenti explains the study of history as a political act. He examines how the manufacturing and marketing of history to indoctrinate, rather than educate, is the result of a systematic control of history by ruling elites. The classification and destruction of documents, the effects of racism, sexism and class interest, the dominance of ideological homogenization and background assumptions all have an impact on our perception of history. Parenti illuminates the truth of George Orwell's quote: "Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past."
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Kill The Messenger- The Sibel Edmonds Story

This is a MUST SEE! Former FBI translator and whistle blower Sibel Edmonds is the most judicially gagged person in US history. This French produced film tells as much of her story as we are allowed to know. It premiered in 2006, but has still not been made available in the U.S. The range of high level crime and cover up that she can reveal involves 9/11, the nuclear black market, drug trafficking, espionage, blackmail of public officials and much more. Download this film before it gets pulled again. For more info go to Just a Citizen, & Let Sibel Edmonds Speak. 52 min.

Secrets of the CIA

This 2 hr program from Australian channel Sky 2 provides a concise history of the CIA's disastrous covert operations. Protecting Nazis; mind control; coups in Iran, Indonesia, Chile & Congo; wars in Laos, Angola, Nicaragua & Afghanistan; the Bay of Pigs; drug trafficking & torture. Ample proof that the "national security state" has always been the greatest threat to peace and democracy in the world. Who knows how much more remains secret? There are a few commercials to sit through.
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Conspiracy of Silence

This film reveals how rogue elements at all levels of government have been involved in systematic child abuse and pedophilia to feed the base desires of key politicians.
Conspiracy of Silence" begins with the shut-down of Nebraska's Franklin Community Federal Credit Union after a raid by federal agencies in November 1988 revealed that $40 million was missing. When the Nebraska legislature launched a probe into the affair, what initially looked like a financial swindle soon exploded into a startling tale of drugs, money laundering, and a nationwide child sex ring. Nineteen months later, the legislative committee's chief investigator died suddenly and violently, like more than a dozen other people linked to the Franklin case.
Originally scheduled to air in May of 1994 on the Discovery Channel, "Conspiracy of Silence" was yanked at the last minute due to formidable pressure applied by top politicians and all copies were supposedly destroyed.
Investigator and former Nebraska state senator John DeCamp claims that the footage of this film appeared on his doorstep a year later. It has the rough, unfinished look of an editing work print.

Codename Artichoke

A film about CIA secret experiments on humans in the 1950s. Through the use of drugs, hypnosis and torture, suspected Soviet agents were subjected to a rigorous brainwashing to induce their confessions. Unwitting American citizens were also subjected to these techniques as test subjects. This issue is explored through the story of Dr. Frank Olson, a biological weapons expert with top security clearance, who was involved in these experiments. Tormented by his conscience, Olson wanted to quit the program – and died shortly thereafter under mysterious circumstances.
Olson’s son Eric is convinced his father was murdered by agents of the American government because he wanted to leave the CIA.