status quo

This is the story of how the government of the United Kingdom decided to attack an Arab nation. Of how, afraid of it’s oil supply was under threat, it embarked on a strategy of regime change. Of how, delibrately, the United Kingdom bypassed the United Nations. And how a British Prime Minister lead the nation […]

This is the full length 90 min. 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 […]

Power and America have seemed synonymous for the last fifty years. No longer. Power in the 21st Century is shifting to the East: to India and above all to China. Facing up to the end of centuries of North Atlantic dominance - first Europe then the U.S. - will pose huge challenges.
The 2007 Lectures are […]

Jeremy Bentham’s theory of the Panoptic Prison as the inspiration of George Orwell’s 1984 and current dreams by some to use Internet surveillance to create the perfect panoptic state and bring big brother to life.
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A three-part series of films written and directed by BAFTA-winning producer Adam Curtis, explaining the origins of our contemporary, narrow idea of freedom. Curtis’s series, the critically acclaimed The Power of Nightmares, explored the war on terrorism and The Trap uses the same style of a mixture of archive, interviews and Curtis’s own voiceover.
Curtis believes […]

In the aftermath of the Birmingham terror raids, Dr Mohammed Naseem the Chairman of the Birmingham Central Mosque for the past 32 years struck a chord when he said: “The German people were told Jews were a threat. The same thing is happening here.”
Dr Naseem, 83, has felt for a very long time that the […]

A powerful speech highlighting the appalling situation in Iraq, and the pathetic handling of it by the British government: Ill-equipped troops, brutal treatment of civilians, and support for death squads: Welcome to democracy, Bush & Blair style!

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Speech by George Galloway at the Global Peace & Unity 2006 in London.
Even though I have posted this video before, it is still worth highlighting.

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Adam Curtis’ acclaimed series examines the rise of the all-consuming self against the backdrop of the Freud dynasty.
To many in both politics and business, the triumph of the self is the ultimate expression of democracy, where power has finally moved to the people. Certainly the people may feel they are in charge, but are they […]

This documentary argues that during the 20th Century politicians lost the power to inspire the masses, and that the optimistic visions and ideologies they had offered were perceived to have failed. The film asserts that politicians consequently sought a new role that would restore their power and authority. Writer Adam Curtis, who also narrates the […]