Our CIA continues to put "protecting American economic interests" well above human rights and democr

[papau]

Our CIA continues to put "protecting American economic interests" well above human rights and democracy

I just complete a viewing of the 1 hr 14 min 31 sec movie THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED by Kin Bartley and Donnacha O'Brian sponsored by the BBC among others, and which is posted all over the internet (here is one location http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5832390545689805144 ). I downloaded it to my computer so that I can post it on various sites later today. To say that watching the people of Venezuela restore Democracy after a coup by the Venezuelan military sponsored by the rich was an emotional experience is to understate the feelings that well up.

Perhaps someone could tell me if/when this 2002 movie was played on American TV or Cable because I do not recall that it has been played in our media. Indeed our media came to mind as the movie showed Fox Cable News type editing by the privately owned Venezuelan TV stations - editing the right wing killing of Chavez supporters, showing the sadly ineffective side arm (1 in 4 Venezuelan’s carry a side arm) return fire, from behind protective structures, at the right wing snipers perched on the top of surrounding buildings - never showing that the crowd below was long gone, never showing the snipers, and claiming it was the Chavez supporters that caused the earlier deaths actually caused by the right wing snipers. Then the right wing's gloating on TV after the coup about how they had planned everything, juxtaposed with our leaders like Colin Powell and GOP members of Congress saying how democratic the coup was and how justified it was by Chavez's undemocratic rule and by those deaths, was a startling proof of how not honorable our GOP leaders are. Seeing Ari at the Whitehouse briefing stating the deaths were due to Chavez and the coup was a will of the people democratic change in government together with the assertion "that is what happened", made me appreciate the press secretaries job under Bush - a job filled so well by Ari and now by former Fox Newsperson Tony Snow. Indeed I have new appreciation for our mainstream media and its willingness to broadcast as truth the lies of the right wing rich/corporate/GOP, casting every truth brought forth by Democrats as just one side of a discussion.

The idea that the left does not need guaranteed access to TV - be it by way of the Reagan killed Fairness Doctrine and a non-political FCC, or by way of ownership of media by unions or foundations - was shot out of the water by this movie. American Democracy appears to mean backing of a government by corporations and those that benefit from those corporations - it does not mean 50.1% of the voting age population or more. And Corporations will not let truth be broadcast if it hurts their owners/advertisers’ plans for the future.

Our CIA's involvement in protecting American Corporation's economic interests has got to stop. The CIA's acting as the United Fruit Corporation' militia was part of the recent CIA bio movie "The Good Shepherd", and sadly it looks like at least part of our CIA has never stopped putting "protecting American economic interests" well above any concept of human rights or democracy.

I suggest America’s rich should watch this movie and note the section where the rich estate owners group meets and is warned by their leader that a lot of their servants support Chavez politically, so they should not trust their servants (as the details of their plans to destroy Chavez might get back Chavez).

[Gregorian]

1. I believe that was aired on Linktv

I can't get on their website to check. They just aired the "sequel" that happened in Haiti.


Just as a comparison, to support what you said about the CIA protecting business interests rather than civil interests, I can share my own experience. I innocently thought that Fish and Game was there to make sure that we didn't destroy our natural resources. On one hand that's true. But who is there when we show up to protest clearcutting that includes old growth redwoods? Fish and Game. If Fish and Game had the interests of fish and game, they'd have never let logging get so massive that there were virtually no fish in our streams. It's just another example of how convoluted and misplaced our elected officials have become.

It's all about demand. People want stuff, and corporations get them that stuff. There isn't much else to say. If we want to see less of this kind of thing, we have to make less demands. Less rubber (which is now petroleum), sugar, bananas, lumber. And that happens two ways. Neither of those are happening. In fact, just the opposite. I blame us.

[papau]

2. I sort of agree - we "allow" this to go on - but as I found in the 60's - it is hard to stop

Indeed, group politics is the only way - and that will only be possible when we have Federally financed elections.