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In reply to the discussion: Get One Thing Clear: NSA Domestic Spy Op Is FASCISM [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)179. I should have included a link...
There's a New Fascism on the Rise, and the NSA Leaks Show Us What It Looks Like
The power of truth-tellers like Edward Snowden is that they dispel a whole mythology carefully constructed by the corporate cinema, the corporate academy and the corporate media.
By John Pilger
AlterNet / June 21, 2013
In his book, Propaganda, published in 1928, Edward Bernays wrote: "The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country."
SNIP...
In the new American cyber-power, only the revolving doors have changed. The director of Google Ideas, Jared Cohen, was adviser to Condoleezza Rice, the former secretary of state in the Bush administration who lied that Saddam Hussein could attack the US with nuclear weapons. Cohen and Googles executive chairman, Eric Schmidt they met in the ruins of Iraq have co-authored a book, The New Digital Age, endorsed as visionary by the former CIA director Michael Hayden and the war criminals Henry Kissinger and Tony Blair. The authors make no mention of the Prism spying program, revealed by Edward Snowden, that provides the NSA access to all of us who use Google.
SNIP...
When I showed my own film, The War on Democracy, to a major, liberally-minded US distributor, I was handed a laundry list of changes required, to "ensure the movie is acceptable". His memorable sop to me was: "OK, maybe we could drop in Sean Penn as narrator. Would that satisfy you?" Lately, Katherine Bigelows torture-apologizing Zero Dark Thirty and Alex Gibneys We Steal Secrets, a cinematic hatchet job on Julian Assange, were made with generous backing by Universal Studios, whose parent company until recently was General Electric. GE manufactures weapons, components for fighter aircraft and advance surveillance technology. The company also has lucrative interests in "liberated" Iraq.
The power of truth-tellers like Bradley Manning, Julian Assange, and Edward Snowden is that they dispel a whole mythology carefully constructed by the corporate cinema, the corporate academy and the corporate media. WikiLeaks is especially dangerous because it provides truth-tellers with a means to get the truth out. This was achieved by Collateral Damage, the cockpit video of an US Apache helicopter allegedly leaked by Bradley Manning. The impact of this one video marked Manning and Assange for state vengeance. Here were US airmen murdering journalists and maiming children in a Baghdad street, clearly enjoying it, and describing their atrocity as "nice". Yet, in one vital sense, they did not get away with it; we are witnesses now, and the rest is up to us.
SOURCE: http://www.alternet.org/media/understanding-latest-leaks-understanding-rise-new-fascism
PS: Hope that clears things up for you.
The power of truth-tellers like Edward Snowden is that they dispel a whole mythology carefully constructed by the corporate cinema, the corporate academy and the corporate media.
By John Pilger
AlterNet / June 21, 2013
In his book, Propaganda, published in 1928, Edward Bernays wrote: "The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country."
SNIP...
In the new American cyber-power, only the revolving doors have changed. The director of Google Ideas, Jared Cohen, was adviser to Condoleezza Rice, the former secretary of state in the Bush administration who lied that Saddam Hussein could attack the US with nuclear weapons. Cohen and Googles executive chairman, Eric Schmidt they met in the ruins of Iraq have co-authored a book, The New Digital Age, endorsed as visionary by the former CIA director Michael Hayden and the war criminals Henry Kissinger and Tony Blair. The authors make no mention of the Prism spying program, revealed by Edward Snowden, that provides the NSA access to all of us who use Google.
SNIP...
When I showed my own film, The War on Democracy, to a major, liberally-minded US distributor, I was handed a laundry list of changes required, to "ensure the movie is acceptable". His memorable sop to me was: "OK, maybe we could drop in Sean Penn as narrator. Would that satisfy you?" Lately, Katherine Bigelows torture-apologizing Zero Dark Thirty and Alex Gibneys We Steal Secrets, a cinematic hatchet job on Julian Assange, were made with generous backing by Universal Studios, whose parent company until recently was General Electric. GE manufactures weapons, components for fighter aircraft and advance surveillance technology. The company also has lucrative interests in "liberated" Iraq.
The power of truth-tellers like Bradley Manning, Julian Assange, and Edward Snowden is that they dispel a whole mythology carefully constructed by the corporate cinema, the corporate academy and the corporate media. WikiLeaks is especially dangerous because it provides truth-tellers with a means to get the truth out. This was achieved by Collateral Damage, the cockpit video of an US Apache helicopter allegedly leaked by Bradley Manning. The impact of this one video marked Manning and Assange for state vengeance. Here were US airmen murdering journalists and maiming children in a Baghdad street, clearly enjoying it, and describing their atrocity as "nice". Yet, in one vital sense, they did not get away with it; we are witnesses now, and the rest is up to us.
SOURCE: http://www.alternet.org/media/understanding-latest-leaks-understanding-rise-new-fascism
PS: Hope that clears things up for you.
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So much Corporate influence on our government. I'm not sure who is running things anymore.
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#1
I agree too, 1StrongBlackMan. Reasoned arguments. That's what I looking for. Not hyperbole.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jun 2013
#58
Here's another example of a well-reasoned, well thought-out argument. Thank you!!!
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jun 2013
#59
Be prepared, I have been told lately that the Constitution is not the law of the land. That
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#216
IMHO, FDR was the best president we've ever had, but he made mistakes. Horrible mistakes!!!
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jun 2013
#220
Don't think I'm naive about the history of the New Deal. I'm not suggesting that there NEVER
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jul 2013
#239
We are far more likely to die for lack of Health Care in this country than from a terror attack. The
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#224
I think you and I are probably breaking on opposite sides of the NSA issues, but I wanted
HardTimes99
Jun 2013
#177
Fascism is the merging of corporatism with the state,. private control, not a single dictator.
Civilization2
Jun 2013
#206
Labels are a tricky thing and defining labels trickier still. Robert O. Paxton, in
HardTimes99
Jul 2013
#232
You argue that Bush's voluntary relinquishing of power means nothing because said power
HardTimes99
Jul 2013
#240
Fact is they don't have to whisk us off to a gulag,. so why bother. They are confidant that,.
Civilization2
Jul 2013
#245
Naturally, the corporatists here will be not only denying that definition, and using strawmen
Zorra
Jun 2013
#81
The post was ABOVE, you did not read it. You know what you know that's for sure.
xtraxritical
Jun 2013
#182
The Bush disaster family, everywhere you look, everywhere something stinks, every time you follow
Fire Walk With Me
Jun 2013
#11
Do you honestly believe there wasn't a drive back then to collect info on EVERYONE?
Spitfire of ATJ
Jun 2013
#91
''Money trumps peace.'' -- George Walker Bush*, ''president'' of the United States, Feb. 14, 2007
Octafish
Jun 2013
#128
He doesn't seem to understand any of the issues and instead erects a strawman.
reusrename
Jun 2013
#87
This is all very nice but read the piece. All three of your "primary concerns" are addressed,
ucrdem
Jun 2013
#129
Hitler or Stalin, Right or Left matters not. This is Police State Authoritarianism.
Spitfire of ATJ
Jun 2013
#15
We should acknowledge the existence of a "shadow government" that transcends administrations.
reusrename
Jun 2013
#48
Agree, totally. That's why I spend time posting on DU. Most people have no idea...
Octafish
Jun 2013
#163
I recall that she committed suicide, but had no idea about the circumstances and what might have
SleeplessinSoCal
Jun 2013
#175
This is really odd. After posting this yesterday, Cinemoi was removed from our lineup
SleeplessinSoCal
Jul 2013
#259
It is fascism, with a lack of opposition from virtually all of our politicians.
AnotherMcIntosh
Jun 2013
#31
I think the trend is to try to wield power vigorously, to show the US American people
Judi Lynn
Jun 2013
#35
Glad you've noticed. I've posted on this topic on DU since September 12, 2001.
Octafish
Jun 2013
#121
I made my response about Binney, who has been out of the NSA picture for some time.
randome
Jun 2013
#100
No, you show they aren't because based on human history you are the one actually making the
TheKentuckian
Jul 2013
#234
I always refer to Dr. Lawrence Britt's 14 characteristics of fascism...
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jun 2013
#62
Even the old style fascism only exploited nationalism as a means to power.
kenny blankenship
Jun 2013
#89
It's such a drag when Amy Goodman interviews irrelevant people just for the hell of it. n/t
Waiting For Everyman
Jun 2013
#172
How will the Facists running our government run a single payer health care system?
JoePhilly
Jun 2013
#118
Frank Zappa, Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky once got a few seconds to talk about it on TV.
Octafish
Jun 2013
#140
IIRC, only 800 people were arrested and only 4 killed in order to put down the uprising in Iran.
reusrename
Jun 2013
#170
But..but...it's "not as bad" Fascism unlike the Republican brand of Fascism.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2013
#162
Whew! At least we have a label for it. I was losing sleep trying to think of one.
Buzz Clik
Jun 2013
#174
So which of those two parties is going to jail the Wall Street bankers? Which direction
GoneFishin
Jun 2013
#219
It's an illusion of opposition. Whenever the interests of the 1% conflicts with the 99%, the 99%
GoneFishin
Jul 2013
#235
What part is ''teabagger''? The NAZI parts? The Wall Street parts? The neocon trickledown parts?
Octafish
Jul 2013
#248
It does. So, you're a critic. Please, tell me what's wrong with what I posted.
Octafish
Jul 2013
#257
They haven't the decency of the Thought Police in "1984" where Inner Party members could turn off BB
bobthedrummer
Jul 2013
#265