A series of three documentaries about the use of fear for political gain.
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Title: The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear (2004)
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A series of three documentaries about the use of fear for political gain.
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Narrator: In the past, politicians promised to create a better world. They had different ways of achieving this, but their power and authority came from the optimistic visions they offered their people. Those dreams failed and today people have lost faith in ideologies. Increasingly, politicians are seen simply as managers of public life, but now they have discovered a new role that restores their power and authority. Instead of delivering dreams, politicians now promise to protect us: from ...
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[first lines]Narrator: In the past, politicians promised to create a better world. They had different ways of achieving this, but their power and authority came from the optimistic visions they offered their people. Those dreams failed and today people have lost faith in ideologies. Increasingly, politicians are seen simply as managers of public life, but now they have discovered a new role that restores their power and authority. Instead of delivering dreams, politicians now promise to protect us: from ...
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For its second BBC broadcast in January 2005, part 3 was updated to reflect the Law Lords' recent ruling that the detention without trial of foreign terrorist suspects was illegal. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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This is a superb 3-part BBC documentary about how gov'ts overblow
threats to create "nightmares" which can then be used for domestic
purposes/control. It traces the US neo-cons back to the Cold War days
and examines how both the neo-cons and Islamic fundamentalists falsely
claim credit for destroying the overblown threat of the USSR. The film
then examines the so-called War on Terror (WoT). It includes
outstanding "evidence" of the terrorist "sleeper cell" trials in the US
(you have to watch and see this evidence to believe it!!). This is an
extremely well done, insightful look at the post-9/11 reactions by the
US and UK and will challenge propaganda about the WoT (e.g. the US
gov't named Al Queda not Bin Laden; nuclear scientists and the Pentagon
both say a "dirty bomb" would most likely not kill anyone) with
reasoned and well-sourced logic and arguments.
For more information, see: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/3755686.stm
The first episode is not the most exciting, since it does the
historical background to set up the last two episodes. (You can get
the gist of the entire documentary just by watching the last two.
Viewing the BBC's link above will give some add'l info.) Few can claim
to know about the clash of the US/west versus Muslim fundamentalism and
the interaction of US politics in that clash without seeing this video
-- it's that good!