Saturday, July 17, 2010

Oliver Stone Under Assault Again

By Lisa Pease
July 17, 2010

Oliver Stone is under attack again, which isn’t a surprise, given that no other filmmaker has been so willing to challenge the “conventional wisdom” in an effort to uncover the facts about important events.

Read on.
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8 comments:

rosemerry said...

Also don't forget to look at John Pilger's film online- "the War on Democracy" which is enlightening. It is sad that US leaders and commentators are so against overcoming illiteracy, extreme poverty, foreign ownership and control of national resources...all of which Chavez has tackled with true grassroots local democratic input by those in most need, who have been neglected by the imperialist powers for centuries.

Sun Jul 18, 10:29:00 AM 2010
Anonymous said...

Lisa Pease unwittingly reveals her bias (or her ignorance)when she writes:

"Stone meets, separately and in groups, with Hugo Chávez (President of Venezuela), Evo Morales (President of Bolivia), Lula da Silva (President of Brazil), Rafael Correa (President of Ecuador), Cristina Kirchner (President of Argentina) as well as her husband Nìstor Kirchner (former President of Argentina), and Raúl Castro (currently running Cuba for his ailing brother Fidel).

The author grants each of these heads of state their proper titles EXCEPT for Raul Castro....

I suppose her ignorance can be forgiven, since US citizens are denied the right to travel to Cuba and to see for themselves how participatory democracy works there.

Sun Jul 18, 10:45:00 AM 2010
jmaria said...

It's a well known fact that for many here in the U.S Latin America represents the vices of third- world backwardness:corruption, despotism, authoritarianism, ignorance, etc.,etc. Under such circumstances and the fact that it's being regarded, by many too, as the U.S "back yard" it's been almost impossible for Latin America to build up genuinely democratic institutions in accordance with the needs and interest of its people.

For that reason when leaders like Hugo Chavez take on that challenge in defiance of the "Big Boss of the North" they are immediately attacked an demonized by the CM.

Sun Jul 18, 02:31:00 PM 2010
John L.Opperman said...

Anonymous~
THAT's you beef???
~John L.

Sun Jul 18, 05:33:00 PM 2010
Anonymous said...

The dirty tricks the USA/UK get upto...

http://tinyurl.com/26g2mf3

And here...

http://tinyurl.com/2va6dpb

You want more?.

Mon Jul 19, 08:55:00 AM 2010
Eric Saunders said...

It was Operation Ajax that convinced Castro to give up the democratic process. After seeing the CIA conspire and use political assassinations to overthrow a democratically elected leader in Guatemala, who can honestly find fault with Castro's reasoning?

The truth will set us free.

Mon Jul 19, 03:35:00 PM 2010
Eric Saunders said...

Er, Sorry, Ajax was Iran in 1953... It was Operation Success in 1954 that ousted Arbenz in Guatemala.

Mon Jul 19, 03:37:00 PM 2010
Real History Lisa said...

I fully acknowledge my ignorance and error in not acknowledging Raul as a duly elected representative of the people. My apologies! I meant no disrespect, at all.

Mon Jul 19, 04:06:00 PM 2010

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