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Fahrenheit 9/11
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Stumped: Moore asks a congressman whether he would send his son or daughter to fight in Iraq.
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Moore wants to stop George W Bush’s re-election. And who would vote for the stupid, sneaky, sneering, swaggering adolescent we see in this film? Moore’s easy style always allows people to be themselves – including his victims. Here he brilliantly uses archive footage, much of it of Dubya before and after formal interviews, to let Bush condemn himself.
Dubya is hardly at work, and when he is, he’s working for the ‘haves and have mores’, ‘his base’ as he puts it. Moore focuses on the US’s exploitation of the working class and its ethnic minorities. Yet his is an exclusively American view and he crudely mocks the other coalition countries – a dope smoker represents the Netherlands; Dracula, Romania.
Moore is a patriot, and he’s made this for Americans, to shake them awake. It has – like no other in 20 years. And audiences outside America are applauding.
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- Poetry Slam in Zimbabwe
- The House of Hunger poetry slam held in Zimbabwe in 2006, and organised by the Pamberi Trust, showcased young artists performing inspirational work on issues from corporate power to child soldiers. The video features four of the poets.
Published by Pambazuka News.
- Iranian women speak out
- 3 March 2007, London. Women's rights activists marched through the English capital last week to celebrate International Women's Day with a protest against the misogyny of the Islamic regime in Iran and the threat of invasion by the US. Hear the voices of Iranian feminists Azar and Leila Parnian and the sounds of the demonstration as it passed through the heart of the city. Click here to learn more about the campaign.
Produced by Heidi Bachram.
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