Achieving a Global Democratic Society

2008-09-03T19:34:00.001+01:00

These film clips are of a talk given by Richard Moore (rkm) at the College of the Redwoods in Fort Bragg, California, October 2006. The talk begins with a brief self-introduction by Richard (1 min 34 sec)

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How would you characterize the history of civilization? Has it been a story of increasing knowledge and human progress? Why has it led us to a world in crisis? This next clip briefly summarizes the history of civilization in a way you may not have considered before... (3 min 32 sec)

If civilization has been about ever-growing hierarchy, does this tell us anything about human nature? Have humans always been ruled by hierarchy? Are humans primarily competitive? This next clip suggests otherwise...(3 min 37 sec)

Isn't our government supposed to be democratic, and limited in its powers? Isn't that guaranteed by our Constitution? This clip continues the hierarchy theme, and briefly examines U.S. history...(1 min 36 sec)

If our governments aren't democratic, then what would a real democracy look like? Have you ever thought about how a participatory democracy might function? This clip explores these questions...(14 min 54 sec)

If real democracy is radically different than what we have, how can we possibly get there from here? What kind of movement is required? This clip suggests a surprisingly simple path...(1 min 12 sec)

Following up on the ideas in this talk, I put together a proposal for how dialog processes could be organized in a community in order to create democracy on the local level: An Experimental Framework for Community Democracy

The story of 9/11 in a nutshell

2007-07-09T09:01:00.001+01:00

Do you believe that top officials in our government would ever consider staging an attack on their own people, in order to accomplish political objectives? If you find this hard to believe, take a look at this clip about Operation Northwoods, proposed in 1962 by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Fortunately, JFK & MacNamara vetoed this particular project. (1 min. 37 sec)

Did you know that airliners can be flown by remote control, as suggested in the Northwoods proposal? This clip shows a test in 1984 where a Boeing 720 flew for 16 hours under remote control. (21 sec)

Did you suppose that no one anticipated a major attack on the World Trade Center? This FEMA report, from 1997, pictures the WTC in crosshairs, as a prime terrorist target. (8 sec)

In September 2000 the Project for a New American Century (Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfwitz, ...) described in detail their plans for war and conquest when Bush took office. They explicitly mentioned that a new Pearl Harbor would expedite their plans. (26 sec)

For decades it had been standard policy to scramble interceptors whenever a plane was hijacked or went off course. In June 2001, the rules were changed so that only the Secretary of Defense could approve the use of interceptors. Why? Soon after this, the Attorney General stops travelling in commercial aircraft. (23 sec)

On 9/11, an eyewitness broadcaster claims unequivocally that the attacking plane was not a civilian craft. Why has this never again been mentioned in mainstream sources? Are we seeing the Northwood scenario being played out…a false flag attack using a radio-controlled drone? (34 sec)

The World Trade Centers collapsed at nearly free-fall speed—impossible for a pancake collapse. Here we can clearly see and hear the massive explosions that brought down the first tower. Such explosives could only be installed as part of an inside job, the new Pearl Harbor needed by the Neocons to carry out their carefully laid plans. (25 sec)

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Achieving a Global Democratic Society

The story of 9/11 in a nutshell