Iraq for Sale

A Robert Greenwald film about the role of outsourcing in the Iraq War. It also puts a human face on the contractors themselves who are not necessarily soldiers of fortune, but ordinary people such as truck drivers.

Tivia: Computer Sciences Corporation is an outsourcing company used in Iraq, who: flew the defoliation missions that are the centerpiece of Plan Colombia; constituted the core of the police force in Bosnia; protected Afghan president Hamid Karzai; managed the border posts between the US and Mexico and ran Airforce One. They have a website that is indistinguishable from a boring Silicon Valley enterprise software firm.

Running time: 1 hour 16 mins.

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Frontline: War in Europe

The excellent Frontline series’ look at Kosovo.

Running time: 1 hour 52 mins.

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Iraq for Sale

Running time: 1 hour 15 mins.

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The Soviet Afghan War

Although posted by a somewhat sketchy looking forum, the documentary is legit. Putting the Taliban and the current war in historical persepctive.

Running time: 36 mins.

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The Denial Machine

How fossil fuel corporations have kept the global warming debate alive long after most scientists believed that global warming was real.

Running time: 40 mins.

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Fischer vs. Spassky

Documentary about the 1972 Cold War chess world championships.

Running time: 36 mins.

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Christopher Hitchens debates George Galloway

Like watching matter and antimatter collide.

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Frontline – Muslims part 1 of 2

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The Power of Nightmares Part 1 of 3

Part 1 of Adam Curtis’ 3 part series on terror and politics.

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