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Last evening I recorded BBC2's showing of the subject title, (to be shown again on BBC on Tuesday (or rather Wednesday !!) at 2.00 a.m. GMT, and have reviewed it this morning: and conclude it contains much that must be a revelation to many born since WW2 in UK (or elsewhere) and an upset to their acceptance of the establishment view of the US and its world policies (i.e its supposed basis of "support of human freedom and democracy"). Most of it was just a rehash of events inscribed in the memory of my long life-time's experience and opposition to the US government and its racism (the Negros = the separated units of the US Army and USAAF in UK and Italy), the aboriginal tribes of north America ["Red Indians"], the Gays (="Homos"), and its world-wide interventions on behalf of every disgusting right-wing dictatorship (Phillipines, Chile, etc. etc) it believed to be under "threat of communism"; but new to me, despite my involvement in the fight against the war in Vietnam - was concerning those involved in the Weatherman campaign <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Underground_%28organization%29>. Presumably my hatred of all the US government has always represented was what prevented me learning of this (perhaps naive, but surely justified) "direct-action" organisation, derived from student activism. It is ironic that the BBC has decided to show this programme here just when student activism against the imposition of increased fees in higher education (with its sub-texts of "make the bankers pay", "end the wars in the Middle East", etc.) - when this reminder of the darker aspects of American Imperialism is, for once, likely to find an audience ready to think deeply and wonder - about both "home and foreign affairs" - the question of "whose side are we on !!". (At least the showing was during "prime time" - though on the "elitist" channel of BBC2 - {what were the mass looking at on ITV or satellite, I wonder ?? - this I have NOT researched !} The programme is not available on BBC iPlayer - but is to be repeated late on Tuesday evening (02.00 GMT Weds). Paddy http://apling.freeservers.com ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
