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STANDING ARMY
A forthcoming Italian documentary journey into the world of U.S. military bases,
one of the most defining - and less-talked about - realities of our time (2010)
http://standingarmy.jimdo.com
http://www.wix.com/enricox/Standing-Army
*** YOUTUBE TRAILER (4 minutes) ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtB7B8Kare8
STANDING ARMY: A Journey into the World of U.S. Military Bases
SYNOPSIS:
"Military bases are the empire, they’re the point of projection of power and expansion of power." - Noam Chomsky
"....until 1947 we had a War Department in this country and we gave it up in favor of something called Department of Defense, the old War Department used to be a Department of Defense , and the new Department of Defense is a War Department, we just reversed the old names." - Chalmers Johnson
"What a Worldwide network of military bases means, that you a have at your finger tips the means of perpetual war." - Gore Vidal
Over the course of the last century, the US has silently encircled the world with a web of military bases unlike any other in history. Today, they amount to more than 700, in at least 100 countries. No continent is spared. They are one the most powerful forces at play in the world today, yet one of the less talked-about. They have shaped the lives of millions, yet remain a mystery to most.
Why do countries like Germany, Italy and Japan – more than 60 years after the end of World War II and almost 20 years after the end of the Cold War – still host hundreds of US military bases and tens of thousands of US soldiers?
What role do the bases play in maintaining US hegemony in the world?
How will they shape our future?
Is a global military presence the last resource of an economically-, politically- and culturally-declining empire?
How do the bases impact the lives of local populations and how do these interact with their uniformed neighbours?
We will answer these and other crucial questions both through the words of prominent intellectuals, experts on the subject, political and military leaders, ex-government and CIA officials, philosophers and political activists – some of whom we have already interviewed: Noam Chomsky, Gore Vidal, Chalmers Johnson and others – and through the shocking but often inspiring stories of those directly affected by US bases:
* The citizens of Vicenza, Italy, struggling to stop the construction of yet another military base in their hometown;
* The Diego Garcia islanders, violently expelled from their island in the Indian Ocean to make space for a US military base, and who have been fighting for years to return to their birthplace;
* The many Japanese women brutalized by US soldiers in Okinawa;
* The various grassroots movements in Europe and Asia struggling for a base-free world; as well as those living inside the bases: the men and women who are often sent to faraway lands with little or no preparation for what they’ll find there.
A forthcoming Italian documentary journey into the world of U.S. military bases,
one of the most defining - and less-talked about - realities of our time (2010)
http://standingarmy.jimdo.com
http://www.wix.com/enricox/Standing-Army
*** YOUTUBE TRAILER (4 minutes) ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtB7B8Kare8
STANDING ARMY: A Journey into the World of U.S. Military Bases
SYNOPSIS:
"Military bases are the empire, they’re the point of projection of power and expansion of power." - Noam Chomsky
"....until 1947 we had a War Department in this country and we gave it up in favor of something called Department of Defense, the old War Department used to be a Department of Defense , and the new Department of Defense is a War Department, we just reversed the old names." - Chalmers Johnson
"What a Worldwide network of military bases means, that you a have at your finger tips the means of perpetual war." - Gore Vidal
Over the course of the last century, the US has silently encircled the world with a web of military bases unlike any other in history. Today, they amount to more than 700, in at least 100 countries. No continent is spared. They are one the most powerful forces at play in the world today, yet one of the less talked-about. They have shaped the lives of millions, yet remain a mystery to most.
Why do countries like Germany, Italy and Japan – more than 60 years after the end of World War II and almost 20 years after the end of the Cold War – still host hundreds of US military bases and tens of thousands of US soldiers?
What role do the bases play in maintaining US hegemony in the world?
How will they shape our future?
Is a global military presence the last resource of an economically-, politically- and culturally-declining empire?
How do the bases impact the lives of local populations and how do these interact with their uniformed neighbours?
We will answer these and other crucial questions both through the words of prominent intellectuals, experts on the subject, political and military leaders, ex-government and CIA officials, philosophers and political activists – some of whom we have already interviewed: Noam Chomsky, Gore Vidal, Chalmers Johnson and others – and through the shocking but often inspiring stories of those directly affected by US bases:
* The citizens of Vicenza, Italy, struggling to stop the construction of yet another military base in their hometown;
* The Diego Garcia islanders, violently expelled from their island in the Indian Ocean to make space for a US military base, and who have been fighting for years to return to their birthplace;
* The many Japanese women brutalized by US soldiers in Okinawa;
* The various grassroots movements in Europe and Asia struggling for a base-free world; as well as those living inside the bases: the men and women who are often sent to faraway lands with little or no preparation for what they’ll find there.
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Suffering raises up those souls that are truly great; it is only small souls that are made mean-spirited by it.
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Chris Morris: 4 Lions
'..a comedy about fundamentalist terror cells..'
Premieres today at the Sundance Film Festival, Utah
'..a comedy about fundamentalist terror cells..'
Premieres today at the Sundance Film Festival, Utah
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By 1964 there were 1.5 million mobile phone users in the US
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The Ballet Russe after Diaghilev.
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"I’ve just completed Mike’s Nature trick of adding in the real temps to each series for the last 20 years (ie from 1981 onwards) amd from 1961 for Keith’s to hide the decline."
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Suffering raises up those souls that are truly great; it is only small souls that are made mean-spirited by it.
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