[pagan-magik] THE POWER OF NIGHTMARES

[Adrian Harris]

Hi,

for those of you who have an altar to the one-eyed staring god, this is
worth a look.

THE POWER OF NIGHTMARES - REPEAT SHOWING ON BBC 2, 18th-20th January, 2005.
This excellent documentary series is being repeated next week over three
consecutive nights on BBC2, 23:20. According to the BBC, "The final part
has been updated in the wake of the Law Lords ruling in December that
detaining foreign terrorist suspects without trial was illegal" 
Interview with Series Producer, Adam Curtis, here ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4171213.stm 
BBC Two : 23:20, Tuesday, 18th January 2005

BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE
First of three documentaries about the use of fear for political gain. This
edition looks at how Western politics is increasingly dominated by the
myth, propagated by the American neoconservatives, that we are threatened
by a hidden and organised terrorist network. The story begins in 1949 with
two men, an Egyptian Islamist called Sayyid Qutb and American political
philosopher Leo Strauss, whose ideas led to two opposing movements. 
BBC Two : 23:20, Wednesday, 19th January 2005

THE PHANTOM VICTORY
Second of three documentaries about the use of fear for political gain.
This edition looks at two groups, the American Neoconservatives and the
Radical Islamists, who came together to fight the Soviet Union in
Afghanistan. Subsequently, the Neocons focussed their ire on Clinton while
the Islamicists continued a cycle of violence to try to win support. The
machinations of these two groups has led to the climate of fear we live in
today. 
BBC Two : 23:20, Thursday, 20th January 2005

SHADOWS IN THE CAVE
Last of three documentaries about the use of fear for political gain. This
edition looks at how the neoconservatives reconstructed the Islamists as a
sinister worldwide terrorist force run by bin Laden in his lair in
Afghanistan. The film makes it clear that while dangerous groups inspired
by extreme Islamist ideas do exist, the nightmare vision of a uniquely
powerful hidden organisation waiting to strike our societies is an illusion. 

Blessings,
Adrian