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Geechie

(857 posts)
Tue Apr 7, 2020, 02:03 PM Apr 2020

Speaking Freely: Chalmers Johnson

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This is a link to the full film. It's refreshing to listen to someone speaking about history from first person, no-spin, just the facts as he saw them. I'm glad to see his books are being noticed now. The video was posted a couple of years ago, and the interview is from 2007.

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Speaking Freely: Chalmers Johnson (Original Post) Geechie Apr 2020 OP
K&R Thanks for posting. alwaysinasnit Apr 2020 #1
I'm just now delving into his work. Geechie Apr 2020 #5
Another excellent but somewhat controversial author is Noam Chomsky. alwaysinasnit Apr 2020 #7
Tx, marking to watch. Some background, context on Johnson, appalachiablue Apr 2020 #2
I don't know if you know of John Perkins, another person with 1st hand knowledge, who has alwaysinasnit Apr 2020 #3
No I hadn't Geechie Apr 2020 #4
Very good reading lonely bird Apr 2020 #6

Geechie

(857 posts)
5. I'm just now delving into his work.
Tue Apr 7, 2020, 04:37 PM
Apr 2020

Feel like I've been under a rock... I can't find any more recent interviews, but he died in 2018 & I seriously wonder what he would make of DJT and how much farther we've slid toward military dictatorship.

alwaysinasnit

(5,037 posts)
3. I don't know if you know of John Perkins, another person with 1st hand knowledge, who has
Tue Apr 7, 2020, 02:45 PM
Apr 2020

written about the US's global dirty business.

https://johnperkins.org/

lonely bird

(1,642 posts)
6. Very good reading
Tue Apr 7, 2020, 06:23 PM
Apr 2020

Iirc, the unofficial name for three of his books is The Blowback Trilogy. Details how this country’s government has tracked its big muddy feet all over the world.

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