The Shock Doctrine

The following film clips are, to me, incredibly disturbing.  Famed journalist Naomi Klein postulates that psychological "shock treatment"--and notice the similiarities to tactics used on Iraqis at Abu Ghraib (I just watched another very disturbing film yesterday --"The Ghosts of Abu Ghraib" directed by Rory Kennedy)--is a tactic endored by economist Milton Friedman and others as a tool for inducing disorientation of the masses as a means for covertly introducing total "free market" capitalism into a society.

We have, and have had for a while, since the late 1940's, Nazi "Dr. Mengele" type experimentation and mind control happening in this country.  I saw in one video some months back where a CIA historian said something to the effect that "the Nazi's didn't lose World War II, they just had to move".  MK-Ultra and other state sponsored mind control tactics are very real issues, ones that all of us should be concerned with.

I am attaching film clips and decriptions below from myspace TV.  For more info on "The Shock Doctrine" you can also visit "http://www.naomiklein.org/shock-doctrine".

Naomi Klein, author of "No Logo", and Alfonso Cuaron, director of "Children of Men", present a short film from Klein's book "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism." www.shockdoctrine.com

The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein and Alfonso Cuarón

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Acclaimed author and journalist Naomi Klein spoke about the 'privatization of the state' at a recent talk in New York City. Klein is a widely read columnist for the Nation magazine and the London Guardian and author of the international bestseller, "No Logo." Her forthcoming book is titled "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism."

She visited Iraq in 2004 and published an article later that year for Harper's Magazine titled "Baghdad Year Zero" in which she detailed the privatization of Iraq's state-dominated economy. She has continued to cover the issue and her forthcoming book on disaster capitalism is due to be published in the fall.

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