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9-11- New Books, Videos, the Growing Movement for Truth and
Accountability by Carol Brouillet, August 5, 2003
With over 100 books written on the assassination of J.F.K., it is
hardly surprising that numerous books are being written about 9-11,
many videos are being produced, and the research and the mobilization
of people, determined to discover the truth about what really
happened, why, and to hold those responsible accountable, continues
to grow.
Over a year ago, a group of us began working on a film about 9-11.
Then Guerrilla News Network interviewed me protesting General Myers
in San Francisco, and gave me a sample DVD of their work, and
revealed that they were working on a documentary on 9-11. I ,then,
shifted my film-making efforts to supporting their work- Aftermath-
Unanswered Questions from 9-11, which we began showing in its many
evolutions from September 2002, the edited rough cut, to the final
version. In January 2003, we showed it outdoors in the San Francisco
Civic Center after a big anti-war rally, where it was very well
received; a second outdoor attempt to screen it after the day of
largest international anti-war rallies in history in February was
shut down by the police who informed us it was illegal to screen
without a permit On April 21st, we rented the prestigious Herbst
Theatre (which holds nearly 1000 people) adjacent to the Civic
Center, we filled the theatre (had to turn away 300 people) and
received a standing ovation.
The event, preceded and followed by receptions with Guerrilla News
Network, Michael Ruppert,Peter Dale Scott, Riva Enteen included a
panel discussion moderated by Barrie Zwicker (producer of The Great
Deception). GNN managed to film the panel, and the Question and
Answer session to include in the latest incarnation- video/DVD of
Aftermath (which I must admit, I haven't had time to see, despite
my heavy involvement in organizing and publicizing later screenings.)
*I must also admit that I haven't seen Michael Ruppert's - The Truth
and Lies About 9-11 (although I've heard him give his presentation,
in person, a couple of times, and I've distributed over 100 of the
videos--some to people who couldn't get into the sold-out theatrical
screenings of the video at the Red Vic in San Francisco).
I have heard that the video could be seen 3 times, and that notes
should be taken, as it contains a wealth of information, and has
had a tremendous impact upon the ever-increasing number of supporters
of Mike's vital research. It's basically one of his earlier lectures
on 9-11, 138 minutes, with clips which include Representatives Ron
Paul and Cynthia McKinney.
I have come to the conclusion that "the definitive video" on 9-11
has yet, to be made--we still DON'T KNOW what really happened.
We do know that the government/corporate press lied about what
happened and are engaged in a massive cover-up. Some brilliant,
outstanding, research has been done by a number of people exploring
different aspects of a large, complex, "special operation" which
has government finger-prints all over it, but we have yet to put
together all the pieces of the puzzle. The researchers have yet to
meet in one place and put their heads together and compare
notes/evidence/theories. Ken Jenkins and I have been speaking
publicly on 9-11 and are using film clips from a number of documentaries
to give an overview of our own understanding of what happened, and
what we can/should, do with our understanding/ information, to
expose the "Big Lie" and rein in those behind "Terrorism, War and
the bid for Global Dominance, Control of Resources, and the
Institutionalization of a Police State."
Barrie Zwicker's pathbreaking documentary "The Great Deception" (40
minutes) which was the first televised challenge to the official
narrative and aired in Canada in early 2002, is an extremely
thoughtful, well- produced, provocative, informative overview of
the primary questions. We've shown this documentary at Teach-Ins
and to people who have never even thought of questioning the official
narrative. Barrie has added a new segment entitled "Fake Events"
about the ruses government's use to get support for their wars. (
Ken Jenkins feels that the wealth of historical information is what
convinced him to speak out publicly and to "break the War Game once
and for all." With 9-11, they simply went too far, were too sloppy,
and it is an opportunity for us to expose the inhuman, criminal
lengths to which the Power Elite will go to orchestrate wars which
further their interests.)
Daniel Hopsicker's "Mohamed Atta & the Venice Flying Circus"
is an investigative journalist's on site investigation of the
background of the alleged hijackers and the Flight School in Florida
where they received their training. This documentary shatters the
"cover-story" of the Islamic extremists on a suicide mission under
Bin Laden's orders myth. This 60 minute video focuses rather
exclusively on one aspect of the story, and it raises more questions
than it answers about who was financing this, from where ?
Painful Deceptions is a 2-hour video/DVD supplement to the book
"Painful Questions." Both book and video review the photographic
evidence surrounding the collapse of the World Trade Center and the
attack on the Pentagon. Eric Hufschmid, who writes software, runs
his software for machine shops business out of his home, and is not
a professional filmmaker, has nevertheless done a great job of
meticulously analyzing the available photographic evidence that
suggest that it was a missile, rather than a plane, which hit the
Pentagon, and that it was explosives, rather than airplanes which
brought down the towers and building number 7 of the World Trade
Center. He cracks a lot of jokes in the video, and speculates a bit
about what happened, and I certainly don't agree with him on every
aspect of his analysis, but he has done everyone a service in
compiling the book and video which examine evidence completely
overlooked and ignored by others.
September 11, 2001: Cover-Up or Complicity? by Jeremy Wright features
Barrie Zwicker and Michel Chossudovsky. This is basically a recording
of a presentation at the 2002 People's Summit which countered the
G8 Summit held outside of Calgary last year. Michel Chossudovsky's
exposure of Bin Laden, Al Qaeda as C.I.A. assets and the key links
behind the "Money man behind 9-11" and top U.S.
officials are the "smoking guns" (along with the military standdown)
which prompted me to march on my senators demanding an investigation
of 9-11 in January 2002. The tape has the feel of a classroom
lecture, though, with a couple of highly produced segments from
Barrie's television programs.
911- The Road to Tyranny (146 minutes) and Masters of Terror(2
hours) by Alex Jones is more melodramatic, lively, and controversial.
Alex is a Christian radio/television talk show host in Austin, Texas
who puts in incredibly long hours exposing government wrongdoing.
He has done a number of videos which he encourages everyone to copy
and disseminate. Masters of Terror includes a segment aired in July
2001, where Alex tells folks to call the White House and Congress
to tell them "We know you're up to something, and if any terrorist
attacks occur in the U.S., if any planes crash into any buildings,
like the World Trade Center; we'll know you were behind it!"
While the progressive Left has ignored events like Waco, the Oklahoma
City bombing and the first World Trade Center bombing, the right
has found much evidence of U.S. complicity to further the construction
of a police state. While Alex sometimes gets his facts wrong (like
mistaking Senator Boxer for Senator Feinstein), he unearths a lot
of information which deserves scrutiny and gives me hope that the
truth about 9-11 will bring right, left, and center together to
halt those at the top, who are abusing power at the expense of the
vast majority of people, in violation of the most basic, commonly-shared
human values.
Aftermath-Unanswered Questions from 9-11 (35 minutes) is (now) a
highly produced video featuring a range of voices- from Mike Ruppert,
Alex Jones, Peter Dale Scott, Riva Enteen, Nafeez Ahmed to John
Judge and Mary Schiavo addressing eleven major questions. With Paris
narrating, original music, and a pulsing background beat, it grabs
the attention of the MTV generation, but for those who are completely
unfamiliar with this material, sometimes the music and graphics are
a bit distracting from the stunning information, revelations, that
are condensed into powerful narration and sound bites. The final
"What can we do?" questions responses are less intense, almost
rambling, and at times bypass the question and allow the speakers
to articulate their key points. The film has been criticized for
not going far enough, and allowing Soros to appear "benevolently
concerned about the chill on democracy under way."
Despite it's imperfections, it has been the best tool we have had
to raise the very important questions publicly, and foster dialogue
on a taboo subject. When we organized the big premiere screenings
in the Bay Area, we made 5000 giant movie posters to plaster all
over the city (as well as in the Symphony Hall, the City Box
Office--where the full spectrum of society could view them). We
wanted them big so that we could post the questions to public view-
To what extent should airlines have been prepared for 9/11?
What did the Bush administration know and when?
Why wasn't the US military able to intercept the hijacked planes?
How did the administration respond to the failures of the military
and Intelligence agencies on 9/11?
What ties, if any, did the US government and Intelligence agencies
have with the terrorists or their supporters?
Were there plans for a war in central Asia prior to September 11?
Is there an underlying motive, besides the War on Terror, for the
US military presence in Central Asia?
Is there any historical evidence to suggest that the government may
have used the 9/11 attacks to justify its war in Central Asia?
How has the government's reaction to the terrorist attacks affected
the rule of law in the United States?
How has recent legislation like the PATRIOT ACT and the Homeland
Security bill affected the lives of American people?
What can we do?
Everyone is encouraged to show this film in September to counter
the pro-Bush propaganda film that will be coming out at that time.
(If you need posters, I still have 2500 that need homes The DVD
also contains more extended interviews with the researchers, plus
forty minutes of the panel and Q & A from the San Francisco showing.
Anthony J. Hilder's Illuminazi 9-11 is done in a somewhat melodramatic
style with puns galore, and images from the Third and rising Fourth
Reich. Hilder has been researching the Power Elite for 25 years and
has the scars to prove it, if you ever meet him, and wonder why
he's still alive. In this Orwellian world, I find myself unable to
watch the news without cringing; Hilder's work which seems so
melodramatic and a far cry from the "ordinary world" that most
people think they live in, still contains nuggets of information,
and challenges the crafted fagade that most people accept at face
value, but I'm afraid the style is one which reeks of "satire" and
is hard to take seriously- even if it is true!
Wat Tyler's Revenge, by Shadow Government TV (27 minutes), includes
two of Guerrilla News Network's great pieces- The War Conspiracy,
S-11 Redux, a splicing of the footage from the Booker Elementary
School where Bush was with the kids while the events in New York
were unfurling, with clips of powerful testimony from the victim's
families, and footage from the Fireman's documentary which chronicled
the initial attack and response. Some of the footage is from the
Unanswered Questions Press Conference in DC June, 2002. This could
be a major eye-opener for those who haven't already seen all that
footage elsewhere- it's brevity is a blessing, as the lengthy videos-
few have time and patience to sit through
As for the books, The War on Freedom- How and Why America was
Attacked, September 11, 2001, by Nafeez Ahmed is a great analysis,
well documented which I highly recommend.
There is a new book out with a similar title- The War on Freedom-
The 9-11 Conspiracies by Jim Marrs. It is well written and has some
excellent information which I hadn't read elsewhere, but Jim has
written extensively on "conspiracies" and throws in some weird stuff
which invites the reader to dismiss the entire book. At times he
distances himself and says some people allege that "blah, blah,
blah " diminishing in importance some of the most compelling well
documented evidence I've come across. I prefer Ahmed's book.
War and Globalization- The Truth Behind September 11th, by Michel
Chossudovsky, is excellent, very well documented and an easy read.
I have the highest respect for Chossudovsky and his work. His website
and magazine, Global Outlook are also outstanding. (I just wish I
could persuade him to come and speak in the U.S., but he won't leave
Canada).
All Fall Down: The Politics of Terror and Mass Persuasion by William
Thomas is a useful overview and analysis, but the book isn't easy
to get- you have to order it from his website or send the author a
check or money order (unless an enthusiastic fan happens to buy a
bunch of them and offers one to you). I've been trying to email and
phone the author, without success for months.
" '9/11' " facing our fascist state & what a plot!, by Don Paul is
a very easy read (he doesn't bother with footnotes) which includes
everything Don believes to be true (even if their isn't any evidence
beyond an online article Don is a friend of mine and has spoken on
9-11 at various events, but I must admit I cringe at moments when
he starts talking about bloodlines, because I'm afraid most people
will write him off as a "conspiracy nut."
Alice in Wonderland and the World Trade Center Disaster- Why the
official story of 9/11 is a monumental lie by David Icke is another
book which some people will dismiss completely because of David's
"wild stuff." I hadn't read any of his previous works and lots of
people told me that I should read his work which they agreed with
(except the weird shapeshifting reptilian stuff), and I must admit
I was very curious about this guy and delighted to receive a review
copy of his work to see for myself. He has a huge website and has
written many books and lectured all over about "the ruling class,"
who has sought to control humanity for thousands of years. It is
within this context that he analyzes the events of September 11th,
and the key players.
I must say I do have a great amount of respect for David, for having
the courage to voice a belief system which is definitely not a
popular one, and also for having the courage and energy to physically
follow up and investigate the story of what really happened on
September 11th and going to the airports, the FBI, and asking
questions. He has certainly done more to discover the truth about
9-11 than the so-called "Independent Commission" and "Joint
House/Senate Intelligence Oversight Committee" whose mandate is to
cover 9-11 up and use it to "strengthen the C.I.A.," justify "Homeland
Security," and direct blame away from the White House and guilty
operatives. Unfortunately, I'm afraid many will simply dismiss
Icke's work because of the larger conspiracy that he keeps referring
to ("for details buy my other books ") which is beyond the realm
of "possibility" for most people.
Pentagate by Thierry Meyssan, is the second book by a French author
whose photographs, posted on the internet, questioning whether a
Boeing hit the Pentagon stunned the world. I read a battered copy,
lent to me by an activist who had come all the way from Florida to
meet up with 9-11 activists in California; he used the book as his
primary tool to convince skeptics through the photos that the 9-11
narrative was an enormous lie. I must say it's almost breathtakingly
stunning in its contents and photos, and includes information about
a fire that occurred in the Old Executive Building of the White
House, on the morning of September 11th that received almost no
publicity.
When we were demonstrating against Bush in Burlingame last June, I
was also stunned to hear Kevin Danaher of Global Exchange finally
start talking about 9-11 and citing Meyssan's evidence that "no
plane hit the Pentagon." This book definitely should be checked
out- I just wish I knew how to get them by the case.
The Party's Over- Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies by
Richard Heinberg, in startling contrast to Icke's work, this is a
very well documented book, which effectively challenges modern myths
about the inexhaustible supply of energy. Richard spoke at the
Aftermath screening on Earth Day and eloquently described the deeper
politics behind the wars over the remaining fossil fuels in the age
of diminishing supplies. The harsh truths and choices are not being
articulated by our politicians, but Richard clearly delineates them
in this extremely timely, important, book.
Drugs, Oil, and War: The United States in Afghanistan, Colombia,
and Indochina by Peter Dale Scott is another extremely well documented
book which includes an updated version of the banned "War Conspiracy"
that Scott wrote during the Vietnam Era which explores the links
between the C.I.A. and drug trafficking and geo-politics.
This is another huge piece of the 9-11 puzzle and very important
to understanding the C.I.A. and U.S. foreign policy.
Consciousness is rising. The peace groups who didn't want to "think
about U.S. complicity" are beginning to come around. The Deception
Dollars we created last October have been enthusiastically spread
by activists throughout the United States and the world; we're on
our Fifth printing now and over 2,000,000 of them are in circulation;
they have been added to the collections of museums, featured on
television, in print, included in radio interviews, and passed out
to a Rockefeller family gathering. People have also lost their jobs,
and been followed for distributing them and other 9-11 materials,
but the tide is turning, Bush is losing popularity and his credibility
continues to diminish. Thank-God for art, humor, creativity and
courage! The movement is growing. Public Forums, Teach-Ins, Film
Screenings, Marches and Demonstrations are actively being planned
for September. The movement still lies beneath the radar screen of
the mainstream press, while headlines reveal the desperate "damage
control" efforts of the Bush Administration and the hawkish Democrats.
Plans are in the works for a 3 days of special programming on
Pacifica Radio to coincide with forums in New York City and throughout
the country. There is more and more room for the grassroots, and
politicians to speak out, and put a halt to the rampages of the
current Administration.
New avenues of research on 9-11 are opening up and new
synergies/collaborations developing as relationships/networking
occur, and I remain optimistic that the truth will emerge.
Ultimately, the vast majority of us, working together, should be
able to halt the war profiteers and redirect resources from
terrorizing, killing and controlling the planet towards healing,
and nurturing healthy relationships between all people and all life.