ITV 是英國的電視台, 最近播放了 John Pilger 的紀錄片 The War You Don't See. 這場戰爭是指伊拉克戰爭, 美國人到現在還未完全撤退. 戰事沒有勝利者, 是眾所周知的事實. 但, 知道戰爭的存在, 知道英美軍人鎗殺無辜的伊拉克平民, 與看著他們這樣做畢竟是兩回事; 知道伊拉克人的苦難, 與看見他們舉家人口被美國造價昂貴的轟炸機殲滅, 畢竟是兩種不同的感覺.
前陣子美國電影 Hurt Locker 在奧斯卡奪得最佳導演最佳乜最佳物, 那是美國人自瀆的成果. 他們在別人的國土殺死在那裡居住的平民, 摧毀別人的家庭, 這些事實從來不會在電影出現. 美國人的自我由早到晚被主流媒體主宰著, 而這些媒體所傳遞的訊息由錢銀主宰. 在這個循環中, 若有人膽敢把真正的新聞拿出來告訴大家, 他或者會被孤立, 或者會被控強姦, 甚至被謀殺.
Wikileaks 的阿桑奇被迫害不是新鮮事, 03年伊拉克戰爭時美國人甚至轟炸阿拉伯半島電視台辦公室(Al jazeera), 為的就是他們不聽話.
香港人對中國政府逼害趙連海耳熟能詳, 也聽過普京怎樣對待他的政敵霍多爾科斯基 (俄羅斯油公司 Yukos 前老闆), 但他們對英美等所謂自由國家的幻想是否仍像從前那般甜美呢? 建議有時間的朋友上Youtube 看看 John Pilger 的紀錄片, 一片分成七截, 不是全部都是殺人放火的片段, 很多時都是訪問而已. 但應該是值得花時間看, 和思考的.
美國自我意淫是24的反恐英雄，中國意淫如《大國崛起》，趙連海是一名小小受害人，香港人也愛意淫，連政協委員都趁機放厥詞，惡心，有趣﹗
回覆刪除I haven't seen this one. But his two other documentaries, "The New Ruler of the World" and "This is What Democracy Looks Like" are also good. I showed them in class. Monday is Martin Luther King Day in the U.S.. To let students know the kind of oppression and resistance associated with the Civil Rights Movement (and the social movements in the 60s), I showed "The FBI's War on Black America".
回覆刪除The harshest critics of U.S. government poliicies are often people living in the U.S.. The term 美國人 is pretty loaded, there are all kinds of 美國人. Another 美國人 who critiques the U.S. is a rapper called Immortal Technique, check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7Vl0peys90
All the documentaries I referred to are at:
freedocumentaries.org
Many of my students, who are mostly Latino and African American students, have much better politics than 劉曉波 and 司徒華, who blindly worship American style "democracy".
WKC
Sorry, one important correction:
回覆刪除It should be "Latino and African American WORKING CLASS students"
WKC
Just one more thing, the youtube link I posted earlier is called "The Poverty of Philosophy"
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謝謝介紹. 要時間細看了.
回覆刪除同意美國人這個詞是可圈可點的, Chomsky 都是美國人, 卻不是我所指的那一批.
英文 Americans 也是可圈可點, 南美人甚至加拿大人都生活在美州, 卻又不是 Americans.
Dear WKC,
回覆刪除Maybe too much to ask here ... would you be kind enough to elaborate what you meant by "have much better politics than 劉曉波 and 司徒華" and "American style "democracy"" ...
Thanks ...
CWKH
Dear CWKH,
回覆刪除For detailed critiques of 劉曉波, please see:
http://chinastudygroup.net/2010/10/another-war-mongering-peace-prize-winner/
and
http://chinastudygroup.net/2010/10/debate-about-liu-xiaobo/
Many of my students have better politics than 劉曉波 because they don't support U.S. invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan.
They also have better politics than 司徒華 and other so called "democrats" in H.K. because they understand that any political system that recognizes universal suffrage while ignoring economic inequality, i.e. "American style 'democracy', is self-defeating.
WKC
Sorry, typo, should be "the U.S. invasion of..."
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Dear WKC,
回覆刪除Thanks so much for the additional info ... surely it is a long and winding road to the ideal of universal suffrage and economic equality ... may we all work hard to see that this may indeed be achievable in the foreseeable future :-) ...
Thanks ...
CWKH