12.01
Glass Artist, Andy Paiko
11.30
The Simpsons, "Mypods and Boomsticks"
11.01
Pink Floyd - Live on KQED PBS (1970)
8.04
Will it Blend?
7.21
Der Lauf der Dinge
7.07
A Film About Jimi Hendrix
6.17
Drop Weapons
6.16
Nam June Paik, Edited for Television (1975)
6.12
The $300 Billion Betrayal
6.06
Bush Overstated Iraq Evidence, Senators Report
6.03
Body of War, Bill Moyers Journal
5.27
Two Great Moments in Oakland Athletics History
4.23
Torched: San Francisco protests spoil China's Olympic celebration
4.14
The World According to Monsanto
4.11
Tear Down the Alaskan Way Viaduct
4.04
Stairway to Stardom
(3-28-08) Learning Man Project #2
3.27
631 Private Companies working in Iraq, fraud rampant
3.26
Tools for understanding
the Iraq War
3.19
The N64Kids
3.13
Tesla, Shredding (lovingly)
2.20
New Fla. Standards Use Word 'Evolution'
2.19
Sea Serpeants: Recent History and notable cases
(1-13-08) Learning Man Project #1
12.06
Grateful Dead Live at Mill Valley Recreation Center (12/06/1980)
http://video.google.com/video...
"The first part of the series explains the origins of Islamism and Neo-Conservatism. It shows Egyptian civil servant Sayyid Qutb, depicted as the founder of modern Islamist thought, visiting America to learn about the education system, but becoming disgusted with what he saw as a corruption of morals and virtues in western society through individualism. When he returns to Egypt, he is disturbed by westernization under President Nasser and becomes convinced that in order to save society it must be completely restructured along the lines of Islamic law while still using western technology. He also becomes convinced that this can only be accomplished through the use of an elite "vanguard" to lead a revolution against the established order. Qutb becomes a leader of the Muslim Brotherhood and, after being tortured in one of Nasser's jails, comes to believe that western-influenced leaders can justly be killed for the sake of removing their corruption. Qutb is executed in 1966, but he inspires the future mentor of Osama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri, to start his own secret Islamist group. Inspired by the 1979 Iranian revolution, Zawahiri and his allies assassinate Egyptian president Anwar Al Sadat, in 1981, in hopes of starting their own revolution. The revolution does not materialise, and Zawahiri comes to believe that the majority of Muslims have been corrupted by their western-inspired leaders and thus may be legitimate targets of violence if they do not join him.
At the same time in the United States, a group of disillusioned liberals, including Irving Kristol and Paul Wolfowitz, look to the political thinking of Leo Strauss after the general failure of President Johnson's "Great Society". They come to the conclusion that the emphasis on individual liberty was the undoing of the plan. They envisioned restructuring America by uniting the American people against a common evil, and set about creating a mythical enemy. These factions, the Neo-Conservatives, come to power under the Reagan administration, with their allies Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld, and work to unite the United States in fear of the Soviet Union. The Neo-Conservatives allege the Soviet Union is not following the terms of disarmament between the two countries, and, with the investigation of "Team B", they accumulate a case to prove this with dubious evidence and methods. President Reagan is convinced nonetheless."
Photos by Andrew Zeller #2