HIJACKING CATASTROPHE:
9/11, FEAR AND THE SELLING OF AMERICAN EMPIRE

Screening and discussion

This documentary goes beyond the media's flag-waving and fluff to expose how a handful of Republican Party extremists have used the trauma of the 9/11 attacks to advance their foreign policy agenda while rolling back civil liberties and social programs at home.

Hijacking Catastrophe places the justifications for war in Iraq within the larger context of a two-decade struggle by neo-conservatives to militarize and expand American power abroad, and shows how the Bush Administration sold its controversial plan for aggressive military intervention by deliberately manipulating intelligence, political imagery, and the fears of the American people.

At its core, the film seeks to answer critical questions seldom posed in the mainstream:
* What exactly is the agenda that drove the administration's pre-war deceptions?
* How has 9/11 been used to sell this agenda?
* What are the stakes for America, Americans and the world if this agenda is fully
   implemented during a second Bush term?

Through numerous interviews with prominent political observers, this new film from the Media Education Foundation offers a wide-ranging, accessible, and ultimately empowering analysis of American foreign policy, media manipulation, and their global and domestic implications.

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Co-Sponsored by the Third World Coalition and CCCO