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Uploaded by on Oct 9, 2006

Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy

The left wins an election
Allende is assassinated
An economy doesn't obey orders
Seeking a serious blueprint

Watch all of Commanding Heights at PBS.org

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/hi/story/index.html

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  • This series is horribly biased. Not a single member of the Allende Gov't is interviewed to explain what it was trying to accomplish. No mention of the role of the CIA and US-controlled World Bank to destablize the economy--including CIA money to prolong a crippling, politically motivated truckers' strike. No mention of US assistance to the coup leaders, including Pinochet, who would later be indicted for the murder of political opponents. What a whitewash of a so-called documentary!

  • The series purports to be about the power of ideas and, in the view of its writers, the irresistible logic of capitalism. But in the case of Chile, Friedman's ideas were imposed on the country by a military dictatorship that came to power, with US assistance, through a bloody coup. How is that not pertinent? How can one reasonably conclude that US-style capitalism "won the argument" over Allende's experiment with socialism when Chilean democracy was crushed by fascist generals?

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  • Peron, Castro, and Allende, three men that ruined the American country, just like Chavez today.

  • I didn't watch the whole video. It seems to me it is heavily biased. Important elements in StephenHP62 comments, most importantly CIA involvement. Also, dependency theory is about as wrong as radical free-trade :). The truth is in between.

  • Yeah, I noticed there was no mention of UFOs, the da Vinci Code, the Indian Removal Act or Vietnam Era CIA mind control conspiracies either........but I'm thinking......just Maybe, those things aren't really pertinent to the overall message here

  • Viva el Pueblo, Vivan los trabajadores, viva Chile!!!!! Thanks for the video. M

  • Thanks for uploading this. I hadn't seen this in a long time.

  • Many Tnks for all of the commanding heights videos that you have uploaded

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