The Pentagon, Hollywood, Climate Change, and An Appeal for Democracy

Published: Nov. 26, 2017, 5:38 p.m.

Professor of Philosophy at Columbia,\xa0Phillip Kitcher, talks with host John Shuck about how if human beings hope to survive the looming climate catastrophes, we will need to talk it out, one to one, in families, neighborhoods, and social gatherings. The power of grassroots democracy is the theme in the latest book he co-wrote with MIT philosopher\xa0Evelyn Fox-Keller,\xa0The Seasons Alter: How to Save the Planet in Six Acts.Matt Alford\xa0along with\xa0Tom Secker\xa0have exposed new evidence that the national security state led by the Pentagon and the CIA have forced script changes on over 800 Hollywood movies and over a thousand network television shows to cover-up crimes and to manipulate US citizens. The authors show that Hollywood and Washington are part of a system that is hard-wired to encourage American global supremacy and frequently the use of state violence. They document it all in their new book,\xa0National Security Cinema: The Shocking New Evidence of Government Control in Hollywood.