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New Rulers of The World Video 4 |
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Contributed by J. R. Ransom
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 General Suharto (left) John Pilger's Video (7min 37sec) called 'Globalization: New Rulers of The World (Part 4)' tells the story of Indonesia's factories making goods for Americans. "Globalization began in Britain in the 1980's when Margaret Thacher dismantled much of manufacturing and poured millions of pounds into building up the arms industry. Indonesia began an important British arms market and General Suharto was sold everything lethal from fighter aircraft and missiles to warships and machine guns. Unknown to the British public, millions of pounds went to the dictator in export credits. In other words, a large part of his arms bill was paid by the British taxpayer. So important was Suharto as a business partner that the mass murderer was welcomed to London by the Queen..."
Watch the other parts of this show:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 5-6-7
Produced, Written and Presented by John Pilger.
Indonesian Translation: Collaboration work between Institute for Global Justice (IGJ) and International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development (INFID) for public socialization in order to criticize globalisation and the impact to Indonesia.
This is happening all over the world. |