Added: Jul 26, 2010
From: thefilmarchive
Duration: 11:0
September 25, 1998 http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FAlexander-Cockburn%2Fe%2FB001HD1D5U%3Fqid%3D1280183253%26sr%3D1-2-ent&tag=doc06-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325 Watch the full lecture: http://thefilmarchived.blogspot.com/2010/07/whiteout-cia-drugs-and-press-lecture-by.html The Opium Wars (simplified Chinese: 鸦片战争; traditional Chinese: 鴉片戰爭; pinyin: Yāpiàn Zhànzhēng), also known as the Anglo-Chinese Wars, were the climax of trade disputes and diplomatic difficulties between China under the Qing Dynasty and the British Empire after China sought to restrict British opium traffickers. It consisted of the First Opium War from 1839 to 1842 and the Second Opium War from 1856 to 1860. Opium was smuggled by merchants from British India into China in defiance of Chinese prohibition laws. Open warfare between Britain and China broke out in 1839. Further disputes over the treatment of British merchants in Chinese ports resulted in the Second Opium War. China was defeated in both wars leaving its government having to tolerate the opium trade. Britain forced the Chinese government into signing the Treaty of Nanking and the Treaty of Tianjin, also known as the Unequal Treaties, which included provisions for the opening of additional ports to unrestricted foreign trade, for fixed tariffs; for the recognition of both countries as equal in correspondence; and for the cession of Hong Kong to Britain. The British also gained extraterritorial rights. Several countries followed Britain and sought similar agreements with China. Many Chinese found these agreements humiliating and these sentiments contributed to the Taiping Rebellion (1850--1864), the Boxer Rebellion (1899--1901), and the downfall of the Qing Dynasty in 1912, putting an end to dynastic China. The War on Drugs is a campaign of prohibition and foreign military aid being undertaken by the United States government, with the assistance of participating countries, intended to both define and reduce the illegal drug trade. This initiative includes a set of drug policies of the United States that are intended to discourage the production, distribution, and consumption of psychoactive drugs. The term was first used by President Richard Nixon on June 17, 1971. A poll on October 2, 2008, found that three in four Americans believed that the War On Drugs was failing. On May 13, 2009, Gil Kerlikowske, the current Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, signaled that although it didn't plan to significantly alter drug enforcement policy, the Obama administration would not use the term "War on Drugs," as he claims it is counter-productive. In May 2010 Kerlikowske stated that new National Drug Control Strategy represents a new direction in U.S. drug policy. The Fiscal Year 2011 National Drug Control Budget proposed by the Obama Administration will, for example, devote significant new resources to the prevention and treatment of drug abuse. Harry Jacob Anslinger (May 20, 1892 -- November 14, 1975) held office as the Assistant Prohibition Commissioner in the Bureau of Prohibition, before being appointed as the first Commissioner of the Treasury Department's Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN) on August 12, 1930. He held office an unprecedented 32 years in his role holding office until 1962. He then held office two years as US Representative to the United Nations Narcotics Commission. The responsibilities once held by Harry J. Anslinger are now largely under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy. Anslinger died at the age of 83 of heart failure in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania.
Channel: Education
Tags: cia drugs drug war china britain opium empire delivery hong kong wars afghan feudal lords latin america land reform director us government peasants organizing thugs gangster narco traffickers social control chinese laborers railroads economic recession smoked tonics ireland harry anslinger racist edgar hoover counterpunch crack cocaine prison jail humor finance home video economy politics religion talking interview
Rating: 5.0' max='5' min='1' numRaters='5' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#overall ( ratings) Views: 995 Comments: 0