Felix Greene
Felix Greene ( — ) était un journaliste américano-britannique qui a écrit des chroniques sur plusieurs pays communistes dans les années 1960 et 70.
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Il était un des premiers journalistes occidentaux à visiter le Nord Viêtnam lors d'un voyage pour San Francisco Chronicle dans les années 1960. Certains de ses écrits ont été reproduits pour l'histoire de A-level, au sujet de la Guerre du Viêtnam.
Né en Angleterre, Greene a visité pour la première fois la Chine pour la BBC en 1957. Il a produit plus tard des films documentaires, dont One Man's China, Tibet, Cuba va!,, Vietnam! Vietnam! and Inside North Viet Nam. Ces films donnent une vision très rose et unilatérale de la société communiste[1]. Il est considéré comme un Compagnon de route[2].
Dans les années 1970, Felix Greene est venu à Dharamsala pour rendre visite au 14e dalaï lama qui se rappelle qu'après 3 jours de discussion, l'attitude de Greene avait changé[3] - [4]
Greene était cousin de l'auteur Graham Greene. Il a habité la région de San Francisco pendant vingt ans. Il est mort au Mexique d’un cancer.
Livres
- The Enemy: What Every American Should Know About Imperialism. Vintage Books, New York, 1971.
- VIETNAM! VIETNAM! In Photographs and text. 1966, Palo Alto, California: Fulton Publishing Company, LCCN: 66-28359
- A Curtain of Ignorance, Cape 1965. Details of how Communist China was reported in the USA in the 1960s.
- The Wall Has Two Sides. A Portrait Of China Today, The Reprint Society 1963.
Liens externes
- (en) Felix Greene sur l’Internet Movie Database
Notes
- HYPOCRISY IN THE "PEACE" MOVEMENT: A CASE STUDY by Chris R. Tame, 1983/1990, Foreign Policy Perspectives No. 16, (ISBN 1870614003)
- How America Was Misinformed About China, Far East Economic Review, August 29th, 2007
- Imagine All the People: A Conversation with the Dalai Lama on Money, Politics, and Life as it Could Be, Chapter Power and Values, Tenzin Gyatso, Fabien Quaki, Anne Benson, page 17 “Felix Green who was quite a close friend to the late Zhou Enlai of China. Mr. Green had visited China regularly for many years and had great faith in both the country and in communism. He came to Dharamsala with several films, hoping to show me how happy people were in Tibet, and to explain that things were not as bad as we, the Tibetans in exile, believed. He tried to convince me that everything was okay in my country. We talked and argued for three or four days. After many hours of discussion, he finally changed his attitude on most points. In such cases, a good argument based on sincere motivation can produce a positive result, provided both parties strive to be objective. It is very helpful to talk, talk, talk, until a solution is found.”
- His Holiness the Dalai Lama in New York, NY - May 22, 2010