I went to see Jeremy Hardy vs The Israeli Army. It’s an incredibly moving film and well worth seeing. Unfortunately it’s unlikely to get a general cinema release so if you weren’t at the Bloomsbury Theatre over the last couple of days then you might not be able to. Actually, in the Q&A afterwards it… Continue reading Jeremy Hardy vs The Israeli Army (again)
Category: politics
Jeremy Hardy vs the Israeli Army
The most excellent comic and political writer Jeremy Hardy has made a film about his “adventures” in Palestine last year. There’s a good article about the film in today’s Guardian. The film is on at the Bloomsbury Theatre on the 23rd and 24th April. Tickets £6.50.
Double Standards
If you knock the head of the statue of a deposed ruthless dictator in Iraq then that’s cause for massive celebrations. If you do the same thing in the UK then you get three months in prison.
Propaganda Goes Both Ways
Just in case you were thinking that I was only interested in the propaganda that it coming out of the US and UK war machine, here’s something from the Iraqi information minister. There are no American infidels in Baghdad. Never! They tried to bring a small number of tanks and personnel carriers in through al-Durah… Continue reading Propaganda Goes Both Ways
The First Casualty of War is the Truth
On March 21, the day after American and British troops began their illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq, an “embedded” CNN correspondent interviewed an American soldier. “I wanna get in there and get my nose dirty,” Private AJ said. “I wanna take revenge for 9/11.” To be fair to the correspondent, even though he was… Continue reading The First Casualty of War is the Truth
“Executions”
The front pages of most of the UK tabloids today are incandesant with rage over the two British soldiers who were apparently “executed” on Saddam’s orders. This was also a key point in Tony Blair’s speech at Camp David where he used it as proof of the “depravity of Saddam’s regime”. Unfortunately for Blair and… Continue reading “Executions”
“Friendly” Fire
According to the BBC British soldiers in Iraq have been learning from their US allies and have started killing each other.
Casualties of War
Currently the British media are reporting individually on every “coalition” soldier who is injured, goes missing or is killed in Iraq. It makes you wonder what would have happened if we’d had this level of media coverage in 1914-18 or 1939-45.
Priorities
The BBC are reporting that George Bush has gone to Congress asking for more money to pay for the war in Iraq. Of the $75bn he has asked for, only $1.7bn is for reconstruction and $500m is for humanitarian aid.
Propaganda War
Remember boys and girls, nothing that you read in the papers, see on the television or hear on the radio about this war is true. It’s all propaganda. You are only told what they want you to know.