EDO defendents benefit night
rampart | 01.02.2005 15:10 | Anti-militarism | Free Spaces | London | South Coast
This wednesday (Feb 2nd) @ rampART - a fundraiser to support activists campaigning against EDO MBM, an arms company that makes parts for bombs dropped on Iraq.
(see
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/southcoast/2004/12/302786.html
or http://www.smashedo.bpec.org/index.php?page=about to get some backround
information.)
Suggested donation £2 or free if you're really skint!
Food and Drink available
Films start at 8pm (sharp) with 'Dear Mrs Blair' from the Camcorder
Guerillas. Then 'FTA' (Free The Army/Fuck The Army) made in 1972.
(see
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/southcoast/2004/12/302786.html or
http://www.smashedo.bpec.org/index.php?page=about to get some backround information.)
Suggested donation £2 or free if you're really skint!
Food and Drink available
Films start at 8pm (sharp) with 'Dear Mrs Blair' from the Camcorder
Guerillas. Then 'FTA' (Free The Army/Fuck The Army) made in 1972.
Dear Mrs Blair (2004 - 15 mins)- A video letter to Cherie Blair from
Glaswegian mother Rose Gentle, whose son Gordon was killed in Iraq on 28
June 2004. Gordon was 19 years old; he'd joined the Army just six months
earlier at Pollok Job Centre. Rose believes his life was wasted in an
illegal and unjustifiable war. In "Dear Mrs Blair' Rose appeals to the Prime Minister's wife to listen to her "mother to mother".
http://www.camcorderguerillas.net/mrsblairupdate.htm
FTA (Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland - 94 mins) - documentary about a
political vaudeville-style roadshow which travelled around US military
bases performing to soldiers both in the US and Pacific Rim. The film was
part of the US anti-war effort, encouraging and inspiring soldiers to
leave the army and the Vietnam war. The film was withdrawn within a week
of its release as it appears to incite disaffection, insubordination and
even fragging (the killing of officers and commanders by ordinary GIs).
Glaswegian mother Rose Gentle, whose son Gordon was killed in Iraq on 28
June 2004. Gordon was 19 years old; he'd joined the Army just six months
earlier at Pollok Job Centre. Rose believes his life was wasted in an
illegal and unjustifiable war. In "Dear Mrs Blair' Rose appeals to the Prime Minister's wife to listen to her "mother to mother".
http://www.camcorderguerillas.net/mrsblairupdate.htm FTA (Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland - 94 mins) - documentary about a
political vaudeville-style roadshow which travelled around US military
bases performing to soldiers both in the US and Pacific Rim. The film was
part of the US anti-war effort, encouraging and inspiring soldiers to
leave the army and the Vietnam war. The film was withdrawn within a week
of its release as it appears to incite disaffection, insubordination and
even fragging (the killing of officers and commanders by ordinary GIs).
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