Jo Wilding in Iraq film screening - Sunday November 6th
richarddirecttv | 31.10.2005 12:41 | Oxford
oxford indymedia presents:
"A Letter to the Prime Minister - Jo Wilding's Diary from Iraq"
+ Iraqi eye-witness speaker
7.30pm - Sunday November 6th
East Oxford Community Centre, Cowley Road & Princes St
Entrance £3/£2
"A Letter to the Prime Minister - Jo Wilding's Diary from Iraq"
+ Iraqi eye-witness speaker
7.30pm - Sunday November 6th
East Oxford Community Centre, Cowley Road & Princes St
Entrance £3/£2
'A Letter to the Prime Minister' follows Jo Wilding on her remarkable journey of the last few years, in solidarity with the people of Iraq.
Narrated as a letter to Tony Blair and using original diary extracts, the film follows Jo’s activities in Baghdad before and during the 2003 Invasion, and traces the non-violent resistance to US/UK policy in the region.
Wilding serves as witness to the destruction of the lives of ordinary people during the bombing campaign and their subsequent neglect by Occupation forces and the interim authorities but she also acts, forming the Boomchucka Circus to work with school children and refugees.
In April 2004, that help extended to travelling into Falluja, when even Al Jazeera had pulled out, to stand alongside the civilians trapped and targeted by US forces.
Exclusive footage from the besieged city of Falluja creates a moving picture of the terrible impact UK & US foreign policy has had on ordinary Iraqi people, while the film itself stands as a powerful act of remembrance and questions an unjust and damaging Occupation.
Overall, Jo concludes that Tony Blair and George Bush are war criminals.
Director, Julia Guest. Duration 52 minutes.
“Powerful doc” (Time Out) For more info see:
http://www.alettertotheprimeminister.co.uk/
At this screening, oxford indymedia is delighted to present in person an Iraqi humanitarian aid worker, who is active in the cities which have suffered onslaught from the occupying forces. She is an eye-witness to the devastating sieges on Falluja, and will be able to report on the latest situation in Iraq.
Narrated as a letter to Tony Blair and using original diary extracts, the film follows Jo’s activities in Baghdad before and during the 2003 Invasion, and traces the non-violent resistance to US/UK policy in the region.
Wilding serves as witness to the destruction of the lives of ordinary people during the bombing campaign and their subsequent neglect by Occupation forces and the interim authorities but she also acts, forming the Boomchucka Circus to work with school children and refugees.
In April 2004, that help extended to travelling into Falluja, when even Al Jazeera had pulled out, to stand alongside the civilians trapped and targeted by US forces.
Exclusive footage from the besieged city of Falluja creates a moving picture of the terrible impact UK & US foreign policy has had on ordinary Iraqi people, while the film itself stands as a powerful act of remembrance and questions an unjust and damaging Occupation.
Overall, Jo concludes that Tony Blair and George Bush are war criminals.
Director, Julia Guest. Duration 52 minutes.
“Powerful doc” (Time Out) For more info see:
http://www.alettertotheprimeminister.co.uk/ At this screening, oxford indymedia is delighted to present in person an Iraqi humanitarian aid worker, who is active in the cities which have suffered onslaught from the occupying forces. She is an eye-witness to the devastating sieges on Falluja, and will be able to report on the latest situation in Iraq.
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Blame Saddam Hussein and the terrorist insurgents!
01.11.2005 09:47
Voice of Reason
did jo wilding go to falujah?
01.11.2005 11:45
Simon
The voice enlightens us again
01.11.2005 22:46
PS
a survey in southern Iraq (supposed coalition support territory) for the ministry of defence showed that 65% of people were in favour of the suicide bombers and their attacks and over 70% were in favour of the insurgency. And this is supposed to be the least hostile region in Iraq. I wonder what they think in the rest of the country.
VICTORY TO THE IRAQI PEOPLE
BRITAIN USA AND CO FUCK OFF
dont follow the light
Got to be worth a watch
01.11.2005 23:32
voice of choice
make up our minds - good idea
02.11.2005 16:32
Like in the media, we should be able to read articles for ourselves. I would like to read the one posted on 21 September 05 titled 'Have I found the answer?'.
It has been hidden for some reason, but no-one seems to know where.
Have you seen this?
well done WIB
24.10.2005 15:46
These issues are important....I agree strongly with 'Freedom of Speach', which is already at serious risk. We all know that BBC only reports what it is allowed to but freedom of speach has also been lost at oxford indymedia, who have lost 'or hidden in a place where it cannot be found' a seemingly innocuous article titled 'Have I found the answer?' and posted 21 Sept. People have been trying to find it and to find out why it was removed over the past few weeks. IMC have (at last) told us where to find the hidden postings but some of us have looked without sucess. One person even went through many pages, listing the numbers and asking IMC why it is not where they insist it is.
The weekend seemed to be housekeeping time and any comments referring to the missing article have been tidied away.
So now everything looks spick and span. Who would guess that IMC had done anything wrong? Keep clearing up the spills and denying everything and all will be well. You have learnt well from 'our' politians (or was it emenem?). You will go far on this lava flow of power which is corrupting you.
WomanIB
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Where Exactly?
01.11.2005 09:20
Indymedia,
Please tell us where exactly the original story is?
Please.
DS
jkr
This might describe Jo
03.11.2005 14:26
feeler | 02.10.2005 10:50 | Ecology | Globalisation | Repression
It's all so simple really,
Until we all start putting the needs of others first, others will suffer.
That's it, isn't it?
look at the last postings on Art of War: Katrina
Until we all start putting the needs of others first, others will suffer.
Until we all start putting the needs of others first, others will suffer.
Until we all start putting the needs of others first, others will suffer.
I suppose that does mean in everything I do, doesn't it?
So greed in any form is out, isn't it?
And I guess I've got my reason for being vegan, all meat production contributes to climate change, and starving of other people so that animals may be fed for food.
I can suddenly see more clearly why I mustn't smoke, from the production where people are oppressed to actually offending those around me, if I smoke I am not putting the needs of others first.
This is going to be harder than I first thought.
There goes any thought of travel, or buying new clothes, re-use, and re-use, and re-use and recycle, and don't buy from Tesco or other big nasty stores, ever, for any reason/excuse.
I had better go and get started on my new life.
Anyone want to join me?
feeler
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it's a bit hard tho'
02.10.2005 13:48
If I am not surrounded in my much needed products, how am I to live?
Its so hard trying to get by without my SUV (I do live in the country) I need to keep up with the latest fashions or our clients may think our components are not dangerous enough. The job is so stressful I have become smoking addicted.
Go live in a cave!
consumer tom
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"Joining" is optional
03.10.2005 14:38
'Art of War' said '...until we start...'
Not "...until we make a religion of it..."
"I suppose that does mean in everything I do, doesn't it?"
Yes, a consistent position is the best goal to aim for.
"So greed in any form is out, isn't it?"
Temptation comes to us all, and always will. It's how you choose to respond that matters.
"And I guess I've got my reason for being vegan, all meat production contributes to climate change, and starving of other people so that animals may be fed for food."
No, all meat production doesn't contribute to climate change. You can produce fish, poultry and even a little red meat on a distributed basis, without wrecking the climate further and without sweatshop labour.
But if you don't want to harm animals either, then yes you should eat as vegan as you can. If you can manage it 100%, then well done to you.
"I can suddenly see more clearly why I mustn't smoke, from the production where people are oppressed to actually offending those around me, if I smoke I am not putting the needs of others first."
Until tobacco and its products can be produced without sweatshop labour, then no, you shouldn't smoke.
"This is going to be harder than I first thought."
Yes indeed: your life will be less comfortable and convenient if you try to live ethically.
"There goes any thought of travel"
No, you can travel to all sorts of wonderful places without harming anyone or anything.
"or buying new clothes,"
Here ya go matey:
"re-use, and re-use, and re-use and recycle, and don't buy from Tesco or other big nasty stores, ever, for any reason/excuse."
It's better to shop for local produce from locally-owned shops, yes. The Co-Op supermarket tries reasonably hard to source their stuff ethically, and aren't geared to shutting down smaller competition. They're also run by and for their membership, not for shareholders.
"I had better go and get started on my new life. Anyone want to join me?"
There are loads of us doing it already pal. Welcome. :)
Robbie
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Nice one Robbie
03.10.2005 17:38
... a good perspective on what is achievable by all of us ...
jackslucid
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Earthcare, Peoplecare, Fair Shares...
03.10.2005 18:17
Ever heard of Permaculture?
Herby Spiral
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I have put this up here as non-independantMC keep pulling it from its correct place
not Jo or feeler
Have I found the answer?
03.11.2005 15:22
The article that keeps being spammed up here can be found in its entirity at the URL above. It was posted on 2/10 and not 21/9 and has never been hidden.
If you think the answer is "ethical consumerism" then you're a few items short of a shopping basket.
Now stop wasting resources by spamming the shite okay?
No you patently haven't
Iraqi kidknappers
04.11.2005 14:36
As a rule of thumb, it's Americans and 'contractors' who are the most likely to be killed by kidknappers.
Nymph0
Jo was in fallujah!
04.11.2005 14:50
I left Jo behind in Baghdad a week or two before she was kidnapped. She was taken along with 3 others and I can't understand why you would doubt the truth of this. Thankfully Jo and the others didnt suffer the same fate as Margaret Hassan. But they are not the only group of hostages to have been released. Our 2 Italian friends from a NGO based in Baghdad were also taken and held much longer. Fortunately they too were released.
The thing Jo's abductors took into account was the work that she and her travelling companions were engaged in, namely working with kids (with the circus) and travelling into Fallujah to help transport the dead and wounded in ambulances. Footage of some of Jo's work inside Fallujah does exist, so if you really do doubt her word try and catch a screening of the above mentioned documentary and see the truth with your own eyes.
Luckily Jo had a video camera with her when she was taken with footage of our work with the circus, showing the abductors this footage went some way to aiding her release.
fisheye
e-mail:
fisheye@circus2iraq.org
Homepage:
http://www.circus2iraq.org
Silly people.
04.11.2005 14:55
This bit is aimed at the snipy people above:
Personally, I thought that the story needed telling and put my money where my mouth is, along with a few others. But I understand that it's much easier to try to bring other people down than to do something worthwhile yourself.
Scott
Scott
e-mail:
scott@ethosuk.org.uk
re: did jo wilding go to falujah?
04.11.2005 15:12
Jo outside makeshift clinic in Fallujah
I think you should actually view the film before making such crass assumptions. I've included two shots from the footage shot by Julia Guest of Jo in Fallujah itself during the seige.
Copies of the film area available, as well as where you can currently see the film and listen to others who were there are on the website.
When you have journalists like John Pilger and Dahr Jamail backing this film up your claims are shown to be naive and cynical.
-iRoy
iRoy
OK Jo went!
09.11.2005 11:10
Simon
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