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Leeds PSC: Film Night 7pm 2nd August

Leeds Palestine Solidarity Campaign | 26.07.2006 11:00 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Social Struggles

Join us for a fortnightly film and discussion night
At the Common Place, Wharf Street (off Kirkgate) Leeds City Centre

Wednesday 2nd August 7 pm:
Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land

Map to the Common Place
Map to the Common Place


Leeds Palestine Solidarity Campaign Presents:

Film Nights at the Common Place Cinema

Join us for a fortnightly film and discussion night
At the Common Place, Wharf Street (off Kirkgate) Leeds City Centre

Wednesday 2nd August 7 pm:
Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land

A striking comparison of U.S. and international media coverage of the crisis in the Middle East, zeroing in on how distortions in U.S. coverage have reinforced false perceptions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This pivotal documentary exposes how the foreign policy interests of American political elites--oil, and a need to have a secure military base in the region, among others--work in combination with Israeli public relations strategies to exercise a powerful influence over how news from the region is reported.

Interviewees include Seth Ackerman, IDF Major Stav Adivi, Rabbi Arik Ascherman, Hanan Ashrawi, Noam Chomsky, Robert Fisk…

Leeds Palestine Solidarity Campaign
- e-mail: leeds.palestine@yahoo.co.uk
- Homepage: http://www.palestinecampaign.org