[Peace-discuss] let's host a screening of Michael Klare documentary "Blood and Oil"...

[Stuart Levy]

On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 10:37:26AM -0500, Robert Naiman wrote:
> The Media Education Foundation folks contacted me about their
> documentary "Blood and Oil," based on Michael Klare's book of the same
> name, about how the objective of controlling the Middle East's oil
> reserves has driven U.S. foreign policy since 1945.
> 
> They are distributing it Greenwald-style - encouraging people to host
> screenings.
> 
> http://www.bloodandoilmovie.com/
> 
> (We collaborated with them in promoting "War Made Easy," a
> documentary they made based on Norman Solomon's book.)
> 
> I watched the film last night and it is very powerful. (They sent me a
> review copy.)
> 
> One particular sequence I thought was quite compelling was when it described
> how in the runup to the first Gulf War the first Bush
> Administration explained the situation explicitly in terms of control
> of oil. But polling showed that the U.S. public didn't accept that as
> a legitimate reason to go to war. So they had to switch to WMD,
> democracy, etc.
> 
> The film also points out how drilling in ANWR and offshore isn't going
> to do squat, a timely topic....
> 
> Let's host a screening...

Far out.  Should this be one of the Library Resources Film Series
(at Urbana Free Library Starting This Fall!)? 

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