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

[Marti Wilkinson]

I'm thinking that this could be shown at the IMC....and open discussion can
follow.

On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 12:45 PM, Stuart Levy <slevy at ncsa.uiuc.edu> wrote:

> 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!)?
>
> > --
> > Robert Naiman
> > Just Foreign Policy
> > www.justforeignpolicy.org
> > naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
> >
> > Ambassador Pickering on Iran Talks and Multinational Enrichment
> > http://youtube.com/watch?v=kGZFrFxVg8A
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