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

[Barbara kessel]

Robert,      Do these screenings need to be in people's homes for some
financial/legal reason or  can they be in public venues such as the
suggested library or IMC?? Barbara Kessel

On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 12:47 PM, Marti Wilkinson <martiwilki at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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