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

[Robert Naiman]

Absolutely they can be in public venues, that is better. And even
better is hooking it into something already ongoing, as Stuart
suggests.

But also, we have the video, so there is more than one bite at the
apple, multiple showings. I'm for everything.

On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 12:16 PM, Barbara kessel <barkes at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>>> >
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>>> > http://youtube.com/watch?v=kGZFrFxVg8A
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Ambassador Pickering on Iran Talks and Multinational Enrichment
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kGZFrFxVg8A