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| Tue - Oct 14 |
Film: Iraq for Sale (presented by SACC) |
7:45 PM Friends Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh
Screening of Iraq for Sale (90 mins) followed by discussion
The story of what happens to everyday Americans when corporations go to war. Acclaimed director Robert Greenwald (takes you inside the lives of soldiers, truck drivers, widows and children who have been changed forever as a result of profiteering in the reconstruction of Iraq. Iraq for Sale uncovers the connections between private corporations making a killing in Iraq (Blackwater, Halliburton/KBR, CACI and Titan) and the decision makers who allow them to do so.
Replaces the regular SACC monthly planning meeting |
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| Wed - Oct 15 |
Edinburgh Stop The War Coalition Planning Meeting |
| 7:30 PM-9:30 PM Friends Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh |
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| Thu - Oct 16--Sun - Oct 19 |
RIB - Radical Independent Book Festival, Glasgow |
10:00 AM-10:00 PM CCA - 350 Sauchiehall Street - city centre - Glasgow
An integral part of Document 6
www.docfilmfest.org.uk
stalls / resources / videotheque / events
FREE entry
more info www.ribproject.org
Glasgow's Radical Independent Bookfair project (RIB) has been co-ordinating events since October 2006... helping to fill the gap left by the lack of alternative bookshops, radical events and platforms for imaginative and independent voices in our city.
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| Sat - Oct 18 |
Palestine - Public Meeting |
12:00 PM-2:00 PM Renfield St Stephens Church, 260 Bath Street, Glasgow
Public meeting with Olfat Mahmoud, a Palestinian born in Lebanon at Bour al Barajneh refugee camp near Beiruit. She trained as a nurse and has nursed during all the major conflicts since the early 1980s siege.
Organised by Palestine Solidarity Campaign (UK)Glasgow Branch |
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| Sat - Oct 18 |
BOOK (re)LAUNCH - The Politics of Genocide Recognition and Denialism. |
6:30 PM CCA1 - Foyer space, CCA - 350 Sauchiehall Street - city centre - Glasgow
RIB EVENT as part of Document 6
The Armenian, Assyrian, Greek, Kurdish and 'Other' Genocides: The Politics of Genocide Recognition and Denialism.
Written by Desmond Fernandes and with a foreword by Tove Skutnabb-Kangas, this is the second in a series of three books on the Armenian, Assyrian, Greek, Kurdish and Greek Cypriot Genocides, and the politics of denialism. |
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| Wed - Oct 29--Sun - Nov 02 |
Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair 2008 |
Out of the Blue Drill Hall, 30-38 Dalmeny Street, Edinburgh, EH6 8RG,
Organised by Wordpower Books
www.word-power.co.uk |
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