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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 5. november 2004 / Timeline November 5, 2004
Version 3.54. November 2004, 6. November 2004
11/05/2004
Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival
Knabrostr. 12,3. / dk-1210 Copenhagen K / Denmark
tel. +45 3393 0734 / info@cphdox.dk / www.cphdox.dk
Fra d. 5 november løber Danmarks største
internationale dokumentarfilmfestival af stablen. Vi lever i en
brydningstid, hvor krig desværre stadig er den skinbarlige
virkelighed for millioner af mennesker. På festivalen
spænder filmene bredt og kampen for fred er sat øverst
på dagsordenen i en række film.
Peace one day
Én mand. Én rigtig god idé. En eftermiddag i
1999 beslutter den 29-årige engelske skuespiller Jeremy
Gilley sig for at oprette en officiel international fredsdag: En
dag, der i praksis vil kunne gøre det muligt at bringe mad
og medicin ind i ellers utilgængelige krigszoner – og
som med tiden vil kunne styrke troen på en mere fredelig
verden. Det bliver en langt sværere opgave, end han kunne
have forestillet sig.
Fred én dag – kan det lade sig gøre?
Til trods for projektets umiddelbart naive og utopiske karakter,
fanger det efterhånden en lang række indflydelsesrige
personligheders opmærksomhed, heriblandt Dalai Lama, Kofi
Annan og Shimon Peres, der alle medvirker i filmen.
Spørgsmålet er om én viljestærk og
idealistisk mand kan gøre en forskel...
Fred er ikke hverdagen for millioner af mennesker verden over.
Cph:dox viser også nogle film, der dokumenterer krigens
rædsler. Det sker fx gennem de to formeksperimenterende film
Oh, Man og Original Child Bomb, som behandler henholdsvis
første og anden verdenskrig.
I Amnesty Award 2004-serien viser vi en række stærke og
rystende dokumentarfilm, der dokumenterer krænkelser af
menneskerettigheder verden over.
Peace One Day vises i Cinemateket d. 5 november. Amnesty
Award-serien vises fra d. 5 - 14 november.
11/05/2004
World Wide Petition against the Escalation in Iraq : An
initiative of the BRussells tribunal endorsed by the World Tribunal
on Iraq
Prof. Jean Bricmont, a Belgian scientist, specialist in theoretical
physics, and author on politics, who was member of the prosecution
at the BRussells Tribunal, has written a short but strong statement
"Stop the escalation" (see the text after this message, in English,
French and Dutch). It has been signed already by several
distinguished people (see underneath).
We feel that we can't wait any longer to do something. We hope that
you and/or your organisation will sign this letter, giving the call
of prof Bricmont the resonance it deserves and he aimed at in
writing it.
Now that we know, since the evening of 28th of October 2004, from
an article in the Lancet, based on a survey by Johns Hopkins
University that 100.000 Iraqi's died in the war, we feel this
petition is urgent, so we send it out now.
We hope you join us in our outcry over the ongoing massacres by
signing this petition against the escalation.
Yours in struggle for peace.
Prof.Lieven De Cauter, Dirk Adriaensens, Hana Al Bayaty and Patrick
Deboosere, on behalf of the B Russell s Tribunal committee.(
www.brusselstribunal.org ) with full support of the the World
Tribunal on Iraq ( www.worldtribunal.org ) of which the BRussells
tribunal Committee is part.
STOP THE ESCALATION
"Excluding information from Falluja, a Lancet report of october 29
estimates that 100,000 more Iraqis died than would have been
expected had the invasion not occurred. Eighty-four percent of the
deaths were reported to be caused by the actions of Coalition
forces and 95 percent of those deaths were due to air strikes and
artillery." (Reuters, October 28, 2004)
Far from being over, the war in Iraq has only begun. The United
States do not seem to be able to defeat the Iraqi resistance with
the means they have been using. But neither can they accept their
setbacks. The very arrogance with which the war was declared and
waged has put all their prestige at stake in Iraq and, thereby,
decades of efforts to assure their world domination. The stakes are
even greater than in the Vietnam war. The United States cannot get
out of Iraq unless they leave behind a friendly government, but
today they have so few friends in that part of the world that no
democratic election can produce such a government.
As a result, one must seriously anticipate a military escalation
after the elections -- immediately in case Bush is returned to
office, perhaps more gradually should Kerry win. But the Democratic
candidate has no more intention than Bush of withdrawing from Iraq
. The U.S. government will seek to defeat the resistance by all
possible means. The effort is already underway to demonize the
resistance in world opinion by associating it with abductions and
murders condemned by virtually the whole spectrum of political
organizations in the Arab world.
We demand that the United States face up to reality,
unconditionally withdraw their troops from Iraq, and draw the
necessary conclusions as to the unacceptable nature of preventive
war. It is an illusion to ask that the U.S. forces remain until
Iraq is pacified or stabilized, because their very presence is so
hated that it constitutes the main obstacle to any sort of
pacification.
Meanwhile, we affirm that we shall oppose by all peaceful and legal
methods every attempt to crush the Iraqi resistance by a military
escalation such as was attempted during the Vietnam war. We call on
all governments to grant asylum to American military personnel
refusing to serve in Iraq . We shall do our best to spread all
available information to counter the war propaganda, and we shall
try to mobilize world public opinion, as in 2002, to demand that
the United States abandon their efforts to impose a military
solution on Iraq.
First provisional list of signatories (30.10.04)
Noam Chomsky, author, USA
Jean Bricmont, prof. of theoretical physics and political
publicist, writer of this petition, Belgium
Lieven De Cauter, prof of philosophy, Belgium
Patrick Deboosere, demographer, Belgium
Hana Al Bayaty, film maker, Iraq/France
Dirk Adriaensens, SOS Iraq , Belgium
Ayse Berktay, WTI organiser, Turkey
Abdul Ilah Al Bayaty, author, Iraq/France
Haifa Zangana, Iraqi-Kurdish novelist and journalist, Irak/UK
Ahmedzaib Khan Mahsud, Architect / Planner, Doctoral candidate, K.
U. Leuven
Dr.Haithem Alshaibani, Prof. of Physics, UAE
tareq aldelaimi, writer and political activist, Iraq
Salah Omar Al Ali, Chief Editor of Al Wifaq Al Democraty, Iraq
Ed Herman, Professor Emeritus of Finance, Pennsylvania, economist
and media analyst, USA
Michael Parenti, author, USA
William Blum, author of books on US foreign policy, Washington,
DC
Richard Plunz, professor urban design, New York
Pierre Galand, Senator , Belgium
Karen Parker, attorney, USA
Amy Bartholomew, Law professor, Canada
Tom Barry, Policy Director, Interhemispheric Resource Center (IRC),
USA
John Saxe-Fernández, Professor, Mexico
Joachim Guilliard, journalist, Germany
Alkan Kabakcioglu, Posdoctoral Fellow in Physics, University of
Padova , Padova , ITALY
Erik Swyngedouw, prof of social geography, Oxford
Ur Shlonsky, Professor Geneva , Switzerland
Xavier Bekaert, theoretical physicist, Paris
Nicolas Boulanger, Chercheur en Physique Théorique,
Belgium
Bruno Vitale, physicist, Geneva ( Switzerland )
Biju Mathew, Professor, USA
Anton Regenberg, former director of the Brussels Goethe
Institute
Anthony Alessandrini, New York University Students for Justice in
Palestine, USA
Ayca Cubukcu, Ph.D. student, Columbia University, WTI- New York
organizer, New York
Madiha Tahir, student and activist, USA
Rania Jawad, Graduate Student, New York City
Gizem Arikan, Graduate Student, USA
Stephanie Schwartz, New York , NY
Ozlem Altiok, Peace Action of Denton , Texas , USA
Obie Hunt, therapy aide Manhattan Psychiatric Center , USA
Pierre Py, Dictionnaire Historique de la Suisse
Janine Tillmann Py, Switserland
Silvia Cattori, Journaliste, Suisse
Adriana Hernandez Alarcon Mexico Doctor, member and founder of the
organization "Not in Our Name México"
Aracely Cortes Galan Mexico , member and founder of the
organization "Not in Our Name México"
Federico Campbell, México, Journalist, member and founder of
the organization "Not in Our Name México"
Ramsés Ancira, México, Journalist, member of "Not In
Our Name Mexico"
Rosa García, México, member and founder of of the
organization "Not in Our Name México"
Gabriel Perez Rendon Mexico Doctor, member and founder of the
organization "Not in Our Name México"
Annelies De Backer , Belgium
Griet Boddez, director's secretary, Belgium
Ariella Masboungi, Architect and urbanist, France
Stefan Boeykens, Architect-Engineer, Leuven, Belgium
Paul Blondeel, urban research and consultancy, Amsterdam
Daniela Peluso, Anthropologist, Canterbury , UK
Erling Fidjestøl, social worker, Norway
Kaat Boon, civil engineer architect, Brussels
Elise Christensen, Peace Council , Norway
Catherine Denis, Médecin généraliste,
Belgium
Simten Cosar, Ankara , Turkey
Enrique Ferro, Peace Activist, Brussels
Behcet Akalin, Istanbul-Turkey, IT Director
Saul Landau, journalist, USA
Roland Marounek, programmer, Stop.USA, Brussels
I Sign the Petition!
Send a mail to Info@Brusselstribunal.org with "I sign" mentionning
your name, profession, country, and organisation if needed.
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