In the November of 2004 Fallujah bore one of the most savage destructions inflicted on a civilian population by coalition forces.
This film exposes the legacy that modern war inflicts.
The weapons used in Fallujah are made, thought of and refined in the factories and offices of the US and UK.
Fallujah’s women and children are bearing the consequences,
Birth deformities in Fallujah are now averaging at 2 to 3 a day.
Joanne’s talk will focus on the scientific research that has been done so far.
The Arms Industry on our doorstep continues to inflict its brutality from the comfort of their offices, unchallenged.
The UK is the world’s second biggest arms exporter.
This is our legacy.
On the 17th of Jan 2009, during the bombing of Gaza 6 anti war activists entered the EDO/ITT arms factory and decommissioened the premises to try and save some lives in Gaza.
They are on trial in Hove in Brighton on the 7th of June, if you want to support the EDO decommissioners this is what you can do:
sign the on line petition
http://www.petitiononline.com/decom1/
Write to Elijah James Smith, one of the EDO decommissioners who has been on remand since the 17th of Jan 2009
Elijah Smith, A3186AM ,
HMP Lewes , 1 Brighton Rd, Lewes,
Sussex, BN7 1EA ENGLAND
Make sure you write his prisoner number on the pages of the letter or card, to make sure it reaches him.
Send James some court clothes.
Write him a note separately that you have sent them, so he can request them. And ask him to write back to you to let you know if he receives them.
James has been sent clothes for court, the prison is saying they haven’t received them.
He likes light blue shirts size 15 and a half , his trousers size is 34in.
If you are sending him any clothes he has asked us not to buy them new, but from charity shops.
Always write his prisoner number on any package or letter you send him.
His message from prison is “Everyday do something against the war”
Support our trial
Join the peace vigil on the first day of the trial (7th june)
For tickets to the trial contact bristolstopwar@hotmail.com
or turn up during the trial and hold your own vigil outside the court.
“Every bullet that is fired, every bomb that is dropped has to be made somewhere and that somewhere can be resisted”
Joanne Baker has been actively engaged with the humanitarian situation in Iraq since 1997. She visited Iraq between 1999 and 2004 and has witnessed first hand the devastating effects of the High Tech weapons used by the coalition forces. She defied sanctions and entered Iraq with a rucksack full of medicines and visited the Hospitals and returned to Britain informing people that new and terrible weapons were causing similar deformities in births as in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. She has written an informative and concise book about Depleted Uranium and the devastation it has reaped in Iraq. She is a teacher, human ecologist and human rights campaigner, she talks both with humanitarian compassion and political insight.
