UK MP George Galloway delivers another barn-burner of a speech on unjustifiable wars & occupations, "absurd" foreign policies, Palestine, the war crimes of Israel, connivance in same by the US, UK, & Canada, political parties that are but "two cheeks of the same arse, " and Monica Lewinsky. Galloway boldly speaks truths that US politicians won't even whisper. Imagine! a politician who seems acquainted with the planet WE inhabit! He's funny, too.
Galloways rousing speech was delivered and recorded in Toronto on November 20, 2006. For the complete recording, thanks to Alex Smith, "The Brown Bagger" radio program, and radio station CFRO in Vancouver. "New World Notes" is produced for WWUH-FM, "Public Alternative Radio," at the University of Hartford. Feedback to kdowst at hotmail dot com.
This program--the first half of Galloway's speech--also has two contributions by me. These are (1) a short reminder of the current events of 2006 to which Galloway refers and (2) a David Rovics song ("Hummer")--also from 2006--in the middle.
Catch the second half of the speech next week.
Photographs, graphics, and commentary complement the story. This week's commentary includes some interesting brooding (if you like that sort of thing) on Philip Habib (Warren Zevon's model for the song, "The Envoy") and Ariel Sharon, plus many illustrations. See all in the newsletter or on the blog--http://newworldnotes.blogspot.com . Permanent link to this installment's blog entry-- http://newworldnotes.blogspot.com/2009/06/george-galloway-1-war-and-occupation.html . Weekly email newsletter free on request.
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