Students in my Gr 12 media literacy class have been trying to gather
'particles of truth' about the Iraq/UN(US) conflict. We watched an A&E
Biography episode on Saddam Hussein. It was the best example of propaganda
one could hope to find. We read an article in the January/98 issue of the
New Internationalist magazine which described the consequences of sanctions
on the people of Iraq. 1,200,000 children have died as a direct result of
these sanctions.(UNICEF STATS). We verified these stats via the internet.
4,500 children continue to die per month.We are trying to figure out if
this should be called a holocaust. Webster's said we could. My students are
confused; they can figure out why this isn't on the news or making
headlines.I think I might illegally tape(civil disobedience TOM?) the PBS
documentary that someone kindly mentioned on FW recently: Fear and Favour
in the Newsroom. This hopefully will help me helpmy students understand
another particle of truth.
Perhaps I should have taken them to Ottawa to greet the visiting US
Secretary of State last week.What small act of civil disobedience would
have been appropriate?
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