Hi Michael, will do - I was listening on the radio about it this morning - thanks for the reminder...
marc > If you can, please spare a moment to ring/e mail the BBC to protest at this > unbelievable decision.. > michael > > > --- On Sat, 1/24/09, Stop the War Coalition <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> From: Stop the War Coalition <[email protected]> >> Subject: Stop the BBC blocking Gaza aid appeal >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Saturday, January 24, 2009, 9:45 AM >> STOP THE WAR COALITION >> NEWSLETTER >> No. 1079 24 January 2009 >> Email [email protected] >> Tel: 020 7278 6694 >> Web: http://www.stopwar.org.uk >> >> STOP THE BBC BLOCKING GAZA AID APPEAL >> >> There is now massive pressure on the BBC to reverse its >> decision to block an aid for Gaza appeal, with government >> >> ministers joining the campaign to make the BBC reverse its >> >> decision. >> >> Tony Benn, many MPs and celebrities and thousands of >> protestors will deliver a letter (see below) to the BBC >> today >> demanding that the BBC reverse what government Health >> Minister >> Ben Bradshaw calls its "inexplicable decision" to >> refuse a >> broadcast for an emergency appeal to raise desperately >> needed >> aid for Gaza. Bradshaw says the reasons the BBC gave are >> "completely feeble". >> (See: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7848614.stm) >> >> Tony Benn, President of Stop the War, says, "To deny >> the help >> that the aid agencies and the UN need at this moment in >> time >> is incomprehensible. I appeal to the chairman of the BBC >> Trust >> to intervene to reverse this decision to save the lives of >> >> those who are now in acute danger of dying through a lack >> of >> food, fuel, water and medical supplies." >> >> WHAT YOU CAN DO >> * Join the protest at the BBC today 24 January at 1.30pm, >> when >> we will be assembling for our LIFT THE GAZA BLOCKADE >> demonstration >> * If you can't join the demonstration, complain to the >> BBC and >> insist it reverses its decision: >> TO COMPLAIN TO THE BBC >> PHONE: 03700 100 222 >> TEXT: 03700 100 212 >> ONLINE: >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/complaints_stage1.shtml >> >> ****************************** >> LETTER SIGNED BY TONY BENN, CELEBRITIES, MANY OTHERS >> >> To Sir Michael Lyons, Chairman of the BBC Trust, Mark >> Thompson, Director General of the BBC, Caroline Thomson, >> Chief >> Operating Officer for the BBC >> >> The International Committee of the Red Cross say that >> conditions for the people of Gaza are "worse than >> Dafur" but >> the BBC refuses to allow the Disasters Emergency Committee >> to >> broadcast an appeal for aid. >> >> We agree with Government Health Minister Ben Bradshaw, who >> >> says the reasons the BBC has given for blocking an appeal >> for >> humanitarian aid are "completely feeble" and it >> was "an >> inexplicable decision". >> >> We urge the BBC to reconsider its decision and to contact >> the >> Disasters Emergency Committee as a matter of urgency so >> that >> its appeal can be broadcast nationally. Not to do so is to >> >> deny relief needed immediately for people suffering >> catastrophic and life-threatening conditions. >> >> BRING CHILDREN'S DOLLS TO THE BBC >> If you are coming to demonstration on Saturday 24 January, >> >> which assembles outside Broadcasting House, we are asking >> >> protestors to bring children's dolls, wrapped if >> possible in >> white shrouds, to be laid on the steps of the BBC, as a >> memorial to the hundreds of children who died in >> Israel's >> attacks and as an act of solidarity with the Palestinians >> in >> Gaza, now denied urgently needed aid by the BBC. >> >> DEMONSTRATE FOR GAZA: SATURDAY 24 JANUARY >> STOP THE BBC BLOCKING GAZA AID APPEAL >> END THE BLOCKADE: STOP ALL ARMS SALES >> BRING THE WAR CRIMINALS TO JUSTICE >> Assemble 1.30pm BBC Broadcasting House >> Portland Place, London W1A 1AA >> Nearest tubes: Great Portland Street or Regents park. >> March starts at 3.00 pm. Ends with rally in Trafalgar >> Square >> 4.30 pm. >> >> BRING CHILDEN'S DOLLS WRAPPED IN WHITE SHROUDS TO LAY >> ON THE >> STEPS OF THE BBC >> >> ********************************************** >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank e-mail to >> [email protected] >> > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
