[imc-rochester] On-line video: Les Roberts in T-burg on Iraq Mortality Study and the election

[Cris McConkey]

On-line video (requires broadband connection) now available:

http://cmprovideo.com/videoblog/?cat=9

Dr. Les Roberts, co-author of a John Hopkins study on civilian 
mortality in Iraq since the invasion, spoke at the monthly meeting of 
'Back to Democracy', in Trumansburg N.Y. on November 17, 2006. The 
study was conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg 
School of Public Health and Al Mustansiriya University in Baghdad.

He contrasted the media coverage of their recent study estimating 
650,000 violent deaths in Iraq due to the war with the coverage of a 
similar study in 2004.  Both studies were published in the British 
medical journal The Lancet, but the earlier study which found 100,000 
deaths statistically the most probable number, did not gain the 
attention by the media that the recent study did.

Many in the audience supported Les Robert's campaign to represent New 
York's 24th Congressional District and wanted to know what had 
happened to cause him to drop out of the primary race.  He revealed 
quite a bit about the machinations that denied him a primary run but 
he remains upbeat about the Democratic party taking both House and 
Senate, in large measure because it allows the Democrats to call 
hearings.

The video of the meeting is 1 hr : 36 minutes total but is broken 
down into five segments.  Les Roberts' talk proper is thirteen 
minutes.  The Q&A, which represents the bulk of the meeting, has been 
summarized by question and indexed by time-code to allow easy access 
to the parts.  A DVD will be available soon.  Please email Cris 
McConkey <cmcc at lightlink.com> if you'd like one (voluntary sliding 
scale contribution requested).  If you are interested in footage for 
public access television, please contact me.

Back to Democracy normally meets the last Friday of each month at 7 
p.m. in the Trumansburg Fire Hall.  The group also screens videos and 
has other special events.  To be notified of upcoming events and 
activities, contact  Margo Alexander <burganderfarm at yahoo.com>
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