[Imc-uk-video] Re:Filming Mark Curtis for G8 Film

[euan2000 at onetel.com]

Thanks for all the help,

I am going to go for this tuesday as I have a loan of some lights and might be
working the week after.

The questions are really great, so if anyone has anymore....

keep 'em coming.

un.




> Doesn't look like i can make those dates either (19th / 26th - could make
> afternoon of 20th thought)
>
> re questions.....
>
> maybe ask something related to Faslane blockade as mark is good on arms
> trade - eg
> Just prior to the G8 summit there will be a blockade of faslane nuclear
> submarine base - the groups organising it say that the protest is
> anti-militarist and anti-war, not just anti-nuclear... and that the G8 is
> part of the problem.... now we all know britain has a very significant arms
> trade - how does this effect international power balances and what
> relevance is there to poverty?
>
> re world development movement stuff
> WDM - the world development movement - has issued statements saying that
> the uk government is part of the problem here - that while the G8 has some
> of the right issues on the table - poverty, africa, climate change and
> trade - the solutions that are being proposed are more of the same policies
> that cause the inequalities in the first place - what can we really expect
> from the G8 summit, and are there more radical changes that are needed?
>
> Also is WDM planning on organising or participatin g in any counter
> conferences around the G8 summit?
>
> Maybe ask about EPAs as well.
>
> ciao,
> dave
>
> At 16:56 16/04/2005, yossarian wrote:
>> euan2000 at onetel.com wrote:
>>
>> >Hello
>> >
>> >Mark is available to be filmed next tuesday afternoon in Brixton 
>> (19th) or the
>> >week after (26th), though next week is better for myself.
>> >
>> >Is anyone else available to help?
>> >
>> >And what questions do people think would be good to have him answer?
>> >
>> >un.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> Hi Euan,
>>
>> I can't make those dates (I will be back in London next Thursday and
>> stay for 3 days), I would sure like to help out with it if there was any
>> chance to do so (could he reschedule?).  As far as questions go, here
>> are a few suggestions:
>>
>> a) during the G8 there is going to be a lot of talk about democracy and
>> human rights - all those present at the official summit will reaffirm
>> their commitment to these principles, while sheltering from their
>> citizens behind a highly militarized security screen.  Can you give us a
>> few illustrations of the difference between what the G8 leaders will be
>> saying and what their political and economic systems actually do?
>>
>> b) can you give us some commentary on the Blair/Brown/Bono initiatives
>> on Africa?
>>
>> c) in "Web of Deceit" and "Unpeople", you use the public record to
>> outline the difference between official propaganda and the actual
>> practice of British foreign policy.  There are a few other people who do
>> this - notably John Pilger and Robert Fisk.  Why do so few other British
>> journalists and intellectuals engage in this?  What are your views on
>> the British media system?
>>
>> d) what do you think of the prospects for the movements for social
>> change in Britain and in the world more generally (e.g., the
>> anti-militarist and anti-neoliberal movements)?  Do you think they are
>> effective, and what do you think they could be doing better?
>>
>> Will try to think of some more stuff, and see if there aren't maybe some
>> other people around who could help you out,
>>
>> Yoss
>>
>>
>>
>>
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