"Humanitarian?" The Iraqi boy might query, and then ask, "So they're happy now? Well, they're all very rich. Maybe they'd buy my drawing?" The boy says.
Stop the War Coalition
3 February 2013
Video: An Iraqi Child. Words by Heathcote Williams. Narration and montage by Alan Cox. (5 mins)
An Iraqi child
Words by Heathcote Williams
Video and narration by Alan Cox
An Iraqi child
Is drawing bombers, like those
Which nearly killed him.
The bombs have left his face
Swollen with fierce injuries –
Marks of angry pain.
He draws the bombers,
Though his arm and some fingers
Are amputated.
International Conference in London 9 February: Confronting War Today
Noam Chomsky joins an international conference in London on Saturday 9 February which will bring together leading activists and commentators from across the world -- including from Europe, USA, Africa, Afghanistan, Iraq, the Middle East, and Canada -- to discuss and plan opposition to continuing and future wars.
Speakers include:
Noam Chomsky (by live video link), Tariq Ali, Owen Jones, Tony Benn, Jemima Khan, Seumas Milne, Mitra Qayoom, Phyllis Bennis, Lindsey German, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Salma Yaqoob, Rafeef Ziadah, Sami Ramadani, Manuel Hassassian
Open to all. Full details and to book tickets...
