Anne Bloom/one love
January 24, 2009 London Protest for Gaza, against BBC refusal to air DEC Gaza Appeal Broadcast
‘’The BBC would never be allowed to broadcast any message from Jesus because Jesus told us to love our neighbours and if the arch bishop of Canterbury read the 10 commandments he might upset the Israeli government. And now I say this to you because it is very important that we remember who we are I’ll tell you who we are today we are the human race standing outside the BBC, it doesn’t matter whether you are a Muslim, a Jew, a Christian, a Buddhist, an atheist whether you’re black or white, it doesn’t matter... we are people, and this is the people’s voice demanding justice ......what we are doing today is not just talking to the dot boshes of the BBC I wouldn’t bother with them I’m talking to the journalists and the presenters to all the people who have the opportunity of broadcasting to tell the world how to help the people of Gaza by god they suffered..I know how they feel because I lived in London during the blitz in 1940, 30,000 people were killed in London during that blitz I was a kid at 15 and every night I went to the shelter...I was frightened... I came up in the morning and 500 people were killed where I lived... London burning...the church I went to bombed...and it’s no good pretending that you could ignore that human suffering in the interests of one the BBC call impartiality...how can you be impartial between life and death you can’t be impartial and therefore what we are doing today is of great importance...I think this is a momentous day that will be recorded in the history of the middle east and the history of this country because people like us got together and said we will not allow others to die when we have the opportunity to save their lives....free Palestine! Free Palestine!’’- TONY BENN
To Donate: www.dec.org.uk/
January 24, 2009 London Protest for Gaza, against BBC refusal to air DEC Gaza Appeal Broadcast
‘’The BBC would never be allowed to broadcast any message from Jesus because Jesus told us to love our neighbours and if the arch bishop of Canterbury read the 10 commandments he might upset the Israeli government. And now I say this to you because it is very important that we remember who we are I’ll tell you who we are today we are the human race standing outside the BBC, it doesn’t matter whether you are a Muslim, a Jew, a Christian, a Buddhist, an atheist whether you’re black or white, it doesn’t matter... we are people, and this is the people’s voice demanding justice ......what we are doing today is not just talking to the dot boshes of the BBC I wouldn’t bother with them I’m talking to the journalists and the presenters to all the people who have the opportunity of broadcasting to tell the world how to help the people of Gaza by god they suffered..I know how they feel because I lived in London during the blitz in 1940, 30,000 people were killed in London during that blitz I was a kid at 15 and every night I went to the shelter...I was frightened... I came up in the morning and 500 people were killed where I lived... London burning...the church I went to bombed...and it’s no good pretending that you could ignore that human suffering in the interests of one the BBC call impartiality...how can you be impartial between life and death you can’t be impartial and therefore what we are doing today is of great importance...I think this is a momentous day that will be recorded in the history of the middle east and the history of this country because people like us got together and said we will not allow others to die when we have the opportunity to save their lives....free Palestine! Free Palestine!’’- TONY BENN
To Donate: www.dec.org.uk/