Jeremy Corbyn, Labour MP, sends Tony Blair off with a question; leader of Basra oil workers union discusses recent strike and the hydrocarbon law; and other highlights. Chicago cablecast, purchasing, and streaming info.
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Photo caption: clockwise, starting upper left: Jeremy Corbyn, Hashmeya Muhsin Hussein, Ewa Jasiewicz, Faleh Abood Umara
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UK and Iraqi Labor on the War
Chicago CAN TV Cable Channel 19
Thurs., July 26, 9:30 pm
Fri., July 27, 4:30 pm
Thurs., Aug. 2, 9:30 pm
Fri., Aug. 3, 4:30 pm
Jeremy Corbyn (Labour Party MP) discusses Tony Blair's exit, and gets to ask him when British troops will leave Iraq during Prime Minister's questions on Blair's last day in office; Hashmeya Muhsin Hussein, President, Electrical Utility Workers Union anti-war speech before the United for Peace and Justice 3rd National Assembly in June of 2007; Ewa Jasiewicz, journalist and internationally recognized authority on Basra oil workers, gives useful background on this important sector of the Iraqi working class; Faleh Abood Umara, General Secretary Southern Oil Company Union, Basra Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions, speaks before the UFPJ National Assembly and, in interview, discusses recent oil workers strike against the proposed Iraqi Hydrocarbon Law. Length: aprox. 26 min.
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