The BRussells Tribunal are
intellectuals, artists and activists who denounce the logic of permanent war promoted by the American
government and its allies, affecting for the time being particularly one region in the world: the Middle
East. It started with a people's court against the PNAC and its role in the illegal invasion of Iraq, but
continued ever since. It tries to be a bridge between the intellectual resistance in the Arab
World and the
Western peace movements.
Members of the BRussells Tribunal Committee
"I believe that despite
the enormous odds which exist,
unflinching, unswerving, fierce intellectual determination, as citizens, to
define the real truth of our lives and our societies is a crucial obligation
which devolves upon us all. It is in fact mandatory. If such a determination
is not embodied in our political vision we have no hope of restoring what is
so nearly lost to us - the dignity of man."
Harold
Pinter, honorary member of the BRussells Tribunal
- Nobel Lecture - 07 Dec 2005
(+24 Dec 2008) -
Selected Political Writings
“Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our
problem is that people all over the world have obeyed the dictates of
leaders…and millions have been killed because of this obedience…Our problem
is that people are obedient all over the world in the face of poverty and
starvation and stupidity, and war, and cruelty. Our problem is that people
are obedient while the jails are full of petty thieves… (and) the grand
thieves are running the country. That’s our problem.”
Howard Zinn, member of the BRussells
Tribunal advisory committee (+
27 Jan 2010)
"We live in a dark age, when
freedoms are diminishing, when there is no space for criticism, when
totalitarianism — the totalitarianism of multinational corporations, of the
marketplace — no longer even needs an ideology, and religious intolerance is on
the rise. Orwell’s ‘1984’ is already here."
Jose Saramago,
honorary member of the BRussells Tribunal
(+
18 June 2010)
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Genetic damage and health in Fallujah Iraq worse than Hiroshima
- Press Release
02 July 2010 -
Cancer, Infant Mortality and Birth Sex-Ratio in
Fallujah, Iraq 2005–2009 (Full Report)
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