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Wednesday, May 14, 2003

# Posted 1:40 PM by Ariel David Adesnik  

THEY NEVER LEARN: Walking around Oxford today, I noticed the sudden appearance of posters emblazoned with the a demand to "End the Occupation of Iraq". On the one hand, it's nice to see that the Left's return to anti-globalization activism hasn't led them to forget entirely about the people of Iraq.

On the other hand, when I took a closer look at the poster, I discovered that OSSTW (Oxford Students Stop the War) had invited quite an interesting speaker to address them this Friday (May 16th). That speaker is none other than George Galloway.

Yes, that George Galloway. The MP who was kicked out of the Labour Party for being on Saddam Hussein's payroll.

Now, as Josh has pointed out Galloway is probably not guilty of treason. But if the anti-war movement wants to show concern for the people of Iraq, it might consider having its next speaker be an actual opponent of the Ba'athist dictatorship.

UPDATE: The Oxford Town Hall has refused to let it's room be used for Galloway's talk.

CORRECTION: Josh Cherniss points out that New Labour sent Galloway packing for his incitement of other Arab nations to defend Saddam from the US and the UK.
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