Dear editors and journalists,

Please find in attachment o PDF file: “Messages to the people” written by 90 writers and intellectuals from all over the world (from Tariq Ali over Harold Pinter to Haifa Zangana), on the occasion of the commemoration of the invasion in Iraq, five years ago. Het Beschrijf, a literary organisation, and the BRussells Tribunal, an academic activist think tank, offered the authors a platform to let their voices be heard.  All texts are free of copyright. You can use any of them and publish as many as you want. There is no exclusivity on certain texts. All Belgian and international media will be offered the same material. The ‘Messages’ have been placed in alphabetical order. If requested we can send you the word file. The HTML file can be found at http://www.brusselstribunal.org/Messages190308.htm. 

“Messages to The People”

20th March 2003 – 5.30 am: the American army and its allies bombard Baghdad. The War in Iraq has started. The blood and ink flow in abundance. Five years later, we, as writers, intellectuals and activists, are sending a message to the people. We would like to appeal to each and every one of you and make you think.”

You can use this as introduction, but it is not obligatory. We ask with insistence however that you mention the title “Messages to the people”, as well as the following sentences: “Messages to the people” on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, is an initiative of Het Beschrijf, a Brussels based literary organisation and the BRussells Tribunal, an academic activist think tank.

We would like to know which texts you will publish and when. Omissions are only permitted with the permission of the author (via Het Beschrijf). Thank you very much. For more info: see: www.passaporta.be - www.brusselstribunal.org

Best Wishes,

Piet Joostens, Brigitte Neervoort, Het Beschrijf
Lieven De Cauter, Dirk Adriaensens, BRussells Tribunal

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