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<br><div><blockquote type="cite"><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><img src="cid:65EED27A-8E28-4B6B-9E43-049DD54A2FF5@local"></span><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Gaza Freedom March, Jan. 2010 - Tom Jackson</span></font><br><br></span></font><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1265816220_2"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">Documentary</span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"> filmmaker </span></font><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1265816220_3"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Tom Jackson</span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"> to speak about Gaza</span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br><br>BLUE HILL–Tom Jackson, of Southwest Harbor, traveled to Gaza in December to teach a basic video production class to Gazan youth, work sponsored by the </span></font><span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1265816220_4"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">American Friends Service Committee</span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">. On Feb. 26, at 7 p.m., at the Blue Hill Public Library, Jackson will speak about his experience with these youth and share his reflections on life in Gaza for a people under siege and occupation. <br><br>Jackson states, "Having been to Iraq during the sanctions era, I am concerned that in Gaza, as in Iraq, the most vulnerable people in the society–children, the elderly, and the poorest of the poor–will be the ones to pay the price while caught in the crossfire."<br><br>The founder of Joe Public Films, Jackson's documentaries include </span></font><span style="font-style: italic;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Greetings from Missile Street,</span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"> about Iraq under U.S. sanctions, and </span></font><span style="font-style: italic;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Out of Balance</span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">, which presents ExxonMobil's policies regarding </span></font><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1265816220_5"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">climate change</span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">. Peninsula Peace and Justice is sponsoring Jackson's talk. Info: 326-4405.</span></font></td></tr></tbody></table><br> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>