Title

Gulf war peace rally in London

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

19 Jan 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:00:38

Description

Report on Labour MP Tony Benn’s speech (with excerpt) at a peace protest in London’s Hyde Park against the war on Iraq. Tim Crook reports from the event on the five-point peace plan set out by Benn and supported by 57 MPs and King Hussein of Jordan (Hussein bin Talal).

Contributors

Tony Benn; Tim Crook

Keywords

London; Political demonstrations; UK; Political protests; Peacebuilding; Jordan; Military operations; War (concept); Wars (events); Iraq; Gulf War (1990-1991); Hyde Park; King Hussein of Jordan; Operation Desert Storm (1991); Hussein bin Talal

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