The London Thread

[ian neal]

This thread is designed solely to post links and short desriptions to threads that deal with London news, events, campaigning and discussion
Not perfect, but if used correctly this will serve as a London campaign section for this network until someone creates something better

Here's how it works.

Create a new thread and then post a short description here together with the link and date

[ian neal]

Here is the first example

Parliament Square News Latest

Stop the War / Hands off Lebonon march/demonstration tomorrow Saturday 22

[Annie]

Allelujah!!!!

Can we make this a "Sticky" or whatever the phrase is for ensuring something doesn't disappear off the page?!

Annie

[andyb]

A call to all those based in London who can offer beds or floors over the weekend 9/10 September.

http://www.nineeleven.co.uk/board/viewtopic.php?p=13694#13694

[andyb]

Please see

http://www.nineeleven.co.uk/board/viewtopic.php?t=2914

[Annie]

The next London planning meeting will be held at 7pm at The Counting House pub, 50 Cornhill, London EC3.

This will be a good chance to review the successes of the 5th anniversary weekend and to think strategically about how to build on them effectively.

We also need to focus on two big events in the next few weeks - the Manchester demo and the Truthfest at the end of the month. So please make every effort to attend.

Regards

Annie

[Annie]

Come on, London group, who is up for leafletting this conference in Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London.

Folk may be tired after last weekend's 9/11 anniversary events, but some will be feeling inspired to redouble our efforts to get the message out there.

A conference organised by the Institute of Race Relations

Check details on their website here: http://www.irr.org.uk/conference2006/



Saturday 16 September 2006, Conway Hall, Central London
How should we respond to the attacks on our civil rights, refugee rights and our multicultural society - carried out in the name of national security? Join leading campaigners, lawyers and thinkers in debating how we can defend our liberties and our communities...

With plenary speakers Moazzam Begg, Gareth Peirce, Colin Prescod, A. Sivanandan and Salma Yaqoob.

Also speaking: Fahad Ansari, Frank Arnold, Harmit Athwal, Jenny Bourne, Naima Bouteldja, Victoria Brittain, Tony Bunyan, Louise Christian, Deborah Coles, Shobha Das, Beena Faridi, Liz Fekete, Nadine Finch, Emma Ginn, Anne Gray, Hsiao Hung-Pai, Saghir Hussein, Arun Kundnani, Daniel Machover, Harris Nyatsanza, Herman Ouseley, Tauhid Pasha, Asad Rehman, David Renton, David Rose, Daniel Sukula, Frances Webber

Booking information
Tickets for the Racism, Liberty and the War on Terror conference are £15 for individuals and non-funded organisations, £25 for funded organisations, or free for refugees and asylum seekers. Tickets include both buffet lunch (veg option available) and refreshments. For just £13 extra, you can take advantage of a special half-price individual subscription to the IRR journal Race & Class.

To book a ticket, please download the booking form by clicking here (pdf file, 120kb), printing it and posting it, with payment, to: Institute of Race Relations, 2-6 Leeke Street, London, WC1X 9HS. Alternatively, contact the Institute of Race Relations on 020 7837 0041 or email info@irr.org.uk.

Programme
9.30 - Registration
10.00 - Welcome address with Colin Prescod, chair of the Institute of Race Relations
10.05 - Keynote speeches by A. Sivanandan, director of the Institute of Race Relations, and Gareth Peirce, leading human rights lawyer
11.00 - Break
11.15 - Morning panel discussions
12.45 - Lunch
1.45 - Afternoon panel discussions
3.15 - Break
3.30 - Final plenary with Salma Yaqoob, Birmingham councillor, Moazzam Begg, former Guantanamo detainee, and Colin Prescod
5.00 - Close
Morning panel discussions
The impact of anti-terror powers in the UK, with Fahad Ansari (Islamic Human Rights Commission), Liz Fekete (IRR), Anne Gray (CAMPACC), Saghir Hussein (Stop Political Terror)
The attack on multiculturalism, with Arun Kundnani (IRR), Lord Ouseley (author of Community Pride Not Prejudice report), A. Sivanandan (director, IRR), Salma Yaqoob (councillor, Birmingham Sparkbrook)
Detention and incarceration, with Dr Frank Arnold (Medical Justice Network), Harmit Athwal (IRR), Deborah Coles (Inquest), Daniel Machover (human rights lawyer)
Combating racial violence, with Shobha Das (Support Against Racial Incidents), Beena Faridi (Islamic Human Rights Commission), David Renton (author), Jenny Bourne (IRR)
Afternoon panel discussions
Civil liberties: the racial dimension, with Louise Christian (human rights lawyer), Arun Kundnani (IRR), Asad Rehman (Newham Monitoring Project)
Liberty and the global war on terror, with Naima Bouteldja (journalist), Victoria Brittain (journalist and author), Tony Bunyan (director, Statewatch), David Rose (journalist and author)
Campaigning against deportations, with Liz Fekete (IRR), Emma Ginn (anti-deportations campaigner), Daniel Sukula (Sukula Family Must Stay), Harris Nyatsanza (Zimbabwean human rights activist)
Defending international conventions, Nadine Finch (barrister), Hsiao Hung-Pai (journalist), Tauhid Pasha (Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants), Frances Webber (barrister)
The Racism, Liberty and the War on Terror conference is supported by the Allen Lane Foundation, Lipman-Miliband Trust, Network for Social Change and Garden Court Chambers.http://www.irr.org.uk/conference2006/

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[Annie]

Does anyone have access to a projector the London group could borrow for 16th October?

Regards

Annie

[Andrew]

Hi Annie,

I have access to my employer's projector, it's reasonably small, modern and can take input from VGA (laptop) and perhaps SVideo. If you still need one let me know.

BTW I'm new to the site, but have been meaning to get involved (i.e. floundering) since approximately 12/9/2001 It would be nice to get along and make a contribution!

Best,

Andrew

PS. Also PMing this just in case.

[hampton]

rolling london campaigns

http://www.nineeleven.co.uk/board/viewtopic.php?t=4587

schools, colleges, hospitals, supermarkets, universities, train stations, large companies,
bbc and other media, high streets, police stations, political parties, town halls, city hall, kingstar,
security services, group4-securicor, banks, corporate buildings & head offices, political think-tanks

http://www.reform.co.uk/website/links/ukthinktanks.aspx

basically anywhere with lots of people.

i'm going to visit google london soon.

anyone available in the next couple of weeks?

http://www.nineeleven.co.uk/board/viewtopic.php?p=28168

anyone interested?

pls help me compile a list and set some dates

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[Annie]

Hi all

Belinda is currently pulling together the accounts of the wonderful DRG event in September. Can anyone in the London group who took tickets and has not yet settled up for them please contact her asap.

Many thanks

Annie

[scubadiver]

[Annie]

Well done Scubadiver - the first post on this thread in 6 months!

There was some discussion last year about London sorting out a discrete website for itself, as almost all other groups have done. It was, at the time, deemed to be unnecessary and this was the compromise.

However, times change. Most other groups have thriving websites to help them organise events, attract new members and discuss issues. Now that we also have the new Campaign website, www.911truthcampaign.net linking to all these local sites, perhaps we should think again. Particularly as the London group is taking shape, primarily down to the hard work of Belinda, Toseef, Andy, Noel, Stefan et al. So how about it? We could ask Ants, Mick or Ian B to give us the format other groups use, and give London it's own web identity at last.

Regards

Annie

[Andrew Johnson]

As an alternative to setting up a specific London Website, you could set up a MYSPACE,

www.myspace.com

blogger

www.blogger.com

account or yahoo group

http://groups.yahoo.com

All of these are free and can be done online, following the associated help guides.