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moeen yaseen
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 Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 11:37 pm Post subject: Racism, Liberty and the War on Terror |
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Racism, Liberty and the War on Terror
A conference organised by the Institute of Race Relations
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.
Booking
Download the conference booking form (pdf file, 120kb)
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xmasdale
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| Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 2:39 pm Post subject: Racism, Liberty and the War on Terror |
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Who is up for attending this conference in Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London, and/or leafletting it on Saturday? I am drafting a special leaflet for distribution at it.
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/
Noel
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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ian neal
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| Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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We will have copies of this leaflet written by Noel and tweaked by me to hand out to people attending this event
| Quote: | Racism and the War
Due to the so-called War on Terror, racial discrimination and racist attacks are on the increase. Muslims and those who might in ignorance be thought to be Muslim are in the front line. The Jewish community is also reporting increased discrimination and violence.
A vital approach to healing this is to stop the War on Terror and to negotiate a just settlement in the Middle East which respects the rights and dignity of all people in the region. But the mega-rich criminals who seek ever greater power for themselves throughout the world will do their damnedest to prevent peace and justice from breaking out, as they profit from armaments, oil and international banking.
To end the racism and stop the war, the reasons for the war must be investigated. To justify the war, the Bush and Blair governments have steadily fed the public lies: weapons of mass destruction, yellow cake uranium from Niger, dodgy dossier, ricin plot (where no ricin was found) the “suicide” of Dr David Kelly, the activities of Jean Charles de Menezes etc. In the recent "foiled airport conspiracy" which caused so much disruption, no evidence at all was presented by the government, yet Muslims were arrested and held without charge.
But it goes even deeper. On the eve of the 5th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Saturday Sept 9th, Conway Hall was packed to overflowing with people eager to hear eminent US 9/11 expert and writer David Ray Griffin. Prof. Griffin has studied the evidence in great depth and concluded that the official account of what happened on 11th September 2001 is also a pack of lies. In four well-researched books he has set out his findings. As a result he has become a hero of the 9/11 Truth Movement throughout the world.
It may surprise you to learn that the FBI have stated that Osama bin Laden is not wanted by them for the 9/11 attacks, because they do not have enough evidence against him which would stand up in court. So there’s enough evidence to start a war, but not enough for a court of law.
If you think it is absurd to doubt Bush and Blair’s word about who was behind the 9/11 attacks, research it for yourselves. There is a mass of evidence on the web and many theories as to what might really have happened. Some of them are indeed absurd, but to stop the war we do not need to prove what really happened, merely that the official story is impossible disinformation because it does not fit the evidence.
United call for a further investigation
There has been no criminal investigation into this, the greatest crime ever committed in the US. Given this extraordinary failure, it is now up to the international community to act to save our planet from global domination by the criminals who have gained control of the US government. For further information on the campaign to reopen the 9/11 investigation: contact:
info@nineeleven.co.uk www.nineeleven.co.uk
The 9/11 Truth Campaign (Britain & Ireland) supports CAMPACC: Campaign against Criminalising Communities |
Anyone volunteering to help Noel to hand out leaflets please PM xmasdale |
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Annie
9/11 Truth Organiser
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Location: London
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| Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 12:13 pm Post subject: |
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Come on, London group - we need 3 or 4 volunteers to leaflet this event.
We can't always leave leafletting to the usual suspects!
Regards
Annie
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xmasdale
Angel - now passed away
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| Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 1:59 pm Post subject: |
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I've has several people writing me to say they can't make it for perfectly good reasons, but no one who says they can.
Looks like I'll be on me own.
Noel |
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