3pm Seminar on the Politics of Democratic Society and Prison
6pm Eve Session in the New Theatre, E Block Houghton St
Action Proposals so far - see below - please bring your own..!
6pm Eve Session in the New Theatre, E Block Houghton St
Action Proposals so far - see below - please bring your own..!
NB DISABLED ACCESS for evening event, New Theatre E Block Houghton St
Mezzanine Floor Building E is theatre access level for wheelchair people. everyone else can enter on floor 1 or 2 (M is in the middle of these two)
Action proposals so far for 2009: Regular Cultural Festivals of Dignified Rage at the HO for different communities of resistance, and/or the same, decentralised at Town Halls, linked Book/Charter project Cruel Brittania, formal union for civil rights and campaign for direct, Zapatistan democracy, autonomy from below, London wide mapping and network building, the Right to the City and reclaim the land.
Organiser Questions for Contributors Attached
Event Programme:
3-5pm Afternoon Seminar - Prison and Society
Room H102, Connaught House Building (on Aldwych)
(1) The Politics of Prison & Detention - Hicham Yezza, Nicki Jameson FRFI, Jenny O'Neil and Massah Barnett LAI
(2) The Politics of Democratic Society - Professor Michael Edwards, Teresa Hoskyns and Dave Wetzel
(3) Action proposals, discussion and preparing questions for Evening Session
6-9.30pm Evening Session - Human Rights in the UK
New Theatre, Building E, Houghton St
6pm Intros and Initial Presentations
6pm Introduction to Project Aims & Objectives
(Ismet Rawat, CAMPACC & Association of Muslim Lawyers)
6.10pm Guest Contributors (5mins each)
On Prison and Detention
Nicki Jameson FRFI on Prisoner and Detainee Struggles
Hicham Yezza
Massah Barnett - Personal Story
On Society
Teresa Hoskyns LSF on Right to the City and Public Space
Michael Edwards on Housing Rights
Dave Wetzel Labour Land Campaign on LVT
Vivienne Westwood on Liberty, Active Resistance and the Rainforest
Peter Tatchell on Heads of State Immunity
6.50- 7.00pm CAMPACC, LGC, LAI Brief Introductions
7-7.10pm Break
7.10pm Keynote Speakers
7.10-7.30pm Prof AC Grayling - Civil Liberties
7.30-7.45pm Hugh Lanning (PCS ) - Public Services
7.45-8.05pm Andy Worthington - War on Terror
8.05-8.20pm Asad Rehman - The Environment
8.20 - 8.50pm Audience Q&A
8.50 - 9.30pm Unconference
Action Proposals, Group Discussion(s), Announcements, AOB
Mezzanine Floor Building E is theatre access level for wheelchair people. everyone else can enter on floor 1 or 2 (M is in the middle of these two)
Action proposals so far for 2009: Regular Cultural Festivals of Dignified Rage at the HO for different communities of resistance, and/or the same, decentralised at Town Halls, linked Book/Charter project Cruel Brittania, formal union for civil rights and campaign for direct, Zapatistan democracy, autonomy from below, London wide mapping and network building, the Right to the City and reclaim the land.
Organiser Questions for Contributors Attached
Event Programme:
3-5pm Afternoon Seminar - Prison and Society
Room H102, Connaught House Building (on Aldwych)
(1) The Politics of Prison & Detention - Hicham Yezza, Nicki Jameson FRFI, Jenny O'Neil and Massah Barnett LAI
(2) The Politics of Democratic Society - Professor Michael Edwards, Teresa Hoskyns and Dave Wetzel
(3) Action proposals, discussion and preparing questions for Evening Session
6-9.30pm Evening Session - Human Rights in the UK
New Theatre, Building E, Houghton St
6pm Intros and Initial Presentations
6pm Introduction to Project Aims & Objectives
(Ismet Rawat, CAMPACC & Association of Muslim Lawyers)
6.10pm Guest Contributors (5mins each)
On Prison and Detention
Nicki Jameson FRFI on Prisoner and Detainee Struggles
Hicham Yezza
Massah Barnett - Personal Story
On Society
Teresa Hoskyns LSF on Right to the City and Public Space
Michael Edwards on Housing Rights
Dave Wetzel Labour Land Campaign on LVT
Vivienne Westwood on Liberty, Active Resistance and the Rainforest
Peter Tatchell on Heads of State Immunity
6.50- 7.00pm CAMPACC, LGC, LAI Brief Introductions
7-7.10pm Break
7.10pm Keynote Speakers
7.10-7.30pm Prof AC Grayling - Civil Liberties
7.30-7.45pm Hugh Lanning (PCS ) - Public Services
7.45-8.05pm Andy Worthington - War on Terror
8.05-8.20pm Asad Rehman - The Environment
8.20 - 8.50pm Audience Q&A
8.50 - 9.30pm Unconference
Action Proposals, Group Discussion(s), Announcements, AOB
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