Sunday 27 October, 11-5.30pm

Defend The Right To Protest Conference 2013: Austerity, Injustice and the power of protest

DtRtP are bringing together activists who have fought the state, police racism, institutional violence and anti-union laws to discuss not only how we defend ourselves, but also how we start changing things for the better. It will look at how protest movements have confronted these attacks in the past and how we can organise in the future. We’ll also have practical workshops to inform people of their rights and suggest ways to run effective defence & justice campaigns. Speakers include: Trenton Oldfield victimised protester, Owen Jones, Susan Alexander mother of Azelle Rodney, Eamonn McCann civil rights campaigner, Alfie Meadows, Margaret Gordon Legal aid lawyer of the year, Nina Power, Hannah Dee Chair DtRtP, Alastair Morgan brother of Daniel Morgan, Amy Jowett injured anti-fascist protester, Carole Duggan, Dave Smith anti blacklisting campaign, John McDonnell MP, Fahim Alam director Riots Reframed, Matt Foot Campaigning Lawyer, Val Swain NETPOL, Janet Alder sister of Christopher Alder, Jelena Timotijevic UCU NEC, Marcia & Sam Rigg, Occupy Sussex defendant, Ken Fero director Injustice, Nadine El-Enany, Susannah Mengesha; Estelle Du Boulay NMP, Brian Richardson Lawyer, GBC, Rachel Harger  plus activists from international struggles t.b.c.
Venue: ULU, Malet St, London WC1E 7HY (click here for map). Entry £3 unwaged / £6 waged / £10 Solidarity. More information here.

Wednesday 23 October, 6.30-9pm

‘The Advocate’ documentary film on civil liberties, social movements and state in Andhra Pradesh, India

The documentary film ‘The Advocate’ focuses on the life and work of late G. Kannabiran, India’s foremost lawyer and champion of civil liberties. The film highlights state repression including extra-judicial killings, political prisoners and violations of civil liberties of the Maoist movement that forms the context for his work in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. It highlights the context to the resistance and repression which, in most cases, lie in socio-economic deprivations and social polarisations, and opens up spaces for debate on the state of civil liberties in India, seen as the most populous democracy in the world, and more widely, the assumptions about human rights, civil liberties, economic polarisation and socio-economic deprivations more generally in other Third World countries. Chaired by Prof Penny Green, International State Crime Initiative, Kings College London. Panelists include: Dr Radha D’Souza, University of Westminster, School of Law; Saleh Mamon, Campaign Against Criminalising Communities (CAMPACC); John Hutnyk, Professor of Cultural Studies, Centre for Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths University of London.
More info here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/8470831485

Venue: ‘The Pavilion’ University of Westminster, Cavendish Building, 115 New Cavendish Street, London, W1W 6UW. Organised by CAMPACC, Development & Conflict group, School of Law, University of Westminster; International State Crime Initiative; Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers
THIS IS A FREE EVENT. ALL WELCOME!