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Demonstration at Harmondsworth and Colnbrook
2006-04-08 -
London
Scotland International Day of Action
2006-04-08 -
Glasgow
Communications House Demonstration
2006-04-10 -
London
Demonstration and March in Manchester
2006-04-15 -
Manchester
Demonstration at Campsfield House
2006-04-29 -
Oxford
Convergence on Villawood Detention Centre
2006-04-14 -
Australia
Solidarity Vigil at Perth Detention Centre
2006-04-?? -
Australia
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Invitation to national conference of Barbed Wire Britain Network to End Migrant and Refugee Detention
Saturday 14th October 2006, 10.30am-4.30pm
At The Human Rights Action Centre (Amnesty International UK)
17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA
Here's a convenient mapfrom Multimap
Directions:
- New Inn Yard runs east-west between Great Eastern St and Shoreditch High St.
- Nearest Tube station is Old Street (use exit 3) on Northern Line (Bank/City branch): walk northeast along Old St, then bear right into Great Eastern St, and New Inn Yard is the 6th turning on the left.
- Also convenient is Liverpool Street Tube station (Bishopsgate West exit) on Central, Circle, Hammersmith and City, Metropolitan lines: walk N up Bishopsgate, which continues as Shoreditch High St; New Inn Yard is second street on the left.
- On-site parking for disabled only. NCP and Euro car parks in vicinity)
Timetable:
1030: Registration
1115: Welcome and opening remarks
1130: Recent successes and failures
1215: Discussion: Where next for BWB?
1245: Lunch
1330: Action plan workshops
1500: Tea
1515: Workshops report; discussion, formulation of plan, and election of committee
1630: Close
Aims
1. To establish a clear coordinated strategy for the national campaign, by sharing experiences and best practice and devising an action plan for the future.
2. To continue momentum established by detainees' actions, by the new London Against Detention, campaigning on medical issues, activities in Manchester, Scotland, Oxford and other initiatives, parliamentary action etc.
3. To bring together current campaigners from across the country.
4. Not to talk about how bad the current system is.
Structure
The day will be split between a morning session in which everyone is together, and an afternoon session of separate workshops charged with devising an action plan around the following themes:
1. Making an impact in the media. If the campaign is to succeed we need to get our voices heard in the mainstream media. How will we manage this? At a local and a national level.
2. Direct Action. Demonstrations, rallies, and other stunts are an important aspect of the campaign. How to make these most effective? What are the best tactics?
3. Changing the law. Ultimately we want the law changed. How to penetrate parliament and how best to lobby?
4. Building support from interest groups. Trades unions, other professional organisations, various groups in civil society: these are the people who are best positioned to vocalise dissent and effect change. How can we build support among these groups?
The groups will return at 4.15pm with a solid set of proposals, to put together into a "strategic action plan".
To be invited
CCC, LAD, London No Borders, NCADC, campaigners from Dungavel, Manchester, Dover, Haslar, Yarl's Wood, Nottingham, Brighton. Refugee and other migrant groups: Congolese, Iraqis, Kurds. Other groups: JCWI, BID, Medical Justice, Amnesty, Liberty, ILPA, trades unions with anti-detention policies. European comrades should also be invited: Migreurop, Euro anti detention days of action network
PLEASE LET THE ORGANISERS KNOW IF YOU CAN COME via
Gill Baden on Leonard.baden@which.net 01993 703 994
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