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<font size=4><b><i>FROM COINTELPRO TO TODAY: HOW THE STATE FIGHTS
"THE ENEMY WITHIN"<br><br>
</b></font><font face="arial" size=3 color="#222222">Come watch a new
documentary about COINTELPRO, then listen to a panel of Brits and
Americans reflect on how COINTELPRO-like policing and surveillance
tactics affect their communities today. Two events in London, with
additional events in Manchester and Leeds. Hosted and funded by
Cageprisoners.<br><br>
</i></font><font size=3><b>Tuesday, 19 June at 6:30 pm</b> at the British
Film Institute (BFI), Blue Room <br>
<b>Thursday, 21 June at 8 pm</b> at the Stratford Picture House, E15
1BX<br>
<b>Friday, 22 June </b>in Manchester (details to be confirmed)<br>
<b>Saturday, 23 June </b>in Leeds (details to be confirmed)<br>
<i>Please see below for more detailed information about all the
events<br><br>
</i><b>COINTELPRO </b>(an acronym for Counter Intelligence Program) was a
series of covert and often illegal projects conducted by the United
States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from the late 1950s through
the 1970s, although many contest it ever ended. It was aimed at
surveilling, infiltrating, discrediting and disrupting community groups
fighting for racial, economic and social justice, most infamously through
its attacks on the Black Panthers. Today, Muslims, people of
colour, and activists on both sides of the Atlantic face similar tactics
from the police and intelligence services. <br><br>
<b>COINTELPRO 101</b> is a new documentary which looks back on the
experiences of the past, so that we can apply these lessons to the
present.
<a href="http://www.freedomarchives.org/Cointelpro.html" eudora="autourl">
http://www.freedomarchives.org/Cointelpro.html</a><br><br>
After the film, we'll be joined by American and British activists working
to protect their communities. <br><br>
<i><u>Invited guests to travel with the film:<br><br>
</u></i></font><font face="arial" size=3 color="#222222">-
</font><font size=3><b>Claude
Marks</b></font><font face="arial" size=3 color="#222222">, one of the
filmmakers and activist for Puerto Rican independence.<br>
- </font><font size=3><b>DRUM (Desis Rising Up &
Moving)</b></font><font face="arial" size=3 color="#222222">, a New York
City-based organization of working-class South Asians which has been at
the forefront of organizing to challenge the NYC Police Department, for
its widespread and illegal surveillance of Muslim communities, use of
informants and agent-provocateurs, and Islamaphobic training
materials.<br>
- </font><font size=3><b>Ameena
Qazi</b></font><font face="arial" size=3 color="#222222">, Deputy
Executive Director and Staff Attorney for the Council of American
Relations - Los Angeles, which is filing a class-action lawsuit against
the FBI for instructing an informant to collect information on hundreds
and perhaps thousands of Muslims in Southern California.<br><br>
<i><u>We have four events across England:<br><br>
</u></i></font><font size=3><b>Tuesday, 19 June at 6:30 pm at the British
Film Institute (BFI), Blue Room<br>
</b></font><font face="arial" size=3 color="#222222">Chaired by
Cageprisoners, featuring the Institute for Race Relations' Colin Prescod.
This is a free event. Keep in mind that seating is very limited and first
come, first serve.<br><br>
</font><font size=3><b><i>Thursday, 21 June at 8 pm at the Stratford
Picture House, E15 1BX<br>
</i></b></font><font face="arial" size=3 color="#222222">Chaired by the
Newham Monitoring Project. Special focus on the impact of policing
practices on East London during the upcoming Olympics. Tickets available
from the box office at
</font><a href="tel:0871%20902%205740"><font size=3>0871 902
5740</a></font><font face="arial" size=3 color="#222222"> or online
at</font><font face="Franklin Gothic Medium Cond" size=3>
</font><a href="http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/stratford_london/">
<font face="arial" size=3>
http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/stratford_london/</a>.<br><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=3 color="#222222"><b><i>Friday, 22 June in
Manchester<br>
</i></b></font><font size=3>Featuring family members of Munir Farooqi,
one of the first British Muslims to be convicted of terrorism based on
the actions and testimony of undercover policemen. Also featuring
Cageprisoners Director and Guantanamo Bay survivor Moazzam Begg.<br>
(details to be confirmed)<br><br>
<b><i>Saturday, 23 June in Leeds<br>
</i></b>Featuring activists who knew Mark Kennedy, the undercover police
officer who infiltrated and informed on protest groups for over seven
years.<br>
(details to be confirmed)<br><br>
<i>****If you have any questions/queries, contact Aviva Stahl at
<a href="mailto:aviva@cageprisoners.com">aviva@cageprisoners.com</a>,
mobile <a href="tel:07562067775">07562067775</a>. Hosted and
funded by <b>Cageprisoners</b>, a human rights organization dedicated to
raising awareness about and defending the due process rights of people
detained under the War on Terror. Visit us at
<a href="http://www.cageprisoners.com/">http://www.Cageprisoners.com</a>
****<br><br>
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