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<font size=4><b><u>The enemy within: state surveillance and infiltration
in our communities <br>
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<i>Film screening + panel in four locations across England<br>
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<b>COINTELPRO 101</b> is a new hard-hitting new documentary which blows
the lid off every undercover tactic and method ever used by the FBI ...
and their bag of subversive practices has been exported to the UK.
Find out how our very freedoms, liberties and rights are being eroded by
the police and secret services on both sides of the Atlantic.<br>
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<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 at 6:30 pm</b> at Methodist Church Central Hall,
Oldham Street, Manchester M1 1JQ<br>
<b>Saturday, 23 June at 3:45</b> pm at the Hyde Park Picture House, 73
Brudenell Road, Leeds LS6 1JD<br>
<i>Please see below for more detailed information about all the
events<br>
</i> <br>
<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. <b>TODAY</b>, Muslims, people of
colour, and activists in both the US and the UK, face similar tactics
from the state. <br>
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<i>Join us to watch COINTELPRO101. After the film, we'll be joined
by American and British activists working to protect their
communities. <br>
</i> <br>
<u>Panellists (vary by event):<br>
</u>- <b>Claude Marks</b>, one of the filmmakers and a prison justice
activist.<br>
- <b>Monami Maulik</b>, Executive Director, & <b>Fahd Ahmed</b>,
Legal & Policy Director, from <b>DRUM</b> (Desis Rising Up &
Moving), 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>
- <b>Ameena Qazi</b>, Deputy Executive Director and Staff Attorney, from
<b>CAIR-LA</b> (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>
- <b>Moazzam Begg</b>, Guantanamo Bay survivor and Director of
Cageprisoners<br>
- <b>Aviva Stahl</b>, US Researcher for Cageprisoners<br>
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<u>We have four events across England:<br>
</u> <br>
<b>Tuesday, 19 June at 6:30 pm at the British Film Institute (BFI), Blue
Room, </b>Belvedere Road, South Bank London SE1 8XT <br>
Chaired by Cageprisoners, featuring the Institute for Race Relations'
Colin Prescod. <br>
<br>
<b>Thursday, 21 June at 8 pm at the Stratford Picture House,</b> Salway
Road London E15 1BX<br>
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 <a href="tel:0871%20902%205740">0871 902
5740</a> or online.<br>
<br>
<b>Friday, 22 June at 6:30 pm at Methodist Church Central Hall</b>,
Oldham Street, Manchester M1 1JQ<br>
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. <br>
<br>
<b>Saturday, 23 June at 3:45 pm at the Hyde Park Picture House</b>, 73
Brudenell Road, Leeds LS6 1JD<br>
Featuring activists who knew Mark Kennedy, the undercover police officer
who infiltrated and informed on protest groups for over seven
years. <br>
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<i>***Except for the event in Stratford, all of the events are
free. Please register at
<a href="http://www.cageprisoners.com/">http://www.cageprisoners.com</a>
. 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 by
Cageprisoners.****<br><br>
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