[Bloquez l'empire!] 26 May: RACISM, ISLAMOPHOBIA AND NATIONAL SECURITY

[Mary Foster]

RACISM, ISLAMOPHOBIA AND 'NATIONAL SECURITY'
Teach-in and strategy forum

Saturday, 26 May, 1pm to 9pm
Université de Québec à Montréal (UQAM)

WORKSHOPS and a PANEL DISCUSSION with Sherene Razack, Adil Charkaoui, Faisal
Kutty, Salam El Manyawi, Najlaa Bennis, Ross Perigoe .... and many more!

WITH:
* Screening of footage from the People's Commission
* Exhibit of Photos and Banners
* Action materials

:::: Free childcare onsite ::: Free and delicious food ::::
:::: Whisper translation in English, French, Arabic and Farsi::::

Spies, media, corporations and politically-constructed public debates ... In
the name of "national security", many forces in our society are helping to
mobilize underlying racism and Islamophobia against Muslims, Arabs and
others. The result is often devastating on people's lives.

Targetted communities are marginalized and unable to participate fully in
political, economic or social life. When extreme measures such as security
certificates are used against individuals, communities are often too
intimidated, alienated or constrained to respond effectively.

Join us on Saturday, 26 May to take an in-depth look at some of the concrete
ways in which the national security agenda is being advanced in Canada. The
teach-in will bring together community members, academics, NGOs, legal
experts and activists in order to develop effective strategies to resist
racial profiling and defend the liberty and dignity of all.

PROGRAMME

1:30 to 3:30 Workshops

"National security" and targetting of Arab and Muslim communities (EN)
facilitated: Helen Hudson
- Salam El Menyawi, Muslim Council of Montreal
- Faisal Kutty (Toronto)
- Sameer Zuberi, CAIR-CAN

The "Security Industrial Complex": the new Homeland Security industry (FR)
facilitated: Raymond Legault, Échec à la guerre
- Roch Tassé, International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group (ICLMG)
- Sophie Schoen, Block the Empire

3:45 to 5:45 Workshops

Media and CSIS: partners in profiling (EN/FR)
facilitated: Tamara Vukov
- Ross Perigoe, Associate Professor, Concordia University Journalism
Department
- Alex Popovic, Political researcher

Racism and the debate on "reasonable accommodation" (FR/EN)
facilitated: Nesrine Bessaïh, member of «À Bâbord!» collective
- Nazila Bettache, No one is illegal
- May Haydar, Centre communautaire musulman de Montréal
- Leila Sawaf

5:45 Light meal

Testimony: Najlaa Bennis, Justice for Anas

6:45 Panel Discussion: Countering the instrumentalization of "national
security" (EN & FR)
- video: extracts from testimonies at the People's Commission hearings
- Sherene Razack, Professor, Sociology and Equity Studies in Education,
University of Toronto: Understanding "security" and racism
- Adil Charkaoui: Lessons from the campaign against security certificates

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