[Bloquez l'empire!] People's Camp (Updated with programme details)

[People's Commission]

!!!!UPDATED with programme details (see below)!!!!

PEOPLE'S CAMP in Park Extension, Montreal

Friday, 23 May 2008, from 12 to 7pm
Parc de la place de la gare Jean Talon
(corner Jean Talon & Parc, Parc Metro)
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12 to 1:30 Workshops, videos, art exhibits
1:30 - 2:30 RALLY
3:00 to 6pm Workshops, videos, art exhibits
6:00 Solidarity across Borders PICNIC
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The Coalition Justice for Adil Charkaoui presents the "People's Camp", which
will take place on Friday, 23 May in the working class, immigrant
neighbourhood of Parc Extension. The half-day, multi-media info-fair is
organized in solidarity with the five security certificate detainees -
Hassan Almrei (coming up to seven years in prison), Adil Charkaoui, Mohamed
Harkat, Mahmoud Jaballah, Mohammad Mahjoub - and their families. Consisting
of art displays, info-tables, videos, a mini-workshop series, facilitated
discussions, theatre and a
rally, the People's Camp will arm people with knowledge about
immigration 'security' measures, racial profiling and how to fight them.

Building on the precedent of the People's Commission
(www.peoplescommission.org), the aim of the People's Camp is to BREAK THE
FEAR AND ISOLATION surrounding those labelled by profiling measures like the
"security certificate" and to encourage SOLIDARITY AND SELF-ORGANIZING
against Islamophobia and racism.

This will be the first in a series of People's Camps taking place in
different Montreal neighbourhoods throughout the summer.

:::::PROGRAMME:::::

OUTSIDE
(*Mini-workshops move to Tent 2 in case of rain; Rally remains outside in
all cases)

12:00 Basic intro: what is a security certificate
12:15 "New" law and special advocate
12:30 Collective punishment? Impact on the family
12:45 Surveillance, house arrest and indefinite detention
1:00 Canadian complicity in torture

1:30 RALLY: No to C-3. BREAK THE SILENCE/END THE FEAR

3:00  Basic intro: what is a security certificate
3:15 "New" law and special advocate
3:30 Surveillance, house arrest and indefinite detention
3:45 Collective punishment? Impact on the family
4:00 Beyond security certificates: case of Ivan Sancho (Ion Etxebarria,
Freedom for Ivan Committee)
4:15 Canadian complicity in torture
4:30 Beyond security certificates: "security delayed" (Mostafa Henaway)
5:00 Context: A brief history of Canadian immigration policies (Accommodate
this!) (TBC)
5:30 Political context: Bill C-50 (Roderick Carreon, SIKLAB-Canada, national
chairperson)

6:00 PICNIC (organized by Solidarity Across Borders)

TENT 1: Organize!

Workshops:
- Working with media
- Building a campaign
- Organizing ourselves (discussion facilitated by Sarwat Viqar)

TENT 2: (in)Security certificates & Immigration "Security" Measures

Interactive play: Kafka or Canada

Videos (continuous loop):
- Secret Canada, by Lillian Boctor
- Selections from People's Commission testimonies
- Sécurité pour l'un, Torture pour l'autre, by Elsa Lambert

TENT 3: Racial profiling and Islamophobia

Workshops:
-Know your rights (CAIR-CAN)
-Global apartheid slideshow (No one is illegal))

Videos (continous loop):
- Outlawed: Extraordinary Rendition, Torture and Disappearances in the War
on Terror, by Rebecca Lichtenfeld
-Threadbare, by Arshad Khan

:::::GET INVOLVED:::::

Please consider contributing to the People's Camp through visual displays,
presentations, theatre, music or other creative means. Get in touch with us
at justiceforadil at riseup.net or 514 848 7583 with your proposals.

Please also inform your networks about this public education project and
encourage them to come out to the People's Camp or volunteer: pass this
message on to your contacts; post it on your websites; distribute flyers and
posters (available from us or online at
http://www.adilinfo.org/en/node/380).

:::::SUPPORT THE PEOPLE'S CAMP:::::

*Endorse. If your organization would like to endorse the People's Camp,
please send the name of your group to justiceforadil at riseup.net. This will
be very helpful in building support for the project.

*Material support. If you have tents, televisions, tables, chairs and other
supplies, please consider lending them for the day. We will also need the
use of a van for transportation. Call 514 222 0205 if you can help out with
any of this.

*Donations of money and food. Though we will try to borrow many of the
materials from other community members, there will certainly be costs and
donations will be hugely appreciated: checks can be made to "Coalition
Justice pour Adil" and sent to 1984 Le Ber, Montreal QC, H3K 2A7. Food
donations are also very welcome: please get in touch with
solidaritesansfrontieres at gmail.com or 514 848 7583.

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Coalition Justice for Adil Charkaoui
www.adilinfo.org
justiceforadil at riseup.net
tel. 514 848 7583

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