Discussion Forum
Self Defence is No Offence
With speakers including
Cam Walker from Friends of the Earth
Dennis Evans from 3CR (recently arrested at Nike protests while trying to
interview an undercover police officer)
Carlene Wilson from Workers Power
Tuesday September 18
7.30 PM at RMIT
Meeting Room C&D
Building 8, Level 3
Swanston St, City
>From S11 to Gothenburg and Genoa, our political leaders have made it
clear that they will not lightly tolerate civil disobedience which disrupts
the gatherings of the globalisers. They will forcibly violate democratic
rights if need be.
What shall we anti-capitalists do now? Since the shootings in Gothenburg,
Genoa and Papua New Guinea, a broad and intensive debate has been underway
within the movement internationally. Do we accept a drastic narrowing of
legality? Do we limit ourselves to those tactics which avoid at all costs a
clash with the state forces? Do we inscribe the principle of non-violence
into our strategy, or merely adopt it as a necessary and temporary expedient?
Now the recent attacks on New York and Washington will no doubt give state
leaders around the world a pretext for increasing the surpression and
repression of political dissent and the right to protest in the name of
being tough on terrorism. Already, the Queensland Parliament was suspended
so that Premier Peter Beattie could review security options for CHOGM, with
Beattie publicly attempting to link the US attacks with the CHOGM protestors.
In this context this forum will discuss the implications for protests
against corporate globalisation and what approach activists should take.
Presented by Workers Power
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