On 3rd October, the Stop Deportation Network is organising a fundraiser at Rampart Social Centre in Whitechapel. Then on 7th November the network is organising a one-day forum under the title "Mass deportations, Mass resistance", which is aimed of building a UK-wide network to resist and campaign against mass deportations
STOP DEPORTATION NETWORK BENEFIT Saturday 3rd October 2009
Featuring:
* HACKNEY COLLIERY BAND - nine-piece brass band playing hip-hop, 'brass funk', Ska and Balkan Beats
* KASAI MASAI - music from an African village with an urban edge
* THE DROP - reggae
* THEO BARD - acoustic/reggae
* DJ SPIDER - ska
* PLUS SPEAKERS AND FOOD!
All proceeds go to the Stop Deportation Network to fund support for refugees and other migrants threatened with deportation, campaigning, and direct action against deportations. (Money raised will NOT go towards any legal fees/court costs).
@ rampART, 15 -17 Rampart Street, London E1 2LA (near Whitechapel, off Commercial Rd)
From 7pm
£5 waged /£3 unwaged suggested donation
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"MASS DEPORTATIONS, MASS RESISTANCE"
This public forum, on 7th November 2009, will explore legal and political challenges to mass deportation flights, as well as strategies and tactics of campaigning and taking actions against this relatively new development that allows the government to increase the rate of deportations of people who have fallen foul of its increasingly cynical immigration policy.
The day will combine plenary sessions and workshops and bring together campaigners, community groups and individuals affected by deportations as well as legal and political representatives to come up with common strategies and action plans for resistance.
For more details, programme and venue updates, please check our website regularly: http://stopdeportation.net.
If you would like to help or participate, please email
stopdeportation@riseup.net.