BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:124@londoncaat.org.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230425T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230425T210000 DTSTAMP:20230422T082630Z URL:https://londoncaat.org.uk/events/resisting-surveillance-on-the-uk-bord er-and-in-our-communities-workshop/ SUMMARY:Resisting surveillance on the UK border and in our communities - Wo rkshop DESCRIPTION:Join Campaign Against Arms Trade for an evening of talks and di scussion on how to resist surveillance on the UK border and in our communi ties. There will be time for food and a social too!\n\nWe are seeing an in creased use of military grade surveillance by UK police forces and the Hom e Office. On our borders\, this is used to criminalise migrants. In our co mmunities\, this is used to target marginalised communities and to crack d own on our right to dissent. Through working together\, we hope to find wa ys we can resist this and all the other forms of repressive surveillance t hat are being used to criminalise communities and protest movements.\n\nTh ey will be joined by some amazing speakers including Abolish Reporting\; N etpol\; United for Black Lives\; and Campaign Against Arms Trade. As well as hearing from what these groups are working on\, there will be time for break out group discussions to discuss how we can take action against the UK’s surveillance state and how we make this part of our wider campaigni ng work for arms trade\, policing and border abolition. We want to hear wh at you have to say!\n\nSchedule for the event:\n\n6.00 - 6.30: Food and we lcome.\n\n6.45 - 8.00: Speakers\n\n8:00 - 8.45 : Break out groups.\n\n8.45 - 9.00 : Feedback from discussions.\n\nFood and drinks will be provided f or free\, but donations are welcome if you can afford it.\n\nThe venue is 5 minutes walk from Tottenham Hale Underground. The venue is accessible\, including an accessible toilet. Please get in touch if you have any specif ic requirements: amber@caat.org.uk\n\nOur Speakers:\n\nCampaign Against Ar ms Trade: is a UK-based organisation working to end the international arms trade. CAAT is increasingly campaigning on borders and policing\, seeing it is a central part of the military-industrial complex that we are seekin g to abolish.\n\nUnited for Black Lives: is a coalition of BLM Groups from across the UK to support the liberation of Black Lives. Marvina Newton wh o will be speaking at this event is also part of a wide range of campaigns \, including Black Lives Matter and Kill the Bill\, and has spent years ca mpaigning against racist policing and the crackdown on protest movements\, amongst many more.\n\nTottenham Copwatch: is a community led and focus ed group here to protect ourselves and each other from the police. Over th e years\, there has been many incarnations of Copwatch\, but we have seen dozens of them formed across the country after the murder of Sarah Everard and the introduction of the Police\, Crime\, Sentencing and Courts Bill. More information about Tottenham Copwatch can be found via n15copwatch.org and instagram.com/tottenhamcopwatch.\n\nAbolish Reporting: is a national campaign calling for a world built on principles of care\, not surveillanc e. Anyone who is waiting for a final decision on their application to live in the UK can be required to regularly “sign on” at an Immigration Re porting Centre which carries the risk of being randomly taken to a detenti on centre and threatened with deportation. Reporting conditions amount to unfair\, unjust and unnecessary harassment of migrants\, and must be aboli shed! Abolish Reporting London are currently campaigning against Capita wh o hold the government contract for managing the GPS electronic monitoring system\, another form of immigration surveillance.\n\nNetpol: is a UK-base d organisation that monitors public order\, protest and street policing an d challenges and resists policing that is excessive\, discriminatory or th reatens civil rights. Netpol is currently running a Defend Dissent campaig n in response to increasingly draconian attempts by the government to crim inalise protest\, including the Police\, Crime\, Sentencing and Courts Act and the Public Order Bill. Resisting surveillance is one of the key eleme nts of this campaign.\n\nRegister for the workshop here. LOCATION:Living Under One Sun Community Cafe and Hub\, Park View Road\, Lon don\, N17 9EX\, United Kingdom X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Park View Road\, London\, N 17 9EX\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Living Under One Sun Co mmunity Cafe and Hub:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230326T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR