A brief to addendum Teresa Young's message :
>
> I would agree that one of the interesting features of the response to
> anti-capitalist action is its increasing militarisation.
...
Teresa is right to point out that this militarisation is not simply
a question of inter-state escaklation, but also intra-state. There is
an increasing cross-fertilization between state military /
intelligence R&D and civil control - witness: CCTV and biogenetic
surveillance systems, 'non-lethal' riot control, the growing global
market in torture equipment. There is also a tendency that has been
noted by the Omega Foundation (Britain's leading research
organisation on these things) to increasing integration of
surveillance and control technologies - for example, cash machines
with integral defence systems and security cameras with offensive
capabilities are now available.
This seems an appropriate moment to advertise the Statewatch
conference this year. It would be nice to see some Crit'ters there...
David.
Statewatch Conference: "Statewatching the new Europe"
Saturday, 30 June 2001, University of London Students Union, Malet
Street, London
Founded in 1991, Statewatch is an independent group of researchers,
academics, journalists, lawyers and community activists. Working on a
broad range of civil liberties issues, Statewatch has gained a
reputation for accuracy and originality. Ten years since Statewatch
was formed and seven years since the groundbreaking "Statewatching
the new Europe" conference raised concerns about the emerging
European state, Statewatch is bringing together speakers from across
Europe to explore the links between the state and its agencies in the
context of globalisation. The conference will look at decision-making
structures, new technologies of control, migration and racism,
secrecy and accountability.
Speakers:
Professor Thomas Mathiesen, Oslo University, Norway
A Sivanandan, editor of "Race and Class"
Heidi Hautala MEP, Co-President of the Green/EFA group in the European
Parliament
Professor Didier Bigo, Culture & Conflits, Paris, France
Gareth Peirce, lawyer
Aidan White, European Federation of Journalists
Simon Davies, Privacy International
Steve Wright, OMEGA Foundation
Frances Webber, lawyer
Nadine Finch, lawyer
Steve Peers, Human Rights Centre, Essex University
Professor Paddy Hillyard, University of Ulster, Belfast
Professor Joe Sim, John Moores University, Liverpool
Mike Tomlinson, Queens University, Belfast
Professor Phil Scraton, Edge Hill University College, Ormskirk
Christian Busold, lawyer, Germany
Glyn Ford MEP
DrHeiner Busch,CILIP, Berlin, Germany
Maurice Frankel, Campaign for Freedom of Information
Norbet Pütter, CILIP, Germany
Professor Lee Bridges, Warwick University
Elspeth Guild, Immigration Law Practitioners Association (ILPA)
Liz Fekete (Institute of Race Relations, IRR)
Courtenay Griffiths QC, lawyer
Andrew Puddephatt (Article 19)
John Wadham (Liberty)
Neil Gerrard MP
Professor Lode van Outrive (Belgium)
Richard Norton-Taylor (Guardian)
Stephen Jakobi (Fair Trials Abroad)
Suresh Grover (National Civil Rights Movement)
Kees Kalkman (AMOK, Netherlands)
Tony Bunyan (editor "Statewatch")
Hilary Wainwright (editor "Red Pepper")
Graham Watson MEP (Chair of the Citizens' Freedoms and Rights
Committee, European Parliament)
Professor Deirdre Curtin (Utrecht University)
There will be two Panels of speakers and Workshops on:
National security, surveillance of telecommunications, NATO and EU m
Racism in the EU m Immigration and asylum in the UK & EU m Civil
liberties in Britain and Northern Ireland m Policing, Schengen, EU
databases and legal cooperation m Freedom of information - access to
documents
"10 years of Statewatch 1991-2001"
Dr David Wood
Research Associate
Policy Learning in the Common Fisheries Policy
Other Research Interests:
European Union development and environment policy
Globalization and transnational resistance networks
Green political theory and practice
Militarism and military intelligence
Surveillance and Society
Politics Department
University Of Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
UK
Tel: +44 (0)191 222 7465
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