[CIMC-working] Feb 8th Mtg to build on the November 23 Repression/Resistance

[Garth Liebhaber]

     If my schedule allows, which it does so far, I would be very willing to 
cover this as a writer.  Basically reporting on the direct progress made at 
the meeting, a report expressly for the purpose of letting those not able to 
attend to know who to hook up with and how, and what to do, etc.
    I am not clear on the place it will be, can you clarify Don, Thanks, 
garth


>From: donald goldhamer <dhgo@midway.uchicago.edu>
>Reply-To: Don.Goldhamer@pobox.com
>To: IMC-Chicago-Working@lists.indymedia.org
>Subject: [CIMC-working] Feb 8th Mtg to build on the November 23 
>Repression/Resistance Conference
>Date: Thu, 30 Jan 103 13:59:57 CST
>
>C-IMCers,
>
>Here is the announcement of the February 8 meeting.  Shall we cover it?
>
>The designated space may be too small, but Kent Law School has refused to
>allow the event to take place there, for unexplained reasons seemingly
>based on the content of the original Repression and Resistance 2002
>Conference.  Efforts are being made to find out who/why they refused.
>
>--Don
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>On Saturday afternoon, February 8th, from 1-4 pm, there will be a MEETING
>to FOLLOW-UP on the November 23rd Repression & Resistance 2002 Emergency
>Conference. It will be held at 1325 S. Wabash, the office of Chicago
>Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights.  This follow-up meeting was the
>general consensus of the final plenary on November 23rd.
>
>And there's little time for delay. With the US poised to commit horrible
>crimes in the Middle East, the Government is moving within the "homeland"
>to viciously suppress communities conected with that region of the world.
>Since November 23rd, the danger of concentration camps USA has grown.  But
>resistance has grown as well, particularly in opposition to the special
>registration of Middle Eastern and Muslim immigrants.
>
>We are meeting to build up the spirit of urgency and determination at our
>conference.  (Think of Lynne Stewart's speech!).  To bring individuals and
>organizations back together to make concrete plans for resistance.  There
>are a lot of threads we can bring together to strengthen and expand our
>common efforts.  And to make this meeting most productive, the conference
>organizing committee is putting some action focuses on the table in
>advance.  Here are two:.
>
>One is to organize a CAMPUS TEACH-IN on resisting the university's
>complicity in repression of immigrant students.  Think what it could mean
>if campus administrations refused to participate in SEVIS (Student Exchange
>Visitor Information System -- a tracking system which is already leading to
>arrests of students for "crimes" like dropping a class) and if professors
>refused to act as junior INS agents.  This can include developing
>resistance to the "Leave No Child Behind" (put 'em all on the frontline)
>program of school boards turning over high school student names to
>recruiters, ETC. ETC.
>
>Another focus of the meeting will be resistance to the attacks on Middle
>Eastern and Muslim immigrants coming to a head in February, especially
>connected to the FEBRUARY 21ST SPECIAL REGISTRATION DEADLINE.  - An
>anti-repression, anti-war march is being organized in the heart of the
>Pakistani & Indian communities on Saturday, February 15th.  - February 19th
>is the 61st Anniversary of Executive Order 9066 which began the internment
>of 120,000 Japanese-Americans.  - February 20th, the day before the
>registration deadline, is the 2nd Nat'l Day of Solidarity with Arab, Muslim
>and S. Asian Immigrants.
>In addition, the trial of Enaam Arnout, the director of Benevolence
>International Foundation (a Muslim charity outrageously shut down by the
>govt. a year ago), begins February 10th in Chicago.  This threatens to be a
>national show trial (remember John Ashcroft personally flew to Chicago to
>issue the indictments), where the prosecutorial theme will be "fear the
>foreign enemy in our midst!"
>
>Our February 8th meeting will bring individuals and organizations together
>to develop specific plans to resist these police state measures.  We will
>break into groups to make plans around the above (and possibly additional)
>focuses.  This meeting is NOT to start a new organization.  It is to act on
>the theme of the November 23rd Conference -- we must resist before it's too
>late! -- by bringing individuals and existing organizations together to
>mobilize stronger, coordinated resistance.
>
>Let us know if there is a repression issue you think should be focused on
>now, and also if you know other people who are coming who want to get
>organized around this.  Keep in mind that the purpose of this meeting is
>not to discuss everything again, but to provide an opportunity for people
>to to get together and make plans to ACT.
>
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