WHO'S AFRAID IN THE ‘WAR ON TERROR'? - Program


Manufacturing fear

Anti-terrorism stands at the centre of the political agenda. As terror laws and military strikes escalate, who gains, who loses? Who is manufacturing fear and why? Who lives in fear in the ‘war on terror’? What can be done to challenge this?
When: Saturday, 13 November 2004, 9.30-4.30pm
Where: Room 429, Building 2, Entrance from Ground floor of Broadway Tower, University of Technology Sydney
Access: Disabled access + entry by donation; please email ahead if an interpreter is required.
Organised by: NSW Civil Rights Network + Research Initiative on International Activism + Social Inquiry, UTS
Supported by: Community Relations Commission for a Multicultural Australia
Web: http://www.civilrightsnetwork.org/  + www.international.activism.uts.edu.au
Email: manufacturingfear@yahoo.com  Tel: 9514 2714


9.00 Registration
Welcome to country, Richard Green,
Welcome from Civil Rights Network, Vicki Sentas
Public voices: vox-pops on 'anti-terror'


10.00-11.00 Session 1 : What makes you a 'terrorist' ?
David Bernie, Vice-President NSW Council for Civil Liberties + Agnes Chong, Australian Muslim Civil Rights Advocacy Network + Joo Cheong Tham, Civil Rights Network, Victoria + Michael Head, UWS, ASIO detention powers

11.00-11.30 COFFEE
1130-1.00 Session 2: Global frontlines
Michael Humphrey, UNSW - What makes terrorism? + Jude McCulloch, Civil Rights Network, Victoria - State of Emergency + Ratna Dewi, LBH (Legal Aid Institute), Aceh, Indonesia + Rafendi Djamin, Indonesia Rights Working Group, Geneva + Nori Colmenares, Karapatan, Philippines
1.00-1.30  LUNCH
1.30-3.00 Session 3: Community frontlines
Stephen Hopper, solicitor + Paula Aboud + Tanja Dreher, Experiences of racism after 9.11 + Scott Poynting, co-author of 'Bin Laden in the Suburbs' + Tom Calma, Acting Race Discrimination Commissioner, Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission
3.00-4.30 Roundtable: Finding a voice, responding effectively
Ken Davis, Trade Union Aid Abroad + Dr Jamal Rifi, Youth Partnership with Arabic-Speaking Communities + Warren Duncan, Community Relations Commission + Keysar Trad, Lebanese Muslim Association + Kieran Longridge, Greenpeace + Plus representatives from Labor Council, Amnesty Australia, NCOSS, tbc