General

DECRIMINALIZING RESISTANCE

Friday, 12 November 2004
All day

Organizer: Worcester Global Action Network

DECRIMINALIZING RESISTANCE:
Building Community Security, Racial and Economic Justice

A Regional 1 & 1/2 day Encuentro*
In Worcester, Massachusetts
November 12-13th
(Friday 7pm - Saturday 6pm)

From Buenos Aires to Belgrade to New York City and Worcester resistance
movements are being repressed, jailed, and labeled as "security threats."
But what is "security"? What are the real threats to the safety and well
being of our communities? How is "security" used by the State to undermine
resistance movements?

This regional encuentro* hopes to provide a participatory space to discuss
what communities are doing to build autonomy and alternate forms of
security. This will also be an important time for activists and organizers
to network with movements throughout the northeast and build support for
resistance globally.

This call invites you or your organization to attend, in addition, if you
are interested in taking part in planning or sponsoring, please contact us.

Childcare will be provided.
Limited transportation reimbursements available: contact us to apply.
Please REGISTER by November 5th at:
http://WoGAN.org/encuentro.php

Convening Groups:
Worcester Global Action Network (WoGAN), Worcester, MA: http://www.WoGAN.org
Argentina Autonomista Project: http://www.Autonomista.org

Co-Sponsors:
Clark University Peaceworks, Mass Direct Action (Southeast Mass)
Others pending, looking for co-sponsors!

International Guests:
Soledad Bordegaray, Movement of Unemployed Workers (MTD) La Matanza,
Argentina
Claudia Acuña, Alerta Salta, Argentina. http://www.Alerta-Salta.org.ar
Andrej Grubacic, PGA Europe, Post Yugoslavia
Guests from the Mohawk community of Kanehsatake (near Montreal) who are
resisting a government-sponsored, politically-motivated, militarized
invasion of their community

* An encuentro is a meeting, conference, or "encounter," a safe space where
participants can share ideas and experiences. Following the uprising in
Chiapas, Mexico on the eve of the signing of the North American Free Trade
Agreement, the Zapatistas called for an international encuentro for
compañeras/os from all over the world to gather and discuss the significance
of the grassroots rebellion and possibilities for creating a new and better
world. Our call for an Encuentro on Decriminalizing Resistance lies within
this tradition.

Download a flyer here (pdf - adobe acrobat reader):
http://wogan.org/docs/decrimflyerd3.pdf

Draft Workshop Themes (in rtf format - any text application):
http://wogan.org/docs/draftthemes.rtf

Location:

Cost: $5-10 sliding scale, no one turned away

URL: http://WoGAN.org/encuentro.php