“SELLING SECURITY”

In light of the recent arrests of 17 young Muslim men, media
sensationalism and government statements have stirred public frenzy about “homegrown terrorists”, revealing a shallow multiculturalism and reinforcing the racialized national space of Canada. This discourse within the context of the War on Terror further justifies an increasingly aggressive and crusading police, security, and military apparatus both within and beyond these borders. A critical perspective, rooted in the historic and current reality about Canadian domestic and foreign policy, is necessary to address the climate of paranoia, racism, repression, and war-making. Join us for speakers, films, and discussion….

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THURSDAY JULY 20TH AT 6:00 PM
ROOM 2270, SFU HARBOUR CENTER, 515 WEST HASTINGS
For more information, call 778-552-2099 or email noii-van@resist.ca

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WITH FILM EXCERPTS from THREADBARE: Arshad Khan, 2005: In the summer of 2003, 23 Pakistani and one Indian man were arrested by Canadian law enforcement under Project Thread, a purported anti-terror investigation. The charges crumbled under scrutiny yet the men were quietly deported. Threadbare is the story of these men.

SPEAKERS:

* JUDY HANAZAWA: “Enemy Aliens: Racial discrimination against Japanese Canadians”. Judy is a member of the Greater Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizens' Association Human Rights Committee involved with post-redress
community development.

* SUMAYYA KASSAMALI: “Multiculturalism, Racism, and the National Imaginary”. Sumayya is a third-year Political Science and Women’s Studies student at UBC and involved in interfaith, antiracist, and antiwar activism.

* GARTH MULLINS: "Canada’s Spy Agency: From Red Scare to Terror Alerts". Garth will be discussing the history of CSIS from Cold War anti-communism; to spying on postal workers, the peace movement, and anti-globalization activists; to the war on terror. Garth is a member of
Autonomy & Solidarity and working on a doctorate on communities intervening in capitalist globalization.

* NAAVA SMOLASH: “Fear or Fact: Media Coverage of the Toronto Arrests”. Naava is a Media Studies instructor at Malaspina University-College and a doctoral candidate at Simon Fraser University focused on the intersections between nationalism, race, and newspaper representations
of bodies deemed "the enemy within" the nation-state.

* ANGELA STERRITT "Vilification of Indigenous women in the Media and Resistance to Racism and Sexism". Angela is a social justice advocate who works specifically for the rights of Indigenous women and girls. She is Gitxsan and Irish and lives and works on Coast Salish Territory. She
has spent over 10 years in radio broadcasting, as a researcher, producer and critic of the mainstream media.

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The No One is Illegal campaign is in full confrontation with Canadian colonial border policies, denouncing and taking action to combat racial profiling of immigrants and refugees, detention and deportation policies, and wage-slave conditions of migrant workers and non-status people.

We struggle for the right for our communities to maintain their livelihoods and resist war, occupation and displacement, while building alliances and supporting indigenous sisters and brothers also fighting theft of land and displacement.