CALL FOR PROPOSAlS for NATL CONF ON ORGANIZED RESISTANCE

[Ralf Bendrath <bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de>]

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Hi all,

though this conference is called "national" they sure will be happy to have
paper-presenters from everywhere, I guess. Might be interesting to discuss
hacktivism in the light of other experiences with resistance and civil
disobedience.

Regards, Ralf 

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Betreff: CALL FOR PROPOSAlS for NATL CONF ON ORGANIZED RESISTANCE
Datum: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 06:49:23 -1000
Von: "Patrick G. Coy" <pcoy@kent.edu>
An: peace@csf.colorado.edu, ipra-l@hawaii.edu, psamemb-l@earlham.edu,Pax Christi
USA <PCPS@MOE.COMPUTING.CSBSJU.EDU>

Apologies for cross-postings...

A CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS 
THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ORGANIZED RESISTANCE 
Formerly the National Conference on Civil Disobedience 

The fourth annual National Conference on Organized Resistance (formerly the
National Conference on Civil Disobedience), to take place in January of 2001 is
currently being planned.  In order to make this year's conference as successful
as last's, we are asking for workshop proposals now. 

WHAT ARE THE WORKSHOPS? 
Due to the current resurgence in activism and responses from last year's 
conference participants, we have decided to use the two-track system 
Strategy and Case Study to emphasize the need for discussion and planning 
and the importance of trainings and preparation work, and learning from 
experience.  We hope to take advantage of having a large number of diverse 
activists in one place in order to seriously plan for our various campaigns and
movements. 

The strategy track workshops hope to involve important discussions for the 
movement such as "Counterintelligence; the History and instructions for our
current movement," "Property Damage and its Role in Resistance," "Activist
Gatekeeping:  Understanding our Privilage," "Mass action planning versus
community organizing," in addition to our previous emphasis on lessons from
history, legal issues, and tactical trainings.  Workshops that are selected will
repeat themselves at least twice in order to facilitate smaller group
discussions than previous years. 

The Case Study track will be reminiscent of the past three years of the NCCD and
will involve individual presenters or panels on specific issues and/or case
studies related to organized resistance.  Some examples from last year's
conference are "Fighting AIDS with Direct Action," "Indigenous 
People's Resistance and Empowerment," "Pirate Micro Radio," and "The Free 
Burma Movement and Political Defiance." 

HOW DO I SUBMIT MY PROPOSAL? 
To propose a workshop for the NCOR, a one to three page abstract of your 
workshop is needed by October 18th. Please note the attached list of 
workshop ideas we are hoping to solicit proposals on.  Please submit your 
name, organization you are representing (if applicable), full contact 
information, and a short biography of yourself and/or your organization. 
Also, please note how your workshop fits into one of the designated tracks 
above.  You will be notified of the status of your workshop by the second 
week in November.  Should your proposal be accepted, a confirmation of your
ability is needed immediately thereafter, whereupon travel and housing
accommodations will be made for you. 

OTHER INFORMATION: 
The NCOR is to be held at the American University in Washington, DC.  If you
would like to get involved in the planning of the conference, please call or
contact the coordinating office at the below address.  You may also be connected
to the NCOR listserve by sending an email to 
listserv@american.edu with no subject heading.  In the body of the message,
write - subscribe nccd-l full name. 

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Send Proposals to: 

National Conference on Organized Resistance 
4310 Brandywine St. NW 
Washington, DC  20016 
or ncor_2001@hotmail.com 
or fax 212-228-6193 

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Below are some examples of topics we hope to include in this year's 
conference (any  relevant ideas are welcome).  Last year the conference 
brought over 600 participants and 30 workshop speakers and facilitators from all
over the country (please see the website for last year's line up). 
Submit your proposal now and be part of this growing movement. 

Strategy Workshops: 
  · Activists as Gatekeepers:  Understanding our Privilage 
  · Activist Colonialism:  The struggle with Coalition Building 
  · Counter-intelligence:  History and balancing our realities and fears 
between paranoia and precaution 
  · The Art of Nonviolence: Performance as Protest 
  · Property Damage and its role in resistance 
  · Ask the Lawyers:  Movement Lawyers answer questions from activists* 
  · People of Color:  Our Communities and Our Direction - where can we go from
here 
  · Nonviolence as a Strategy VS. Nonviolence as a Philosophy 
  · Mass action planning and Community Organizing - differences, roles, uses,
and importance 
  · Nonviolence Training - what should it include, what is its importance,
how should it change? 

Case Study Workshops: 
  · Organizing against Police Brutality - our success and our marginalization 
  · The Independent Media Center - its meaning for grassroots activism 
  · Fighting AIDS with Direct Action 
  · Vieques 
  · KWRU 
  · Colombia - U'Wa resistance to Occidental 
  · Animal Rights and Civil Disobedience 
  · Pirate Micro-Radio:  Broadcasting Civil Disobedience* 
  · Melbourne to Prague and on to Quebec:  the future of the globalization 
mass action movement 
  · Philly vs. LA - mass action organizing models - what worked, what didn't,
and why 
  · Parallel Communities - existing outside the capitalist system* 
  · Billboard Improvement 

* means being planned as of 9/26/00 - in the process of confirming 


Please circulate widely 

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For latest updates, workshop information, speaker biographies, housing, 
registration information, and general announcements, visit our website 
http://www.infoshop.org/nccd/ 

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Patrick G. Coy, Ph.D.
Center for Applied Conflict Management (CACM)
Kent State University
Box 5190
Kent, OH 44242

office phone: (330) 672-2875
office fax:   (330) 672-3362
Email: pcoy@kent.edu
CACM web site: http://www.kent.edu/cacm/

"Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change" (RSMCC),
a research annual published by Elsevier Sciences
RSMCC web site: http://www.personal.kent.edu/~pcoy/

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