Community Media and Communication Rights at the European Social Forum 2004

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Community Media and Communication Rights at the European Social Forum 2004

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Four Days of Communications Rights and Tactical Media Production
Thursday 14 – Sunday 17th October 2004
@ The Camden Centre,
Bidborough Street
Near Kings Cross,
London WC1
(Where is/How to get to The Camden Centre)
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FREE / donations encouraged

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Including

Thursday October 14th – European Forum on Communication Rights
Friday October 15th – Planning actions and Campaigns
Saturday October 16th – SchNEWS 10th Anniversary
Indymedia Centre

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This four day programme has been developed to counteract the lack of content addressing communication rights within the European Social Forum programme. As thousands of participants from diverse movements gather to meet and discuss, the urgency of Communication Rights issues and the freedom to communicate must be at the core of any vision of another society.
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To contact us email info@efcr2004.net

Who is involved?
This series of events and activities will be developed and hosted by a collective of European organisations, which include progressive electronic networks, community and alternative media groups, freedom of expression and civil liberties advocates, grass roots, communication rights, social and gender justice advocates. These groups have been active nationally, regionally and internationally in activities and processes concerned with policy formulation, decision-making processes, alternative strategies and grass-roots activism. So far, individuals and representatives from the following groups are involved:

Article 19, Association For Progressive Communications (APC), volunteers from Babels, Community Media Association UK, Computer Aid International, Creative Forum, members of the CRIS Campaign (Ireland, UK, Italy), E-Hippies, GreenNet, GreenNet Educational Trust, volunteers from Indymedia Centers in the UK, France and Germany, OneWorld UK, Privacy International, Women Connect UK, World Association of Christian Communications (WACC), World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC)

What will happen?
These issues will be tackled by four days of discussion, practical collaboration and media making, taking place alongside the European Social Forum (ESF) in London, and based at the Camden Centre, next to Kings Cross in the Bloomsbury area (one of the two major ESF locations).

The venue will house an ongoing Indymedia centre (IMC) to facilitate the DIY reporting of the ESF, the events in autonomous spaces, as well as covering protests, actions and theatrical interventions; and to also enable synergies in both practical and theoretical ways. All attendees are encouraged to participate in developing and experimenting with horizontal communication, sharing knowledge, creating networks of alternative communication projects and campaigns, and producing grass roots media. There will also be a bar and cheap food available, as well as social events and film screenings. Further IMC media production nodes will be located in other venues, and additional spaces will be provided for some workshops and training.