The Coming Insurrection

bristol | media and culture | event notice Wednesday July 01, 2009 14:28 by Sophie Mellor - Plan 9 info at plan9 dot org dot uk Plan 9, Bridewell Street, Broadmead, Bristol

Rebecca Weeks

Sunday 2 August, 14:00hrs
Plan 9, Bridewell Street, Broadmead, Bristol

Last autumn a group of activists and thinkers living in Tarnac (France) were arrested under suspicion of terrorist activities because of suspected links to a text titled 'The Coming Insurrection' which had been anonymously authored and disseminated over the internet. The text is connected with a collective of individuals using the name 'Tiqqun'. The group who came to be known as the 'Tarnac 9' have all since been released without charge.

What these occurrences mean, what criminalisation through association with a text and a community means to the future of dissent, and more generally free speech, should be discussed. Such a discussion has taken place in New York, organised by 16 Beaver. Join us at Plan 9 for a discussion of the text. – the findings will be shared with 16 Beaver. Download the text at www.plan9.org.uk

Free event
Part of 'Summer of Dissent' at Plan 9
Full programme details at http://www.plan9.org.uk