Above is a quote from Maggie Kuhn who dedicated her life to fighting for human rights, social and economic justice, global peace, integration, and an understanding of mental health issues. At age 65 she founded the Gray Panthers — a national organisation dedicated to social justice — specifically against Age Discrimination in the areas of retirement, housing, and health care.
The Secrecy Bill is set to pass through the NCOP by the end of this month and the securocrats have dug in their heels. Yet across the country, there has been a rise of a massive people’s movement to fight for the free flow of information, tackling not the Secrecy Bill but broader threats to our right to know. It’s time to bring it all together.
Starting on Monday 19 November, R2K is hosting a week-long ‘Camp-Out for Openness’ at the gates of Parliament, calling for ‘Free Information! Full Participation! Fair Process!’
The Right 2 Know campaign is bringing together communities and causes from across society who want not only to stop the Secrecy Bill, but fight for broader openness in our society.
Join the Day & Night Camp-Out! There will be workshops, teach-ins, rallies, pickets and even a film festival that will be showing each night at 19h00.
R2K Freedom Film Festival
Films will screen outdoors every evening at 19h00 in partnership with the Tri-Continental Film Festival.
Monday: Cointelpro 101 (56 min)
Tuessday: Ai Weiwei – Never Sorry (91 min)
Wednesday: Bitter Seeds (88 min)
Thursday: Man on Ground (88min)
Friday: Five Broken Cameras (90 min)
Camp-Out Programme
Engaging MPs:
Every morning and late afternoon we will be outside the MPs entrance/exit with placards at 08h30 and 16h30.
Monday 19 November: Towards the Right to Know
10h00 Teach-in: Camp Leadership Agreements
13h00 People’s Parliament: Rally to Stop the Secrecy Bill!
14h30 Teach-in: Is the Constitution Pro-Poor?
19h00 Freedom Film Festival: Details Here
21h00 Fireside Chat: Topic to be confirmed
Tuesday 20 November: Right to Know for Basic Services
10h00 Teach-in: The Education Crisis
13h00 People’s Parliament: Keep Our Schools Open / Solidarity with Bisho Camp!
14h30 Teach-in: Electricity Price & Energy Future
19h00 Freedom Film Festival: Details Here
21h00 Fireside Chat: Topic to be confirmed
Wednesday 21 November: Workplace Democracy
10h00 Teach-in: Where does all the money go: Wages, profit, taxes
13h00 People’s Parliament: Marikana & De Doorns solidarity
14h30 Teach-in: Housing, Land & Evictions
19h00 Freedom Film Festival: Details Here
21h00 Fireside Chat: Topic to be confirmed
Thursday 22 November: Women’s Power, Women’s Struggle
10h00 Teach-in: Rural Women’s Struggles
13h00 People’s Parliament: 16 Days of Act: Stop the Violence, & End Patriarchy
14h30 Teach-in: Paying for National Health Insurance
18h00 Night vigil for Openness: Lead by Religious Leaders
19h00 Freedom Film Festival: Details Here
21h00 Fireside Chat: Topic to be confirmed
Friday 23 November: The Right to Communicate
10h00 Teach-in: Communication Rights in Reality
13h00 People’s Parliament: Demanding Free Basic & Affordable SMS and Airtime
14h30 Teach-in: The Right to Call
19h00 Freedom Film Festival: Details Here
21h00 Fireside Chat: Topic to be confirmed
We have the right to know, Alan
