-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Libertarian Alliance One Day Conference THE SECURITY SERVICES: ARE THEY A THREAT TO FREEDOM? Date: Sunday, 14 November, 1993 (PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS CONFERENCE IS ON A SUNDAY, AND NOT A SATURDAY AS IS OUR NORMAL PRACTICE) Admission: 5.00 pounds UK per person. By ticket only. Venue: The Jubilee Room The New Cavendish Club 44 Great Cumberland Place (entrance in Upper Berkeley Street) London W1H 8BS (Nearest tube: Marble Arch) 10.30am - 11.00am Arrival - Tea and Coffee will be served Introduction by Simon McIlwaine, Conference Chairman 11.00am - 12.00pm Brian Crozier "The Security Services and Their Role in A Free Society" 12.00 Noon - 12.30pm Discussion Brian Crozier is one of Britain's leading thinkers and writers on foreign policy and defence issues. His books include Strategy of Survival, The Rebels, A Theory of Conflict, Neo- Colonialism, The Future of Communist Power, The Minimal State and The Struggle for the Third World. His autobiography, Free Agent, was published this year and extracts were serialised in The Times. 12.30pm - 1.30 pm Lunch Break 1.30pm - 2.30pm Robin Ramsay "Unsupervised and Uncontrolled: The Problem of Security Services in a Free Society" 2.30pm - 3.00pm Discussion Robin Ramsay is editor of Lobster, Britain's premier, and highly respected journal on parapolitics, "conspiracy" and the "secret state". He is co-author of Smear: Wilson and the Secret State and has contributed to a wide range of publications, including Tribune, Open Eye, and The Times Higher Education Supplement. 3.00pm - 3.15pm Tea Break 3.15pm - 4.15pm Larry O'Hara "Searchlight Magazine: A Case Study in Secret State Media Manipulation" 4.15pm - 4.45pm Discussion Larry O'Hara is an independent researcher into fascism and the "secret state". He is currently completing his Ph.d on "The National Front, 1986-1990" at Birckbeck College. His articles include "Notes From the Underground: British Fascism 1974-1992" in Lobster and "British Fascism: The Persistence of Anti-Semitism" in Return. 4.45pm - 5.45pm Brian Micklethwait "What Should Libertarians Do About the Spies?" 5.45pm - 6.15pm Discussion Brian Micklethwait is Editorial Director of the Libertarian Alliance. He appears regularly on British television and radio on behalf of the LA as well as speaking widely at universities and political meetings. As well as his writing for the LA, he has contributed to such publications as Economic Affairs, Gay News and Ideer Om Frihet. 6.15pm Close of Conference - --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please send me ... ticket(s) for the LA Conference "The Security Services: Are They a Threat to Freedom?" on Sunday, 14 November, at 5.00 pounds UK each. I enclose a cheque/postal order/cash payable to the Libertarian Alliance, for ...... Name: .................................................... Address: ................................................. ................................................. ............................. Tel: .............. (Useful if we have to notify you of any last minute changes) _____________________________________________________________________ Please Return by First Class Mail to: Chris R. Tame Director Libertarian Alliance 25 Chapter Chambers Esterbrooke Street London SW1P 4NN -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.3 iQCVAgUBLM0FDoTj7/vxxWtPAQGhQwQAuhIjIa11jqmRwIpb9JHQqwjaCa/3IhWH b34HfewITnM1q/lzTCdFk/YU/6cAGC+0rdinLjJcb1wadXo5wx+dyeScFr7yaEaN fAgD349hA03Xng8Wt0NLJVawPd9nguIeoslwMf6Z2m/iYa89xpfaRU/AvhUZg4lP 6A2DyUOXaI4= =F5u2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Russell Earl Whitaker whitaker@eternity.demon.co.uk Communications Editor AMiX: RWhitaker EXTROPY: The Journal of Transhumanist Thought Board member, Extropy Institute (ExI) Co-organizer, 1st European Conference on Computers, Freedom and Privacy, London, 20 November 1993