The final of four webinars in the AFSC ‘Under the Mask’ series considered governments using special powers during COVID-19 to push unpopular policies and plans through. We considered the displacement of communities by extractive industries through to steps toward annexation of occupied territories being fast-tracked whilst people’s attention is on the pandemic.
The third of the four webinars in the AFSC ‘Under the Mask’ series considered migration and militarized borders under COVID-19. The convening was attended by 56 participants from around the globe, receiving simultaneous interpretation in Bahasa Indonesia, Spanish, and French.
The second of the four webinars in the AFSC ‘Under the Mask’ series considered state surveillance under COVID-19. The convening was attended by roughly 65 participants from around the globe, receiving simultaneous interpretation in Bahasa Indonesia, Spanish, and French with the presentations and the majority of the small group discussions taking place in English.
Masks and Batons, the first of four webinars in the AFSC Under the Mask series, considered police brutality during the COVID-19 pandemic. The convening was attended by more than 70 participants from around the globe, receiving simultaneous interpretation from English to Bahasa Indonesian, Spanish, Arabic, and French.