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Tuesday, April 19, 2005
19 April Glasgow Autonomy Updates
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CONTENTS:
MEETINGS
- GAP meeting - Monday 25th April
- Jam 74 Meeting - Tuesday 19th April
- Freedom Readers Group - Thursday 21st April
- IWW Branch Meeting - Wednesday 4th May
FILM SCREENINGS AND PUBLIC TALKS
- RISK: Creative Action in Political Culture - Saturday 26th March - Saturday 14th May
- Save Our Homes Press Conference - Tuesday 19th April
- The Corporation - Wednesday 20th April
- Israeli terrorism and Palestinian resistance - Wednesday 20th April
- Disobbedienti - Wednesday 20th April
- Barbara Kruger exhibition - Thursday 21st April - Sunday 25th September
- The Yes Men - Thursday 21st April
- Formal installation of Mr Mordechai Vanunu as the 119th Rector of the University of Glasgow - Friday 22nd April
- The Battle of Algiers (new print) - Sunday 23rd and Monday 25th April
- Look for me in the Whirlwind - Wednesday 27th April
- Chain - Wednesday 27th April
- Pioneers of Art and Science - Thursday 28th April
- Freedom is in Your Hand! Song Workshop - Tuesday 3rd May
- A Cultural Day from Glasgow Autonomous Project - Saturday 11th June
REFUGEES
- Free Mrs Anastasia Ndaya and children: Demonstration against deportation and detention - Wednesday 20th April
- Voices from Africa, Voices of Resistance - Saturday 23rd April
ANTI-WAR
- Weekly anti-war stall - every Saturday from 16th April
- UXB Scotland Conference on Resisting Military Occupation - Friday 29th and Saturday 30th April
ANTI-G8
- Activist's Guide to Scots Law
- Wimmin vs G8 Zine out now!
- Wimmin vs G8 - Thursday 28th April
- Reshape meeting - Thursday 21st April
HEALTH
- Action medic training - Friday 24th - Sunday 26th June
ENVIRONMENTAL / SUSTAINABILITY
- Glasgow Critical Mass - Friday 29th April
- Green Futures Environmental Festival - Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th May
- G8 Earth Activist Training - Friday 27th May - Sunday 5th June
ANIMAL LIBERATION
- World Day for Animals in Laboratories - Sunday 24th April
- SHAC UPS Action Week - begins Monday 25th April
DEMONSTRATIONS/STREET PARTIES/FUNDRAISERS
- Glasgow Mayday - Sunday 1st May
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MEETINGS
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GAP meeting - Monday 25th April
We meet every Monday, 7 - 9pm, at the Pearce Institute, Govan Rd, on the corner of Pearce St.
All who agree with our vision statement are welcome at our meetings:
"We strive for a sustainable society where all people are free to live their lives as they see fit without fear of oppression, persecution or marginalization insofar as this does not prevent others from doing the same. We see this fulfilled thru a society built upon principles of co-operation, solidarity, mutual-aid, direct democracy and freedom of association."
http://www.glasgow-autonomy.org
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Jam 74 Meeting - Tuesday 19th April
Campaign group against the M74 motorway project.
7.30pm, Govanhill Community Centre, Daisy Street (near Victoria Rd).
Freedom Readers Group - Thursday 21st April
6-7.30pm at Lauries, King St.
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IWW Branch Meeting - Wednesday 4th May
Building a grassroots union for workers, not bosses.
IWW Clydeside branch meeting: 7.30PM, pearce Institute, on Govan rd., in Govan
info@iwwclydeside.org.uk
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FILM SCREENINGS AND PUBLIC TALKS
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RISK: Creative Action in Political Culture - Saturday 26th March - Saturday 14th May
Political art, including a poster wall where you can announce your own events and a rebel clown warroom.
Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow
Tuesday - Friday: 11am - 6pm
Saturday: 10am - 6pm
Sunday, Monday: closed
Free
www.cca-glasgow.com
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Save Our Homes Press Conference - Tuesday 19th April
Get the news that the dominant media may decide not news fit to print.
Hear and tell what smg (Scottish Media Group, publishers of the Herald and Evening Times) ignore. Where is the Socialist Voice when mass housing is daily being rubbished by the so called Community based housing associations with the tenant led by the nose involvement to pave the way to full privatisation and the return of pre-World war II landlordism?
Come to the this press conference and ask questions and go from there and discuss what you have heard.
103 Marfield Street, Carntyne at 10.45am
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The Corporation - Wednesday 20th April
An introduction to the power of corporations, comparing their actions to those of a psychopath.
Glasgow School of Art.
Free.
glasgowfreescreenings-subscribe@lists.riseup.net
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Disobbedienti - Wednesday 20th April
Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
7pm, £4/2.50
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Israeli terrorism and Palestinian resistance - Wednesday 20th April
Ted Honderich is Grote Professor of the Philosophy of Mind and Logic at University College London. He is the author of How Free Are You? and the editor of the widely-used Oxford Companion to Philosophy. His new book After the Terror addresses questions raised by September 11.
The British branch of Oxfam International declined to accept a donation of £5,000 in royalties from the book after a Canadian newspaper raised the issue of a statement made in the book as to the rights of the Palestinians. A representative of Oxfam will be invited to attend and outline their position in relation to Palestinian human rights.
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Renfield Saint Stephen's Parish Church, 260 Bath Street, Glasgow
Free
Contact: 0780 324 4739
www.scottishpsc.org.uk
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Barbara Kruger exhibition - Thursday 21st April - Sunday 25th September
Exhibition of the US artist's posters on power, control, gender and sexuality.
Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), Royal Exchange Square. Free.
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The Yes Men - Thursday 21st April
The Yes Men, a movie, follows a couple of anti-corporate activist-pranksters as they impersonate World Trade Organization spokesmen on TV and at business conferences around the world.
Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
7pm, £4/2.50
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Formal installation of Mr Mordechai Vanunu as the 119th Rector of the University of Glasgow - Friday 22nd April
Mordechai Vanunu famously "blew the whistle" on Israel's nuclear weapons and has served time in prison for his actions. The students of Glasgow University recently voted him in as their new rector.
10am, Bute Hall, University of Glasgow
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The Battle of Algiers (new print) - Sunday 23rd and Monday 25th April
Cinematic recreation of the struggle of Algerians for independence from French rule between 1954 and 1962.
Saturday 23rd, 3pm - £4.50/£3.50
Monday 25th, 6pm - £5/4
Glasgow Film Theatre, Rose St, Glasgow
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Look for me in the Whirlwind - Wednesday 27th April
Celebrating the life of Marcus Garvey, who provoked the largest black mass movement in history.
8.15pm, Glasgow Film Theatre, Rose St, Glasgow. £5
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Chain - Wednesday 27th April
Chain is a glimpse of the future, here and now. Call it “Present Shock.” A melancholy photo collage of chain stores, malls, and conglomerated concrete spaces unfurls as a single, anonymous ambiance, a desolate spiritual limbo that could be anywhere.
Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
7pm, £4/2.50
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Pioneers of Art and Science - Thursday 28th April
Gustav Metzger and Ken McMullen in conversation. Fusing art with politics and social activism Metzger's work offers profound insights into the relevance of art, and the importance of understanding the destructive impulses in society. (Film).
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Freedom is in Your Hand! Song Workshop - Tuesday 3rd May
Many people in the UK have sung the uplifting South African Freedom songs from the collection "Freedom is coming". The collector of these songs, Anders Nyberg, will make his second visit to Scotland in May to promote his new song collection FREEDOM IS IN YOUR HAND.
You don't have to be a "singer" to attend this workshop. Most songs will be taught by ear, and anyone is welcome.
Place: Renfield St Stephen's Church, Bath Street, Glasgow
Cost: Donation
To register for the workshop, contact Victoria Rudebark at the Iona Community office: 0141-332 63 43
Email: victoria.rudebark@gla.iona.org.uk
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A Cultural Day from Glasgow Autonomous Project - Saturday 11th June
Pearce Institute, Govan Road, Govan.
The days events will incorporate a wide variety of participation from music to craft and food.
The early part of the day will encourage the involvement in activities of parents and children.
The evening will be dedicated to ceilidh music, dance and cabaret - finishing in time for the last underground.
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REFUGEES
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Free Mrs Anastasia Ndaya and children: Demonstration against deportation and detention - Wednesday 20th April
11.30 am at Scottish Immigration Enforcement Unit, Brand St, Govan
(round the back of Cessnock underground)
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Voices from Africa, Voices of Resistance - Saturday 23rd April
10am-5pm
Glasgow Caledonian University
The Glasgow Campaign to Welcome Refugees presents “Voices from Africa… Voices of Resistance”, a one-day conference on Africa and the issues it faces. We are organising this as a response to the Blair government’s Commission for Africa report and in preparation for the G8 summit in July.
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ANTI-WAR
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Weekly anti-war stall - every Saturday from 16th April
All fliers, information etc relating to the war, welcome.
12-2pm
Donald Dewar statue, top of Buchanan St.
troopsoutglasgow@yahoo.co.uk
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UXB Scotland Conference on Resisting Military Occupation - Friday 29th and Saturday 30th April
Pearce Institute, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland
he conference will celebrate:
* two years since Vieques was 'liberated'
* the launch of the UXB network
* the re-publication of CND's "Fortress Scotland" report
For day tickets £4 waged / £3 (low/unwaged)
for weekend tickets £8 waged / £6 (low/unwaged)
http://www.scotland-uxb.org/conference.html
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ANTI-G8
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Activist's guide to Scots Law:
http://www.g8legalsupport.info/guide/
Essential reading for G8 protestors and anyone else planning direct actions in Scotland.
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Wimmin vs G8 Zine out now!
Issue 1 of the Wimmin Vs The G8 zine is out now! ["Zine": a self published magazine]
Soon to be downloadable from g8feministaction.frockon.org
If you would like to be mailed some copies, contact us at g8feministaction(at)riseup.net
Now seeking contributions for Issue 2!
Any pieces by women relating **loosely** to the G8 and feminist politics.
Send submissions to kristina.nellweaver(at)gmail.com or
g8feministaction(at)riseup.net
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Women vs G8 - Thursday 28th April
Fortnightly meetings, Thursday 6:30pm, Mono cafe-bar. King St, Glasgow.
We are currently organising an anti-G8 street party, for Sunday 22nd May. (It's in Stirling, so it didn't get an individual listing). More details on the website soon.
g8feministaction@riseup.net
http://g8feministaction.frockon.org/
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Reshape meeting:
Reshape Glasgow is the local Glasgow group organizing as part of the Dissent! Network, an organisation that aims to provide non-hierarchical opposition to the G8 when it arrives in Gleneagles in Strathearn, later this year.
7:30-9:00pm, Thursday 21st April
Pearce Institute
840-860 Govan Road
100 yards to the left coming out of Govan U station, big building with a clock on the front.
glasgow-reshape@lists.riseup.net
http://www.dissent.org.uk/
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HEALTH
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Action medic training - Friday 24th - Sunday 26th June
3 day intensive course for people wanting to be first aiders on demos and actions (especially round the G8).
Location TBC. Check www.actionmedics.org.uk for updates.
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ENVIRONMENTAL / SUSTAINABILITY
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Glasgow Critical Mass, Friday 29th April
A happy coincidence of cyclists (i.e. YOU) getting together to ride through Glasgow, have fun and make our streets more human, less hostile. All welcome!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_Mass
Last Friday of every month, 5:30pm, George Square
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Green Futures Environmental Festival - Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th May
Gates open at 10am and close at 6pm each day. Entry by donation.
Workshops, alternative therapies, traditional crafts, entertainments.
Talamh Life Centre, Birkhill, Coalburn, Lanarkshire.
More info at http://www.talamhlifecentre.org.uk/events/page
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G8 Earth Activist Training - Friday 27th May - Sunday 5th June
A short Permaculture course, specially for those who want to help set up convergence centres for the G8 protests. Novices and more experienced people welcome. Teaching skills which will also be applicable to protest camps, refugee camps, community projects etc.
Talamh Life Centre, Lanarkshire.
*You need to apply to go on this course by 22nd April!*
Contact edgezone@yahoogroups.com for more information.
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ANIMAL LIBERATION
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World Day for Animals in Laboratories - Sunday 24th April
Day of international commemoration of suffering of millions of laboratory animals. Organise an info stall in your town - call NAVS on 020 8846 9777.
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SHAC UPS Action Week - begins Monday 25th April
Taking action against the courier service who do business with HLS, Europe's largest contract animal testing laboratory.
Autonomy updates has heard there may be a demo near Glasgow. Get in touch with Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty on 0845 458 0630 for more information.
www.shac.net
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DEMONSTRATIONS/STREET PARTIES/BENEFIT GIGS
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Glasgow Mayday - Sunday 1st May
Glasgow's annual anti-capitalist carnival. Meet 12 noon, Buchanan St underground.
www.liveinthemoment.org
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