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Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Twenty-to-One: Films for a Greener Future- July 2005
Throughout July at Filmhouse Edinburgh and Glasgow Film Theatre, Docspace presents a season of documentary feature films which takes this year's G8 summit and its environmental theme as its focus. Chosen from a wide selection of documentaries from around the world, the programme of award-winning features and shorts includes three exclusive Europeanpremieres.
Hello,
I work for a company called Docspace and to mark the G8 summit we're
screening a season of award-winning new films about activism and
eco-issues. If you or your group would like any posters or leaflets,
please let me know and I'll post some out. I hope the following
information is of interest!
Best wishes,
Colette
Twenty-to-One*: Films for a Greener Future- July 2005
Throughout July at Filmhouse Edinburgh and Glasgow Film Theatre,
Docspace presents a season of documentary feature films which takes this
year's G8 summit and its environmental theme as its focus. Chosen from a
wide selection of documentaries from around the world, the programme of
award-winning features and shorts includes three exclusive European
premieres.
Filmmakers currently confirmed to attend for Q&As include Franny
Armstrong director of McLibel, along with the "star" of her film and the
woman who fought McDonalds all the way to the European Court of Human
Rights, Helen Steel and from the US, two filmmaker/journalists and
social commentators, Brandon Jourdan and Ali Tonak with Miami Model.
* The richest 20% of the world's population possesses 86% of global
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) while the poorest 20% have to share a mere
1% Source - Roger James, Oxfam Campaigns.
You can download a
Screening Schedule here (excel)
Press Release pdf
POPaganda: The Art and Crimes of Ron English (15)
European Premiere US 2004, 78 mins Dir. Pedro Carvajal
"Culture slamming" is an international agitprop movement of artists who
paint over billboards and create other art that takes aim at the
emptiness of modern culture. Shot entirely guerilla style, this
exceptional film follows leading "slammer" Ron English and was filmed by
former "slammer" Pedro Carvajal.
"I guess I'm a criminal. But I don't think I'm a nuisance to society."
Ron English
Filmhouse: 3rd July 6.30, 12th 3.30,
18th 3pm, 25th 6.30
Glasgow Film Theatre : 2nd July 2pm, 15th 1.45,
19th 8.30, 30th 2pm
Between Midnight and the Rooster's Crow (U)
European Premiere Can 2005 66 mins dir Nadja Drost
Canadian oil giant Encana, is under fire for the construction of an oil
pipeline that has become one of the world's most controversial projects.
Faced with the contamination of their lands, Ecuadorian farmers tap into
reserves of remarkable strength and courage as they resist the might of
the company. Best Canadian Documentary (Short to Mid-Length) at Hotdocs
2005.
SCREENING WITH
Flip Flotsam (U)
Kenya 2003 26 mins dir Lucy Bateman and Etienne Olief
Ever wondered what happens to your footwear after you're finished with
it? Filmed over a two year period, this award-winning and startlingly
original film takes an ingenious look at the lifecycle of the flip-flop.
Filmhouse: 2nd July 6.30, 10th 3.15,
20th 3pm, 26th 6pm
Glasgow Film Theatre : 4th July 4.30, 9th 5pm,
23rd 1.45, 29th 4.15
McLibel: Two Worlds Collide (U)
UK 2005 90 mins dir Franny Armstrong
The story of two ordinary people who humiliated McDonald's in the
biggest corporate PR disaster in history. Filmed over several years by
renowned no-budget director Franny Armstrong, McLibel is not about
hamburgers. Instead
it highlights the importance of freedom of speech and the David and
Goliath story of two people who refused to say sorry. Director Franny
Armstrong
and the "star" of the film, Helen Steel will be at GFT on 5th July
(interviewed by Eddie Harrison) and Filmhouse on 7th July for a Q&A
after the screenings.
SCREENING WITH THE CHRISTIAN AID SHORT FILM:
Life Interrupted (U) 2004
15 minutes Award-winning photographer Don McCullin returns to southern
Africa to document the impact of anti-retroviral treatment on the lives
of people living with HIV.
Filmhouse: 7th July 6pm, 9th 3.15, 19th
6pm, 27th 2.30
Glasgow Film Theatre: 5th July 6.30, 28th 1.45
The Miami Model (15)
European Premiere US 2004 91 mins (18) indymedia production by the FTAA
Miami Video Working Group
Follows the thousands of activists who gathered in Miami in 2003 to
protest against the Free Trade Association of America. The peaceful
crowd was brutally attacked by police using rubber bullets, pepper
spray, electric guns and shock batons. An unforgettable 'demonstration'
of police repression and media propaganda, featuring footage shot by
more than 50 indymedia video activists.
Filmmakers Brandon Jourdan and Ali Tonak will be at GFT on 7th and 12th
July and Filmhouse on 6th and 11th July for a Q&A after the screenings.
Filmhouse: 6th July 6.15, 11th 3.30,
21st 6.30, 28th 3.30
Glasgow Film Theatre: 7th July 8.45, 12th 5pm,
17th 1.45
Press enquiries - please contact d.henderson@eca.ac.uk
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A self-help guide for asylum seekers facing detention & removal
What can be done about the increasing numbers of women, children and men who are unjustly detained and deported despite compelling evidence of rape and other torture, persecution and trauma?
This lifesaving and labour saving Guide is based on intensive work over many years with women (and some men) asylum seekers by Legal Action for Women, Black Women's Rape Action Project and Women Against Rape, all based at the Crossroads Women's Centre.
Ian Macdonald QC: "Legal Action for Women, a free legal service whose determination to win justice puts many lawyers to shame, has put together their experience of day-to-day legal case work and campaigning in this exciting Guide. Not only is it invaluable for those fighting in their own defence or that of their family and neighbours; it is also essential reading for lawyers, advocates and other professionals who will benefit greatly from its practical information and advice.
At a time when principles of international protection for those fleeing persecution are being undermined in Europe and elsewhere, and asylum seekers battle even to get their case heard in court, this Guide is needed more than ever."
Ms X, All African Women’s Group: :My brother phoned Black Women’s Rape Action Project two days before I was due to be deported because no-one else would help me, not even the organisation where I was getting counselling. They sent many urgent letters and made many phone calls and found me a new solicitor who submitted a fresh claim. I was alone in Yarl's Wood, and felt very isolated and depressed but they called me regularly. When my deportation was stopped, they also worked with my solicitor and after twenty-six days of misery I finally got out."
Niki Adams, spokeswoman for LAW: "As a result of our actions and advice, women and children have been released from detention, deportations prevented and cases reopened. Many women whose cases had not been thoroughly examined and who would have faced grave danger and even death had they been returned to their countries of origin, have gone on to win the right to stay."
This accessible step-by-step guide puts together information that is not usually available so that anyone determined to get protection and justice can find out how to do it.
Copies available from:
Crossroads Women's Centre
230a Kentish Town Rd
London
NW5 2AB.
For more information contact 020-7482 2496
law@crossroadswomen.net
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Friday, June 24, 2005
BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | Day-by-day guide to G8 events
Monday, June 20, 2005
Welcome to another Glasgow Autonomy Update.
The G8 summit is coming up fast, and you might still be wondering what your role in the protests should be. Well, this weekend brings 3 trainings - for first aiders, blockaders and clowns - that might give you a better idea.
UK Action Medics are holding a 2 and a half day training for those who want to provide first aid at the G8. The course will cover how to deal with heatstoke/sunburn/exposure, the usual first aid scenarios such as sprains and cuts, and will also have a section on treating injuries from tear gas (here's hoping that won't be a problem though!)
The Faslane G8 team are starting their direct action preparations with a half day training in Glasgow. It will be a safe space to discuss hopes and fears for the G8 actions, and learn how to stay non-violent in difficult situations.
And finally, the Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination are back to teach creative ways to resist the G8. Whether you fancy praying to products or clowning around Gleneagles, this training will stop us all getting too serious!
Contact details for all three trainings can be found in this week's update.
Have a good week!
CONTENTS:
MEETINGS
- GAP Meeting - Monday 20th June
- Jam74 Meeting - Tuesday 21st June
REFUGEES
- Help a homeless asylum seeker: appeal from Positive Action in Housing
- Make Borders History - Sunday 3rd July
- Close Dungavel Detention Centre - Tuesday 5th July
HOUSING
- G8 Direct Action on Housing - Tuesday 21st June
FILM SCREENINGS
- Nicholas Winton:Power of Good - Thursday 23rd and
Monday 27th June
- Peace One Day - Wednesday 22nd and Tuesday 28th
June
- Hearts and Minds - Monday 20th and Saturday 25th
June
- Control Room - Thursday 30th
June
PUBLIC TALKS
- Non-violent resistance in the West Bank and Gaza :The role of academic public
health and primary care - Tuesday 21st June
ART EVENTS
- Barbara Kruger exhibition - Thursday 21st April - Sunday 25th September
- Women and War - Thursday 5th May - Sunday 30th October
- Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination - Friday 24th June - Sunday 26th
June
ANTI-WAR
- Weekly anti-war stall - every Saturday from 16th April
- Direct Action Training - Saturday 25th June
- Faslane G8 blockade - Monday 4th July
ANTI-G8
- Activist's Guide to Scots Law
- Glasgow Reshape meeting - Thursday 23rd June
- Wimmin vs G8 meeting - Thursday 23rd June
HEALTH
- Action medic training - Friday 24th - Sunday 26th June
WOMEN'S EVENTS
- Women's Self Defence Workshops - Tuesday 21st June
SUSTAINABILITY
- Cre8 Summit Community Garden Family Festival - Wednesday 29th June - Sunday 3rd July
- Glasgow Critical Mass - Friday 24th June
- Cycle in Glasgow Transport Museum's Parade of Wheels - Sunday 26th June
APPEALS
- Witness Appeal
ALTERNATIVE CULTURE
- Where's the Power? A Rap Opera - Sunday 26th June
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MEETINGS
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GAP meeting - Monday 20th June
We meet every Monday, 7 – 9pm, Pearce Insitute, Govan Rd, Glasgow. (Just across from Govan underground station).
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
If you are interested in coming along this week please send an email to
glasgow-autonomy@lists.riseup.net
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Jam 74 Meeting - Tuesday 21st June
Campaign against the M74 motorway.
Tuesday 21st June at 7.30pm
Venue: Govanhill Neighbourhood Centre, 6 Daisy Street, Glasgow G42 8JL
www.jam74.org
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REFUGEES
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Help a homeless asylum seeker: appeal from Positive Action in Housing
Over the last few weeks Positive Action in Housing has needed to find homes for
several refugees who have been evicted or who have unstable living situations.
They would like people to get in touch if you have a spare room in your house
and would like to welcome a refugee into your home.
www.paih.org
Positive Action in Housing Ltd, 98 West George Street, Glasgow G2 1PJ
tel: 0141 353 2220
fax: 0141 353 3882
email: home@paih.org
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Refugee Week - Monday 20th - Sunday 26th June
Lots of events happening including a conference on asylum seekers, a refugee jobs fair and cultural events.
http://www.refugeeweekinscotland.org.uk/get_involved.php
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Make Borders History - Sunday 3rd July
A Magical Mystery Tour of Immigration Controls and the "Chain of Deportation" in Glasgow. We visit some of the magicians who help asylum seekers "disappear". We will visit organisations involved in locking up and deporting Asylum seekers. Let's join the dots in the picture of detention and deportation. Check out www.makebordershistory.org
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Close Dungavel Detention Centre - Tuesday 5th July
Mass protest against the imprisonment of refugees at Dungavel.
Buses organised from Glasgow George Square - shuttle bus all morning from 9.30am.
£5 waged/£3 unwaged. Free to asylum seekers and refugees.
Book your place by calling 0141 946 6193, or emailing glascamref@hotmail.com
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HOUSING
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G8 Direct Action on Housing -Tuesday 21st June
Glasgow Save Our Homes + Dundee Defend Council Housing + Edinburgh Against Stock Transfer +
Direct action in Glasgow to highlight the issue of stock transfer / the privatisation of Council Housing.
Activists from across Scotland will come together in Glasgow – BE THERE Central Hotel, (at the corner entrance beside the fire fighter statue) Gordon St, Tuesday 10.30am to carry out an occupation of a relevant building. Details will be released on the day, please be there.
ACTIVE DEMOCRACY – MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD – DEMAND THE RIGHT TO PUBLICLY FUNDED, PUBLICLY ACCOUNTABLE DECENT HOUSING
This action is to SAVE OUR HOMES in Glasgow from the secretive demolition derby plan of the Glasgow Housing Association Ltd.
This action is to SAVE OUR EXCELLENT 24 HOUR CONCIERGE from its proposed destruction at the hands of the heartless landlord Glasgow Housing Association Ltd. Acting for the Government in Scotland against the tenants.
COME AND JOIN US – BRING A DRUM, A WHISTLE, SOME FOOD AND FRUIT JUICE.
For more information call 07976 718 111 or 0141 881 3338
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FILM SCREENINGS
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Nicholas Winton:Power of Good - Thursday 23rd and
Monday 27th June
A man's transformation from jet set stockbroker to guerrilla forger, to save
children's lives in WW2.
Screening with powerful Scottish tribute Women in Black, and Contempt of
Conscience.
Glasgow Film Theatre, Rose St, Glasgow
0141 332 8128
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Peace One Day - Wednesday 22nd and Tuesday 28th June
A man's quest to establish a day of peace. Screening with Dear Mrs Blair, a film
about the Justice for Gordon Gentle campaign.
Glasgow Film Theatre, Rose St, Glasgow
0141 332 8128
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Hearts and Minds - Monday 20th and Saturday 25th
June
How does the US lie to its populace? And what do they gain from the lies?
Unravelling America's involvement in the Vietnam war.
Glasgow Film Theatre, Rose St, Glasgow
0141 332 8128
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Control Room - Thursday 30th June
Military propaganda is the key priority for any invader. This film follows the
Al Jazeera TV network which put itself in the firing line to get behind the
spin.
Screening with Edinburgh young people's lesson on media bias, Old Enough to Know
Better.
Glasgow Film Theatre, Rose St, Glasgow
0141 332 8128
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PUBLIC TALKS
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Non-violent resistance in the West Bank and Gaza :The role of academic public
health and primary care - Tuesday 21st June
SPEAKER: RITA GIACAMAN, Institute of Community and Public Health, University of
Birzeit, Palestine
http://icph.birzeit.edu/
NOTE: This is an open meeting for university staff, students
and members of the public.
Admission is free, but seats should be reserved by phoning Chere Beaumont on
0141 330 8334, or e-mailing m.beaumont@clinmed.gla.ac.uk
5.00pm to 6.30pm
Tea and coffee will be served in the atrium from 4.30pm
Wolfson Medical School Building,
University Avenue, Glasgow
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ART EVENTS
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Barbara Kruger exhibition - Thursday 21st April - Sunday 25th September
Exhibition of the US artist's work on power, control, gender and sexuality.
Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), Royal Exchange Square.
Free.
There are loads of events happening to tie in with this exhibition. Some will be
featured in the Autonomy Updates, but for a full list, please contact GoMA on
0141 229 1996.
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Women and War - Thursday 5th May - Sunday 30th October
Jenny Matthews has been photographing the lives of women in war zones worldwide
since 1982.
St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art, 2 Castle St
nearest train station - High St; buses from George Sq - 11, 36, 37, 38, 42, 89,
138
Open daily 10am-5pm, except Fri and Sun, 11am-5pm
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Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination - Friday 24th June - Sunday 26th June
As world leaders prepare for their G8 summit photo op, a new network of art
activists are touring the UK (19 May – 6 July), inspiring resistance with an
exploding caravan, a free feast, prayers to products, a clown army and creative
civil disobedience trainings.
Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination http://www.labofii.net/tour05
Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army http://www.clownarmy.org
Art activist The Vacuum Cleaner http://www.thevacuumcleaner.co.uk
Venue to be confirmed
For trainings, book a place on trainings@labofii.net (places are limited).
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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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Direct Action Training - Saturday 25th June
In preparation for actions at Faslane on Monday 4th July and during the G8 Summit at Gleneagles the FaslaneG8 blockade team are hosting a training session in Glasgow with veteran US activist Starhawk.
Lansdowne Church, 416 Great Western Road, Glasgow G4 9HZ
2.30pm-5.30pm
Space is limited at these venues please contact scnd@banthebomb.org to book a place.
Other trainings are being organised at various locations around the UK to prepare for the actions. There will be trainings at the convergence centres in the days before the actions. For more details, or if you would like to organise a training in your area, please contact:
scnd@banthebomb.org or visit www.faslaneg8.com for more details.
Non-violent direct action training
- How will I react if I'm arrested?
- What do we do if the police become violent?
- If someone starts to freak out, how do I calm people down, and stop
things from escalating?
To answer these questions and many more, we invite you to take part in a
nonviolent direct action training.
The focus of the training will be practical exercises (simulation and role playing) but the training also provides the space to discuss ideas concerning "nonviolent direct action", and to talk about hopes and fears for the action. We will also look at the tasks that can be undertaken during the action.
www.starhawk.org
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Faslane G8 blockade - Monday 4th July
On Monday 4th July 2005, as the 'leaders' of the world gather in Scotland for the G8 summit, we will be gathering just 60 miles away at the biggest and deadliest military base in Scotland to put a spanner in the works of global militarism.
Faslane (nuclear) Naval Base, 30 miles north of Glasgow. Transport from Glasgow can be booked now - check the Faslane G8 website.
http://www.faslaneg8.com/
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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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Glasgow Reshape meeting - Thursday 23rd June
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.
As the G8 is now very close, Reshape's meeting time/place is subject to change. To get involved, contact the address or email list below:
Saorsa Social Centre, Suite 3 Cooperage Building
674 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow
glasgow-reshape@lists.riseup.net
http://www.dissent.org.uk/
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Wimmin vs G8 meeting - Thursday 23rd June
Autonomous women's group. We are currently organising a women's camping space for the G8, as well as a zine (small magazine) about the G8 and workshops in Glasgow.
Weekly open meetings, Thursdays 6:30pm, Mono cafe-bar. King St, Glasgow.
g8feministaction@riseup.net
http://g8feministaction.frockon.org/
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HEALTH
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Action medic training - Friday 24th - Sunday 26th June
2 and a half day intensive course for people wanting to be first aiders on demos and
actions (especially round the G8).
Friday evening starts around 7pm for 2 or 3 hours
9am to 8pm Saturday
9am to 7pm Sunday.
Email contact@actionmedics.org.uk if you want to book a space.
http://www.actionmedics.org.uk/Training.html
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WOMEN'S EVENTS
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Women's Self Defence Workshops - Tuesday 21st June
Learn to identify, avoid and escape potentially harmful situations. Come along
and have some fun, let your voice be heard!
Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art. 7pm - 9pm
Free, please book. (0141 229 1996)
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SUSTAINABILITY
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Cre8 Summit Community Garden Family Festival - Wednesday 29th June - Sunday 3rd July
Last week, Southside residents and visiting anti-G8 activists started to create a community garden. People are welcome along at any time to enjoy and add to the garden.
Starting on 29th June there will be a family festival to coincide with the beginning of the school holidays. More info to come.
http://www.dissent.org.uk/content/view/230/108/
The garden is behind the billboards at Eglinton Toll. Bus Numbers 44,22,23,57
Cre8 mobile on 07981 954132
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Glasgow Critical Mass - Friday 24th June
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
http://www.citystrolls.com/z-f-page/critical.htm
http://www.citystrolls.com/z-temp/bike-runs-pics.htm
Last Friday of every month, 5:30pm, George Square
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Cycle in Glasgow Transport Museum's Parade of Wheels - Sunday 26th June
Calling all cyclists, skaters, skate boarders, pram pushers and anyone
with any other kind of wheels!
Help to celebrate the Museum of Transport’s Parade of Wheels by taking
part in this exciting event.
Assemble at Kelvin Way at 1.00pm.
Vintage cars, motorcycles, bicycles, buses and all wheeled but
non-motorised transport will follow a route along University Avenue, down
Byres Road, along Dumbarton Road, finishing at the Museum of Transport car
park where vintage cars, motorcycles, buses and commercial vehicles will
have assembled.
Mischief La-Bas will provide entertainment and refreshments will be
available.
Call the Museum of Transport for more details on 0141 287 2720.
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APPEALS
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Witness Appeal
Stewart Mabut was arrested in the Mayday Kelvingrove park arrests of 3
demonstrators.
He is up for trial in September and has no internet access.
Stewart needs witnesses to come forward who saw him being arrested.
Please phone or text him on 07986601674
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ALTERNATIVE CULTURE
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Where's the Power? A Rap Opera - Sunday 26th June
A new production dramatising the universal conflict between Rulers and Outsiders in a recognisable world of fear, greed and oppression. With rap, hip-hop and bollywood dance and music the only weapons, both sides face each other and their worst fears in an edge-of-your-seat power struggle!
6.30pm, Pearce Institute, Govan Rd, Glasgow (Across from Govan underground)
Free
Multicultural food and dance party following the performance!
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Sunday, June 19, 2005
Housing Action ALERT - SAVE OUR HOMES FROM ANTI-DEMOCRATIC GLOBAL FINACE
COME AND JOIN US – BRING A DRUM, A WHISTLE, SOME FOOD AND FRUIT JUICE.
G8 2005 Housing Action ALERT
GLASGOW SAVE OUR HOMES + DUNDEE
DEFEND COUNCIL HOUSING +
+ Edinburgh Against Stock Transfer +
SAVE OUR HOMES FROM ANTI-DEMOCRATIC GLOBAL FINACE There is to be a direct action this Tuesday 21 June 2005 in
Glasgow to highlight the issue of stock transfer / the privatisation of Council Housing.
Activists from across Scotland will come together in Glasgow – BE THERE Central Hotel, (at the corner entrance beside the fire fighter statue) Gordon St,
Tuesday 10.30am to carry out an occupation of a relevant
building. Details will be released on the day, please be there.
ACTIVE
DEMOCRACY – MAKE YOU VOICE HEARD – DEMAND THE RIGHT TO PUBLICLY FUNDED, PUBLICLY ACCOUNTACBLE DECENT HOUSING
This action is to SAVE OUR HOMES in Glasgow from the secretive demolition derby plan of the Glasgow Housing Association Ltd.
This action is to SAVE OUR EXCELLENT 24 HOUR CONCIERGE from its proposed destruction at the hands of the heartless landlord Glasgow Housing Association Ltd. Acting for the Government in Scotland against the tenants.
This action in Glasgow to highlight the issue of stock transfer / the PRIVATISATION OF COUNCIL HOUSING IN EDINBUGH AND THE REST OF SCOTLAND
There are Government plans to start the privatisation process in Edinburgh in November this year. Actively support Edinburgh Against Stock Transfer. Highlight the Edinburgh campaign against these evil plans to privatise Edinburgh’s Council housing.
We need as many people as possible to get to Glasgow on Tuesday.
please Call Luke on 07977 294 865
to arrange transport details.
If YOU can help EAST in any way
Please Luke on
07977 294 865
To save Glasgow’s 24 Concierge Service from drastic cuts call Iain on 07976 718 111 or email saveour_homes@yahoo.co.uk
Contact Dundee Defend Council Housing via saveour_homes@yahoo.co.uk
GLASGOW SAVE OUR HOMES CAMPAIGN
G8 2005 Housing Action ALERT
GLASGOW SAVE OUR HOMES + DUNDEE DEFEND COUNCIL HOUSING +
+ Edinburgh Against Stock Transfer EAST +
SAVE OUR HOMES FROM ANTI-DEMOCRATIC GLOBAL FINACE
There is to be a direct action this Tuesday 21 June 2005 in
Glasgow to highlight the issue of stock transfer / the privatisation of Council Housing.
Activists from across Scotland will come together in Glasgow – BE THERE Central Hotel, (at the corner entrance beside the fire fighter statue) Gordon St,
Tuesday 10.30am to carry out an occupation of a relevant
building. Details will be released on the day, please be there.
ACTIVE DEMOCRACY – MAKE YOU VOICE HEARD – DEMAND THE RIGHT TO PUBLICLY FUNDED, PUBLICLY ACCOUNTACBLE DECENT HOUSING
This direct action is being taken by Tenants from Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee and elsewhere to oppose the Proposed Destruction of the 24 Hour Concierge Service in the High Rise Flats in Glasgow. This represents the ongoing downgrading of Services to Tenants in the Multi Storey Flats which the Glasgow Housing Association Ltd. Is orchestrating so that tenants may feel unsafe and forced to leave their homes. The landlord, GHA Ltd., want creating a pretext for their Mass Demolition Programme and clear the Tenants to ‘free up’ the land for Private developers and to satisfy their Future Paymasters a Private Banking Consortium who only want to profit from the misery of the Glasgow’s tenants.
Communities Scotland are encouraging this ideological drive to Destroy Social Housing and Socially Mixed Communities. This is Class War by Scotland’s Elite against Working Class People. This must stop now!
WE SAY
NO TO THE REMOVAL OF THE 24 HOUR CONCIERGE SERVICE
NO TO THE MASS DEMOLITION PROGRAMME
WE DEMAND THAT MASSIVE CASH SURPLUS HORDED BY GHA Ltd. AND PAID FOR BY TAX PAYERS MUST BE INVESTED IN THE MULTI STOREY FLATS SO THAT TENANTS CAN LIVE IN HOMES THAT ARE WARM, DRY, SAFE AND SECURE.
WE ARE OPPOSED TO THE PLANS FOR ANY FUTURE PRIVATISATION OF COUNCIL HOUSING IN
EDINBURGH OR ANY PART OF SCOTLAND WHICH IS BEING DRIVEN BY COMMUNITIES
SCOTLAND. THEY ARE TRYING TO PUSH PRIVATISATION OF THE COMMUNITIES HOUSING IN
EDINBURGH,
THE WESTERN ISLES,INVERCLYDE AND REFREWSHIRE.
COUNCIL HOUSING SHOULD BE PROPERLY FUNDED. IN SCOTLAND, LAST YEAR ONLY 58 COUNCIL HOUSES WERE BUILT. ON PAPER SCOTLAND HAS A GREAT CHARTER FOR RIGHTS FOR THE HOMLESS BUT IN PRACTICE THE GOVERNMENT IS MAKING THE PROBLEM WORSE.
HOMELESSNESS IN SCOTLAND IS AT RECORD LEVELS
THE PRIVATISATION OF ALL PUBLIC SERVICES IS BEING DRIVEN BY THE RICH G8 COUNTRIES’ ELITES THROUGH THE GENARAL AGREEMENT ON TRADE AND TARIFFS (GAT) – THIS MUST END!
SOCIAL NEED MUST COME BEFORE PROFIT.
COE AND JOIN US – BRING A DRUM, A WHISTLE, SOME FOOD AND FRUIT JUICE.
For more information call 07976 718 111 or 0141 881 3338
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Thursday, June 16, 2005
family day at Auchterader this Sunday (19th June)
Press release below about family day at Auchterader this Sunday (19th June). Please publicise this around branches and more widely. Please note tho I am still trying to source
*wallpaper - lining paper is best, but anything at all will do - * paints, paintbrushes - have some, need more *messy children - essential - send them all up to Auchterader
* adults to help out - if you are willing to paint/put up a gazebo/tell stories to small children/stick things onto the fence let me know
*cable ties/sellotape/gaffa tape - to attach things to the fence
*Pasting tables - if they are not being used on Sunday can we borrow them for the children to paint on
* Transport -
Inverness Train from Queen Street (d. 9.40) to Gleneagles (a. 10.30)
Inverness Train from Edinburgh Waverley (d.9.25) to Gleneagles (a. 10.49).
Glasgow Train from Inverness (d. 9.40) to Gleneagles (a.12.10)
(and all stops on the Glasgow/Edinburgh - Inverness route - see http://www.firstgroup.com/scotrail/content/travelinfo/routes/Summer2005/route04.pdf for precise times)
lift offers - if you are driving and have space in your car can you let me know what time you are going/returning so I can co-ordinate lifts
*lifts needed - if you want to go but dont have transport let me know and I'll see if I can find a lift for you. Also if you need picked up from the train station (about 2 miles from Auchterader) give me a ring and I'll see if I can sort something out.
For those who have indicated that they are willing to help out- can they get to Auchterader park by 11.30 on Sunday to give us a chance to get organised.
Email me or phone me (no below) if you can offer help.
Best wishes
Mhairi
G8 Family Day out at Auchterader
Sunday 19th June
12.30 onwards
Auchterader Park, Perth and Kinross.
Contact:
Mhairi McAlpine, mhairi_mcalpine@yahoo.com
Tel: 01324 885129 (eve) 0141 242 2275 (day)
Children from all over Scotland will be converging on
Auchterader on Sunday to hear about the lives of children in developing countries and paint buddies to decorate the steel fence designed to insulate the leaders of the world richest countries from the protests going on outside. Armed with poster paints and sticky stuff they will hear about the lives of children like 6 year old Kato, a Ugandan orphan who is looked after by his 12 year old sister and dreams of becoming a car mechanic like his late father, and Margret, also from Uganda, who is looking forward to the day when there is enough money for her to afford to go to school. The activity, which is jointly organised by G8 Alternatives and the Scottish Socialist Party, is designed to highlight the plight of children caught in the crossfire of the G8 policies. By getting children to make buddies and attach them to the fence, not only will it mute the unsightlyness of the fence, but also build links with the
local community and give children an insight into how children in other parts of the world live.
Mhairi McAlpine (SSP) said " This activity is designed to give children an insight into how G8 policies affect children in other countries and why it is so important that we make our voices heard. We aim to have a fun day out in Auchterader with lots of paint and mess." Gill Hubbard (G8 Alternatives) said "This activity will allow families
who are not able to make the protests at Gleneagles on the
6th June to make their voices heard. The buddies will serve as a reminder of the children that the G8 so often forgets"
[ends]
Details
12.30 onwards, Auchterader Park, Perth and Kinross.
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Eddie Truman
Press Officer
Scottish Socialist Party
07919 868463
eddie@mussey.org.uk
http://www.scottishsocialistparty.info/
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Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Welcome to another Glasgow Autonomy Update.
Our featured item this week is the ongoing campaign against the M74 motorway extension - a 6 lane elevated motorway that will plough through the Southside of Glasgow, increasing pollution and noise at a cost of up to £1 billion.
Jam74 is the umbrella group which has been campaigning on this issue for several years. As well as launching legal challenges to the motorway they have been educating Glasgow people about the damage it will cause. Recently there have been Jam74 cycle rides "to save our city" and show a positive alternative to increased car use. http://www.jam74.org/
Tied in with the anti-M74 campaign is the Cre8 Summit project in Glasgow. This week they're busy making a community garden in one of the areas the M74 will affect - read on in the Sustainability section for more details.
Have a good week! CONTENTS:
MEETINGS
- GAP Meeting - Monday 20th June
- Jam74 Meeting - Tuesday 21st June
- Freedom Readers Group - Thursday 16th June
REFUGEES
- Help a homeless asylum seeker: appeal from Positive Action in Housing
- Close Dungavel Detention Centre - Tuesday 5th July
HOUSING
- G8 Direct Action on Housing - one day between Monday 20th and Wednesday 22nd June
- Sighthill Tenants' Question Time - Thursday 16th June
FILM SCREENINGS
- Nicholas Winton:Power of Good - Tuesday 14th, Thursday 23rd and
Monday 27th June
- Peace One Day - Wednesday 22nd and Tuesday 28th
June
- Hearts and Minds - Thursday 16th, Monday 20th and Saturday 25th
June
- Control Room - Wednesday 15th, Saturday 18th and Thursday 30th
June
PUBLIC TALKS
- Cre8 Summit - Wednesday 15th June
- Non-violent resistance in the West Bank and Gaza :The role of academic public
health and primary care - Tuesday 21st June
ART EVENTS
- Barbara Kruger exhibition - Thursday 21st April - Sunday 25th September
- Women and War - Thursday 5th May - Sunday 30th October
- Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination - Friday 24th June - Sunday 26th
June
ANTI-WAR
- Weekly anti-war stall - every Saturday from 16th April
- Faslane G8 blockade - Monday 4th July
ANTI-G8
- Activist's Guide to Scots Law
- Glasgow Reshape meeting - Thursday 16th June
- Wimmin vs G8 meeting - Thursday 16th June
HEALTH
- Action medic training - Friday 24th - Sunday 26th June
WOMEN'S EVENTS
- Women's Self Defence Workshops - Tuesday 14th and Tuesday 21st June
SUSTAINABILITY
- Cre8 Summit Community Garden - Saturday 11th June - Saturday 18th June (and beyond!)
- Glasgow Critical Mass - Friday 24th June
APPEALS
- Witness Appeal
ALTERNATIVE CULTURE
- Where's the Power? A Rap Opera - Sunday 26th June
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MEETINGS
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GAP meeting - Monday 20th June
We meet every Monday, 7 – 9pm, Pearce Insitute, Govan Rd, Glasgow. (Just across from Govan underground station).
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
If you are interested in coming along this week please send an email to
glasgow-autonomy@lists.riseup.net
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Jam 74 Meeting - Tuesday 21st June
Campaign against the M74 motorway.
Tuesday 21st June at 7.30pm
Venue: Govanhill Neighbourhood Centre, 6 Daisy Street, Glasgow G42 8JL
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Freedom Readers Group Meeting - Thursday 16th June
Meet Lauries bar on King Street, in the raised up seating area.
Thursday 16th June at 6:00-7:30pm.
3rd Thurs of month thereafter
Contact hereandnowscot@email.com for text to be discussed next month.
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REFUGEES
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Help a homeless asylum seeker: appeal from Positive Action in Housing
Over the last few weeks Positive Action in Housing has needed to find homes for
several refugees who have been evicted or who have unstable living situations.
They would like people to get in touch if you have a spare room in your house
and would like to welcome a refugee into your home.
www.paih.org
Positive Action in Housing Ltd, 98 West George Street, Glasgow G2 1PJ
tel: 0141 353 2220
fax: 0141 353 3882
email: home@paih.org
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Refugee Week - Monday 20th - Sunday 26th June
Lots of events happening including a conference on asylum seekers, a refugee jobs fair and cultural events.
http://www.refugeeweekinscotland.org.uk/get_involved.php
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Close Dungavel Detention Centre - Tuesday 5th July
Mass protest against the imprisonment of refugees at Dungavel.
Buses organised from Glasgow George Square - shuttle bus all morning from 9.30am.
£5 waged/£3 unwaged. Free to asylum seekers and refugees.
Book your place by calling 0141 946 6193, or emailing glascamref@hotmail.com
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HOUSING
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G8 Direct Action on Housing - one day between Monday 20th and Wednesday 22nd June
As part of the run up to the G8 visit in July campaigners from Glasgow are to organise a piece of direct action to highlight the housing sell off’s results to their city; secrecy, neglect, mass demolitions, illegal evictions, more homelessness. In particular they want to draw attention to proposed Edinburgh Privatisation. There are campaigners from around Scotland attending. Your area could be next to feel the force of the Dark Side on your Council housing This means we must to have a people from Edinburgh as well as Glasgow attend.
For more details on this ONE DAY Glasgow ACTION ~ BETWEEN 20TH AND 22ND June 2005 to give some indication of the numbers who care about housing need and if you can TAKE PART please email agahst2003@hotmail.com
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Sighthill Tenants' Question Time - Thursday 16th June
With a panel of residents, housing campaigners, and MSPs. Also invited is a spokesperson from GHA Ltd.
7.30pm, Sighthill Primary School, Fountainwell Terrace, G21. All welcome.
Orgnaised by Sighthill Save Our Homes.
sighthillsoh@hotmail.com
07940937241
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FILM SCREENINGS
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Nicholas Winton:Power of Good - Tuesday 14th, Thursday 23rd and
Monday 27th June
A man's transformation from jet set stockbroker to guerrilla forger, to save
children's lives in WW2.
Screening with powerful Scottish tribute Women in Black, and Contempt of
Conscience.
Glasgow Film Theatre, Rose St, Glasgow
0141 332 8128
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Peace One Day - Wednesday 22nd and Tuesday 28th June
A man's quest to establish a day of peace. Screening with Dear Mrs Blair, a film
about the Justice for Gordon Gentle campaign.
Glasgow Film Theatre, Rose St, Glasgow
0141 332 8128
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Hearts and Minds - Thursday 16th, Monday 20th and Saturday 25th
June
How does the US lie to its populace? And what do they gain from the lies?
Unravelling America's involvement in the Vietnam war.
Glasgow Film Theatre, Rose St, Glasgow
0141 332 8128
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Control Room - Wednesday 15th, Saturday 18th and Thursday 30th
June
Military propaganda is the key priority for any invader. This film follows the
Al Jazeera TV network which put itself in the firing line to get behind the
spin.
Screening with Edinburgh young people's lesson on media bias, Old Enough to Know
Better.
Glasgow Film Theatre, Rose St, Glasgow
0141 332 8128
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PUBLIC TALKS
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Cre8 Summit - Wednesday 15th June
Find out more about the Cre8 Summit community garden project, and how it relates to the struggles against the G8 summit and the M74 motorway.
2pm-5pm, Govanhill Neighbourhood Centre, Daisy Street, Govanhill
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Non-violent resistance in the West Bank and Gaza :The role of academic public
health and primary care - Tuesday 21st June
SPEAKER: RITA GIACAMAN, Institute of Community and Public Health, University of
Birzeit, Palestine
http://icph.birzeit.edu/
NOTE: This is an open meeting for university staff, students
and members of the public.
Admission is free, but seats should be reserved by phoning Chere Beaumont on
0141 330 8334, or e-mailing m.beaumont@clinmed.gla.ac.uk
5.00pm to 6.30pm
Tea and coffee will be served in the atrium from 4.30pm
Wolfson Medical School Building,
University Avenue, Glasgow
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ART EVENTS
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Barbara Kruger exhibition - Thursday 21st April - Sunday 25th September
Exhibition of the US artist's work on power, control, gender and sexuality.
Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), Royal Exchange Square.
Free.
There are loads of events happening to tie in with this exhibition. Some will be
featured in the Autonomy Updates, but for a full list, please contact GoMA on
0141 229 1996.
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Women and War - Thursday 5th May - Sunday 30th October
Jenny Matthews has been photographing the lives of women in war zones worldwide
since 1982.
St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art, 2 Castle St
nearest train station - High St; buses from George Sq - 11, 36, 37, 38, 42, 89,
138
Open daily 10am-5pm, except Fri and Sun, 11am-5pm
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Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination - Friday 24th June - Sunday 26th June
As world leaders prepare for their G8 summit photo op, a new network of art
activists are touring the UK (19 May – 6 July), inspiring resistance with an
exploding caravan, a free feast, prayers to products, a clown army and creative
civil disobedience trainings.
Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination http://www.labofii.net/tour05
Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army http://www.clownarmy.org
Art activist The Vacuum Cleaner http://www.thevacuumcleaner.co.uk
Venue to be confirmed
For trainings, book a place on trainings@labofii.net (places are limited).
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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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Faslane G8 blockade - Monday 4th July
On Monday 4th July 2005, as the 'leaders' of the world gather in Scotland for the G8 summit, we will be gathering just 60 miles away at the biggest and deadliest military base in Scotland to put a spanner in the works of global militarism.
Faslane (nuclear) Naval Base, 30 miles north of Glasgow. Transport from Glasgow can be booked now - check the Faslane G8 website.
http://www.faslaneg8.com/
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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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Glasgow Reshape meeting - Thursday 16th June
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, every Thursday
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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Wimmin vs G8 meeting - Thursday 16th June
Autonomous women's group. We are currently organising a women's camping space for the G8, as well as a zine (small magazine) about the G8 and workshops in Glasgow.
Weekly open meetings, Thursdays 6:30pm, Mono cafe-bar. King St, Glasgow.
g8feministaction@riseup.net
http://g8feministaction.frockon.org/
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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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WOMEN'S EVENTS
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Women's Self Defence Workshops - Tuesday 14th and Tuesday 21st June
Learn to identify, avoid and escape potentially harmful situations. Come along
and have some fun, let your voice be heard!
Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art.
14th and 21st June: 7pm - 9pm
Free, please book. (0141 229 1996)
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SUSTAINABILITY
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Cre8 Summit Community Garden - Saturday 11th June - Saturday 18th June (and beyond!)
Join Gorbals and Govanhill residents, and international anti-G8 activists, to create a community garden in the Southside of Glasgow.
Come along any time this week, behind the billboards at Eglinton Toll. Bus Numbers 44,22,23,57
Cre8 mobile on 07981 954132
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Glasgow Critical Mass - Friday 24th June
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
http://www.citystrolls.com/z-f-page/critical.htm
http://www.citystrolls.com/z-temp/bike-runs-pics.htm
Last Friday of every month, 5:30pm, George Square
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APPEALS
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Witness Appeal
Stewart Mabut was arrested in the Mayday Kelvingrove park arrests of 3
demonstrators.
He is up for trial in September and has no internet access.
Stewart needs witnesses to come forward who saw him being arrested.
Please phone or text him on 07986601674
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ALTERNATIVE CULTURE
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Where's the Power? A Rap Opera - Sunday 26th June
A new production dramatising the universal conflict between Rulers and Outsiders in a recognisable world of fear, greed and oppression. With rap, hip-hop and bollywood dance and music the only weapons, both sides face each other and their worst fears in an edge-of-your-seat power struggle!
6.30pm, Pearce Institute, Govan Rd, Glasgow (Across from Govan underground)
Free
Multicultural food and dance party following the performance!
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We are currently in the process of creating a social centre.
A place to have a cup of tea in a friendly, non commercial space, read a book or magazine and find out about stuff that's going on in the city, the country and the rest of the world.
A meeting place for wayward souls.
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Monday, June 13, 2005
Save our homes- Save our concierge -Save our community
* TENANTS QUESTION TIME: THURSDAY 16th JUNE 2OO5 T.3Opm
SIGHTHILL PRIMARY SCHOOL; FOUNTAINWELL TERRACE, G21
* GLASGOW HOUSING ASSOCIATION'S PROPOSED CHANGES TO YOUR 24-HOUR CONCIERGE SERVICE!
* RED ROAD - SAVE OUR HOMES - CAMPAIGN
CONFIRMED PANELLISTS:
Colin Fox MSP (SSP Convenor) Sandra White MSP (SNP) Sean Clerkin (Campaign Vs Housing Stock Transfer)
Elaine Ellis (Sighthill resident);
Also Invited are Paul Martin MSP (Labour) and
a GHA Ltd. Speaker
ALL WELCOME
Save our homes
c/o Flat 15/1, 32 Pinkston Drive, G21 1NG Email: sighthillsoh@hotmail.com
Mobile: 07940 937 241
GLASGOW 7 BRANCH G.M.B. TRADE UNION (CONCIERGE )
GLASGOW HOUSING ASSOCIATION'S PROPOSED CHANGES TO YOUR 24-HOUR CONCIERGE SERVICE!
1. Do you want your buildings patrolled on a regular basis?
2. Do you wish your elderly tenants to continue to enjoy the regular checks they are entitled to at present?
3. Do you wish your blocks to continue to be clean and vandal free?
4. Do you want a familiar face to continue to attend to your responses throughout the night particularly in an emergency?
OR
*DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT THE BUILDINGS WERE LIKE BEFORE YOUR SUCCESSFUL 24-HOUR CONCIERGE SERVICE WAS INTRODUCED?
*HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR?
*HAVE YOU EVER CAME ACROSS UNDESIRABLES ON THE BACKSTAIRS?
*HAS YOUR HOUSE BEEN BROKEN IN TO?
*HAVE YOU COME ACROSS URINE, VOMIT AND FAECES ON YOUR LANDINGS, BACK-STAIRS AND LIFTS?
*HAVE YOU CAME ACROSS BLOOD, DISCARDED NEEDLES etc, ON YOUR LANDINGS BACKSTAIRS etc?
GLASGOW HOUSING ASSOCIATION IS A TENANT LED ORGANISATION, YOU THE TENANT IS THEIR MOST VALUABLE ASSET PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR SAY!!!!!
TO HAVE YOUR SAY PLEASE CONTACT 0141-274-6200 TO OUTLINE YOUR CONCERNS, ALTERNATIVELY CONTACT YOUR LOCAL COUNCILLOR / M.P./ M.S.P.!!
>>>>>>>>> RED ROAD - SAVE OUR HOMES - CAMPAIGN <<<<<<<<<
No Information, No Consultation, No Tenant Participation, No Negotiation, Authoritarian, Aloof, Arbitrary, Arrogant, Contemptuous of its Tenants and above all Secretive and Unaccountable ......
GHA Ltd. Plans to Demolish Your Home
On the 9th of March 2005 your landlord, Glasgow Housing Association Ltd. announced its plan to demolish "one of the largest of the eight Red Road tower blocks". It is part of their, crazed Masterplan to flatten all the Red Road high flats? There have been rumours about a Secret Masterplan for years, now it's official so -We need to see it. We have a right to know!
Have the Glasgow Housing Association Ltd., got the approval of the Scottish Executive to demolish your home? Do they have your approval?
The first that many tenants knew of this was when it was on TV and in the Evening Times.
And, it was recently announced "Planners want to erect the 39-storey building on the site of the old Strathclyde Regional Council headquarters at the junction of India Street and St Vincent Street. If approved, the skyscraper would top the height of the city's Red Road flats - Europe's tallest homes at just over 328ft." The new city centre building would include luxury flats, offices, shops and a swimming pool. But would it include you?
In Edinburgh, the convener of the Edinburgh Council's planning committee, Trevor Davies, recently said the time had come to look at where it might be possible to site new tall buildings.
Tenants of Red Road Were not consulted !
• Well some of the Red Road tenants did not take kindly to being treated in such a disrespectful way. On April 5th a well attended Tenants' Meeting was held by the Red Road Save Our Homes Campaign.
• It was agreed to carry out a survey which would be independent of the biased manipulation of GHA Ltd. and the Local Hypocrisy We were not consulted by GHA Ltd so we are going consulting each other.
"We have been lied to and ignored; we have to do something about it."
Would it be better to break up the GHA by moving to Second Stage transfer with private sector finance? Well, David Orr as head of the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations thinks GHA has been a disaster but wants to do away with rent guarantees for tenants and move to higher rents as more housing associations come into existence. That's fine for him on £65,000 per year to advocate lofty rents.
"I want to move but will it be to something decent?" "I've lived here too long to move now." "These are sound buildings, it doesn't make sense."
Support our campaign for freedom of information for tenants in the Red Road.
Read more!
Voices Across Barriers - Close Dungavel Removal Centre
Mass Protest Tuesday 5th July 2005 11.00am to 4.00pm Dungavel Removal Centre Strathaven South Lanarkshire ML10 6R Called by Glasgow Campaign to Welcome Refugees
As the leaders of the worlds most powerful states meet in luxury at Gleneagles hotel for the G8 meeting, hundreds of people - including familieswith children -are imprisoned behind the razor wire of Scotland's shame Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre.
People imprisoned there feel so desperate that many have tried to commit suicide. They have committed no crime yet are treated like criminals. Across Europe many thousands more are locked up like animals. Their only 'crime' has been to flee war, rape, famine and persecution, seeking safety and freedom.
It is the policies of the G8 nations that create these horrific wars and famines that force millions to migrate in the first place. The G8 leaders need to know that we will not stand by while they demonise and whip up racism against refugees. Their scapegoating policies are a crude attempt to divert attention away from their disastrous economic and military adventures which force people to live in abject poverty and then brand refugees as illegal, imprison them and violently deport them to imprisonment, torture and death.
We will not ignore our fellow human beings being locked up in Dungavel. On 5th July thousands of people from across Europe and beyond will show solidarity with those behind the wire by joining an mass protest at Dungavel to demand equal rights and free movement for all, and for an end to detention and deportation.
Dungavel: Solidarity Demonstration called by STUC on 6th September 2003
Transport to Dungavel:
Glasgow, George Square, shuttle bus all morning from 9:30am.
Edinburgh, Waterloo Place at 9.30am and 11.30am.
£5 waged/£3 unwaged
Asylum seekers and refugees travel free
Book your place now:
email glascamref@hotmail.com
or phone 0141 946 6193 for Glasgow
07973 505 172 for Edinburgh.
Inquiries/further information:
Glasgow Campaign to Welcome Refugees
c/o Fire Brigade Union
52 St Enoch Square
Glasgow G1
Office: 0141 946 6193
Peter: Monday and Wednesday, mobile - 0781 784 7249
Margaret: mobile - 07870 286 632
glascamref@yahoo.co.uk
Photos: Stalingrad O'Neill
Source for this Message:
Glasgow Campaign to Welcome Refugees
www.gctwr.org.uk
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Friday, June 10, 2005
Kelvingrove. When are we getting our Bandstand back
What more do you want people to do [Glasgow City Council] All the work has been done, all the interest is there, all the support groups are there, Feasibilities, Business Plans. The public want it to happen. "Historic Scotland is just waiting for a letter from L.S. Parks before we move to Indicative Offer" Pay up for Glasgow! It wouldn't do people any harm, to enquire at the council when this project will happen.
_______THE FRIENDS OF KELVINGROVE PARK_______
Scottish Charity No. SC 033365 www.kelvingrovepark.com
BANDSTAND & AMPHITHEATRE (B&A) PROJECT - KEY POINTS JUNE 2005
• B-Listed 2000
• Feasibility Study completed 2003
• Business Plan (just finished) provides an excellent opportunity for G.C.C. to back the project
• Friends is very concerned to ensure that all of Kelvingrove Park remains as public space
• Now looking for funding to restore the B&A : public support essential (none of the grant awarding bodies will look at a project unless there is evidence of public support]
• So far 5 main potential flinders
Heritage Lottery
Historic Scotland
Arts Council
G.C.C.
Scottish Enterprise Glasgow
• To go to Council Parks & Facilities cttee in August
• 54 other bandstands throughout the U.K. have already been restored by H.L.F. They are all council owned and maintained, and are seen as important areas of civic pride and tourist infrastructure.
• Glasgow has a unique B&A, designed and built by its own Parks Dept.,
• even at feasibility stage there was a convincing list of potential users, which has now been extended and consolidated
• Historic Scotland is just waiting for a letter from L.S. Parks before we move to Indicative Offer
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Sunday, June 05, 2005
G8 Direct Action One day between 20th and 22nd June
On the local effect of the globalising neo liberal agenda for housing The organisers, Save Our Homes, say they would like a million people but if YOU bring a friend that will be great " 'Don’t care how you get there".
Glasgow are to organise a piece of direct action to highlight the housing sell off’s results to their city; secrecy, neglect, mass demolitions, illegal evictions, more homelessness. In particular they want to draw attention to proposed Edinburgh Privatisation. There are campaigners from around Scotland attending. Your area could be next to feel the force of the Dark Side on your Council housing. This means we must have people from Edinburgh as well as Glasgow attend. For more details on this ONE DAY Glasgow ACTION BETWEEN 20TH AND 22ND June 2005 to give some indication of the numbers who care about housing need and if you can TAKE PART please reply to this email TODAY to saveour_homes@yahoo.co.uk.
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