City Strolls - events - meetings
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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