City Strolls - events - meetings
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Welcome to another Glasgow Autonomous update 14 DEC
Were you involved in this year's May Day street party? Did you witness a man being arrested? If so, you might be able to help him be found "not guilty" in court next week. Check our Court Support section to find out how you can help Stuart Mabbut, the only one of the "May Day 3" still to be facing charges.Elsewhere, this weekend brings two more chances to show solidarity with refugees, including a special festive season demo at Brand St Immigration Centre.
And finally, everyone is welcome to the Chalkboard on Friday for a free screening of The Take - the true story of some Argentinian workers "firing the boss" and running things for themselves!
The George's X Chalkboard social centre is now open 2pm-7pm, Wednesday to Sunday. We're trying to open seven days for longer hours, so if you can give time to do a shift, come to one of our organising meetings or drop in and get involved. Alternatively, you can support us by setting up a standing order donation (see bottom of this email). We have funds to keep the centre open for a while, but ultimately we'll depend on support and fundraising.
Have a good week!
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CONTENTS:
MEETINGS
- GAP Meeting - Monday 19th December
- IWW meeting - Wednesday 4th January (TBC)
REFUGEES
- Brand Street Immigration Centre demos - every Saturday
- Pre-Xmas demo at Brand St - Saturday 17th December
- Prestwick Airport Vigil against CIA flights - Sunday 18th December
- Creche volunteers needed for Sighthill English and Support Class - ongoing
- TEFL teachers needed for new literacy class - ongoing
- No Borders Glasgow - new group
- Help a homeless asylum seeker: appeal from Positive Action in Housing
PALESTINE
- Scottish Palestine Solidarity stall - every Saturday
ALTERNATIVE MEDIA
- Help set up a peer-to-peer internet radio broadcast - ongoing
ANTI-WAR
- Faslane Peace Camp needs visitors!
- Weekly anti-war stall - every Saturday
SUSTAINABILITY
- Talamh needs a gardener!
- Cre8 Summit Community Garden - ongoing
- Glasgow Critical Mass - Friday 30th December
HEALTH
- Radical women's health group - Sunday 18th December
TACTICAL FRIVOLITY
- Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army - Thursday 15th December
BENEFIT GIGS
- Section 60: Saorsa Benefit Gig - Friday 30th December
FILM SHOWINGS
- The Take and Not This Time - Friday 16th December
- Free screening planning meeting - Thursday 5th January
SOCIAL CENTRES
- Saorsa Social Centre - ongoing
COURT SUPPORT
- Stuart Mabbut (May Day protest) *WITNESS APPEAL* - before Thursday 22nd December
- Brand Street activists - Monday 16th January
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MEETINGS
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GAP meeting - Monday 19th December
We hold weekly meetings in our social centre, the Georges Cross Chalkboard, at 8pm on Mondays. Everything to do with how the centre is run is decided at the Monday meeting.
Georges Cross Chalkboard, 34 Clarendon Place, just off Maryhill Road.
Nearest underground: St George's Cross
Buses: 20, 30, 40, 61, 66 from town centre to St George's Cross end of Maryhill Road
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.chalkboard.org.uk/
If you are interested in coming along this week please send an email to
glasgow-autonomy@lists.riseup.net
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IWW meeting - Wednesday 4th January (TBC)
Radical union for workers not bosses. New members can sign up at meetings.
(N.B. Meetings usually the first Wednesday of every month. If any IWW members receive these emails, please let us know if January's meeting is going ahead on the 4th).
7.45 for 8pm
Georges Cross Chalkboard, 34 Clarendon Place, just off Maryhill Road.
Nearest underground: St George's Cross
Buses: 20, 30, 40, 61, 66 from town centre to St George's Cross end of Maryhill Road
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REFUGEES
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Brand Street Immigration Centre demos - every Saturday
10am - 12 noon
Picket/Vigil outside Brand Street Immigration Centre (near Cessnock Underground - turn left out of station and then left into Brand Street - the Immigration offices are about 200m along Brand St.)
Stop dawn raids and deportations!
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Hands Around Brand St Immigration Centre - Saturday 17th December
Special pre-Christmas demonstration
10am to 12 noon.
Brand Street Immigration Centre (near Cessnock Underground - turn left out of station and then left into Brand Street - the Immigration offices are about 200m along Brand St.)
For recent Brand Street actions see www.openborders.org.uk
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Prestwick Airport Vigil against CIA flights - Sunday 18th December
The American Government have been forced to admit that they are using CIA front companies to fly so called terrorist suspects all over the world, and that they have used Scottish airports to refuel including Prestwick
The suspicion that they are being sent to be tortured is becoming more concrete.
The vigil starts at 12.30 and will run for a couple of hours
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Creche volunteers needed for Sighthill English and Support Class - ongoing
Teaching English
GCtWR’s English & Support Class in Sighthill is needing some help with the
crèche side of its regular Thursday evening class (between 7pm and 9pm). If
you are interested and are either Disclosure checked or prepared to be, then
please contact Sheila on 07718 896 041.
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TEFL teachers needed for new literacy class - ongoing
Do you have qualifications in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) or Adult Literacy Education? The Saorsa Social Centre is planning to start free, fortnightly, English Language classes in the New Year and are looking for more people to help with this. Get in touch if you can help.
Saorsa Social Centre
674 Pollokshaws Road
0141 423 9055
g42collective@riseup.net
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No Borders Glasgow - new group
No Borders Glasgow is committed to practical solidarity, mutual aid and
direct action in the fight against deportation, detention, poverty and
racism.
The main thing for us at the moment is being involved in the growing
resistance to deportations in Glasgow - e.g. the recent occupation of the
Immigration Reporting Centre in Govan - while putting forward the
arguments against all migration controls (often ignored or opposed by
other groups).
We have a weblog for updates on actions, campaigns,meetings, links to
other groups etc at www.openborders.org.uk and a discussion/updates email
list at: https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/noborders-glasgow
No Borders Glasgow
email: nobrders-glasgow@riseup.net
weblog: www.openborders.org.uk
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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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PALESTINE
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Scottish Palestine Solidarity stall - every Saturday
2pm-4pm at the Junction of Hope St. and Sauchiehall St. (opposite Watt Bros.) The Scottish PSC stall attracts supporters to sign petitions or sign-up sheets, get information about coming meetings and events, collect literature, or buy a ribbon, tee-shirt or Palestinian headscraf (kiffeya) and more.
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ALTERNATIVE MEDIA
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Help set up a peer-to-peer internet radio broadcast - ongoing
A small group of Glasgow based individuals are attempting to start a peer to peer internet radio broadcast and are looking for others interested in such a project with or without expertise. It would be good if some of those interested came with some expertise as we have very little.
Contact; annarky@radicalglasgow.me.uk
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ANTI-WAR
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Faslane Peace Camp needs visitors!
Faslane Peace Camp recently celebrated its 23rd year of direct action to oppose the Trident nuclear submarines stationed 30 miles north of Glasgow. Visitors are always welcome, for a day, a week, or longer!
Directions: Train from Glasgow Queen Street or 216 bus from Jamaica Street to Helensburgh Central. Then catch the 316 bus to the peace camp.
For more info and to check the current situation: 01436 820 901
faslanepeacecamp@hotmail.com
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Weekly anti-war stall - every Saturday
All fliers, information etc relating to the war, welcome.
12noon
Buchanan St, outside Borders bookshop.
bomb22bomb@yahoo.co.uk
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SUSTAINABILITY
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Talamh needs a gardener!
Talamh Housing Co-op is looking for a new member who has enthusiasm and
time enough spare to co-ordinate gardening. Talamh has a large
productive polytunnel, organic veg terraces, and soft fruit bushes.
Talamh grows for those living here, and we'd like to increase this
amount but need help to do this from someone keen to help co-ordinate
growing for next year.
Anyone who is interested, and thinks they'd like to live in a busy,
sometimes chaotic community, but fun too, is welcome to visit and stay
to see what they think. Talamh is home to 10 adults, 4 children,
visitors, 4 dogs, a cat, and chickens. It's a member of Radical Routes,
a network of co-ops working for social change.
Contact: talamh@lineone.net or phone 01555 820555 or 820550
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Cre8 Summit Community Garden - ongoing
Over the time of the G8 summit, 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.
http://www.dissent.org.uk/content/view/230/108/
The garden is behind the billboards at Eglinton Toll. Bus Numbers 44,22,23,57
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Glasgow Critical Mass - Friday 30th December
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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HEALTH
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Radical women's health group - Sunday 18th December
We are an informal group who meet once a fortnight. We discuss topics and learn skills to do with women's health. All women are welcome and the group is trans-friendly. We aim to be mum-friendly, and group members will take turns to entertain younger kids.
Sunday 18th will be our last session before Xmas. We're going to start making a zine (magazine/info booklet) about women's health. If you have any writing, pictures etc that you'd like to see included, or craft materials to help make the zine, please bring them along. This will be an ongoing project too, so if you can't make Sunday 18th there will still be a chance to contribute.
Starting 2.30pm, Chalkboard social centre, 34 Clarendon Place (just off Maryhill Road)
Nearest underground: St George's cross.
Buses along Maryhill Road to and from city centre.
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TACTICAL FRIVOLITY
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Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army - Thursday 15th December
The Glasgow Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army meets weekly on Thursdays at 5:50 in the upstairs gallery of the Lansdowne Church (across from Kelvinbridge Underground).
Come along to clown around and plot sinister plans for revolutionary silliness. Contact Major Pan-Sweat, mashtram@yahoo.co.uk
www.clownarmy.org
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BENEFIT GIGS
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Section 60: Saorsa Benefit Gig - Friday 30th December
13th Note Cafe, King St
Details tbc
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FILM SHOWINGS
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The Take and Not This Time - Friday 16th December
The Take - the story of what happened when Argentinian workers decided to sack the boss!
Not This Time - casualised/temp workers have to suffer dangerous conditions every day. This film follows one young man's family and friends who swore his death at work wouldn't go in vain.
7pm
Free screening - all welcome.
George's X Chalkboard, 34 Clarendon Place, just off Maryhill Road (near St George's Cross)
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Free screening planning meeting - Thursday 5th January
Camcorder Guerillas will meet in Mono cafe, King St, at 18:30.
We will be talking about ways to organize regular screenings in various
locations including mono, academic institutions (School of Art, Glasgow Uni,
Strathclyde ...), Soarsa social center, Chalkboard and anywhere else we can
get into.
If you enjoy free events and screening throughout the city why not come help
put them on? Or even better why not put one on yourself? Come join us for a
pint and learn how easy it is to put a screening on.
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SOCIAL CENTRES
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Saorsa Social Centre
Open from 2pm every day except Saturdays and Sundays
Regular meetings in Saorsa:
Alternate Mondays: 7.30pm Glasgow Zapatista Solidarity Group - raising money for medical clinics in Chiapas
Tuesdays: 7.30pm Reshape Glasgow - set up to protest against the G8 but now campaigning against globalisation, corporations, etc
Wednesdays: Open platform - films, talks, social events - as and when we arrange them
Thursdays: 7.30pm G42 Collective meetings - the collective responsible for maintaining the social centre (we always need new people!)
Sundays: 5pm Sunday Social nights - bring food to share or add to the pot. An evening to chat and chill out.
Want to use the Social Centre for meetings or other events - phone 0141 423 9055 after 2pm to arrange it!
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COURT SUPPORT
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Stuart Mabbut (May Day protest) *WITNESS APPEAL* - before Thursday 22nd December
Stewart was one of 3 arrested as the unofficial 2005 May Day Demo entered the Kelvingrove Park. His arrest was random, as he was standing witnessing what was happening, it had nothing to do with his actions, and his demeanour was no different from the others gathered, or those who ‘doubled back’ to check what was happening.
So far there are no witnesses to his arrest.
It is CRUCIAL that some witnesses are found quickly. Stuart's livelihood may be at risk if there is an adverse outcome from the trial. We need people to show their solidarity and be pro-active to jog people’s memories & come forward.
Phone or text Stewart on 07986601674
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Brand Street activists - Monday 16th January
Three people were arrested after the gates at Brand Street Immigration Centre were padlocked shut and barricaded at a direct action. They spent 30 hours in police custody, and were eventually bailed. Please try to support them on this next court date.
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34 Clarendon Place, G20 7PZ
0141 332 2902
Open 2pm-7pm most days - more volunteers needed if we want it open more often!
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.
A resource centre for groups fighting for autonomy, freedom, solidarity, equality, sustainability, mutual aid and peace against poverty, war and oppression.
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