City Strolls - events - meetings
Thursday, January 12, 2006
Welcome to another Glasgow Autonomy Update. 12 Jan.
New year, new projects. This week we feature invitiations for you to get involved in planning some exciting events. Whether it's city wide film screenings, radical arts exhibitions or an anti-nuclear bike ride that take your interest, just read on to find out how you can help. Or, if you want to get away from it all(!), check out or Out of Town section for the latest information on the Dalkeith anti-road protest site. Have a good week!
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CONTENTS:
MEETINGS
- GAP Meeting - Monday 16th January
- IWW meeting - Wednesday 1st February
REFUGEES
- No Borders Glasgow meeting - Wednesday 11th January
- Picket Brand Street Immigration Centre - Thursday 12th January
- Brand Street Immigration Centre demos - every Saturday
- 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
ZAPATISTAS
- Glasgow Zapatista Solidarity Group - alternate Mondays
ALTERNATIVE MEDIA
- Help set up a peer-to-peer internet radio broadcast - alternate Thursdays
ANTI-WAR
- Help organise Vanunu Freedom Ride from Faslane - ongoing
- 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 27th January
TACTICAL FRIVOLITY
- Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army - Thursday 12th January
FILM SHOWINGS
- Help co-ordinate free screenings - Thursday 12th January
SOCIAL CENTRES
- Saorsa Social Centre - ongoing
COURT SUPPORT
- Brand Street activists - Monday 16th January
ARTS
- Help needed with G8 exhibition - ongoing
OUT OF TOWN
- Dalkeith protest site needs visitors - ongoing
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MEETINGS
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GAP meeting - Monday 16th January
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 1st February
Radical union for workers not bosses. New members can sign up at meetings.
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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No Borders Glasgow meeting - Wednesday 11th January
Help plan action in solidarity with refugees.
Saorsa Social Centre, 674 Pollokshaws Road.
7.30pm
www.openborders.org.uk
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Middleton Street, Thursday morning at 4.45am
Meet at Middleton Street (near Cessnock underground), Thursday morning at 4.45am.
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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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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 - alternate Thursdays
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.
Meetings usually alternate Thursdays in the Saorsa Social Centre.
Contact via G42collective@riseup.net
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ZAPATISTAS
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Glasgow Zapatista Solidarity Group - alternate Mondays
7.30pm, in the Saorsa Social Centre.
Supporting the Zapatista struggle in Chiapas, Mexico .
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ANTI-WAR
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Help organise Vanunu Freedom Ride from Faslane - ongoing
On 21st April 2006, Mordechai Vanunu will have been held captive in Israel for 20 years. His crime? Letting the world know about Israel's nuclear weapons.
A bike ride will set out from the Faslane Nuclear Base just north
west of Glasgow on Friday 7th April and make its way south over a two
week period, arriving in London on 21st April 2006. The first stop
will be Glasgow University, where Vanunu is the Rector; the riders
will then continue via Carlisle, Manchester, Birmingham, Oxford,
arriving in London on the anniversary of Mordechai's release from
prison 2 years ago.
The organisers would like help with:
1) offers of accommodation overnight (beds or floor-space) if you are
on the route of the ride.
2) organising events such as public meetings/film showings;
3) contacting local media;
4) ideas you and your group may have about events that could be held
in your local area to coincide with the Vanunu Freedom Ride;
5) donations towards the costs for organising the Ride.
6) people to join in with the ride!
Get in touch:
Vanunu Freedom Ride, c/o London Region CND, Mordechai Vanunu House,162 Holloway Road, London N7 8DQ
Tel: 0845 458 1965
info@vanunufreedomride.org.uk
www.vanunufreedomride.org.uk
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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 27th January
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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TACTICAL FRIVOLITY
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Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army - Thursday 12th January
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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FILM SHOWINGS
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Help co-ordinate free screenings - Thursday 12th January
Starting in February, groups in Glasgow will be co-operating to show radical films city-wide.
Camcorder Guerillas in Mono (city centre), Saorsa Social Center (Govanhill), and
Chalkboard (St Georges Cross) are involved so far.
We plan to come up with a small leaflet that will be distributed in each location, listing all the screenings on at the different locations.. On this flyer will be included a link to
the Camcorder Guerillas calendar forum where more screenings will be posted with
link to more details of films ect.
If you wish to participate in this process please get in touch (glasgowfreescreenings@lists.riseup.net) or come to the Camcorder Guerillas office at GMAC, 34 Albion St (right above Carnival Arts, in
Merchant City) on Thursday 12th January (this Thursday) at 5:30 pm.
It would be good to hear back from folk that are sorting Glasgow Uni and
Strathclyde Uni especially so that their events can be aimed at a wider
audience.
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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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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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ARTS
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Help needed with G8 exhibition - ongoing
"Where the Truth Lies", an exhibition by Glasgow School of Art, Camcorder Guerrillas and the Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army (CIRCA) will run at Glasgow School of Art (Assembly Gallery) from 23rd to 27th January. It will explore the biases shown in different sources of information around last year's G8 summit.
Right now, the organisers need help with:
) Video Documentation of the set up and the performance that will take
place on the opening night (Wed 25th January around 18:00).
2) Someone to play a cameraperson in a performance piece.
3) Help gathering cardboard and covering the entire space on 16th January.
4) A car to move open source computers from the Chateau to the Art School
ideally for this Thursday 3 pm but can happen at a later date.
5) People to watch the equipment during the day. It would be good if the
space could be accessible every day of the week (10 am to 6 pm).
6) A few folk to put on some films or generate some discussions during that
week. Given that the exhibition deals with the media in relation to the G8,
it would be good to show a few films that illustrate the biasness of the
media itself. We can sort a space and times for screenings in conjunction
with the availability of those who wish to put the screenings on.
Contact: agitatethis@googlemail.com
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OUT OF TOWN
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Dalkeith protest site needs visitors - ongoing
There are people in trees in langside, along salters road, and in a small but beautiful site that had already been set up at castle steads next to the river esk. PEOPLE NEEDED NOW, and people and food and tat, especially climbers and midnight site builders.
Some trees including old oak and birch trees have already been felled and eviction orders have been passed for the tree sit. The planning permission for this road dates from way back in 1992. Since then, the Scottish Executive has recommended that a multimodal transport study is done for this entire transport corridor before any road building goes ahead.The council's public consultation about the road is still sneaking quietly around the area, and the opportunity to respond was open until 9th December, but that didn't stop the senseless felling of trees beforehand.
Come and bring us chocolate, come and join the fun!
basic directions...
dalkeith is about 7 miles south east of edinburgh - leave edinburgh on the A7, or else come off the edinburgh bypass at old craighall roundabout and follow signs for dalkeith. At the bottom of dalkeith (north end) follow the main road round to the right until the roundabout, then turn left onto the salters road (A6094). The trees are on your left, starting about half a mile after the roundabout
site phone 07783904369
For updates see also http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/scotland/
Related
* http://see also the bilston site, just down teh road - www.bilstonglen-abs.org.uk
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