City Strolls - events - meetings

Sunday, April 16, 2006

Glasgow Autonomy Update returns from its spring break!

For anyone who's been wondering what will happen on Mayday this year, Friday brings a chance for everyone to decide. Drop in at the Saorsa social centre for action planning, costume making etc.
April's radical film festival is in full swing - check out the Film Screenings and Social Centres sections to find out what's on. Have a good week!


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CONTENTS:

SOCIAL CENTRES

- Chalkboard Social Centre - ongoing
- GAP Meeting at the Chalkboard - Monday 17th April
- "Fourth World War" at the Chalkboard - Wednesday 19th April
- Mayday planning meeting at Saorsa - Friday 21st April
- "End of Suburbia" at the Chalkboard - Wednesday 26th April
- IWW meeting at the Chalkboard - Wednesday 3rd May
- Freedom Readers Group - Thursday 20th April
- Saorsa Social Centre - ongoing

REFUGEES

- Please Support the Raja family - ongoing
- Donate to No Borders Glasgow - ongoing
- 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

- Hands off Iran meetings - Wednesday 26th and Thursday 27th April
- Anti-war vigil - every Wednesday
- Faslane 365, get involved! - ongoing
- Meet the Army - Friday 11th May
- Faslane Peace Camp needs visitors!
- Weekly anti-war stall - every Saturday
- Join the Direct Action Against War network - ongoing

SUSTAINABILITY

- Talamh needs a gardener!
- Cre8 Summit Community Garden - ongoing
- Glasgow Critical Mass - Friday 28th April

TACTICAL FRIVOLITY

- Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army - Thursday 20th April
- Mayday anti-capitalist carnival - Monday 1st May

SCOTTISH CULTURE

- Free Gaelic Classes - Saturday 22nd April
- Celtic Fire Festival to celebrate Mayday - Friday 28th - Sunday 30th April

FILM SCREENINGS

- Arna's Children - Monday 17th April
- Lucky People Center International - Tuesday 18th April
- Bowling for Columbine - Wednesday 19th April
- Make it Plain - Monday 24th April
- The Summer Walkers - Tuesday 25th April
- Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance - Tuesday 25th April
- Dr Strangelove - Wednesday 26th April

PUBLIC TALKS

- Anarchist anthropologist in Glasgow - Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th May


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SOCIAL CENTRES

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Chalkboard Social Centre - ongoing

A space for dropping in, having a chat and participating in the community. A variety of radical and community groups meet here regularly. Come along and see for yourself!

Open 2pm-7pm, Wed-Sun

www.chalkboard.org.uk

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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GAP meeting at the Chalkboard - Monday 17th April

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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"Fourth World War" at the Chalkboard - Wednesday 19th April

Running Time:75 mins
Time: 7.30pm
Location: George's X Chalkboard, 34 Clarendon Place, G20 7PZ (near St George's Cross underground station)
Admission: free to everyone (though donations welcome)

Shot on the frontlines of struggles spanning five continents, The Fourth World War is the untold human story of men and women who resist being annihilated in the current global conflict. The Fourth World War weaves together the images and voices of the war on the ground—from the front lines of struggles in Mexico, Argentina, South Africa, Palestine, Korea, "the North" from Seattle to Geneva, and the "War On Terror" in New York and Iraq.

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Mayday planning meeting at Saorsa - Friday 21st April


It's nearly time for the annual MAYDAY anti-capitalist carnival. Previous
years events have been colourful and fun with people bringing whatever
they would like to find at the parade.

So from 2pm we are making the space available for
people to make banners, costumes, etc. Bring ideas, cloth, paint and
whatever else.

Saorsa Social Centre
674 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow
(0141) 423 9055
g42collective@riseup.net

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"End of Suburbia" at the Chalkboard - Wednesday 26th April

Running Time: 77 mins
Time: 7.30pm
Location: St George's Cross Chalkboard, 34 Clarendon Place, G20 7PZ (near St George's Cross underground station)
Admission: free to all

Since World War II North Americans have invested much of their newfound wealth in suburbia. It has promised a sense of space, affordability, family life and upward mobility. But as we enter the 21st century, serious questions are beginning to emerge about the sustainability of this way of life. With brutal honesty and a touch of irony, The End of Suburbia explores the American Way of Life and its prospects as the planet approaches a critical era, as global demand for fossil fuels begins to outstrip supply. What does Oil Peak mean for North America? As energy prices skyrocket in the coming years, how will the populations of suburbia react to the collapse of their dream? Are today's suburbs destined to become the slums of tomorrow? And what can be done NOW, individually and collectively, to avoid The End of Suburbia?

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IWW meeting at the Chalkboard - Wednesday 3rd May

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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Freedom Readers Group at the Chalkboard - Thursday 20th April

Anarchist reading and discussion group. 6.10pm-7.40pm

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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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REFUGEES

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Please Support the Raja family - ongoing

Asad and Tahira Raja are currently living in a small cold flat in Sighthill with their small baby. They have lost all NASS benefits. They have no income. They are living with their baby in cold and unsuitable accommodation and are surviving on food parcels and charity and a small amount of money paid out by Social Services to help with their child.

In April 2005, Asad and Tahira learnt that UK Home Office had refused their claim for asylum. The family say that they have never received any formal letter advising of this decision, and their lawyer confirmed that nothing had been communicated to his office in reference to this asylum decision. Asad and Tahira only discovered this negative decision when they received a letter from NASS in April 2005 notifying the couple that they would no longer be in receipt of any NASS support because of their negative asylum decision.

Please print off and send this letter to McNulty back to the campaign. More details: http://www.ncadc.org.uk/newszin67/raja.html

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Donate to No Borders Glasgow - ongoing

No Borders, with other groups and individuals, are planning to open an office early in March. We need volunteers to help renovate and decorate the office to get it ready. We also need office equipment such as some desks and chairs, filing cabinets and computers. If you can help – either with painting, etc or with office equipment - please get in touch
noborders-glasgow@riseup.net or leave a message on 0141 423 9055

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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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Hands off Iran meetings - Wednesday 26th and Thursday 27th April

Stop the war on Iran before it starts!

Public meetings addressed by Professor Abbas Edalat, founder of The
Campaign against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran
(www.campaigniran.org). Professor Edalat is a London-based Iranian
who has worked tirelessly to alert us to this dangerous escalation
of the war. He recently spoke at the New York, 18th March, antiwar
demonstration and his appearance in Scotland is a major event on the
antiwar calendar.

Wednesday 26th April: 7pm, Al-Furqan mosque, Carrington Street.
There will be tea and biscuits and a short film showing at 9 pm

Thursday 27th April: Glasgow University, probably at 1 pm.
Details, to be finalised, will appear on our website
www.iransolidarity.endofempire.org

All welcome. Admission free.

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Anti-war vigil - every Wednesday

5-6pm demonstration at Donald Dewar statue. If its
really raining, look for people in Dino's nearby.

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Faslane 365, get involved! - ongoing

Faslane 365 is a civil resistance project focussed in Scotland to apply critical public pressure for the disarmament of Britain's nuclear weapons by a continuous peaceful blockade of the Trident base at Faslane.

We are inviting groups and individuals from a wide range of public interest organisations to join in the blockade and to use the opportunity to raise awareness of the issues that each group is working on and to make the links between its core issues and how the UK's nuclear weapons system affects them.

www.faslane365.org

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Meet the Army - Friday 11th May

The army is having an info presentation on Thurs 11th
May buffet, presentation & question session - sounds
an interesting "opportunity to question the Army
Presentation Team on any topic that you feel is
relevant". To book your place call 01276 417000 or
marketing.apt@btconnect.com
http://www.army.mod.uk/apg/armypresentationteam.html

P.S. You may feel the current situation in Iraq merits discussion....

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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

Donald Dewar Statue, Buchanan St.

bomb22bomb@yahoo.co.uk

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Join the Direct Action Against War network - ongoing

Visit us: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/directactionagainstwar/
To join our network, please send a blank email to the address below, & then wait for the confirmation message:

directactionagainstwar-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

The DAAW message board was initially created in Jan 2003 to improve communication around direct action, as protests and demonstrations were carried out to protest the arrival of US B52 Bombers to the RAF Airbase in the otherwise sleepy Cotswold village of Fairford. Since then the message board has become home to a wide range of campaigns and protests, from info on the next Disarm DSEi 2005, to planning objections to the expansion of the Atomic Weapons establishment, to defending the right to protest in Parliament Square.

Most events or actions which are asking more than just the signing of another petition, or which are more than another march from point A to point B, will be considered for approval as a form of direct action.

We look forward to receiving your subscription request.

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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 28th April

A happy coincidence of cyclists (i.e. YOU) getting together to ride
through Glasgow, have fun and make our streets more human, less hostile.
All welcome!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_Mass
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 20th April

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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Mayday anti-capitalist carnival - Monday 1st May

It's nearly time for the annual MAYDAY anti-capitalist carnival. Previous
years events have been colourful and fun with people bringing whatever
they would like to find at the parade.

Details of this year's event still to be confirmed - and you can be part of it! See this week's invitation to prepare for Mayday at the Saorsa centre.

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SCOTTISH CULTURE

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Free Gaelic Classes - Saturday 22nd April

Weekly GAELIC CLASSES at Saorsa Social Centre.
If you're interested in learning Gaelic - come along.
(Free!)

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Celtic Fire Festival to celebrate Mayday - Friday 28th - Sunday 30th April

Re-introducing the Celtic tradition of celebrating Beltane to welcome summer with fire all things fire, dance and music. This will include skill sharing and re-empowering ourselves with the ancients’ knowledge of community development, when history and troubled times were handed down thru song, and altho’ the road was long, there was support and trust in the Celtic community.

Now, more than ever, we need to open our hearts and minds to embrace the differences within, and outside of our own cultures.

http://www.freewebs.com/celticfirefest/

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FILM SCREENINGS

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Arna's Children - Monday 17th April

5:00 p.m
Location: Lecture Theater 3, McCance Building, University of Strathclyde
Admission: Free to All

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Lucky People Center International - Tuesday 18th April

Montage of differing lifestyles and beliefs around the world.

5:30 pm
Location: Bourdon Lecture Theatre, Bourdon Building, Glasgow School of Art
Admission: Free to All

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Bowling for Columbine - Wednesday 19th April

Exploring the links between gun culture and violence in the USA.

5:00 p.m
Location: Lecture Theater 2, McCance Building, University of Strathclyde
Admission: Free to All

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Make it Plain - Monday 24th April

5:00 p.m
Location: Lecture Theater 3, McCance Building, University of Strathclyde
Admission: Free to All

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The Summer Walkers - Tuesday 25th April

A film exploring the lives of Scottish travellers.

Presented by the Radical Geographies Reading Group (rg2).

Screening in room 416, the Gilbert-Scott Building, East Quadrangle
(Department of Geographical and Earth Sciences), Glasgow University main quad
campus on University Avenue.

Free screening, open to all.

Starting at 5:15, film lasts approx 52 minutes.

http://web.ges.gla.ac.uk/~jnorcup/rg2/rg2.htm.

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Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance - Tuesday 25th April

5:30 pm
Location: Bourdon Lecture Theatre, Bourdon Building, Glasgow School of Art
Runtime: 87 min
Country: USA (1983)
Language: Hopi / English
Admission: Free to All

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Dr Strangelove - Wednesday 26th April

Dark comedy about nuclear war.

5:00 p.m
Location: Lecture Theater 2, McCance Building, University of Strathclyde
Admission: Free to All

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PUBLIC TALKS

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Anarchist anthropologist in Glasgow - Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th May

David Graeber has made a splash in the last few years with a series of brilliant political writings on the anthropology of value and on anarchist and activist anthropology. He was controversially 'fired' from Yale University for defending a postgraduate student union organiser.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Graeber

rg2, the Radical Geographies Reading group, will confirm more details of this visit nearer the time. Events are likely to include a public talk, practical activities, and a social.

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