City Strolls - events - meetings
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Welcome to another Glasgow Autonomous update may 2
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If you've never taken direct action before, the Faslane 365 campaign is the perfect opportunity. This Wednesday, a meeting will be held in Glasgow to build this new civil resistance movement against Britain's WMD. Have a good week!
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CONTENTS:
SOCIAL CENTRES
- Chalkboard Social Centre - ongoing
- GAP Meeting at the Chalkboard - Monday 8th May
- IWW meeting at the Chalkboard - Wednesday 17th May (TBC)
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
- No Borders Glasgow - new group
- Help a homeless asylum seeker: appeal from Positive Action in Housing
PALESTINE
- Scottish Palestine Solidarity stall - every Saturday
ANTI-WAR
- Faslane 365 meeting - Wednesday 3rd May
- Anti-war vigil - every Thursday
- Faslane 365, get involved! - ongoing
- Meet the Army - Friday 11th May
- Faslane Peace Camp needs visitors!
- Join the Direct Action Against War network - ongoing
SUSTAINABILITY
- Talamh needs a gardener!
- Cre8 Summit Community Garden - ongoing
- Glasgow Critical Mass - Friday 26th May
- JAM 74 Fundraiser - Wednesday 17th May
TACTICAL FRIVOLITY
- Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army - Thursday 4th May
FILM SCREENINGS
- CCA screening meeting - Thursday 4th May
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 8th May
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 at the Chalkboard - Wednesday 17th May (TBC)
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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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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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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ANTI-WAR
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Faslane 365 meeting - Wednesday 3rd May
Faslane 365 - A civil resistance project for the disarmament of
Britain's nuclear weapons by a continuous peaceful blockade of the
Trident base at Faslane.
Want to find out more and get involved?
Public meeting 7.30pm
Room W828, Hamish Wood Building, Caledonian University Campus,
Cowcaddens Road (opposite Buchanan bus station), Glasgow.
glasgow@faslane365.org
www.faslane365.org
Leaflets and Posters Available
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Anti-war vigil - every Thursday
Hands off Iran! No nuclear war!
Thursday 5-7 pm at the Donald Dewar Statue, Buchanan St.
Check out www.iransolidarity.endofempire.org for upcoming events, and to publicise your own anti war events.
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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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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 26th May
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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JAM 74 Fundraiser - Wednesday 17th May
The M74 Motorway Extension is a bad joke. Come and hear some good ones, and fund the anti-road campaign.
7.30pm
The Stand Comedy Club, Woodlands Road
Tickets £5
Tickets can be bought in advance through paypal at www.jam74.org (in the payment for section please write " the stand" and the number of tickets required). Tickets will be held on the door on the night.
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TACTICAL FRIVOLITY
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Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army - Thursday 4th May
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 SCREENINGS
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CCA screening meeting - Thursday 4th May
6.30pm at the Centre for Contemporary Arts, Sauchiehall St.
a meeting of everyone who can make it who's interested in establishing
self-organised regular film screenings at the CCA
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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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