City Strolls - events - meetings
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Carnival of Health, Nov 11th
Everything is starting to come together for the climate change event on
November 11th. We have arranged a pedal and solar powered stage for Glasgow
Green, musicians, tai chi, huge carnival flowers, bunting, stalls… I attach
a copy of the latest flyer for you to peruse, print and pass around.So we need a few folks to help out with creative goodies for example scribed
messages for people to carry on the procession; stage decorations; banners
with deep, meaningful, humourful messages; and world climate change
information boards for the 'eco-healthy world circuit'.
To help us enjoy the preparation just as much as the actual day it would be
great to have many to participate so that a few are not burning themselves
out - like the planet! The dates both this week and next are Tuesday (31st
Oct and 7th Nov) and Wednesday (1st and 8th Nov) evenings from 5.30pm until
about 8.30pm (or as late as the kids can stay up!) at the Carnival Arts,
Glasgow - Carnival Arts is at 34 Albion Street (which is in the Merchant
City off Argyle Street, left at Tron theatre) through brown doors and up to
the second level.
If you cant make any of these dates but would still like to help out in some
way then please contact me at the email address below. And of course if just
want to come along on the day and chill out, it will be fantastic to see you
there.
For the saplings,
Lusi
ecohealthyscot@yahoo.co.uk
or phone Danny on 07717200005
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Friday, October 27, 2006
Liam Byrne came to Glasgow yesterday and received a warm welcome. Kind of. (From noborders-Glasgow)
After a trip to the Parliament in Edinburgh, the Minister for Dawn Raids arrived at Glasgow City Chambers at 2:45. There was already a substantial crowd outside the front door when the two purple Merc people carriers pulled into the St. Vincent St entrance.
On arrival, our VIP was met with jeers and shouts of "No Dawn Raids" and "We belong to Glasgow," leaving him in no doubt as to his popularity amongst the victims of his government's vindictive policies. Whilst he was inside, people kept chanting and the crowd outside numbered around 70.
Around 3:30, the gates were opened and police forced a path through the crowd by shoving people. Some in the crowd complained about the rough treatment, one man was grabbed by the throat. The vans trundled off behind some cyclists enjoying the afternoon air.
Protesters followed the Minister to the Home Office at Brand St, where the police presence was heavier and more aggressive. About 100 protesters sang, danced and chanted whilst the Minister met with staff inside. The "reforms" he announced today are bound to have raised their flagging morale, given that they consist of carrying on with the "fast-track" system recently introduced to no acclaim.
An attempt by Police to cause a diversion to allow the Minister to sneak away in the opposite direction caused the situation to descend into a melee as police over-reacted when protesters ran into the road and blocked the first car in the convoy. Despite their best attempts, protestors succeeded in bringing the car to a halt.
One over-zealous policeman, officer G116, was seen to push people to the ground, knock an elderly African woman to the ground then stand on her and attempted to snatch cameras from witnesses to his behaviour, described as "out of control".
Unfortunately, one asylum seeker was arrested after an empty plastic bottle was apparently thrown at the car. During his arrest, as he was panicking, our friend G116 chose to put him in a choke hold despite the man already being restrained by 3 other officers.
After the confusion, an ambulance had to be called for the lady knocked to the ground by G116. She appeared to be suffering from a panic attack brought on by the over-the-top, heavy-handed policing.
The arrested man was taken to Helen Street police station; it's not yet clear whether he has been charged, released or held for court.
Despite the negative end to a day of determined protests, with Liam Byrne being dogged everywhere he went, today was overall a massive success showing the determination by asylum seekers and their Scottish friends and neighbours to resist the barbaric policies of the Home Office.
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Thursday, October 26, 2006
Digging Up the Dear Green Place JAM-74 film night
Digging Up the Dear Green Place. Centre for Contemporary Arts CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow City Centre 09-Nov-2006, 19:00 A evening of films in aid of the JAM74 campaign to stop the motorway construction through Glasgow Southside. Presented by Martha Wardrop from JAM74.
Glasgow's reputation as the 'Dear Green Place' comes partly from the number of public parks and outdoor spaces which were created during its period of major growth in the 19th century. Now many of those spaces are under threat, from car park developments, the closure of allotment spaces, and proposed motorway construction. Spaces which belong to the people of Glasgow are being dug up and taken away.
These films highlight the damage done by such acts, but also show there can be another side, when digging becomes a way of taking back the land and making it a public space again through projects such as the Walter Morrison Community Garden in Eglinton Toll begun by JAM74 in 2005 as a form of positive protest. Following the films, there will be time for a discussion and questions about the JAM74 campaign with Martha. Films: The Walter Morrison Community Garden dir Simon Yuill and Kirsty Stansfield, Glasgow, 2006 A short set of interviews with people involved in the community-made 'guerrilla' garden in Eglinton Toll, Glasgow.
On Allotments Four Corners Film Cooperative, London, 1976 A rare chance to see this pioneering documentary that portrays the allotment community in Needham, North London. During the making of the film the allotments were threatened with closure to make way for a car park, and the film captures some of the community campaign against this. One of the film-makers, Ron Peck, is a leading figure in British independent cinema; his films include 'Nighthawks', one of the first British films created through improvisation to camera. By avoiding conventional forms of dramatic effect, Peck's films are intended to let the audience participate in forming their own perception of the image on the screen. The film is also featured in David Crouch and Colin Ward's classic book "The Allotment: It's Landscape and Culture", tracing the history and politics of allotment culture in the UK.
JAM dir Daryl Tayar, Glasgow, 2005 JAM is a hard hitting political documentary that exposes the shocking truth about the proposed M74 extension through Glasgow's South Side. The film reveals who's backing this remnant of 1960s urban planning and what sort of devastation it would cause to some of the most deprived areas of the city. Are there any alternatives? Local residents, logistics experts and Green and Socialist MSPs show us the direction we should really be heading in. Fast moving visuals and a dynamic soundtrack speed the viewer through the political points and make this an entertaining and convincing documentary. Free admission, donations to JAM74 welcome. "On Allotments" has been kindly made available for screening by Four Corners film centre London. 'Digging Up the Dear Green Place' has been organised by Simon Yuill. The films are also being screened in Dundee as part of the exhibition 'diggers', featuring work by Beth Hamer, Chad McCail and Simon Yuill, at the Hannah Maclure Centre Gallery, University of Abertay, Bell Street, Dundee.
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Tuesday, October 24, 2006
IMMIGRATION MINISTER to visit Scotland - THURSDAY 26th OCTOBER
Home Office Immigration Minister Liam Byrne will be visiting both Edinburgh and Glasgow during the day.
On Thursday morning protest at the Scottish Parliament for an end to dawn raids and an end to the detention of asylum seeker families.
Or come to protests in Glasgow on Thursday afternoon outside the City Chambers and then at the Home Office. THURSDAY MORNING:
At the Scottish Parliament meet 10.00am to 12.00pm
Bus leaves George Square, Glasgow - meet in George Square at 8.30 am
To book a place phone: 078 9687 7315 or 078 7028 6632
- THURSDAY AFTERNOON:
Meet on Thursday afternoon outside the City Chambers, George Square, at
2.15pm
And then at 3.45 outside the Immigration Centre at Brand Street for a
peaceful protest to demand an end to dawn raids and the detention of
families.
Protests supported by
Glasgow Campaign to Welcome Refugees
Positive Action in Housing
UNITY - union of asylum seekers and sans papiers in Scotland
The Unity Centre
30 Ibrox Street
Glasgow G51 1AQ
0141 427 7992
theunitycentre@btconnect.com
www.unitycentreglasgow.org
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Tuesday, October 17, 2006
This Saturday 21st October - Unite Against Islamophobia
Demo Called by Glasgow Stop the War Coalition and Muslim Association of Britain Saturday 21st October, 12 noon George Square, Glasgow
There is a feeding frenzy of anti-Muslim stories in the media that has contributed to taking Islamophobia to a new level:
* Jack Straw claimed that women wearing the niqab makes him feel 'uncomfortable' and creates social division
* John Reid lectured Muslim parents on how to bring up their children, implying that they are responsible for terrorism
* David Cameron got the headline with 'I'll smash Muslim ghettos'The up-shot of this is that Muslims are being verbally assaulted and even physically attacked. Recently, a mosque in Falkirk was fire-bombed, an Imam in a Glasgow mosque was seriously attacked and a woman in England had the veil ripped from her face.
Stop the War Coalition is proud to work with the Muslim Association of Britain to stop the war and terror in Afghanistan and Iraq. We will not allow politicians to whip up hysteria against Muslims. Everyone who is against racism, scapegoating and persecution just unite together and stand shoulder to shoulder on Saturday 21st October.
No justice No Peace!
Download the leaflet from www.sacc.org.uk/sacc/resources/demo_21oct06.pdf (605kB)
Recent News from SACC
14 Oct - Imam attacked in Glasgow Mosque - http://tinyurl.com/wv42r
16 Oct - Update on the Benai Family of Kingsway, Glasgow - http://tinyurl.com/y4flrs
16 Oct - Menezes family to fight cover-up - http://tinyurl.com/yy3dsz
16 Oct - SACC Press Release - Trial by Dodgy Dossier - http://tinyurl.com/wwv8p
Islamophobia - What SACC says
9 Oct - SACC Press Release - Communities Minister rejects racism - http://tinyurl.com/y4k79n
6 Oct - SACC Press Release - Ministers must stop fanning the flames of racism - http://tinyurl.com/jpvz2
Urgent Action Alert - Cihan Atil belongs in Glasgow
Thirty one year old Cihan Atil was detained at the Brand Street Immigration centre on Tuesday last week. He has lived in Scotland for ten years and has been happily married to a Scottish woman, Lorraine, for the last five years. Cihan is a conscientious objector from Turkey - he faces imprisonment and possibly worse if he returns to Istanbul. He is currently being held in Manchester IRC and is due to be removed on fight TK1996 from Manchester airport at 13.30 hours on Wednesday 18th October. Cihan has made many friends in Scotland and with Lorraine has made a loving home here. Over the ten years he has lived in Scotland he has worked, paid council tax and even worked in Glasgow Sheriff Court for over two years.
We call for urgent action to stop Cihan being removed back to Turkey.
You can find a model letter (that you can copy/amend/write your own version) at www.sacc.org.uk/sacc/resources/cihanatli.doc and fax it to:
Liam Byrne Home Office Minister: 020 7035 4745
More info: The Unity Centre 30 Ibrox Street Glasgow G51 1AQ 0141 427 7992
theunitycentre@btconnect.com www.unitycentreglasgow.org
Do you want to support asylum seekers like Cihan Atli ?
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Monday, October 16, 2006
Welcome to another Glasgow Autonomous update 16 Oct.06
Next Monday, head along to the 13th Note cafe for the Scottish Rising Tide Fundraiser. As well as live music and DJs, there's a chance to catch up with the news from the Camp for Climate Action and get involved in future events. See the Sustainability section for details.
Meanwhile, Faslane 365 is off to a great start - check out the Anti-War section to see how you can make it an even bigger success.
Have a good week!
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CONTENTS:
REFUGEES
- Camcorder Guerillas D-Tension event - Wednesday 11th October - Friday 27th October
- D-Tension Performance Night - Saturday 21st October
- Unity Centre - ongoing
- Vigil at the Home Office in Glasgow - every Wednesday
- 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
- Anti-war vigil - every Thursday
- Faslane 365, get involved! - ongoing
- Faslane Peace Camp needs visitors!
- Join the Direct Action Against War network - ongoing
SUSTAINABILITY
- Talamh Housing Co-op - ongoing
- Cre8 Summit Community Garden - ongoing
- Glasgow Critical Mass - Friday 27th October
- Climate Change Fundraiser - Monday 23rd October
TACTICAL FRIVOLITY
- Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army - Thursday 17th October
ALTERNATIVE MEDIA
- Document 4 Human Rights Film Festival - Thursday 12th - Monday 16th October
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REFUGEES
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Camcorder Guerillas D-Tension event - Wednesday 11th October - Friday 27th October
Photography, Installation and video on events surrounding the detention of
asylum seekers at Dungavel
Street Level Gallery,
48 King Street, Glasgow
Featuring media activists Camcorder Guerrillas and
Photo-journalist Robin Taudevin
Free . All Welcome
www.camcorderguerrillas.net
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D-Tension Performance Night - Saturday 21st October
3pm at Street Level Gallery, King Street, Glasgow
Music event
Words by Guerrilla member Fatima Helou (Palestinian refugee born and grew
up in refugee camp)
Performance and songs
Donna Rutherford (Scottish performer and artist) will perform contemporary
Scottish Folk songs expressing the tenacity of human nature
Birgul (Kurdish Singer) will perform songs from East Turkey with an
astounding voice
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The Unity Centre - ongoing
UNITY is the new, rapidly growing, union of asylum seekers formed by
asylum seekers to fight for greater rights for asylum seekers and
sans papiers.
The UNITY Centre at 30 Ibrox Street is open five days a week near to
the Home Office Immigration centre. Here families who are scared of
being detained when reporting at the Immigration Centre can 'sign
in' before reporting so we can quickly alert their lawyers, friends
and relatives if they are detained.
We offer friendly, practical solidarity and mutual aid to all asylum
seekers, refugees and sans papiers. Phone our 24 hour action line on
0141 427 7992 if you need help.
The Centre is completley run by volunteers and funded by donations -
please get in touch to help this exciting, new project.
The UNITY Centre, 30 Ibrox Street, Glasgow, G51 1AQ. Tel: 0141 427
7992
theunitycentre [at] btconnect.com
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Vigil at Brand Street Immigration Centre - every Wednesday
Keep up the pressure on the Home Office. No deportations, no dawn
raids!
10am,
Brand Street, just behind Cessnock Underground
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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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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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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 Housing Co-op - ongoing
If you fancy a few days away, and would like to come and help out
for a few days, or just for the day in a busy, sometimes chaotic
community, but fun too, then get in touch. Extra help is welcomed in
the garden
esp over the summer months, and with lots of other stuff too!
Visitor space is in a basic static caravan with wood burner.
Talamh is lucky to be set in 50 acres of land, and 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.
For more info contact: talamh@lineone.net or phone 01555 820550 also
see
http://www.talamh.org.uk
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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 October
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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Climate Change Fundraiser - Monday 23rd October
To raise money for upcoming actions and events around Climate Change.
Music from the Sulphur Children * DJ set from Argonaut Sounds * Pub Quiz * Films including the Schnews Schmovie for the Camp for Climate Action
13th Note Cafe, King St
9pm
£3 donation
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TACTICAL FRIVOLITY
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Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army - Thursday 17th October
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 revolutionarysilliness. Contact Major Pan-Sweat, mashtram@yahoo.co.uk
www.clownarmy.org
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ALTERNATIVE MEDIA
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Document 4 Human Rights Film Festival - Thursday 12th - Monday 16th October
Venues:
CCA
350 Sauchiehall Street
Glasgow G2 3JD
Tel: 0141 352 4900
Email: gen@cca-glasgow.com
GFT
12 Rose Street
Glasgow G3 6RB
Tel: 0141 332 8128
Email: info@gft.org.uk
Tickets:
Day Passes £5/£10
Weekend Passes £15/£30
Single Screenings £2/£4
Asylum Seekers Free
Email: docfest@gmail.com
www.docfilmfest.org.uk
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Sunday, October 15, 2006
Michael Albert Lecture - Against Neo-Liberalism: A Vision for the Future, Glasgow
Date: 19 Oct 2006
Start time 7:00 PM
Venue: Graham Hills building
50 Richmond Street.(or McCance building 30 yards up the road)
University of Strathclyde
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Start time 7:00 PM
Venue: Graham Hills building
50 Richmond Street.(or McCance building 30 yards up the road)
University of Strathclyde
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Wednesday, October 11, 2006
No More Dawn Raids Public Meeting Thursday 12 October
No More Dawn Raids No More Deportations
Glasgow Campaign to Welcome Refugees Public Meeting
Thursday 12 October 7.15pm
George Moore Building.
Glasgow Caledonian University (just up from Buchanan bus station)Speakers Include
MSPs Trade Unionists, Refugees Representatives of Religious Groups and Campaign Groups
In order to make New Labour look tough, innocent men, women and children, who have fled to Britain seeking sanctuary are being treated with barbaric cruelty.
Refugees are welcome here and they are a integral part of our communities. Dawn raids are a violation of human rights. Come learn more and discuss how we can organise to fight back against this barbarity together.
for more information email glascamref@hotmail.com
or phone 07870 286 632
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Monday, October 09, 2006
Welcome to another Glasgow Autonomous update 9 Oct
Plenty of Alternative Media events in Glasgow this week. The Document 4 Human Rights Film festival has so many events that we've only included the launch night here - but check out the Alternative Media section for a link to the full programme on their website. The Camcorder Guerillas are busy too, with a range of events in support of refugees. Have a good week!
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CONTENTS:
REFUGEES
- Camcorder Guerillas D-Tension event - Wednesday 11th October - Friday 27th October
- Screening of Visit Dungavel - Sunday 15th October
- D-Tension Performance Night - Saturday 21st October
- Unity Centre - ongoing
- Vigil at the Home Office in Glasgow - every Wednesday
- 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
- Anti-war vigil - every Thursday
- Faslane 365, get involved! - ongoing
- Faslane Peace Camp needs visitors!
- Join the Direct Action Against War network - ongoing
SUSTAINABILITY
- Talamh Housing Co-op - ongoing
- Cre8 Summit Community Garden - ongoing
- Glasgow Critical Mass - Friday 27th October
- Climate Change Fundraiser - Monday 23rd October
TACTICAL FRIVOLITY
- Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army - Thursday 12th October
ALTERNATIVE MEDIA
- Document 4 Human Rights Film Festival - Thursday 12th - Monday 16th October
- "The Fog of Media" - Saturday 14th October
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REFUGEES
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Camcorder Guerillas D-Tension event - Wednesday 11th October - Friday 27th October
Photography, Installation and video on events surrounding the detention of
asylum seekers at Dungavel
PREVIEW: Sunday 8th October 4.00pm @ Street Level Gallery,
48 King Street, Glasgow
Featuring media activists Camcorder Guerrillas and
Photo-journalist Robin Taudevin
Exhibition runs from Wed 11th to Fri 27th Oct. Free . All Welcome
D-TENSION is a compelling mix of photography, Installation and video, which
lifts the lid on Dungavel, detention and deportation.
What’s it like to be a refugee locked up in Dungavel, Scotland's only detention
centre? How does it feel when the snatch squad come to your door and what
is it left behind? How much do you pay to keep men, women and children
behind barbed wire - and who makes the profit? Which Scottish politician was
born in Dungavel?
www.camcorderguerrillas.net
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Screening of "Visit Dungavel" - Sunday 15th October
Centre for Contemporary Arts, Sauchiehall Street
12-1pm
‘Visit Dungavel: Monster of the Glen’ is a shocking, funny, informative and
moving series of short films about detention - and, since this is a Camcorder
Guerrilla film - what to do about it.
Asylum and refugee campaign groups in Scotland and across the UK
participated in the production of the film.
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D-Tension Performance Night - Saturday 21st October
3pm at Street Level Gallery, King Street, Glasgow
Music event
Words by Guerrilla member Fatima Helou (Palestinian refugee born and grew
up in refugee camp)
Performance and songs
Donna Rutherford (Scottish performer and artist) will perform contemporary
Scottish Folk songs expressing the tenacity of human nature
Birgul (Kurdish Singer) will perform songs from East Turkey with an
astounding voice
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The Unity Centre - ongoing
UNITY is the new, rapidly growing, union of asylum seekers formed by
asylum seekers to fight for greater rights for asylum seekers and
sans papiers.
The UNITY Centre at 30 Ibrox Street is open five days a week near to
the Home Office Immigration centre. Here families who are scared of
being detained when reporting at the Immigration Centre can 'sign
in' before reporting so we can quickly alert their lawyers, friends
and relatives if they are detained.
We offer friendly, practical solidarity and mutual aid to all asylum
seekers, refugees and sans papiers. Phone our 24 hour action line on
0141 427 7992 if you need help.
The Centre is completley run by volunteers and funded by donations -
please get in touch to help this exciting, new project.
The UNITY Centre, 30 Ibrox Street, Glasgow, G51 1AQ. Tel: 0141 427
7992
theunitycentre [at] btconnect.com
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Vigil at Brand Street Immigration Centre - every Wednesday
Keep up the pressure on the Home Office. No deportations, no dawn
raids!
10am,
Brand Street, just behind Cessnock Underground
---
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.
---
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
---
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
---
*******************
PALESTINE
---
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.
---
************
ANTI-WAR
---
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.
---
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
---
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
---
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.
---
***********
SUSTAINABILITY
---
Talamh Housing Co-op - ongoing
If you fancy a few days away, and would like to come and help out
for a few days, or just for the day in a busy, sometimes chaotic
community, but fun too, then get in touch. Extra help is welcomed in
the garden
esp over the summer months, and with lots of other stuff too!
Visitor space is in a basic static caravan with wood burner.
Talamh is lucky to be set in 50 acres of land, and 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.
For more info contact: talamh@lineone.net or phone 01555 820550 also
see
http://www.talamh.org.uk
---
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
---
Glasgow Critical Mass - Friday 27th October
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
---
Climate Change Fundraiser - Monday 23rd October
To raise money for upcoming actions and events around Climate Change.
DJ set from Argonaut Sounds * Pub Quiz * Films including the Schnews Schmovie for the Camp for Climate Action
13th Note Cafe, King St
9pm
£3 donation
---
**************
TACTICAL FRIVOLITY
---
Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army - Thursday 12th October
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 revolutionarysilliness. Contact Major Pan-Sweat, mashtram@yahoo.co.uk
www.clownarmy.org
---
*************
ALTERNATIVE MEDIA
---
Document 4 Human Rights Film Festival - Thursday 12th - Monday 16th October
CCA & GFT Cinemas, Glasgow
Launch Night: Thursday 12th October • 7.30pm • CCA 4&5
La Isla durmiente
David Martín de los Santos
Cuba • 2005 • 58 mins
Illusions,hope and faith are the weapons that we create to survive in the face
of adversity. Religion, superstition and art are the spaces where we can develop
the concepts created my our imagination to fight suffering. The Cuban citizen is
a dreamer, and this film attempts to make a trip towards a real Cuba, as real as
its dreams.
free but ticketed screening
Venues:
CCA
350 Sauchiehall Street
Glasgow G2 3JD
Tel: 0141 352 4900
Email: gen@cca-glasgow.com
GFT
12 Rose Street
Glasgow G3 6RB
Tel: 0141 332 8128
Email: info@gft.org.uk
Tickets:
Day Passes £5/£10
Weekend Passes £15/£30
Single Screenings £2/£4
Asylum Seekers Free
Email: docfest@gmail.com
www.docfilmfest.org.uk
---
"The Fog of Media" - Saturday 14th October
Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall St, 12 noon
Camcorder Guerilla Presentation
Introduction to Feature Film - the history of the Argentina Indymedia collective
Feature Film : "i"
- the relationship between media and power, examining the work of Indymedia.
Panel Discussion and Q and A:
"South America, Indymedia, and the Universal Question of Communications"
---
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Thursday, October 05, 2006
Welcome to another Glasgow Autonomous update 5 Oct.
This weekend it's time to raise our voices against the continuing atrocity of dawn raids on refugees. Join your local Unity march and support the Rally in George Square. And in the long term, why not get involved in your local Unity group or volunteer at the Unity Centre near Brand Street? Together we can stop these brutal raids.CONTENTS:
REFUGEES
- Unity Rally - Saturday 7th October
- Camcorder Guerillas D-Tension event - Sunday 8th October (Preview) and Wednesday 11th-Friday 27th October
- Screening of Visit Dungavel - Sunday 15th October
- D-Tension Performance Night - Saturday 21st October
- Unity Centre - ongoing
- Vigil at the Home Office in Glasgow - every Wednesday
- 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
- Anti-war vigil - every Thursday
- Faslane 365, get involved! - ongoing
- Faslane Peace Camp needs visitors!
- Join the Direct Action Against War network - ongoing
SUSTAINABILITY
- Talamh Housing Co-op - ongoing
- Cre8 Summit Community Garden - ongoing
- Glasgow Critical Mass - Friday 27th October
- Climate Change Fundraiser - Monday 23rd October
TACTICAL FRIVOLITY
- Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army - Thursday 5th October
ALTERNATIVE MEDIA
- "The Fog of Media" - Saturday 14th October
**************
REFUGEES
---
Unity Rally - Saturday 7th October
STOP DAWN RAIDS - STOP DEPORTATIONS
Rally, George Square, 12 noon
Feeder marches from:
*Sighthill, Post Office, Huntingdon Square at 10.30am
*Maryhill, outside Lidl, North Woodside Road, at 10.30am
*Gorbals, outside the Leisure Centre, Ballater Street at 10.30 am
---
Camcorder Guerillas D-Tension event - Sunday 8th October (Preview) and Wednesday 11th-Friday 27th October
Photography, Installation and video on events surrounding the detention of
asylum seekers at Dungavel
PREVIEW: Sunday 8th October 4.00pm @ Street Level Gallery,
48 King Street, Glasgow
Featuring media activists Camcorder Guerrillas and
Photo-journalist Robin Taudevin
Exhibition runs from Wed 11th to Fri 27th Oct. Free . All Welcome
D-TENSION is a compelling mix of photography, Installation and video, which
lifts the lid on Dungavel, detention and deportation.
What’s it like to be a refugee locked up in Dungavel, Scotland's only detention
centre? How does it feel when the snatch squad come to your door and what
is it left behind? How much do you pay to keep men, women and children
behind barbed wire - and who makes the profit? Which Scottish politician was
born in Dungavel?
www.camcorderguerrillas.net
---
Screening of "Visit Dungavel" - Sunday 15th October
Centre for Contemporary Arts, Sauchiehall Street
12-1pm
‘Visit Dungavel: Monster of the Glen’ is a shocking, funny, informative and
moving series of short films about detention - and, since this is a Camcorder
Guerrilla film - what to do about it.
Asylum and refugee campaign groups in Scotland and across the UK
participated in the production of the film.
---
D-Tension Performance Night - Saturday 21st October
3pm at Street Level Gallery, King Street, Glasgow
Music event
Words by Guerrilla member Fatima Helou (Palestinian refugee born and grew
up in refugee camp)
Performance and songs
Donna Rutherford (Scottish performer and artist) will perform contemporary
Scottish Folk songs expressing the tenacity of human nature
Birgul (Kurdish Singer) will perform songs from East Turkey with an
astounding voice
---
The Unity Centre - ongoing
UNITY is the new, rapidly growing, union of asylum seekers formed by
asylum seekers to fight for greater rights for asylum seekers and
sans papiers.
The UNITY Centre at 30 Ibrox Street is open five days a week near to
the Home Office Immigration centre. Here families who are scared of
being detained when reporting at the Immigration Centre can 'sign
in' before reporting so we can quickly alert their lawyers, friends
and relatives if they are detained.
We offer friendly, practical solidarity and mutual aid to all asylum
seekers, refugees and sans papiers. Phone our 24 hour action line on
0141 427 7992 if you need help.
The Centre is completley run by volunteers and funded by donations -
please get in touch to help this exciting, new project.
The UNITY Centre, 30 Ibrox Street, Glasgow, G51 1AQ. Tel: 0141 427
7992
theunitycentre [at] btconnect.com
---
Vigil at Brand Street Immigration Centre - every Wednesday
Keep up the pressure on the Home Office. No deportations, no dawn
raids!
10am,
Brand Street, just behind Cessnock Underground
---
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.
---
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
---
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
---
*******************
PALESTINE
---
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.
---
************
ANTI-WAR
---
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.
---
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
---
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
---
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.
---
***********
SUSTAINABILITY
---
Talamh Housing Co-op - ongoing
If you fancy a few days away, and would like to come and help out
for a few days, or just for the day in a busy, sometimes chaotic
community, but fun too, then get in touch. Extra help is welcomed in
the garden
esp over the summer months, and with lots of other stuff too!
Visitor space is in a basic static caravan with wood burner.
Talamh is lucky to be set in 50 acres of land, and 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.
For more info contact: talamh@lineone.net or phone 01555 820550 also
see
http://www.talamh.org.uk
---
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
---
Glasgow Critical Mass - Friday 27th October
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
---
Climate Change Fundraiser - Monday 23rd October
To raise money for upcoming actions and events around Climate Change.
DJ set from Argonaut Sounds * Pub Quiz * Films including the Schnews Schmovie for the Camp for Climate Action
13th Note Cafe, King St
9pm
£3 donation
---
**************
TACTICAL FRIVOLITY
---
Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army - Thursday 5th October
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 revolutionarysilliness. Contact Major Pan-Sweat, mashtram@yahoo.co.uk
www.clownarmy.org
---
*************
ALTERNATIVE MEDIA
---
"The Fog of Media" - Saturday 14th October
Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall St, 12 noon
Camcorder Guerilla Presentation
Introduction to Feature Film - the history of the Argentina Indymedia collective
Feature Film : "i"
- the relationship between media and power, examining the work of Indymedia.
Panel Discussion and Q and A:
"South America, Indymedia, and the Universal Question of Communications"
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Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Colin Murdo MacLeod of Gal Gael 1966 - 2005
Galgael web
As the anniversary of his passing approaches, help us remember a very special human being. We are hoping to compile these in to some form of a book, part poetic, part biographical …to capture in a lasting and inspiring way, the spirit of this man whose life touched so many. A book that will be a special place, where all of us who miss his empowering presence, can place our treasured memories for future times to come.Who are we asking to contribute?
· family
· kith & kin
· GalGael folk
· Pollok Free Staters
· old friends
· & the witness of the stranger
What can you contribute?
We will be using a broad range of media to try and capture the sheer breadth of Colin’s character and contribution to his community and environment. So, we would greatly appreciate if you have any of the following you could share with us;
· Colin’s writings; letters, posters & articles
· poems, he wrote or written about him
· things he said, he was full of powerful one-liners
· special or significant photos of him or his carvings including things he created large and small
· his inspirations; people, special places in Scotland
· anecdotes, stories & memories, from the heart - these might seem amazingly significant or be personal to you
How can you contribute?
You can either use the slip over leaf to send us your contribution, using the stamped addressed envelope provided, or if you have web access, you can contribute online at www.galgael.org/colins-story.html . We will of course return any sentimental items. If you have any questions… or a carving sitting in your garden that you think we should come and photograph, then you can call us at GalGael, 0141 427 3070. And if you know anyone else we should contact, please let us know or ask them to read this also….they can send stuff in on any bit of paper.
We want to have as many voices contributing to this as possible. Obviously, there will be overlap, and so we hope that you can send us your thoughts in a spirit that will contribute to the whole, but which may or may not appear as an individual contribution in the book. What we are seeking is to gather together the contribution of many tributaries to harmonise into one mighty flow. This will require careful discernment and melding, but our hope is that out of the diversity we can give birth to an artistic harmony that truly and elegantly represents the range of what Colin meant to so many different people.
We’re not looking for essays…but rather short pithy contributions straight from the heart. In fact, that’s more important than grammatical correctness. Rather than a book of remembrance, we want this to be a book about his life, a life he lived to the very fullest, so in your writings, try and bear this in mind.
We hope you will be able to find a quiet 5 or 10 mins to give this some thought or dig out some of those special items. It’s kind of a tight timescale, but if you could get things to us in the next couple of weeks and by the 16th October if at all possible, that would help immensely.
Okay, so when you have a quiet moment, please give us your stories below, or on any bit of paper. These might reflect his unique blend of politics and passion, or the environmentalist - the archetypal eco-warrior, the school boy, the family man, the stone carver, his natural chieftainship, his emerging vision & inspirations, or his prophetic banter. Equally, a basic account of a personal encounter that had meaning for you would be appreciated or just tell us a particular thing you remember about Colin, or something he said that was particularly inspiring.
Thank you for your contributions, together they will tell the story of Colin Macleod, in a way that is larger than life, just as he is forever in our memories.
Mo cairdean gu léir
GalGael : 15 Fairley Street : Ibrox : Glasgow : G51 2SN : 0141 427 3070 : gehan@galgael.org
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Tuesday, October 03, 2006
GLASGOW MARCH TO THE UNITY RALLY IN GEORGE SQUARE
SATURDAY 7th OCTOBER Third Transnational Day of Action for Migrant and Refugee Rights For Freedom of Movement and for the Right to Stay
GLASGOW MARCH TO THE UNITY RALLY IN GEORGE SQUARE Feeder marches will be leaving from different parts of the city:NORTH GLASGOW: Assemble 10.30 outside the Post Office Huntingdon Square, SIGHTHILL
SOUTH GLASGOW: Assemble 10.30 outside the Leisure Centre, Ballater Street, GORBALS
WEST GLASGOW: Assemble 10.30 outside Lidl, Maryhill Road, MARYHILL
RALLY: 12.00 midday, George Square Called by UNITY Supported by the Glasgow Campaign to Welcome Refugees and the Glasgow No Border Network Bring all your friends, neighbours and family to demand better treatment for asylum seekers and migrants in Glasgow and for an end to dawn raids and detentions. Let everyone know! We are not criminals!
UNITY! The Unity Centre 30 Ibrox Street Glasgow G51 1AQ 0141 427 7992
theunitycentre@btconnect.com
www.unitycentreglasgow.org
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RIB - RADICAL INDEPENDENT BOOK FAIR
Titles with which you can make a positive change in the world • cornerstoned by AK Press: making available radical political books, pamphlets, media and other materials published by independent presses, not the corporate giants • self-organised bi-monthly events, bringing regular access to independent / radical publishers and producers back to Glasgow
• stalls at CCA 13–16 October throughout Document 4 : Human Rights Film Festival http://www.docfilmfest.org.uk
Venue: CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD
http://www.variant.org.uk
Variant : 10 years since relaunching
If you're about in Glasgow, join us for a 10 year anniversary get together
Spin round to the sounds of Cosmonaut Petrov
Sunday 15 October, 8.30pm onwards...
CCA bar - Scott St. entrance, off Sauchiehall St.
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