City Strolls - events - meetings
Sunday, November 05, 2006
Welcome to another Glasgow Autonomous update 5 Nov.
Take some practical action for the environment this weekend, and get tree planting at Talamh Life Centre. Whether you can come for 3 days or 3 hours your help will be appreciated. Plus you can take a tour of the Talamh site and see some of the work that's already been done there.Have a good week!
P.S. Apologies for the lack of update last week - especially to those who couldn't have their events publicised because of it. This was due to a problem with internet access which has now been sorted.
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CONTENTS:
REFUGEES
- 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
WORKPLACE ORGANISING
-IWW Scottish Assembly - Sunday 5th November
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
- Tree Weekend at Talamh - Friday 1st-Sunday 3rd November
- "Bad Air Equals Bad Lungs" - Monday 6th November
- Carnival of Health - Saturday 11th November
- Glasgow Critical Mass - Friday 24th November
- Critical Mass Films - Friday 24th November
TACTICAL FRIVOLITY
- Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army - Thursday 9th November
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REFUGEES
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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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WORKPLACE ORGANISING
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IWW Scottish Assembly - Sunday 5th November
National assembly for the grassroots union for workers, not bosses.
Hetherington Research Club, off University Avenue
12.30-5pm
To attend, please email hereandnowscot@email.com
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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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Tree Weekend at Talamh - Friday 1st-Sunday 3rd November
10am to 4pm each day
Talamh Life Centre, Birkhill House, Coalburn, South Lanarkshire.
As part of the Tree Council’s National Tree Week, Talamh Life Centre is having a tree weekend. Come and visit Talamh where over 10,000 native trees have been planted. Come help out with hedge planting to extend the wildlife corridor, tree care for some of the trees already planted and general habitat maintenance. There will be activities for children and a chance to look around the 50 acre site. Stay for the whole day or just pop in to see what’s happening. Soup for lunch will be available and hot drinks during the day.
Bring warm and waterproof clothes, and suitable footwear – it’s muddy here!
For more info and travel directions contact - 01555 820550 or email talamh@lineone.net. or see www.talamhlifecentre.org.uk
Visit The Tree Council website, www.treecouncil.org.uk.
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"Bad Air Equals Bad Lungs" - Monday 6th November
BAD AIR EQUALS BAD LUNGS (AND CHILDHOOD ASTHMA)
Ken Anderson
7pm
The Victorian Bar, Tron Theatre, Trongate, Glasgow
Further information at: http://www.cafescientifique.org/glasgow.htm
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Carnival of Health - Saturday 11th November
Carnival of Health and Environment - Critical Mass/Parade to Glasgow Green - Solar powered stage and stalls at Glasgow Green
Meet 11am, George Square
Want to get involved in organising this event? Come along to meetings at the Carnival Arts Centre on Albion St, Tuesday 7th and Wednesday 8th November, 5.30pm-8.30pm.
Email: ecohealthyscot@yahoo.co.uk
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Glasgow Critical Mass - Friday 24th November
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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Critical Mass Films - Friday 24th November
FROM 7 PM at CCA cinema 4
• Underwater Bicycle Repair (10 mins)
One man and his bicycle. Underwater. With a very big fish.
• Camcorder Guerilla Shorts (10 min): Two horn honkingly good film shorts from
Glasgow’s Camcorder Guerillas of Glasgow’s critical mass peddling their ways
through the city’s streets.
Feature Film: “We are Traffic “ (50 mins).
“We are not disrupting traffic, we are traffic”. So argues one critical mass
cyclist in this film, which documents the origins and development of critical
mass from its beginnings in San Francisco in1993 to its subsequent spread across
the planet.
Discussion and Q & A: “Urban movements on two wheels – a solution to many
problems” (20 mins). Panel: tbc
Followed by Jumble Sale Soundsystem in the CCA bar.
Centre for Contemporary Arts, Sauchiehall St
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TACTICAL FRIVOLITY
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Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army - Thursday 9th November
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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Bob, 23:20
