City Strolls - events - meetings
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Welcome to another Glasgow Autonomy Update. 28 March
This weekend, Critical Mass rolls into Glasgow again. Join the "Common Good Games" at fridays mass With the evenings getting lighter, it's the perfect time for reluctant cyclists to get out on the streets. And on Saturday, there's a chance to get involved in wider reaching action against Climate Change, at the Scottish Rising Tide meeting. Check the Sustainability section for details.Have a good week!
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CONTENTS:
*REFUGEES
*ANTI-WAR
*SUSTAINABILITY
*TACTICAL FRIVOLITY
*WORKPLACE ORGANISING
*ANARCHIST HISTORY
*INDEPENDENT MEDIA
*FILM SCREENINGS
*SKILLSHARES
**************
REFUGEES
---
Join the Glasgow Asylum Bail Circle - ongoing
Do you have a spare room? If so you could help get an asylum seeker out of Dungavel detention centre. The people sent there have committed no crime and frequently become depressed and anxious during their detention.
If you can offer temporary accomodation and would like to be involved in this extremely rewarding project, please contact us via the Unity Centre.
The UNITY Centre, 30 Ibrox Street, Glasgow, G51 1AQ. Tel: 0141 427 7992
theunitycentre [at] btconnect.com
---
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
---
No Borders Glasgow - local group
No Borders is a transnational social movement of people opposed to
borders, immigration controls, detention centres and forced migration.
No Borders Glasgow is a local network committed to practical
solidarity,
mutual aid and direct action in the struggle against the persecution
and exploitation of migrants by states and bosses.
Contact details:
- email: noborders-glasgow [at] riseup.net
- Check the weblog at: www.openborders.org.uk.
- To subscribe to regular email updates on actions, demos, meetings
and other news, go to:
https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/noborders-glasgow or
send an email.
---
************
ANTI-WAR
---
Second Vanunu Freedom Ride - Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th April
A group of us is organising the 2nd Vanunu Freedom Ride, a
bicycle ride from Faslane to London via Glasgow and
Edinburgh in April 2007. We are aiming to highlight the persecution of
Mordechai Vanunu, the Israeli anti-nuclear whistle blower who was imprisoned for 18 years, and
spent 12 of these in solitary confinement. Although released from prison,
he is subject to many restrictions on his human rights, and as well as
calling for his full freedom, we oppose the existence of nuclear weapons (in
the Middle East as well as the UK and worldwide).
Our website is not fully up date, sadly, but can be
found at:
www.vanunufreedomride.org.uk
Help needed to publicise the ride, offer accomodation and organise events to coincide with the ride.
*Ride passes through Faslane, Glasgow and Edinburgh on Saturday 7th - Sunday 8th April. *
---
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
---
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SUSTAINABILITY
---
Rising Tide Scotland Meeting - Saturday 31st March
1.30-4.30pm
Quaker Meeting House, near the Kings theatre
To discuss upcoming activities and prepare for the UK-wide climate camp this summer.
---
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 gardenesp 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
---
Glasgow Critical Mass - Friday 30th March
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
---
Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army - Thursday 29th March
The Glasgow Brigade of the Clandestine Insurgent Rebel
Clown Army (CIRCA) meets weekly on Thursdays from 6pm
till 8pm in the upstairs gallery of the Lansdowne
Church (across from Kelvinbridge Underground).
Come along to find your inner Clown, have loads of
fun, and plot sinister plans for revolutionary
silliness.
Contact Major Pant-Sweat, mashtram@yahoo.co.uk
www.clownarmy.org
www.glasgowkiss.org.uk
---
******************
WORKPLACE ORGANISING
---
IWW Meeting - Wednesday 4th April
Clydeside Industrial Workers of the World branch meeting. Radical union for workers not bosses. Open also to prospective and lapsed members.
8pm
BOYD ORR Building, University Avenue
Room 506
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********************
ANARCHIST HISTORY
---
Anarchist History Channel - ongoing
Hi: would you be so kind as to let people know of the following anarchist
film (feature/documentary) channel:
At http://tinyurl.com/t8sta
or
http://www.brightcove.com/channel.jsp?channel=219646953&firstVideo
You might like to note that two new documentaries ‹ The Angry Brigade and
'Persons Unknown'‹ have now been added to the Anarchist History channel on
the Anarchist History channel
Please note that you can have these films shown freely on your own website
by applying to join the affiliate/syndication programme at
www.brightecove.com
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid234454000
All we ask you to do is send us the url and a brief description about the
website where the Player will be located. It's dead simple, really!
See also http://www.londonfreetv.com
---
New Radical Films Online
Four new films posted on the ChristieBooks Brightcove film channel
Viva Zapata! (1952) on
http://www.brightcove.com/title.jsp?title=463868344
Burn! (Quemada!) (1969) on
http://www.brightcove.com/title.jsp?title=464024939
Tupamaros on
http://www.brightcove.com/title.jsp?title=459255775
Cuba - Memoria Sindical on
http://www.brightcove.com/title.jsp?title=452316541
http://www.tvhastingschristiebooks.com
ChristieBooks, PO Box 35, Hastings, East Sussex, TN34 2UX, UK
---
**********
INDEPENDENT MEDIA
---
Glasgow "Indymedia" - new project
Currently working on setting up some sort of Glasgow "indymedia" just now,
If you are interested or want to help out then please email cinemaparadiso@riseup.net,
Our efforts so far have created the following website here - www.gatv.tk
---
Variant Spring 2007 Issue - out now
The Oil issue
http://www.variant.org.uk
...the free, independent, arts magazine. In-depth coverage
in the context of broader social, political & cultural issues.
text : full issue
http://www.variant.org.uk/28texts/issue28.html
pdf : full issue
http://www.variant.org.uk/pdfs/issue28/Variant28.pdf
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Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Privatising Culture
Saturday, March 17, 2007
Pearce Institute - Ceilidh
Friday, March 16, 2007
Govan Film Festival
ViewPoints free film festival, Glasgow Films, talks and film workshops exploring migration and asylum themes. Friday 23rd March 6pm – 10pm Saturday 24th March 2pm – 10pm Pearce Institute – 840 Govan Road, Glasgow All films are free.
Programme attached, pasted below, and at"http://www.govanfilmclub.org.uk/ Direction to venue at foot of this email and on website.
ViewPoints is the first Govan Film Club project, a collaboration with Camcorder Guerillas and Plantation Productions to present a programme of films on the theme of migration. The main films will be screened in the recently refurbished Lithgow Theatre on the first floor of the Pearce Institute. Throughout the event a selection of short films will also be running in the space next to the café and bookfair on the ground floor.
During the day food will be available in the café, with a licensed bar in the evening. On Saturday the café space will also house the Radical Independent Bookfair – a travelling bookshop, library, videotheque, distribution space and meeting space. Visitors will also be able to record their thoughts on the themes of the event – or anything else – with Plantation Productions’ Vox Box.
Govan Film Club is a Govan Housing Association project. For more info, contact Angela Gardiner, Community Inclusion Coordinator: "mailto:angela@linthouseurbanvillage.com"
Info on Govan Film Club and full ViewPoints programme at:
"http://www.govanfilmclub.org.uk"
VIEWPOINTS PROGRAMME (pdf attached):
Friday 23 March
6:30pm - 7:45pm Camcorder Guerillas present three films:
Welcome (Camcorder Guerillas, 2004, 20 mins) Asylum Realities (Scottish Refugee Council, 2006, 25 mins) Those Left Behind (Camcorder Guerillas, 2007, 12 mins)
Three documentaries presented by "http://www.camcorderguerillas.net/"Camcorder Guerillas, a Glasgow-based collective making and showcasing films and documentaries that raise awareness of social justice issues facing our local communities. These three films look at the real life issues facing asylum seekers in Glasgow today.
Followed by open discussion on the issues facing asylum seekers in Glasgow today.
8:15pm
Si nos Dejan (If They Let Us) Ana Torres, 2005. 75 mins.
An upbeat documentary mapping the experiences of migrants living in Barcelona. With it’s fast rhythm and sharp approach, Si Nos Dejan tells the stories of people looking for something, coming with hope. A powerful insight into the diverse range of experiences of people living without permission.
Saturday 24 March
2pm - 4:00pm Camcorder Guerillas workshops.
2pm - 2:45
Workshop on campaigning and working with video. The workshop will be based around the processes of creating the films 'Welcome' and 'Those Left Behind'
3:15pm - 4pm
1. a technical workshop on the very basics of using a camera and getting useable sound; or
2: a discussion of local issues that could be given the Camcorder Guerilla treatment – by you?
5pm - 5:45pm
Survival Poetry - a reading from Ghazi Hussein
Born to a family in exile from Palestine, Ghazi was first imprisoned at the age of 14. Never charged, but 'guilty of carrying thoughts', he was repeatedly imprisoned and tortured over the next 20 years. Ghazi will be reading from Taking it Like a Man, his collection published by "http://www.communityinfosource.org.uk/"Community InfoSource.
6pm - 7pm Camcorder Guerillas present two films
Voice Seekers (Scottish Refugee Council collaboration, 2004, 15 minutes)
Visit Dungavel: Monster of the Glen (2004, 25 mins)
Voice Seekers lets you meet three refugees in Glasgow, and hear their stories in their own words. Visit Dungavel is a shocking, funny, informative and moving series of short films about the injustice of refugee detention.
Followed by open discussion on the issues facing asylum seekers in Glasgow today.
7:30pm - 9pm Tar Angel (L’Ange de Gaudron) Denis Chouinard, 2001. 98mins
The ViewPoints festival concludes with an award-winning drama from Canada. Three years after fleeing Algeria, and as his family approaches the final stages of Canadian citizenship application, a father discovers that his son has been involved in a cyber-terrorist attack on the computers of the federal immigration office.
The film will be followed by a question and answer session and open discussion, with director Denis Chouinard.
Govan Film Club is a Govan Housing Association project. For more info, contact Angela Gardiner, Community Inclusion Coordinator: "mailto:angela@linthouseurbanvillage.com"
"http://www.govanfilmclub.org.uk"
Directions to the Pearce Institute:
"http://govanfilmclub.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/pi-map-copy.gif"http://gov anfilmclub.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/pi-map-copy.gif
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Thursday, March 15, 2007
Welcome to another Glasgow Autonomy Update. 15 Mar.
Parliament's cowardly decision last night only shows that we can't rely on politicians to do the right thing - so check out the Anti-War section for details of people who are taking direct action against WMD.
Meanwhile, tomorrow, help remember the life of a woman commited to direct action and peace. Join the vigil for Rachel Corrie - details in the Palestine section. Have a good week!
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CONTENTS:
*REFUGEES
*ANTI-WAR
*SUSTAINABILITY
*TACTICAL FRIVOLITY
*WORKPLACE ORGANISING
*ANARCHIST HISTORY
*INDEPENDENT MEDIA
*FILM SCREENINGS
*PALESTINE
**************
REFUGEES
---
Join the Glasgow Asylum Bail Circle - ongoing
Do you have a spare room? If so you could help get an asylum seeker out of Dungavel detention centre. The people sent there have committed no crime and frequently become depressed and anxious during their detention.
If you can offer temporary accomodation and would like to be involved in this extremely rewarding project, please contact us via the Unity Centre.
The UNITY Centre, 30 Ibrox Street, Glasgow, G51 1AQ. Tel: 0141 427 7992
theunitycentre [at] btconnect.com
---
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
---
No Borders Glasgow - local group
No Borders is a transnational social movement of people opposed to
borders, immigration controls, detention centres and forced migration.
No Borders Glasgow is a local network committed to practical
solidarity,
mutual aid and direct action in the struggle against the persecution
and exploitation of migrants by states and bosses.
Contact details:
- email: noborders-glasgow [at] riseup.net
- Check the weblog at: www.openborders.org.uk.
- To subscribe to regular email updates on actions, demos, meetings
and other news, go to:
https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/noborders-glasgow or
send an email.
---
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ANTI-WAR
---
Tea Party at Faslane - Saturday 24th March
We would like to cordially invite everyone to a tea
party outside the gates of Faslane nuclear base on
at about 1-o-clock onwards.
One of the aims of this entertainment is to counter
the barbarity of these nuclear weapons by holding a
tea party full of sophistication, poise and wisdom.
We hope to provide face painting for children and
refreshments for any animals wishing to attend.
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Second Vanunu Freedom Ride - Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th April
A group of us is organising the 2nd Vanunu Freedom Ride, a
bicycle ride from Faslane to London via Glasgow and
Edinburgh in April 2007. We are aiming to highlight the persecution of
Mordechai Vanunu, the Israeli anti-nuclear whistle blower who was imprisoned for 18 years, and
spent 12 of these in solitary confinement. Although released from prison,
he is subject to many restrictions on his human rights, and as well as
calling for his full freedom, we oppose the existence of nuclear weapons (in
the Middle East as well as the UK and worldwide).
Our website is not fully up date, sadly, but can be
found at:
www.vanunufreedomride.org.uk
Help needed to publicise the ride, offer accomodation and organise events to coincide with the ride.
*Ride passes through Faslane, Glasgow and Edinburgh on Saturday 7th - Sunday 8th April. *
---
Women's Action at Faslane - 28th and 29th May
The Second Faslane 365 Women's Action at the Faslane nuclear base.. All women welcome,
for one day or more. Come to blockade or to support in other ways and
help get the message out.
Contacts:
Rebecca: 077 333 60955; email: women@faslane365.org
Women in Black and London women: Sue 07944877813 or Liz 07812917050
website: www.faslane365.org
---
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
---
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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 gardenesp 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
---
Glasgow Critical Mass - Friday 30th March
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
---
Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army - Thursday 15th March
The Glasgow Brigade of the Clandestine Insurgent Rebel
Clown Army (CIRCA) meets weekly on Thursdays from 6pm
till 8pm in the upstairs gallery of the Lansdowne
Church (across from Kelvinbridge Underground).
Come along to find your inner Clown, have loads of
fun, and plot sinister plans for revolutionary
silliness.
Contact Major Pant-Sweat, mashtram@yahoo.co.uk
www.clownarmy.org
---
******************
WORKPLACE ORGANISING
---
IWW Meeting - Wednesday 4th April
Clydeside Industrial Workers of the World branch meeting. Radical union for workers not bosses. Open also to prospective and lapsed members.
8pm
BOYD ORR Building, University Avenue
Room 506
---
********************
ANARCHIST HISTORY
---
Anarchist History Channel - ongoing
Hi: would you be so kind as to let people know of the following anarchist
film (feature/documentary) channel:
At http://tinyurl.com/t8sta
or
http://www.brightcove.com/channel.jsp?channel=219646953&firstVideo
You might like to note that two new documentaries ‹ The Angry Brigade and
'Persons Unknown'‹ have now been added to the Anarchist History channel on
the Anarchist History channel
Please note that you can have these films shown freely on your own website
by applying to join the affiliate/syndication programme at
www.brightecove.com
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid234454000
All we ask you to do is send us the url and a brief description about the
website where the Player will be located. It's dead simple, really!
See also http://www.londonfreetv.com
---
New Radical Films Online
Four new films posted on the ChristieBooks Brightcove film channel
Viva Zapata! (1952) on
http://www.brightcove.com/title.jsp?title=463868344
Burn! (Quemada!) (1969) on
http://www.brightcove.com/title.jsp?title=464024939
Tupamaros on
http://www.brightcove.com/title.jsp?title=459255775
Cuba - Memoria Sindical on
http://www.brightcove.com/title.jsp?title=452316541
http://www.tvhastingschristiebooks.com
ChristieBooks, PO Box 35, Hastings, East Sussex, TN34 2UX, UK
---
**********
INDEPENDENT MEDIA
---
Glasgow "Indymedia" - new project
Currently working on setting up some sort of Glasgow "indymedia" just now,
If you are interested or want to help out then please email cinemaparadiso@riseup.net,
Our efforts so far have created the following website here - www.gatv.tk
---
Variant Spring 2007 Issue - out now
The Oil issue
http://www.variant.org.uk
...the free, independent, arts magazine. In-depth coverage
in the context of broader social, political & cultural issues.
text : full issue
http://www.variant.org.uk/28texts/issue28.html
pdf : full issue
http://www.variant.org.uk/pdfs/issue28/Variant28.pdf
---
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FILM SCREENINGS
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Bildwechsel Glasgow Screening - Wednesday 21st March
Independent and d.i.y. films from glasgow, scottish, uk and international women / lesbian / transgender / feminist / queer film makers
7.30pm, Centre for Contemporary Arts
A free but ticketed event – get your tickets at the cca box office: Tel. 0141 352 4900.
cca, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
www.bildwechselglasgow.wordpress.com
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PALESTINE
Remember Rachel Corrie - Friday 16th March
This friday is the 4 year anniversary of Rachel Corrie's murder in Rafah, Gaza.
She was an American peace activist in Palestine.
A few of us from different backgrounds, Muslims, Arabs as well as UK born peace
activists and Jews will be remembering her at a public event outside Borders on
Buchanan St from 4-7 on Friday, 16th March. We will be giving out copies of her
emails where she very eloquently and humanly described the situation, in an
incredible amount of appreciation for the complexity and horror.
We will be reading a traditional Jewish prayer for mourners, and include not
just Rachel, but all those whose lives have been cut short by the occupation -
Palestinian, Israeli and internationals. For the sake of unity we will only be
including civilian deaths, although I am aware that there is a range of opinion
on this issue. I hope we can all agree that civilians on every
"side" of the conflict should be mourned.
There will also be traditional Arab/Palestinian/Lebanese customs to honour the
anniversary of her death.
Next to the memorial will be a stall selling Palestinian products with all the
money being returned to Palestinian civilian projects. See
http://www.gphrc.org/ for more details of that.
Please come along, bring your own ideas and materials. Please forward this on
to others who may be interested.
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Tuesday, March 06, 2007
The Runaway Universe Tuesday 13th March 7pm, University of Glasgow, Boyd Orr Lecture
Dr Martin Hendry presents a cosmology lecture exploring the mind-boggling expanse of our universe using the latest stunning imagery from the world's most powerful telescopes, including Hubble. This talk is free and open to everyone.
For info call 0141 330 2806
Boyd Orr, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ
GLASGOW UNIVERSITY SCIENCE FESTIVAL 09 Mar 2007 - 28 Jun 2007 - create,discover, explore. A huge range of lively and interactive activities. This free festival starts with a schools programme during National Science and Engineering
Week (Mar 9th - 18th) and a public lectures series which continues on through to the summer. There are kids workshops during the Easter holidays, a summer schools programme and 3 family weekends in June. The programme is packed full of things to make, create, see, discover and explore. It includes the chance to extract DNA, build and keep your own radio, make and race a solar car, see a glass smashed with sound, explore parasites, see indoor lightning, lie on a bed of nails and much much more!.......... A highlight will be the celebration of the re-opening of the Hunterian Museum following its present closure for refurbishment.
www.glasgowsciencefestival.org.uk
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Monday, March 05, 2007
Welcome to another Glasgow Autonomy Update. 5 March
There's so much happening this week that it wouldn't be fair to feature only one event! Check especially the Refugees, Workplace Organising and Zapatistas sections for details of actions and meetings coming up.
Would your group like to be part of an academic study? Geography students from Durham University have asked Autonomy Updates to put them in touch with social movements in Glasgow. They will be here interviewing people from 17th-24th March. If you are interested you can contact them via Autonomy Updates.
Have a good week!
P.S. Some of you replied to our questions last week asking if we could simplify our layout - this is a first attempt, please let us know what you think. :) ************
CONTENTS:
*REFUGEES
*ANTI-WAR
*SUSTAINABILITY
*TACTICAL FRIVOLITY
*WORKPLACE ORGANISING
*ANARCHIST HISTORY
*ZAPATISTAS
*INDEPENDENT MEDIA
*RADICAL BOOK FAIR
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REFUGEES
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Protest to Stop Mass Removal Flights - Wednesday 7th March
On Monday, forty Congolese people were deported on a specially chartered plane by the Home Office. Last month the Home Office did the same to Kurds from Iraq. Families being returned in this way are in great danger.
Let's start now to prepare against any future flights!
10am
outside Eagle Buildings, Bothwell Street (large black towerblock near the motorway)
Called by the Black African Community in Glasgow and supported by Unity!
More details: 0141 427 7992, or visit the Unity centre.
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No Borders Gathering - Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th March
Building solidarity and direct action in the struggle against the migration
control system. For freedom, equality and justice.
- Resisting dawn raids.
- Stopping deportations.
- Fighting for refugee and migrant rights.
A weekend of discussion, workshops, information-sharing, planning and
co-ordination. Bringing together the No Border Network and refugee and
migrant rights groups from across the UK.
Plus: film screenings, an evening social on Saturday night, and Glasgow's
Radical Independent Bookfair www.ribproject.org
Open to all who are opposed to racism and oppression.
Saturday 11am-6pm
Sunday 10am-2pm
Kinning Park Complex,
Cornwall Street, Glasgow
(Next to Kinning Park underground station)
map: http://snipurl.com/kinningpark
For more details and information, to propose
workshops etc, or to volunteer to help, contact No Borders Glasgow now:
email: noborders-glasgow [at]riseup.net
www.openborders.org.uk
Download pdf flier:
www.openborders.org.uk/files/2007/02/nobordersglasgowgathering.pdf
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Join the Glasgow Asylum Bail Circle - ongoing
Do you have a spare room? If so you could help get an asylum seeker out of Dungavel detention centre. The people sent there have committed no crime and frequently become depressed and anxious during their detention.
If you can offer temporary accomodation and would like to be involved in this extremely rewarding project, please contact us via the Unity Centre.
The UNITY Centre, 30 Ibrox Street, Glasgow, G51 1AQ. Tel: 0141 427 7992
theunitycentre [at] btconnect.com
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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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No Borders Glasgow - local group
No Borders is a transnational social movement of people opposed to
borders, immigration controls, detention centres and forced migration.
No Borders Glasgow is a local network committed to practical
solidarity,
mutual aid and direct action in the struggle against the persecution
and exploitation of migrants by states and bosses.
Contact details:
- email: noborders-glasgow [at] riseup.net
- Check the weblog at: www.openborders.org.uk.
- To subscribe to regular email updates on actions, demos, meetings
and other news, go to:
https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/noborders-glasgow or
send an email.
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ANTI-WAR
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No Trident Replacement protest at Faslane - Wednesday 14th March
Government Announces Trident Replacement Debate/Vote - Peace Movement announces Protest at Trident Base
8a.m. to noon at North Gate of Faslane Naval Base.
The message of the protest is:- Trident is Criminal and Immoral - Whatever the Outcome of the Vote.
Please come along and let your presence show your opposition to Trident and any replacement.
For more information please phone 07835354652 or 07768-312676
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Second Vanunu Freedom Ride - Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th April
A group of us is organising the 2nd Vanunu Freedom Ride, a
bicycle ride from Faslane to London via Glasgow and
Edinburgh in April 2007. We are aiming to highlight the persecution of
Mordechai Vanunu, the Israeli anti-nuclear whistle blower who was imprisoned for 18 years, and
spent 12 of these in solitary confinement. Although released from prison,
he is subject to many restrictions on his human rights, and as well as
calling for his full freedom, we oppose the existence of nuclear weapons (in
the Middle East as well as the UK and worldwide).
Our website is not fully up date, sadly, but can be
found at:
www.vanunufreedomride.org.uk
Help needed to publicise the ride, offer accomodation and organise events to coincide with the ride.
*Ride passes through Faslane, Glasgow and Edinburgh on Saturday 7th - Sunday 8th April. *
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Women's Action at Faslane - 28th and 29th May
The Second Faslane 365 Women's Action at the Faslane nuclear base.. All women welcome,
for one day or more. Come to blockade or to support in other ways and
help get the message out.
Contacts:
Rebecca: 077 333 60955; email: women@faslane365.org
Women in Black and London women: Sue 07944877813 or Liz 07812917050
website: www.faslane365.org
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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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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 gardenesp 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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Glasgow Critical Mass - Friday 30th March
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 8th March
The Glasgow Brigade of the Clandestine Insurgent Rebel
Clown Army (CIRCA) meets weekly on Thursdays from 6pm
till 8pm in the upstairs gallery of the Lansdowne
Church (across from Kelvinbridge Underground).
Come along to find your inner Clown, have loads of
fun, and plot sinister plans for revolutionary
silliness.
Contact Major Pant-Sweat, mashtram@yahoo.co.uk
www.clownarmy.org
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WORKPLACE ORGANISING
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IWW Meeting - Wednesday 7th March
Clydeside Industrial Workers of the World branch meeting. Radical union for workers not bosses. Open also to prospective and lapsed members.
8pm
BOYD ORR Building, University Avenue
Room 506
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Save Crichton Campus Phone Lobby - Thursday 8th and Friday 9th March
Glasgow University IWW Job Branch and the Save Crichton
Campus campaign in Glasgow are a phone lobby of Glasgow University to protest the planned closure of Crichton Campus.
See: http://iwwscotland.wordpress.com/crichton-struggle/
Phone, fax or email the following on
during GMT office hours 9AM - 5PM. Let us know how it's going!
Sir Muir Russell
Principal of Glasgow University
Email: principal@gla.ac.uk
Tel: 0141 330 5995
Fax: 0141 330 4947
Mr Alexander J Scrimgeour
Executive Assistant to the Principal
A.Scrimgeour@admin.gla.ac.uk
Prof K C Calman
Principal's Office University Chancellor
telephone: 0141 330 5995
email: Chancellor@gla.ac.uk
Also those with more time to contribute can contact the University via the
switchboard and try and tie lines up there too:-
0141-330 2000
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ANARCHIST HISTORY
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Anarchist History Channel - ongoing
Hi: would you be so kind as to let people know of the following anarchist
film (feature/documentary) channel:
At http://tinyurl.com/t8sta
or
http://www.brightcove.com/channel.jsp?channel=219646953&firstVideo
You might like to note that two new documentaries ‹ The Angry Brigade and
'Persons Unknown'‹ have now been added to the Anarchist History channel on
the Anarchist History channel
Please note that you can have these films shown freely on your own website
by applying to join the affiliate/syndication programme at
www.brightecove.com
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid234454000
All we ask you to do is send us the url and a brief description about the
website where the Player will be located. It's dead simple, really!
See also http://www.londonfreetv.com
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New Radical Films Online
Four new films posted on the ChristieBooks Brightcove film channel
Viva Zapata! (1952) on
http://www.brightcove.com/title.jsp?title=463868344
Burn! (Quemada!) (1969) on
http://www.brightcove.com/title.jsp?title=464024939
Tupamaros on
http://www.brightcove.com/title.jsp?title=459255775
Cuba - Memoria Sindical on
http://www.brightcove.com/title.jsp?title=452316541
http://www.tvhastingschristiebooks.com
ChristieBooks, PO Box 35, Hastings, East Sussex, TN34 2UX, UK
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ZAPATISTAS
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Glasgow Zapatista Solidarity Group meeting - Thursday 1st March
We would like to invite everyone to the first Glasgow Zapatista Solidarity Group meeting of 2007 -
6-8pm at the Carnival Arts Centre, 34 Albion Street, Merchant City.
The group's main effort over the past 2 years has been jointly funding the construction of a new health centre in 16 Febrero municipality, in conjunction with Edinburgh Chiapas Solidarity. This has now been completed - our practical solidarity must continue to develop.
We look forward to speaking with you then.
GZSG
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INDEPENDENT MEDIA
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Glasgow "Indymedia" - new project
Currently working on setting up some sort of Glasgow "indymedia" just now,
If you are interested or want to help out then please email cinemaparadiso@riseup.net,
Our efforts so far have created the following website here - www.gatv.tk
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Variant Spring 2007 Issue - out now
The Oil issue
http://www.variant.org.uk
...the free, independent, arts magazine. In-depth coverage
in the context of broader social, political & cultural issues.
text : full issue
http://www.variant.org.uk/28texts/issue28.html
pdf : full issue
http://www.variant.org.uk/pdfs/issue28/Variant28.pdf
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RADICAL BOOK FAIR
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Radical Independent Bookfair - Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th March
NEXT event
At the No Borders Gathering
www.openborders.org.uk
Sat 10th March
11am - 6pm
+
Sun 11th March
11am - 3pm
Kinning Park Complex
Cornwall Street
Glasgow
(old red sandstone school building next to Kinning Park Underground Station)
FREE entry.
for more info on RIB visit the new web site
www.ribproject.org
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