City Strolls - events - meetings

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Welcome to another Glasgow Autonomy Update. 19 April


Feel like enjoying the warm weather? Talamh life centre is hosting a gardening weekend this Friday to Sunday, and everyone's welcome to help out. 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
*PUBLIC TALKS


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REFUGEES
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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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Chernobyl Day at Faslane - Thursday 26th April

Thursday 26th April is the 21st anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster when a nuclear reactor in the Ukraine exploded and sent a radioactive cloud across Europe. As many as 60,000 people could die prematurely as a result of fall-out from the accident.

To mark the day, environmentalists will be gathering outside the Faslane submarine base from about 8am to rally, hold a die-in and to symbollically blockade the base where Trident nuclear weapons are based on board four nuclear-powered submarines.

Food will be provided by the Jeely Peace kitchen organised by Stirling CND.

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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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Spring Gardening Weekend at Talamh - Friday 20th - Sunday 22nd April

10am to 4pm
Talamh Life Centre, Birkhill House, Coalburn, South Lanarkshire. ML11 0NJ

As well as general gardening in Talamh’s organic veggie plots and terraces, we will be putting a new cover on the polytunnel, and extending the frame for which extra hands are very welcome!

Stay for the whole day and take part in what’s going on, or just pop in to see what’s happening and have a look around. Soup for lunch will be available and hot drinks during the day.

Over the weekend Talamh will also be taking part in Keep Scotland Beautiful’s National Spring Clean during April - the biggest national clean-up! For info see http://www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/index.asp?pg=255

Hoping for good weather, but just in case, 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

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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 27th April

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_Mass
http://www.citystrolls.com/z-f-page/critical.htm
http://www.citystrolls.com/z-temp/bike-runs-pics.htm

Last Friday of every month, 5:30pm, George Square

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TACTICAL FRIVOLITY

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Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army - Thursday 19th April

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


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WORKPLACE ORGANISING

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IWW Meeting - RESCHEDULED - date TBA

Clydeside Industrial Workers of the World branch meeting. Radical union for workers not bosses. Open also to prospective and lapsed members.

8pm

Venue TBC

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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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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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FILM SCREENINGS

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Pura Vida - Thursday 19th April

Glasgow based artist, filmmaker and activist Jan Nimmo will be giving an informal illustrated talk about her work, followed by a screening of her most recent film, Pura Vida.

Free entry.
6.30pm
Glasgow Women's Library, 2nd Floor, 81 Parnie Street
0141 552 8345
www.womenslibrary.org.uk

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Progressive Politics in the Age of Fantasy - Friday 27th April

7.00pm
Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street
Free, donations welcome

Camcorder Guerillas Program

A Magical Mystery Tour (Urban-Playground, Glasgow, 2006, 5 min)

Urban Discomfort ­ (Urban-Playground, Glasgow, 2006, 5 min)

The Party Comes to You ­ (Space highjackers, London, 2004, 7 min) + Glasgow
Images

The Yes Men (The yes men, US, 2003, 10 min)

Discussion: Progressive politics in an age of fantasy Chaired by
a mystery guest, featuring your own contributions.

RIB - Radical Independent Book Fair will also be at the CCA to share
relevant information / books / flyers and other ressources

www.camcorderguerillas.net

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PUBLIC TALKS

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The end of capitalism or the end of the world? - Thursday 19th April

2.30pm

Room 5.10 Graham Hills Building, 50 Richmond St, University of Strathclyde

Joel Kovel and Alastair Mcintosh debate the looming ecological crisis
and the future of humanity.

Joel Kovel is editor of Capitalism, Nature, Socialism and author of 'The Enemy of
Nature? The End of Capitalism or the End of the World'. Alastair
Mcintosh is visiting professor of Human Ecology at Department of
Geography & Sociology, a director of the Centre for Human Ecology and
author of 'Soil and Soul'.

All welcome

more at http://gs.strath.ac.uk

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PLEASE LET US KNOW ABOUT EVENTS HAPPENING IN AND AROUND GLASGOW SO THAT WE CAN INCLUDE THEM NEXT WEEK.

Preferred format is a short summary, with practical details of when and where, and a link to a web page for more detail. If you do not have a web site of your own, the excellent http://scotland.indymedia.org/ allows anyone to easily create a page letting others know what you have been, or are up to.

Send that to glasgowautonomyupdates@lists.riseup.net before Monday for inclusion in the following week.
Bob, 23:15

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