City Strolls - events - meetings
Monday, July 23, 2007
Welcome to another Glasgow Autonomy Update. 23 July
Please see this week's Solidarity section for details of how you can help a local activist targetted by media lies. By joining the fundraising campaign, you can ensure the Evening Times are held accountable for the lies they printed during 2005's G8 summit.
Thanks for your patience with the patchy updates service this month - Autonomy Updates are written by volunteers and holiday cover became a problem! We are sorry to have missed covering some very worthwhile events in July. Regular weekly updates will now be resumed! Have a good week!
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CONTENTS:
*REFUGEES
*ANTI-WAR
*SUSTAINABILITY
*TACTICAL FRIVOLITY
*WORKPLACE ORGANISING
*ANARCHIST HISTORY
*INDEPENDENT MEDIA
*SOLIDARITY
*FILM SCREENINGS
*RADICAL INDEPENDENT BOOKFAIR
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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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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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Cycle Protest at Faslane - Tuesday 4th and Wednesday 5th September
More info at www.faslane365.org
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Big Blockade at Faslane - Monday 1st October
Faslane 365 will be organising a Big Blockade of Faslane on 1st October,
to celebrate the year of resistance at Faslane and to look forward to
where we might go from there.
Bring your friends, energy and ideas to make it the biggest, brightest
blockade yet!
www.faslane365.org
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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 27th July
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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Broth Mix - Tuesday 16th - Sunday 21st October
Intermedia Gallery
Centre for Contemporary Arts, top floor, 350 Sauchiehall St
A free cafe and platform for sharing of food, ideas, seeds and produce,
run by artists and backed by the resources of community food
initiatives, gardeners and allotment communities.
We will enable this to happen through inviting groups and individuals to talk,
the screening of videos, and the display of information & ideas...
We need you to get involved by: coming along, bringing your ideas,
offering your knowledge to share with others, pledging to bring along
your excess produce, lending equipment and materials, cooking a
wholesome meal or baking fresh bread. If you think you might be able to
help out, or if you would simply like to know more, please contact us
at: brothmix@hotmail.com
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TACTICAL FRIVOLITY
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Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army - Thursday 26th July
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 - Wednesday 1st August
Clydeside Industrial Workers of the World branch meeting, for workers in Glasgow and surrounding area. Radical union for workers not bosses. Open also to prospective and lapsed members.
7.30-9.30 Pearce Institute, Govan Rd (Opposite Govan Underground).
enquiries 07910 627 970
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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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SOLIDARITY
Make Lying History! Campaign and fundraising firewalk - ongoing/Saturday 4th August
A Glasgow activist is currently struggling with a libel action against Glasgow's Evening Times. The Evening Times published personal details and a photo of him in their "G Hate" article during the 2005 G8 summit.
To enable him to go to the next stage at the Court of Session in Edinburgh, we need to help him raise about £20,000. Please take a look at the link and help in any way you can.
http://makelyinghistory.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/friends_of_chris.pdf
A fundraising firewalk is planned at a cost of £25 per head - all proceeds will go toward's the libel fund. Places are limited, to book yours contact dragondynamics20@aol.com
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FILM SCREENINGS
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Salud y Solidaridad - Friday 31st August
Mayan film night to launch the Camcorder Guerillas' latest film, Salud y Solidaridad [Health and Solidarity]. Exploring Scotlands twinning with 16th February Autonomous Municiplaity in Chiapas Mexico. Also showing Radio Oman Tuxn (Guatemala).
Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchihall Street
7.30pm - 9.30pm
www.camcorderguerillas.net
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RADICAL INDEPENDENT BOOKFAIR
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RIB at Kinning Park - Saturday 4th August
12 - 10pm
Kinning Park Complex - Cornwall Street - Glasgow
(next to Kinning Park Subway)
stalls / resources / videotheque / events
FREE entry
www.ribproject.org
12 - 4
Education and Neo-liberalism
- A Critical Discussion Forum
Conference sessions include -
- The Crichton Campaign: Learning lessons from education struggles.
- Principles of Autonomous, Radical and Community Education.
- The Dark Side of Academe.
- Roundtable: Education and Neo-Liberalism - Threats & Opportunities.
4 - 5
Praxis - Towards a new anarchist organisation
Speakers from Praxis, which sees its formal launch this September, and from the Irish Workers Solidarity Movement, on the need for specific anarchist organisation to involve our ideas in the mass movements and organisations of the working class.
6 - 7
Industrial Workers of the World
- Film screening & discussion
‘Together We Win: The Fight To Organize Starbucks’ and ‘Coffee Sirens’.
7 - 9
Document - Film screenings
A selection of films dealing with death in the work place. There will be a discussion with representatives of the Graham Meldrum Memorial Campaign and a poetry reading by Karen Thompson.
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Watch all 9 Live Earth concerts live on MSN. http://liveearth.uk.msn.com
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Bob, 17:27
