City Strolls - events - meetings
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Welcome to another Glasgow Autonomy Update. 28 Aug 07
Today, your urgent solidarity is needed for a Cameroonian man facing removal from Britain TONIGHT. Please check the Refugees section and help put pressure on to keep Anatole in Glasgow - his home!
Later in the week, join the Graham Meldrum Memorial campaign and demonstrate against corporate killing this Thursday. (See the Workplace Organising section). And on Friday, why not join Critical Mass (Sustainability section), or check out the latest Camcorder Guerrillas film (Film Screenings section).Have a good week!
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CONTENTS:
*REFUGEES
*ANTI-WAR
*SUSTAINABILITY
*TACTICAL FRIVOLITY
*WORKPLACE ORGANISING
*ANARCHIST HISTORY
*INDEPENDENT MEDIA
*SOLIDARITY
*FILM SCREENINGS
*HOUSING
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REFUGEES
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URGENT help needed for Cameroonian man - Tuesday 28th August
ANATOLE BLAISE TAKUETE FOUMOUO
HO Ref T1135980
Date of birth: 13th March 1978
Flight details: Tuesday 28th August Flight number KQ101 Kenya Airlines from Heathrow to Nairobi at 20.00hrs
Anatole was detained when signing at the Home Office last week on Thursday August 23rd. He was taken to Dungavel, where, due to an outbreak of measles there he had to be taken to Govan Police station. He was transferred to Oakingham Detention Centre in Cambridgeshire, England.
Anatole fled Cameroon because he's a Christian and could not accept the traditions of his tribe when he succeeded his father as a village elder. His tribal chief had him imprisoned by the local police for eight days and denied food and water before he managed to escape.
Since arriving in the UK Anatole has been subject to neurological examination because he seems to be suffering from epilepsy, possibly brought on by his treatment in prison in Cameroon. However this factor has not been considered by the Immigration Tribunal as the cause of his epilepsy has not yet been fully diagnosed.
1. Fax the Rt Hon Jacqui Smith, MP, Secretary of State for the Home Office asking that Anatole is allowed to stay in the UK. , please remember to include Anatole'sHome Office Reference Number T1135980
Fax 020 7035 4745 / from outside UK+44 207 035 4745
2. Please fax KENYA AIRWAYS
Heathrow Airport, Staines
Middlesex TW19 7NL
Phone: +44 (0) 1784 888 233
Fax: +44 (0) 1784 888 299Mezzanine Floor,
OR Phone Kenyan AirwaysHeathrow Airport, Terminal 4
Telephone: 0208 745 7364
Alternatively fax their offices in Cameroon:
DOUALA
Kenya Airways / KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines
1077 Rue Ivy (B.P. 4273)
Douala - Cameroon
Reservations/Information Tel: +237-343-94-99 / 750-88-88 / 960-88-88
FD HelpDesk Tel: +237-343.94.96
Fax: +237-343-94-97
Email: Info@kenya-airways-cm.com
YAOUNDE
Kenya Airways / KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines
Immeuble Hajal (Ground Floor)
Yaoundé - Cameroon
Reservations/Information Tel: +237-223.33.30
Or 223.33.31
Fax: +237-223.33.28
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Court Support for African Woman - Monday 3rd September
The trial of the African woman who has been charged with assaulting the police has been postponed until Monday September 3rd.
It is vital that we show our support for this brave woman. The Home Office and police want to scapegoat her we must stand together and support her.
Please come to the solidarity demonstration outside Glasgow Sheriff Court at 10.00
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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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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 31st August
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 30th August
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 5th September
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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Demonstration against corporate killing - Thursday 30th August
Graham Meldrum Memorial Campaign announce a public demonstration against corporate killing outside Glasgow Sheriff Court from 9am. This will coincide with the third court date for ABF Grains (formerly known as Allied Bakeries) & TNT Logistics UK at 10am.
We have been waiting over 2 years to hear ABF Grains (formerly known as Allied Bakeries) & TNT Logistics UK plead guilty or not to five charges under Health & Safety Laws. Both companies have already been in court on 5th July and on 2nd Aug 2007 to make their plea and on both occasions they were granted extentions - no consideration being given to the trauma suffered over and over again by his family and friends.
In light of the recent guilty plea in the Stockline case we urge the public to join us and say NO to Corporate Killing.
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Graham Meldrum Memorial Campaign - ongoing
Graham Meldrum was killed in a workplace incident on the 12th of July 2005 at Allied Bakeries in the Balmore Industrial Estate. He was employed by Suziline Agency contracted to ABF Grains (formerly known as Allied Bakeries) & TNT Logistics UK. His death is now the subject of a prosecution under Health & Safety Laws.
HARD WORK NEVER KILLED ANYONE..? For more information contact:
gmmc@hotmail.co.uk
www.myspace.com/gmmemorialcampaign
The Graham Meldrum Memorial Campaign, GreenCity,
23 Fleming St, Dennistoun, Glasgow, G31 1PQ
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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 - ongoing
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
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FILM SCREENINGS
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Salud y Solidaridad - Friday 31st August
The first screening in Glasgow of "Health and
Solidarity", the latest Camcorder Guerillas film about
the Zapatistas in Mexico. Scottish Zapatista Solidarity Group support has
provided materials to build an autonomous health
clinic and they now contribute to its running costs.
After the film, there will be questions and discussion with solidarity
group members.
Shown with 'Radio Oman Txun', a portrait of a Mayan
indigenous village in Guatemala.
CCA 350 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow
7.15 PM
0141 352 4900
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HOUSING
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New Housing Co-operative for Glasgow - ongoing
Would you like to become involved in a new Housing Co-operative in Glasgow?
We are looking for people to help start a housing and community project with the aim to co-create a communal living place and also to provide spaces and create situations for a wide-range of cultural and political events.
We are an open collective based on mutual aid and trust who would like to hear from people who are interested in making a colourful and welcoming home.
As we wish to help shape our communities and contribute to social and environmental change, we also envisage the opening of a space that acts as a neighbourhood hub. This might involve facilitating a self-organised community centre, a not-for-profit café and bookshop, the setting up of studios for local artists, workshops for workers’ co-operatives, office space for campaign groups, producing a vegetable garden, and so on.
Should you wish to contact us for more information, please feel free to email:
icglasgow@hotmail.co.uk
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Bob, 19:23
