City Strolls - events - meetings
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Climate March 2007
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Welcome to another Glasgow Autonomy Update. 30 October
Critical Mass rolls into town again tomorrow, and with Halloween just next week, why not decorate your bike for the occasion? All the usual street-reclaiming fun and maybe some spooky surprises....?
Have a good weekCONTENTS:*REFUGEES*ANTI-WAR*SUSTAINABILITY*TACTICAL FRIVOLITY*WORKPLACE ORGANISING*ANARCHIST HISTORY*INDEPENDENT MEDIA*SOLIDARITY*HOUSING
REFUGEES---Join the Glasgow Asylum Bail Circle - ongoingDo 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 7992theunitycentre [at] btconnect.com---The Unity Centre - ongoingUNITY is the new, rapidly growing, union of asylum seekers formed byasylum seekers to fight for greater rights for asylum seekers andsans papiers.The UNITY Centre at 30 Ibrox Street is open five days a week near tothe Home Office Immigration centre. Here families who are scared ofbeing detained when reporting at the Immigration Centre can 'signin' 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 asylumseekers, refugees and sans papiers. Phone our 24 hour action line on0141 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 7992theunitycentre [at] btconnect.com---
ANTI-WAR---
Faslane Peace Camp needs visitors!Faslane Peace Camp recently celebrated its 23rd year of directaction to oppose the Trident nuclear submarines stationed 30 milesnorth of Glasgow. Visitors are always welcome, for a day, a week,or longer!Directions: Train from Glasgow Queen Street or 216 bus from JamaicaStreet to Helensburgh Central. Then catch the 316 bus to the peacecamp.For more info and to check the current situation: 01436 820 901faslanepeacecamp@hotmail.com---Arrange a Nukewatch film screening - ongoinghttp://www.nukewatch.org.uk/video2.phpAward winning video activist collective Camcorder Guerillas will belaunching their new film about Nukewatch in November 2007.This film is a must see for all people concerned about nuclear weaponsand their transportation around the UK. Make sure people in your areaget the chance to see this important film. Order a copy now for £10(including action pack and postage) and start to organise a screening inyour area.Get in touch if you want to know more. If you would like a speaker tocome along to the screening that could be arranged. We would need you tobe responsible for booking a venue and making sure the screening ispublicised locally.The Camcorder Guerillas are a voluntary organisation. If you or yourorganisation are able to order an institutional copy (costing £75) youwill be directly supporting the production of the film and yourgenerosity will be appreciated by both the Camcorder Guerillas andNukewatch.Contact: film at nukewatch.org.uk or 07788 503761www.camcorderguerillas.net---
SUSTAINABILITY---
Talamh Housing Co-op - ongoingIf you fancy a few days away, and would like to come and help outfor a few days, or just for the day in a busy, sometimes chaoticcommunity, but fun too, then get in touch. Extra help is welcomed inthe 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 10adults, 4 children, visitors, 4 dogs, a cat and chickens. It's amember of Radical routes, a network of co-ops working for socialchange.For more info contact: talamh@lineone.net or phone 01555 820550 alsosee http://www.talamh.org.uk---
Glasgow Critical Mass
- Friday 26th OctoberA happy coincidence of cyclists (i.e. YOU) getting together to ridethrough Glasgow, have fun and make our streets more human, lesshostile.All welcome!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_Masshttp://www.citystrolls.com/z-f-page/critical.htmhttp://www.citystrolls.com/z-temp/bike-runs-pics.htmLast Friday of every month, 5:30pm, George Square---
Tree Week at Talamh - Friday 23rd -
Sunday 25th November 10am to 4pmTalamh Life Centre, Birkhill House, Coalburn, South Lanarkshire. ML11 0NJAs part of the Tree Council’s National Tree Week, Talamh will once againbe holding a tree weekend. Talamh invites people to come along and takepart in the annual tree planting festival at November’s tree weekend.Wewill be tree-planting, taking care of trees already planted, pruning,weaving in the willow hedge planted last year, as well as providinggeneral habitat maintenance.Stay for the whole day and take part in what’s going on, or just comealong to see what’s happening and have a look and wander around thesite. Soup for lunch will be available and hot drinks during the day.Bring warm and waterproof clothes, etc – it’s muddy here!For more info and travel directions contact - 01555 820550 or emailtalamh@lineone.net. or see www.talamhlifecentre.org.uk---
TACTICAL FRIVOLITY
---Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army - Thursday 2nd NovemberThe Glasgow Brigade of the Clandestine Insurgent RebelClown Army (CIRCA) meets every Thursday (EXCEPT THELAST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH) from 6pmtill 8pm in the upstairs gallery of the LansdowneChurch (across from Kelvinbridge Underground).All welcome. Come along to find your inner Clown, haveloads of fun, and plot sinister plans forrevolutionarysilliness.Contact Major Pant-Sweat, mashtram(AT)yahoo.co.ukwww.glasgowkiss.org.ukwww.clownarmy.orghttp://www.rebelclown.net/clogs/---
WORKPLACE ORGANISING---
IWW Meeting - first week of November 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. Date, time and venue TBCenquiries 07910 627 970---Graham Meldrum Memorial Campaign - ongoingGraham 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.ukwww.myspace.com/gmmemorialcampaignThe Graham Meldrum Memorial Campaign, GreenCity,23 Fleming St, Dennistoun, Glasgow, G31 1PQ---
ANARCHIST HISTORY
---Anarchist History Channel - ongoingHi: would you be so kind as to let people know of the following anarchistfilm (feature/documentary) channel:At http://tinyurl.com/t8staorhttp://www.brightcove.com/channel.jsp?channel=219646953&firstVideoYou might like to note that two new documentaries ‹ The Angry Brigade and'Persons Unknown'‹ have now been added to the Anarchist History channel onthe Anarchist History channelPlease note that you can have these films shown freely on your own websiteby applying to join the affiliate/syndication programme atwww.brightecove.comhttp://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid234454000All we ask you to do is send us the url and a brief description about thewebsite where the Player will be located. It's dead simple, really!See also http://www.londonfreetv.com---New Radical Films OnlineFour new films posted on the ChristieBooks Brightcove film channelViva Zapata! (1952) onhttp://www.brightcove.com/title.jsp?title=463868344Burn! (Quemada!) (1969) onhttp://www.brightcove.com/title.jsp?title=464024939Tupamaros onhttp://www.brightcove.com/title.jsp?title=459255775Cuba - Memoria Sindical onhttp://www.brightcove.com/title.jsp?title=452316541http://www.tvhastingschristiebooks.comChristieBooks, PO Box 35, Hastings, East Sussex, TN34 2UX, UK---
INDEPENDENT MEDIA---
Glasgow "Indymedia" - new projectCurrently 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 Magazine - Winter issue out now http://www.variant.org.uk...the free, independent, arts magazine. In-depth coveragein the context of broader social, political & cultural issues.text : full issuehttp://www.variant.org.uk/30texts/issue30.htmlPDF : full issuehttp://www.variant.org.uk/pdfs/issue30/Variant30.pdf ---
SOLIDARITY
Make Lying History! Campaign - ongoingA 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--
HOUSING---
New Housing Co-operative for Glasgow - ongoingWould 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---
ANTI-COMMONWEALTH GAMES ---
Anti-Commonwealth Games website - ongoing There has been much ado about the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow for a while now. It's everywhere. You can't escape it - but did anyone ever ask you ifyou wanted it? It's time amidst all the glossy nonsense that we stand up and be
counted. We don't back the bid!http://saynotothegames.blogspot.com/---
And http://www.citystrolls.com/games/game-park.htm
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Send that to glasgowautonomyupdates@lists.riseup.net before Monday for inclusion in the following week.
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Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Welcome to another Glasgow Autonomy Update. 10 .10.07
This week there's loads going on at the CCA! From open source software to radical books, through organic food and human rights films, each event is full of new information and ideas on how to get active. These events cover so many sections you'll just have to read the whole update to find out about them.... ;)Have a good week!
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CONTENTS:
*REFUGEES
*ANTI-WAR
*SUSTAINABILITY
*TACTICAL FRIVOLITY
*WORKPLACE ORGANISING
*ANARCHIST HISTORY
*INDEPENDENT MEDIA
*SOLIDARITY
*HOUSING
*RADICAL INDEPENDENT BOOKFAIR
*ANTI COMMONWEALTH GAMES
*ELECTRON CLUB
*FILM SCREENINGS
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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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ANTI-WAR
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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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Arrange a Nukewatch film screening - ongoing
http://www.nukewatch.org.uk/video2.php
Award winning video activist collective Camcorder Guerillas will be
launching their new film about Nukewatch in November 2007.
This film is a must see for all people concerned about nuclear weapons
and their transportation around the UK. Make sure people in your area
get the chance to see this important film. Order a copy now for £10
(including action pack and postage) and start to organise a screening in
your area.
Get in touch if you want to know more. If you would like a speaker to
come along to the screening that could be arranged. We would need you to
be responsible for booking a venue and making sure the screening is
publicised locally.
The Camcorder Guerillas are a voluntary organisation. If you or your
organisation are able to order an institutional copy (costing £75) you
will be directly supporting the production of the film and your
generosity will be appreciated by both the Camcorder Guerillas and
Nukewatch.
Contact: film at nukewatch.org.uk or 07788 503761
www.camcorderguerillas.net
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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 26th October
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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Tree Week at Talamh - Friday 23rd - Sunday 25th November
10am to 4pm
Talamh Life Centre, Birkhill House, Coalburn, South Lanarkshire. ML11 0NJ
As part of the Tree Council’s National Tree Week, Talamh will once again
be holding a tree weekend. Talamh invites people to come along and take
part in the annual tree planting festival at November’s tree weekend.We
will be tree-planting, taking care of trees already planted, pruning,
weaving in the willow hedge planted last year, as well as providing
general habitat maintenance.
Stay for the whole day and take part in what’s going on, or just come
along to see what’s happening and have a look and wander around the
site. Soup for lunch will be available and hot drinks during the day.
Bring warm and waterproof clothes, etc – 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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TACTICAL FRIVOLITY
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Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army - Thursday 11th October
The Glasgow Brigade of the Clandestine Insurgent Rebel
Clown Army (CIRCA) meets every Thursday (EXCEPT THE
LAST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH) from 6pm
till 8pm in the upstairs gallery of the Lansdowne
Church (across from Kelvinbridge Underground).
All welcome. Come along to find your inner Clown, have
loads of fun, and plot sinister plans for
revolutionary
silliness.
Contact Major Pant-Sweat, mashtram(AT)yahoo.co.uk
www.glasgowkiss.org.uk
www.clownarmy.org
http://www.rebelclown.net/clogs/
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Women needed for feminist art performance - ongoing
CALLING ALL GLASGOW WOMEN! YOUNG OR OLD/TALL OR SHORT/ATHLETIC OR CURVY!
Hello, my name is Nic Green and I am an artist based in Glasgow. I am working on a new performance called 'Everything You've Been Meaning To Say In Your Own Defence Has Suddenly Gone Right Out Of Your Head,' and I need the help of lots of women!
The performance in short, is a celebration of the female form, and of what it means to be an individual, dynamic woman, and to feel empowered and allowed to be that, in a society where the emphasis is always on women becoming and looking like something/someone else.
More info: contact@nicgreen.org.uk
Rehearsals:
Oct 15th 6-9pm
Mon 22nd 6-9pm
Wed 24th 6-9pm
Thurs 26th 6-9pm
Performance: Oct 27th, 6pm@ CCA
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WORKPLACE ORGANISING
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IWW Meeting - first week of November
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.
Date, time and venue TBC
enquiries 07910 627 970
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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
---
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 Magazine - Winter issue out now
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/30texts/issue30.html
PDF : full issue
http://www.variant.org.uk/pdfs/issue30/Variant30.pdf
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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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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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RADICAL INDEPENDENT BOOKFAIR
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Next RIB - Thursday 18th - Sunday 21st October
At Document 5 Film Festival
Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall St
Stalls/resources/videotheque - available throughout the Document festival:
10am-10pm
www.ribproject.org
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ANTI-COMMONWEALTH GAMES
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Anti-Commonwealth Games website - ongoing
There has been much ado about the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow for a while now.
It's everywhere. You can't escape it - but did anyone ever ask you if
you wanted it?
It's time amidst all the glossy nonsense that we stand up and be
counted. We don't back the bid!
http://saynotothegames.blogspot.com/
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ELECTRON CLUB
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Lab Week and Open Day - Tuesday 15th - Saturday 20th October
The Electron Club are running a public Lab Week and Open Day
Lab Week: Tuesday - Friday, 5-7pm each night, admission free
Open Day: Saturday 2pm-5pm
The Electron Club is a voluntary-run space where people interested in
things like: Free Open Source Software, circuit bending, hardware
hacking, computer recycling, streaming, audio and video editing, green
technologies, and amateur radio can meet, use equipment, and share and
disseminate their skills and ideas. All are welcome.
The Electron Club can be found on the first floor at the Scott Street
entrance of the CCA.
HTTP://WWW.ELECTRONCLUB.ORG
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FILM SCREENINGS
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Document 5 :International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival -Wednesday 17th - Sunday 21st October
70 short & feature length films, exploring local, national & international human rights issues.
For the full programme see: http://www.docfilmfest.org.uk
Tickets available from the CCA box office:
Day Passes: £10/£5
4 day Festival Passes: £30/£15
Single Screenings: £4/£2
Asylum Seekers/Refugees: Free
For more Information contact: docfestinfo@gmail.com
Festival Hotline: 07765 396226
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Read more!
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Bert Mullen Scottish Credit Union Pioneer Thursday, 18 October 2007 (International Credit Union Day): 7.30pm University of Glasgow
You are invited to attend the Biennial Bert Mullen Lecture: “Building Con dence – the role of credit unions” by Dr. Carol Craig, CEO Scottish Centre for Confidence and Well-Being Thursday, 18 October 2007 (International Credit Union Day): 7.30pm
University of Glasgow: Main Lecture Theatre 1, Sir Charles Wilson Building (University Avenue)
Bert Mullen was a painter/decorator who lived with his wife, Alice and family, in one of Glasgow’s new housing schemes, Drumchapel, which had been built in the early sixties as part of what seemed a courageous vision to remove the blot of urban slums from the centre of the city. Providing housing was the chief priority but insufficient consideration was afforded to the provision of facilities for this new population.
Bert and his friends, the Mc Sevneys, were very conscious that there were no affordable, financial services available to the working class residents of their community. He learned of credit union and the exceptional impact that it was having on the lives of ordinary people through Irish newspapers. Convinced that it could work for the good of the community in Drumchapel, he contacted the Irish League of Credit Unions, the World Council and anybody else who would listen to him.
Western Credit Union was launched in Drumchapel in February 1970. It was later to become Drumchapel Credit Union Ltd to meet the requirements of registration. Bert’s encouragement and inspiration also saw the launch of Dalmuir and Cranhill, to be followed by 130 other credit unions. His untimely death in 1986 was a loss to the whole of the Scottish Credit Union movement.
SCOTTISH
LEAGUE OF
CREDIT UNIONS
In association with
and
The Scottish Centre
for Research in
Social Justice,
University of Glasgow
Unity Trust Bank
Specialist Bank for
the Social Economy
Read more!
Monday, October 01, 2007
Welcome to another Glasgow Autonomy Update. 1 .10.07
This weekend there's a free book reading and discussion on Argentina's autonomous movements. The event is sponsored by several radical groups in Glasgow so it's a great chance to meet likeminded folk and find out what's happening in Glasgow. See the Radical Independent Bookfair section for details.Have a good week!
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CONTENTS:
*REFUGEES
*ANTI-WAR
*SUSTAINABILITY
*TACTICAL FRIVOLITY
*WORKPLACE ORGANISING
*ANARCHIST HISTORY
*INDEPENDENT MEDIA
*SOLIDARITY
*HOUSING
*RADICAL INDEPENDENT BOOKFAIR
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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
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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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Arrange a Nukewatch film screening - ongoing
http://www.nukewatch.org.uk/video2.php
Award winning video activist collective Camcorder Guerillas will be
launching their new film about Nukewatch in November 2007.
This film is a must see for all people concerned about nuclear weapons
and their transportation around the UK. Make sure people in your area
get the chance to see this important film. Order a copy now for £10
(including action pack and postage) and start to organise a screening in
your area.
Get in touch if you want to know more. If you would like a speaker to
come along to the screening that could be arranged. We would need you to
be responsible for booking a venue and making sure the screening is
publicised locally.
The Camcorder Guerillas are a voluntary organisation. If you or your
organisation are able to order an institutional copy (costing £75) you
will be directly supporting the production of the film and your
generosity will be appreciated by both the Camcorder Guerillas and
Nukewatch.
Contact: film at nukewatch.org.uk or 07788 503761
www.camcorderguerillas.net
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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 26th October
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 4th October
The Glasgow Brigade of the Clandestine Insurgent Rebel
Clown Army (CIRCA) meets every Thursday (EXCEPT THE
LAST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH) from 6pm
till 8pm in the upstairs gallery of the Lansdowne
Church (across from Kelvinbridge Underground).
All welcome. Come along to find your inner Clown, have
loads of fun, and plot sinister plans for
revolutionary
silliness.
Contact Major Pant-Sweat, mashtram(AT)yahoo.co.uk
www.glasgowkiss.org.uk
www.clownarmy.org
http://www.rebelclown.net/clogs/
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Imagine That meeting - Thursday 4th October
We would like to invite you to the initial meeting of the
Imagine That Project. Inspired by our experience of working closely with
Asylum Seekers and Refugees as theatre practitioners, activists and
campaigners this project aims to combine a unique theatrical experience with
direct political action.
At the meeting we will present our proposal for the project and look at
how we can take the work forward together, aiming to decide on a management
structure i.e coordinating group, management committee etc.
6pm
B2, Arches Theatre
RSVP: amomentspeacetc@gmail.com
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WORKPLACE ORGANISING
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IWW Meeting - Wednesday 3rd October
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.
7pm - 8.30
Pearce Institute, Govan Rd (Opposite Govan Underground).
enquiries 07910 627 970
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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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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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RADICAL INDEPENDENT BOOKFAIR
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Horizontalism author event - Sunday 7th October
6.30 - 8.30
Quaker Meeting House
38 Elmbank Cres
(opposite Charing Cross Station)
Free entry - all welcome.
Marina Sitrin will be reading from her book,
Horizontalism: Voices of Popular Power in Argentina.
published by AK Press.
...this event is co-hosted by
AK Press - www.akuk.com
City Strolls - www.citystrolls.com
Praxis (Glasgow) - www.praxisglasgow.wordpress.com
RIB - www.ribproject.org
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Next RIB - Thursday 18th - Sunday 21st October
At Document 5 Film Festival
Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall St
Stalls/resources/videotheque - available throughout the Document festival:
10am-10pm
www.ribproject.org
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