City Strolls - events - meetings
Monday, November 05, 2007
This week there's an urgent appeal for funds to help house new migrants in Glasgow over the winter - see the Refugees section. Plus, new and exciting groups to join - check out "Sustainability" and "Ideas for Action."Have a good week!CONTENTS:
*REFUGEES*ANTI-WAR*SUSTAINABILITY*TACTICAL FRIVOLITY*WORKPLACE ORGANISING*ANARCHIST HISTORY*INDEPENDENT MEDIA*SOLIDARITY*HOUSING*RADICAL INDEPENDENT BOOKFAIR *IDEAS FOR ACTION
REFUGEES
Positive Action in Housing Appeal - ongoing
Can you give a small but regular donation of £10 per month (or whatever you can afford) to help Positive Action in Housing provide food and temporary shelter for destitute asylum seekers in Glasgow?
Hundreds of destitute people are now relying on Positive Action in Housing to help them survive hunger and destitution.
You can donate in one of the following ways:
1. Email home@paih.org
with any queries or offers of support and we will then contact
you.
2. Make A One Off Payment Online:
https://www.charitychoice.co.uk/donation.asp?ref=51590
3. Internet Banking: Set up a regular payment through your own
internet banking by paying into the following account:
Name of Account: Positive Action in Housing
Current account: 00447398 Sort Code 82 20 00
Please remember: if you are a UK taxpayer, please gift aid your donation so that we can reclaim 25% from the Inland Revenue. 4. Make out a cheque payable to: Positive Action in Housing, and post to PAIH, 98 West George Street, Glasgow G2 1PJ.
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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 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---
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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---
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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 30th NovemberA 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---
Glasgow Permaculture Network - new group
A Proposal:To establish and develop a Glasgow-based network of individuals dedicated to carrying out hands-on environmental projects based on permaculture principles.Possible projects might include:Backcourt clean-ups / Taking on or helping out with allotments / Guerrilla gardening and intervention / Highlighting neglected places and spaces left over after planning /Outreach work / Food co-op The network should be independent, autonomous and self-supporting, relying on hands-on voluntary work rather than council or government agency funding.Let me know what you think...pjbarham@btinternet.com
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Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army - Thursday 8th 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/---
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IWW Meeting - Wednesday 7th 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. The Pearce Institute, Govan Road, (opposite Govan Underground)
7-9pmenquiries 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
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**************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---
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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 ifyou wanted it? It's time amidst all the glossy nonsense that we stand up and becounted. We don't back the bid!http://saynotothegames.blogspot.com/---
********************** RADICAL INDEPENDENT BOOKFAIR
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Next RIB - Saturday 15th December
CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street
Further details TBA
www.ribproject.org
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IDEAS FOR ACTION
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"Next Steps" - Friday 9th November
So you want to change the world?Are you committed to bringing about dramatic social change within your lifetime?If so, please join a new, independent group of thinkers for an informal lunch at1pm Room 5.44 of the Department of Geography and Sociologyin the Graham Hills Building (Richmond Street) at the University of Strathclyde.We hope to begin formulating a vision of a better world and considering ways in which we can work towards it.
rebecca@shiftyparadigms.org
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PLEASE LET US KNOW ABOUT EVENTS HAPPENING IN AND AROUND GLASGOW SO THAT WE CAN INCLUDE THEM NEXT WEEK.
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