[ACE] Upcoming events in Edinburgh and area
Mike
mike92 at riseup.net
Thu Apr 10 05:49:47 PDT 2008
AUTONOMOUS CENTRE OF EDINBURGH
and Leith Wholefood Co-op
17 West Montgomery Place Edinburgh EH7 5HA
0131 557 6242
Open
sat 11-6
tues 1-4 (with claimants and debt advice/solidarity)
thurs 6-8
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BULLETIN OF NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS
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SUMMARY
more info below....
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ACE CINEMA EVERY SUNDAY AT 3PM
FREE / DONATION
PROGRAMME BELOW
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The Forum Sunday 13 April 7pm
Quaker Meeting House, Victoria Terrace, off Lawnmarket (top of Royal
Mile)
Public Discussion
STOPPING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN : Involving men in Edinburgh
with a speaker from the White Ribbon Campaign
Venue fully accessible (ramp and lift) FREE
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THREE
A REPORT FROM THE FRONT LINE
The new Mexican State Attack against Zapatista communities
Speaker: Ernesto Ledesma, from CAPISE human rights group, San Cristobal,
Chiapas, Mexico.
8pm Wed 16 April at the Augustine United Church, 14 George IV Bridge,
central Edinburgh
Admission Free (donations welcome)
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SOME HIGHLY RECOMMENDED ACTIVITIES BASED AT ACE....
WOMENS HEALTH WORKSHOPS
contact c/o ACE......check out the Womens Health Workshops section
on www.autonomous.org.uk.....
watch out for the fantastic new book on Womens
Health available from ACE.....
THREADS
- changes during the menstrual cycle
- feminism and anatomy
- medical model of menstruation
- politics of so-called PMS
ACE MEETINGS
Friendly ACE meetings take place the first Wednesday of each month at
7.30pm in the premises, all welcome.
Next meeting wed 7 May
LEITH WHOLEFOODS CO-OP
Run by skint people for skint people
We invite you to get involved in providing good organic food at a
reasonable price...drop by any thursday 6-8pm to lend a hand bagging up
food and chat to folk involved....
Or ring 557 6242 during opening hours
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Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty
Meeting at ACE at 7.30pm the second tuesday every month.
May meeting tues 13 May
plus drop-in advice and solidarity every tuesday 1-4pm
Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty are getting together a phone tree of
people who can turn up to support people who are having serious problems
with authorities like employers, landlords, benefits authorities, debt
collectors, fuel companies etc. .....
MORE BELOW
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LEITH PERMACULTURE GROUP
see below for the inside story on the amazing goings-on at Craigentinny
allotments, plus watch out for fantastic free workshops....
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SEVEN
ON THE VERGE - SMASH EDO
Film about the inspiring struggle against the arms factory in Brighton
7pm thursday 17 April FREE
Forest Cafe, 3 Bristo Place, Edinburgh
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LOADS MORE INFO ABOUT MANY UPCOMING EVENTS AND ONGOING ACTIVITIES
including Anarcho Tv, Saving Iceland, refugee solidarity, climate change
action, indymedia scotland, queer mutiny, the IWW revolutionary union,
LadyFest, Agrofuel Action, big blether gathering, feminist self-defence,
Scotland Against Criminalising Communities and lots lots more.
And dont forget MAYDAY - meet 12 noon Buchanan St , Glasgow
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NINE
REFUGEE SOLIDARITY - VERY URGENT
SEE BELOW FOR HOW YOU CAN HELP STOP SHARON AND HER TWO YEAR OLD SON
BEING DEPORTED
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FULL INFO ON ALL ITEMS
(events in Edinburgh unless states otherwise)
ONE
ACE CINEMA AT THE ACE PREMISES
17 W Montgomery Place EH7 5HA
every Sunday 3pm Free/ donation
Sun 13 April
OUR BRAND IS CRISIS [Dir. Rachel Boynton] [2005] [87mins] 3pm
American mercenary consultants go to Bolivia to influence & control the 2002 Bolivian
Presidential Campaign. They claim to represent the candidate who stands the best chance
of improving the plight of the Bolivian people, but in fact they represent the candidate
willing to pay them most to come to Bolivia, ruling class Gonzal Sanchez De Lozada.
AMERICAN BLACKOUT [Dir. Ian Inaba] [2006] [89mins] 5pm
Chronicles the recurring patterns of the disenfranchisement of African American voters
& other minority groupswitnessed during US elections from 2000 to 2004, while following
the story of Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, who took an active
role in investigating these election debacles & allegations of voting fraud.
20th April
TAKING LIBERTIES SINCE 1997 [Dir. Chris Atkins] [2007] [101mins]
3pm
Film documenting infringement on civil liberties in the UK over the last 10 years. Looks at
new legislation, police powers & technology & its effects on the right to free speech, the
right to protest, the right to privacy, the idea that torture is immoral, the perpetuation
of fear in the "war on terror" & general quashing of political dissent.
5pm SUSPECT NATION [Dir. Neil Ferguson] [2006] [47mins]
Technologyfocussed look into the UK slide towards a "Surveillance
Society", CCTV, ID cards, Biometric Passports, & the increasing
"Database State" which is beginning to penetrate almost every aspect of
our lives. Security measures & legislation effectively label us all as
criminal suspects & do very little to protect people from crime &
terrorism.
27th April
CHAIN CAMERA (dir Kirkby Dick, 2001, 90 mins)
>From the director of SICK comes a film made with footage from 10
camcordeRs shared between 4192 school students from John Marsahall High
School, Los Angeles. Original and candid, this documentary touches on
youth, race, eating disorders, and much more.
4 May to be arranged
11 May 3pm Lilya 4-Ever
700,000 women, according to UN figures, are currently ‘trafficked’
around the world, forced into sexual slavery and prostitution. The film
‘Lilya 4-Ever’ is a very immediate, visual and graphic contribution to
this discussion.
The director Lukas Moodyson tells the true life story of a sixteen year
old ‘trafficked’ from Eastern Europe to Sweden, where she is kept
imprisoned and sold for sex. The film is graphic without being lewd, and
is told from the young people’s view of the world.
It’s not an easy film to watch. But the disgust and anger it engenders
will hopefully raise the profile of the campaign to stop the trafficking
of women, children – and men – across the globe. It inspires anger, and
we need to act on that anger.
Plus speaker from the White Ribbon Campaign - men organising against
violence against women.
Also, hopefully, a rep from SWAN, Sex Workers and Allies Network, and
possibly a film on sex workers rights (details tbc)
18 May
LADY FEST SCREENING (hopefully - tbc)
ACE film screenings are FREE ENTRY!! Screenings begin promptly at 3pm. Sessions
also include time for discussions & swap shop for related materials.
Feel free to bring along drinks & snacks to share, or buy snacks at
ACE. If you have any ideas for films you think need to be
seen, suggestions for alternative screening times/days, or if you
just want to get involved in the film collective, please let us know.
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TWO
THE FORUM
Sunday 13 April 7pm
Quaker Meeting House, Victoria Terrace, off Lawnmarket (top of Royal
Mile)
Public Discussion
STOPPING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN : Involving men in Edinburgh
with a speaker from the White Ribbon Campaign
Venue fully accessible (ramp and lift)
The next Forum meeting is this Sunday, and we're hosting a speaker from
the White Ribbon Campaign which seeks to invovle men in the fight
to stop men's violence against women.
The campaign is about challenging the taboo nature of this crime, the
silence that can often protect a violent person and allow a violent
relationship to continue that way.
The statistics are awful:1 in 4 women in Scotland are survivors of male
violence, and it's likely that we all already know someone in this
position - but like most survivors, she probably will not have talked
about it.
Feel free to pass this info on to anyone who might be interested. You
can find more info on the campaign at www.whiteribbonscotland.org.uk
Lastly, planning ahead, the May meeting is going to be on Sunday the
18th May and we'll be hosting a group of speakers from New York. They
are from a community group called Movement For Justice in El Barrio and
will be sharing their experience of fighting for community and against
gentrification in New York. Again, 7pm at Quaker Mtg Hse.
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THREE
A REPORT FROM THE FRONT LINE
The new Mexican State Attack against Zapatista communities
Speaker: Ernesto Ledesma, from CAPISE human rights group, San Cristobal,
Chiapas, Mexico.
8pm Wed 16 April at the Augustine United Church, 14 George IV Bridge,
central Edinburgh
Admission Free (donations welcome)
Mexican human rights activist Ernesto Ledesma will expose the serious
attacks being made on the indigenous zapatista communities Mexico, when
he speaks in Edinburgh on 16th April.
“Paramilitaries and Mexican state forces are both involved in grave
violations of human rights in the indigenous villages in Chiapas,
Mexico,” explained Esther McDonald of the Edinburgh Chiapas Solidarity
Group, who have organised the meeting.
Ernesto works for the human rights organisation CAPISE. Based in the
heart of the conflict zone, CAPISE not only research and document
infringements of civil liberties, they also send human rights observers
to the villages under threat. Ernesto will give a first-hand account of
some of the many recent dramatic developments.
On 1st February 2008 a father and son from the zapatista community of
Vetel Yochib were attacked by police while travelling to help build a
Peace Camp for human rights observers. The police shot the father in the
foot, then took them both to the Playas de Catajaza prison near
Palenque. There they were tortured for seven hours. Only after vigorous
protests by the zapatista authorities and human rights groups, were they
freed after a week in prison.
Five armed police entered the zapatista village of Bolon Ajaw on 21st
February, firing shots in the air. The villagers mobilised, forcing them
to retreat, but not before they had badly beaten two women with their
gun butts. These are only two of many different attacks, some of which
involve whole villages being violently evicted.
The repression in Chiapas has led to many people being unjustly
imprisoned. Ernesto will report on the hungerstrike by over 30 political
prisoners in Chiapas, which within the last few days has led to some of
these prisoners being released.
“The attacks on the zapatista villages are not isolated events, but part
of a strategy coming from the highest levels of the Mexican state,”
explained Esther McDonald. “Those in power are scared that the
autonomous communities created by the zapatistas will encourage other
oppressed people to take power into their own hands.”
The Edinburgh Chiapas Solidarity Group is twinned with a group of 40
zapatista villages known as Autonomous Municipality 16th February, and
have raised over £15,000 for their health clinic and primary schools.
Edinburgh Chiapas Solidarity Group www.edinchiapas.org.uk
edinchiapas at yahoo.co.uk
Group meetings held regularly at ace, e mail for details
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SOME HIGHLY RECOMMENDED ACTIVITIES BASED AT ACE....
WOMENS HEALTH WORKSHOPS
contact c/o ACE......check out the Womens Health Workshops section
on www.autonomous.org.uk.....
watch out for the fantastic new book on Womens
Health available from ACE.....
THREADS
- changes during the menstrual cycle
- feminism and anatomy
- medical model of menstruation
- politics of so-called PMS
ACE MEETINGS
Friendly ACE meetings take place the first Wednesday of each month at
7.30pm in the premises, all welcome.
Next meeting wed 7 May
LEITH WHOLEFOODS CO-OP
Run by skint people for skint people
We invite you to get involved in providing good organic food at a
reasonable price...drop by any thursday 6-8pm to lend a hand bagging up
food and chat to folk involved....
Or ring 557 6242 during opening hours
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Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty
Meeting at ACE at 7.30pm the second tuesday every month.
May meeting tues 13 May
Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty are getting together a phone tree of
people who can turn up to support people who are having serious problems
with authorities like employers, landlords, benefits authorities, debt
collectors, fuel companies etc. It might be to protest at the offices of
a bad landlord, or to back up someone who is having sheriff officers
come to their home. It could be to demonstrate against an exploiting
employer, or at a benefit office which has cut someone’s money.
First we would try talking to the authorities, but if the problem cannot
be sorted out by negotiations, then we could alert everyone on the phone
tree so we can all act together in solidarity.
So far Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty is backed by Edinburgh
Claimants, the Industrial Workers of the World, and the Autonomous
Centre of Edinburgh. We are building on the long experience of Edinburgh
Claimants in the fields of benefits and debt, and of the IWW in
workplace issues.
Our aim is to help draw together a wide range of people and groups in
the Edinburgh area interested in practical activity to build up
self-organisation to combat poverty - do consider getting involved, your
contribution is needed.
CONTACT
Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty, c/o ACE, 17 W Montgomery Place EH7
5HA
Every tuesday 1-4pm at ACE, drop in advice and solidarity session. tel
0131 557 6242 tues afternoon, or other times mob 0752 117 1148
www.edinburgh.claimants.org
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LEITH PERMACULTURE GROUP
The permaculture group had a meeting on saturday 5th of April in which a
site plan was devised for the double allotment sized community garden at
craigentinny allotments.
The ground is waterlogged and so is not suitable for growing veg in a
conventional bed system. Be prepared for some deeply radical gardening
in the next while folks: there was talk of propogation huts made from
cling film, growing mushrooms in a half burnt couch, a miniture fruit
forest a couple of roundhouses withfancy reciprocal roofs and of course
the obligatory willow structure.
With the site plan established it is hoped that the groups energy can be
harnessed to include others in the project via the medium of free
knowledge sharing events (workshops). Details of the site plan can be
found in the LPG dookit in ACE.
Anyone wanting to be kept up to date with all the goings on is welcome
to join the low traffic email list by emailing
leithpermaculture at gmail.com
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ON THE VERGE - SMASH EDO
Film about the inspiring struggle against the arms factory in Brighton
The police have been trying to stop this film being shown......come
along and see what they're worried about....
7pm thursday 17 April FREE
Forest Cafe, 3 Bristo Place
Ph 0131 220 4538
www.smashedo.org.uk
For more info see http://tinyurl.com/35fdte
THE FILM THEY'RE TRYING TO BAN:
'ON THE VERGE'
THE FILM
In 2004 a group of Brighton peace campaigners began to
bang pot and pans outside their local arms
manufacturers EDO MBM in disgust of their part in the
Iraq war. This has grown into the Smash EDO campaign,
which has cost the company millions, been the subject
of large-scale police operations and has tested the
right to protest in the UK.
Using activist, police and CCTV footage plus
interviews with those involved in the campaign,
'On The Verge'; tells the story of one of
the most persistent and imaginative campaigns to
emerge out of the UK's anti-war movement and direct
action scene.
POLICE TRY TO BLOCK SCREENINGS
In an incredible turn of events, the police have been
doing their best to stop the film from being screened.
So far establishments in Southampton, Chichester,
Bath, Oxford and Brighton have come under police
pressure to cancel film showings.
For more information on the police attempts to ban the
film please visit: http://tinyurl.com/3e3n7d and
and http://tinyurl.com/3p546l.
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LOADS MORE INFO ABOUT MANY UPCOMING EVENTS AND ONGOING ACTIVITIES
Sat Apr 12 - UNITY's 2008 Conference
11:00 am-4:00 pm The Pearce Institute, Govan, Glasgow- the big building
next to Govan church and close to Govan Underground and Govan bus
station. Directions
Buses: Bus numbers 23, 34, 89/90 or 121 stop at the Govan bus station
Come along to Unity's 2008 Conference.
All asylum seekers, refugees and their supporters welcome.
With workshops on
- Fighting the Fast Track system
- What can we do about Angel Housing?
- Waiting for the Legacy case
- Surviving destitution
Plus
- Making UNITY - the union of asylum seekers in Scotland - stronger
- Setting up the UNITY Women’s Network
- News about our new 'Unity in the Community' charity
Child care and Lunch available (Please phone Unity Centre 0141 427 7992
to book child care places)
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THE INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD
Revolutionary grass-roots union for all workers
IWW Edinburgh Branch meeting
mon 14 April 7.30pm at ACE
mon 12 May 7.30pm at ACE
(and second Monday every month)
www.iww.org.uk
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QUEER MUTINY FILM SHOWING
- THE WATERMELON WOMAN
Tues 15 April 7.30pm at ACE
QUEER MUTINY BOOK CLUB
tues 6 May 7pm at ACE
Queer Mutiny : "radicalising Edinburgh's gay scene" - and much more.....
www.myspace.com/queermutiny
We are a newly formed DIY group of queers, poofters, dykes, whatever you
want to call us. We are trying to create queer space in Edinburgh which
currently includes monthly parties at the Forest Cafe and monthly film
nights, meetings and a book club at ACE.
Look out for the posters about town........
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AGROFUEL ACTION 15 APRIL
The Edinburgh Agrofuel Action group are planning a protest for April
Biofools Day on the 15th April from 12 midday-2pm. It will be at a BP
petrol station (as BP are
high investors in biofuels). It will be creative and fun, attracting
media attention as well as engaging with the public about the issues.
Please get in touch if you want to be involved:
agrofuelactionedinburgh at googlemail.com(also email this address is you
want to go on the mailing list).
It's part of a wider day of action, with local protests happening around
the UK. April 15th is the day the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation
(RTFO) comes into force, meaning all forecourts will be legally obliged
to sell only fuel which is blended with 2.5% biofuel. Targets increase
to 5% by 2010 and 10% by 2020.
What's wrong with agrofuels? (biofuels)
Deforestation, peatland destruction and nitrogen fertiliser use mean
that agrofuels are actually worse for the climate than fossil fuel. For
example, a study by Paul Crutzen (nobel prize-winner) shows that
rapeseed biodiesel is 70% worse for climate change than ordinary fossil
diesel (even though it's grown in the UK so involves no deforestation or
peatland destruction) due to nitrogen fertiliser use, as this emits
nitrous oxide, a 300x more damaging greenhouse gas than CO2.
People are being evicted from their lands to make way for agrofuel
plantations, often violently with deaths and human rights abuses taking
place. In Argentina 90,000 families and in Paraguay 150,000 families
have been evicted due to soya expansion. These are just 2 examples but
this is happening on a wide scale in South-east Asia, India, Tanzania,
Ethiopia, Colombia and the list goes on.
Food prices are soaring as a result of agrofuels. According to Jean
Ziegler (until recently the UN special rapporteur on the right to food)
there are 12 million more people going hungry now than a year ago due to
rising food prices, something which agrofuels are a big contributer to.
Instead we need to dramatically reduce fossil fuel use, live closer to
work and family, reducing the need to travel, while reducing speed
limits and increasing efficiency of cars.
For more info visit: www.biofuelwatch.org.uk
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Glasgow - Feminist self-defence 19th-20th April
Radical practical feminist self defence in Glasgow. 19th-20th April.
All women welcome.
* We learn and practice both physical and verbal strategies, share our
experiences and role play different ways of dealing with situations.
* We aim to make our classes as accessible as possible. All ages and
ability levels welcome.
When: Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th April. Please note that you should
come to both days. The workshop will run from approximately 10am to 5pm.
There will be regular breaks.
Please email manga_mog (at) hotmail.comwith any questions and to confirm
your place and you will receive venue details. It is easily accessible
by public transport.
The teachers are experienced feminist self-defence teachers in Glasgow
for one weekend only. For ongoing women's self-defence courses in
Glasgow please contact Wise Women on 0141 550 7557.
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LEGALISE CANNABIS CAMPAIGN
Mon 21 April 7.30pm at ace
(and mon 19 May)
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CAARE Official Launch party (and the World Day for Animals in Laboratories)
26h April, 08, 7.30pm Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh, 17 West Montgomery
Place, Edinburgh EH7 5HA
for more information see www.bunnyhuggers.org.uk , or contact us at
info at bunnyhuggers.org.uk
also all welcome to attend monthly BunnyHuggers meeting First Friday of
each month, Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh, 17 West Montgomery Place,
Edinburgh EH7 5HA from 7pm.
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Indymedia Scotland meeting
Tues 29 april 7.30pm at ACE
All welcome to find out more about the excellent indymedia website and
free news-sheet
www.scotland.indymedia.org
meetings last tues every month
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Glasgow Mayday
Reclaim the streets on the real May Day......
Meet 12 noon Buchanan St central Glasgow
thursday 1st May
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BIG BLETHER 6 - Friday 9th – Sunday 11th May
Talamh Life Centre,
(30miles south of Glasgow)
www.bigblether.org.uk
BB is a biennial meeting place for activists to share ideas,
information and enthusiasm and to create action out of
inspiration.
There will be workshops on Saturday and Sunday. Some
topics we hope include: meditation, climate change issues,
creative campaigning, transition towns, nuclear resistance,
practical activism, activist films, yoga, permaculture, local food
networks, and woodland crafts.
Are you interested in putting on a workshop? BB is the
creation of everyone who comes; if you have an idea
please email ellie at bigblether.org.uk with a brief
description.
BB is a non-profit organisation and entrance
will be by donation on the gate.
If you need disabled access/accomodation, or want to discuss
any of these issues, please contact Roz at Talamh on 01555 820550.
If you are interested in putting on a kid’s event, or
helping out, please email ellie at bigblether.org.uk Games for EVERYONE
(not just kids) will be programmed in for sure!
Detailed information on how to get to Talamh, including
public transport info and pick-ups, is posted on the BB website:
bigblether.org.uk/travel
Talamh’s address is: Talamh, Birkhill House,
Coalburn, South Lanarkshire, ML11 0NJ
For more info:
bigblether.org.uk/forum
www.bigblether.org.uk
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LADYFEST
a series of events in support of women in
the arts and feminism happening in Edinburgh in May
e.g.
a talk/discussion about ethinicity, culture and race and a time for
meeting people and sampling cuisines from around the world. in the
afternoon in the pavilion cafe in the meadows
birth resource centre talk - in support of empowering births for women
including info on home birth, active birthing techniques in a hospital
context, breastfeeding support etc.
LADYFEST meet each thursday at 8:00 in the waverly bar on st. mary's
street.they have a lot of different events on and would love a hand
( both men and women welcome ) to get the different events running as
well as possible.
looking for folks with all kinds of skills or willingness to help esp.
dressmaking , website design etc.
they have a webpage on a myspace page. these events happen around the
world so specify edinburgh in a google search.
www.ladyfestedinburgh.co.uk
they are screening a film at ace on the 18th of may.
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BILSTON GLEN ANTI ROADS PROTEST SITE
Just south of Edinburgh, get there on the 37 bus
www.myspace.com/bilstonwoods
http://www.bilstonglen-abs.org.uk/
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SAVE OUR OLD TOWN
Stopping the destruction of Embra's old town by money-mad developers
www.eh8.org.uk
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CLIMATE CAMP
Stopping the destruction of our planet by money-mad capitalists
www.climatecamp.org.uk
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Graham Meldrum Memorial Campaign
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 was the subject of a
prosecution under Health & Safety Laws, and is now being investigated in
a Fatal Accident Inquiry in Glasgow.
HARD WORK NEVER KILLED ANYONE..? For more information contact:
gmmc at hotmail.co.uk
www.myspace.com/gmmemorialcampaign
The Graham Meldrum Memorial Campaign, GreenCity,
23 Fleming St, Dennistoun, Glasgow, G31 1PQ
also see article on www.scotland.indymedia.org
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AnarchoTV
http://anarchotvscotland.blogspot.com
Live Interactive Internet Television Station!
Schedule
*Regular broadcasts*
Saturdays 12am - late evening : Democracy Now! Omnibus
Full schedule -http://tinyurl.com/ynv5v4
Recently Added to Film Archive
Answer Time, Episode 1 - Housing
http://www.archive.org/details/AnswerTime_Episode1_Housing_120308
Scotland Against Criminalising Communities talk 2007
http://www.archive.org/details/Guantanamo_Muslim_Chaplin_Talk_SACC_2007
Joel Kovel on Overcoming Zionism at Glasgow University 2008
http://www.archive.org/details/Joel_Kovel_Overcoming_Zionism_Glasgow_University_Scotland_2008
Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty launch meeting
http://www.archive.org/details/EdinburghCoalitionAgainstPovertyLaunchMeeting020308
An archive of past events filmed by the channel can be found by clicking
the "Film Archive" link on the website
Contact
website:http://anarchotvscotland.blogspot.com
email:cinemaparadiso at riseup.net
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SAVING ICELAND
Europe’s last pristine wilderness is under threat from invasion by heavy
industry.
This summer, for the fourth year running, people will travel to Iceland
to take part in the fight against the multinationals who seek to harness
whatever energy resources they can get their hands on. Saving Iceland is
defending the region’s priceless environment, in the battle to escape
destruction on a catastrophic scale.
Edinburgh -
Mon. 14th April, 7-9pm, Chaplaincy Auditorium, Potterrow
St. Andrews - Mon. 14th April, Lounge Room, Mansfield Building, St.
Andrews Uni
Dundee - Tue. 15th April, venue TBC
Abredeen - Wed. 16th April, venue TBC
Glasgow - Tue. 22nd April, Strathclyde Uni
Stirling - Mon. 28th April, Stirling Uni
Email savingicelandscotland(at)riseup.net for more info
www.savingiceland.org
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News from Scotland Against Criminalising Communities - SACC
(www.sacc.org.uk)
OPEN LETTER
'April Fool's Day' in Commons-
one more step to grave injustices
How appropriate that on 'April Fool's Day' Jacqui Smith will launch the
long awaited second reading of The Counter Terrorism Bill 2008. We
should not be fooled. For the last six years the Labour government has
created a climate of fear and deceived us that we face a permanent
emergency as a nation. Hence the most fundamental principles of justice
such as 'habeas corpus' and the right to a fair trial have to be
mutilated in the name of national security.
Although the extension of pre-charge detention from 28 to 42 days has
been aired widely, the draft bill has many proposed police powers which
are equally pernicious particularly when the definition of terrorism
under the 2000 Terrorism Act is so broad that people are being jailed
for possessing DVDs and downloading web pages.
Extra powers - for surveillance, pre-charge questioning and legal
obligations to disclose 'suspicious' financial transactions - will
further encourage arbitrary arrests. Information 'which could be useful
for terrorism' can mean nearly anything and would generally be linked
with politics activities in order to justify prosecutions, as well as to
harass activists. Restrictions could be imposed on travellers to
international demonstrations.
Sinister also are the attempts to extend 'secret’' court procedures to
confiscation of property and to inquests, partly or wholly held in
camera, a move to avoid accountability when we have the next Jean
Charles de Menezes.
A new offence making criminal the failure by volunteers in charities or
NGOs is an attack on the right to silence. The Bill would also
criminalise the collection of information on armed forces by
investigative journalists, thus attacking free speech.
We, the 27 civil society organisations listed hereunder, call on MPs to
hold the government to account and not let this unjust bill through
Parliament without serious challenge. Yes, the government has a duty to
protect the public against terrorists but Parliament has a duty to
protect the public from draconian measures that violate the most
fundamental principles of justice.
Saleh Mamon
Campaign Against Criminalising Communities
www.campacc.org.uk
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NINE
REFUGEE SOLIDARITY - VERY URGENT
----- Original Message -----
From:theunitycentre at btconnect.comSent:Wednesday, April 09, 2008 3:01 PM
Subject:Sharon Sylvia Nasuna Urgent Help Needed!
We have just received news that Sharon and her two year old son, Shaun
have been booked onto a flight to Uganda on Sunday 13 april. They are currently
in detention in Dungavel where Shaun is being denied treatment for a
skin condition he suffers from.
We need people to help urgently by faxing Kenya Airways asking them not
to take Sharon and Shaun on the flight. Let them know that Sharon has an
ongoing case with the Home Office and that they cannot remove her from
Britain.
As we said in yesterdays message(see below) Sharon had her new claim for
asylum in her hand when she went to report on Monday and should not have
been detained. Her friends who had gone with her when she went to hand
in her fresh claim witnessed Sharon and Shaun being pulled into the back
of the van screaming.
The Home Office have also claimed they had lost fresh evidence that
Sharon brought with her to support her case! Luckily copies of the
evidence have been found by her friends.
Please help us secure Sharon and Shaun's release from detention and
return to Glasgow by faxing Kenya Airways and the Home Secretary.
Kenya Airways can be reached via Fax at their head office in Nairobi on
+254-20-823488 and by phone on +254-20-6422000
Sharons flight details are as follows
Kenya-Airways flight KQ101/KQ410 20:00 hours April 13th from Heathrow
terminal 5.
Let them know that it is not acceptable to call themselves the pride of
Africa and participate in the removal of Asylum Seekers from the UK or
anywhere in the world.
The Home Secretary Jacqui Smith can be reached by Faxing
The Rt Hon Jacqui Smith, MP, Secretary of State for the Home Office
020-7035-4745 or from outside the Uk +44 207 035 4745
When faxing Jacqui Smith remember to include Sharon's Home Office
reference number N1137405
Let her know that Sharon was in the process of submitting a fresh claim
with supporting new evidence and that her removal would be a travesty of
justice.
Thank you in advance on behalf of all at Unity and all Sharon friends
here in Glasgow.
Unity!!
Sharon Sylvia Nasuna and her two year old son were detained yesterday at
the home office on Brand Street, Glasgow. She was going into the home
office to hand in her fresh Asylum claim when they were detained. So far
the immigration authorities have failed to look at her claim and are
continuing to detain her despite the fact that even their own
regulations say that they cannot detain a person who has a claim
pending.
Even without taking into account Sharon’s experiences in Uganda and the
treatment she faces if returns it is despicable that this woman and her
child have been detained whilst she had new evidence to support her case
in her hand!
Please help us get Sharon and Shaun out of detention by faxing the Home
Secretary Jacqui Smith and demanding that she intervene and release
Sylvia and Shaun.
Fax the Rt Hon Jacqui Smith, MP, Secretary of State for the Home Office
asking that Syharon Sylvia Nasuna and her son are released and returned
to Glasgw. Please remember to include Sharon’s Home Office Reference
Number N1137405
Fax 020 7035 4745 / from outside UK+44 207 035 4745
*No fax machine? No matter!*
If you have a computer and access to the internet you do not need a fax
machine to fax.
There are two methods of faxing:
>From your browser go to:
http://www.tpc.int/sendfax.html
(the number must be entered with the country code
so 020 7035 4745 (Home Office) would be 44 20 7035 4745
Send a fax via email
Use this email address format :
remote-printer.recipient_name at fax_number.iddd.tpc.int
So, to send the fax to Jacqui Smith put:
remote-printer.Jacqui_Smith at 442070354745.iddd.tpc.int
Just copy your fax message into the body of the email.
Thanks for your support
Unity!!
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0141 427 7992
theunitycentre at btconnect.com
www.unitycentreglasgow.org
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