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2010
August
31st Aug to 11th Sep
Photo Exhibition: Mugabe's Victims - Zimbabwe TodayLondon based human rights charity, The Prisoners of Conscience Appeal Fund, will be hosting a photo exhibition focusing on the victims of political violence in Zimbabwe, taken clandestinely by a senior staff photographer for Getty Images in Zimbabwe and the slums of South Africa, where many opposition political party members were forced to flee.
Address: Menier Gallery, 51 Southwark Street, London, SE1 1RU
Nearest Public Transport: Nearest tube London Bridge or Southwark
Postcode: SE1 1RU | View Map
Time: 10am to 6pm daily (closed sunday)
Price: Free admission
Phone: 020 7407 6644
Email: info@prisonersofconscience.org
Web: www.prisonersofconscience.org
September
2nd Sep to 6th Sep
Trident Ploughshares Summer GatheringThe politicians won't listen. It's time to start seriously plotting how to get rid of our Trident nuclear weapons of mass murder, and stop the £97bn replacement. It is up to us, the people, to take direct action and put a stop to this nuclear madness. The gathering is a chance for new and experienced activists to come together. With - workshops & discussion, networking, NVDA training, planning plus trips to Aldermaston AWE.
Address: Church of St John & St Stephen 121-147 Orts Rd, Reading, Berkshire RG1 3JN
Nearest Public Transport: Reading train station
Postcode: RG1 3JN | View Map
Time: From 2pm on the 2nd onwards
Phone: 0845 45 88 361
Email: tpgathering@yahoo.com
Web: www.tridentploughshares.org
3rd Sep to 5th Oct
Tadamon - Images of solidarity and strength in PalestinePhoto exhibition by British activist Penny Quinton showing the defiance, grief, solidarity and everyday lives of Palestinians living under the Israeli occupation, and during the bombing of Gaza.
Address: Freedom Gallery, above Freedom Bookshop, Angel Alley off 84B Whitechapel High Street, London, E1 7QX
Nearest Public Transport: Tube: Aldgate East
Postcode: E1 7QX | View Map
Time: 12pm-6pm Mon-Sat, 12pm-4pm Sun
Phone: 07981184474
Web: http://penniequinton.org
4th Sep
Demonstration Against French Government Roma EvictionsProtest against the French Govt policy of mass evictions and deportations of Roma Gypsy/Travellers. Some have lived in France all their lives - some have come from Romania and Bulgaria since they joined the EU in 2007 - either way it is illegal to remove them. Resist the ethnic cleansing.
Address: French Embassy 58 Knightsbridge London SW1X 7JT
Nearest Public Transport: Tube: Knightsbridge
Postcode: SW1X 7JT | View Map
Time: 1pm
Web: www.enar-eu.org/Page_Generale.asp?DocID=25135&langue=EN www.freemovement.org.uk
4th Sep
Bristol Anarchist Bookfair fundraiserThe Bastard Squad present the Bristol Anarchist Bookfair 2010 fundraiser volume II. Live music from Zounds (unique '80s anarcho-punk, full line-up pumping out the favourites alongside new material) / Violent Arrest (grizzled U.K hardcore veterans out in force - ex-Ripcord) / Virus (more vintage anarcho-punk back from the '80s). Plus stalls & info.
Address: The Croft, 117-119 Stokes Croft, Bristol
Directions: Stokes Croft is on the A38, 5 mins from central Bristol
Nearest Public Transport: Buses stop nearby, plenty of bike lock-ons nearby.
Postcode: BS1 3RW | View Map
Time: 8pm start
Price: £6
Phone: 0117 987 4144
Email: bristolanarchistbookfair@riseup.net
Web: http://bastardsquadcollective.wordpress.com
4th Sep
Protest & Picnic on the Downs with Worthing DownlandersDespite agreeing not to sell land next to Cissbury Ring, Worthing council has failed to progress talks on long-term protection and access. Remind them that we are watching! Bring banners, walk en mass from meeting point to picnic.
Address: meet Broadwater Green (opposite fire station)
Time: 12 noon
Web: www.worthingdownlanders.co.uk
4th Sep
NCADC Annual Conference, LondonThe National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns is having a day conference, with speakers on a range of topics around immigrant support, legal issues, challenging immigration policy, resisting deportations and more. With lunch provided for participants.
Address: Hinde Street Methodist Church, 19 Thayer Street, London W1 2QJ
Nearest Public Transport: tube: Bond Street or Marble Arch
Postcode: W1 2QJ | View Map
Time: 10.30am-3.30pm
Web: www.ncadc.org.uk
4th Sep
End Domestic Flights Now!Demonstrations in London and Manchester. This will be the time to take the agenda forward on aviation, and insist that at this time of climate emergency we cannot afford to be using high-emission forms of transport where viable alternatives exist. And that aviation will need to bear the burden of emissions reductions along with other sectors.
Address: London and Manchester city airports
Directions: take the DLR at Bank to get to the ‘City airport’ stop on the Woolwich line
Time: 11am
Email: info@campaigncc.org
Web: www.campaigncc.org
5th Sep
Urban Green Fair, BrixtonGiant community fair in Brixton with green issues, entertainment, workshops, alternative health, kids zone, sustainable transport and much more.
Address: Brockwell Park, Lambeth
Nearest Public Transport: Train: Herne Hill, Tube: Brixton, Buses: 2,3,37,68,196,201,322,432,468
Time: 11am-7pm
Price: free/donation
Phone: 07952 929 710
Web: www.urbangreenfair.org
6th Sep
Prison? - Screening, BristolBristol Indymedia and Bristol ABC present PRISON? - a one man performance written and performed by Charlie Ryder. This is a true story which is creatively told using a variety of theatrical devices including puppetry, masks, physical theatre and dance. Charlie Ryder is an ex-prisoner who did time after the 1993 anti-BNP riot in Welling. His performance looks at the reality of prison, and the dehumanising daily traumas of prisoners. Followed by discussion.
Address: The Cube cinema, Dove St South, Bristol
Directions: See http://microplex.cubecinema.com/cubewebsite/directions.html
Postcode: BS2 8JD | View Map
Time: Doors 7.30pm for 8pm performance
Price: £3/4 but nobody turned away for lack of cash
Email: bristol_abc@riseup.net
Web: www.bristol.indymedia.org/article/692962
10th Sep
Free film screening and talk: The Yes Men Fix the WorldScreening of the film by high-level pranksters The Yes Men, who expose the truth about how corporate greed is destroying the planet. Including speaker from the World Development Movement & discussion about how you can get involved in local activism in Northamptonshire with WDM.
Address: Assembly room, Fuller Baptist Church, 51 Gold Street, Kettering, NN16 8JB
Nearest Public Transport: Kettering Rail station
Postcode: NN16 8JB | View Map
Time: 7.30pm
Price: Free
Phone: 02078204900
Email: katharine@wdm.org.uk
Web: www.wdm.org.uk
10th Sep to 12th Sep
Conscious Oil: Myth and Mind in the Age of PetroleumJoin PLATFORM, the Carbon Town Cryer, artist Emily Johns, poet Anne Rouse, and many more, for a weekend of events exploring humanity's relationship with oil. All free.
Address: The School Creative Centre, New Road, Rye,
Directions: http://tinyurl.com/35a95mw
Nearest Public Transport: Rye train station
Postcode: TN31 7LS | View Map
Time: 7pm (Fri), 10am - 6pm (Sat and Sun)
Price: Free
Phone: 01424 719 570
Web: www.j-n-v.org
11th Sep
Bristol anarchist bookfair 2010Back for a third year running with just about anything you could possibly want thats anarchist-related: books, merchandise, films, meetings, workshops, vegan cafe, stalls, campaigns, networking. There's history, debate, ideas, theory, and ways of putting it into practice for action. We'll be seeing you there then! Plus after-party nearby in the evening.
Address: Hamilton House, 80 Stokes Croft, Bristol
Directions: Stokes croft is on the A38 into Bristol, the venue is 10 min walk from city centre.
Nearest Public Transport: Close to buses, trains, pavements and bike-racks
Postcode: BS1 3QY | View Map
Time: 10.30am to 6pm
Price: Free (donations welcome)
Email: bristolanarchistbookfair@riseup.net
Web: http://www.bristolanarchistbookfair.org
11th Sep
Bristol bookfair after-party fundraiserDown the road from the bookfair in a squatted space. With live: Cop on Fire (dub punk,Belgium)/ Donderhod (punk folk,Belgium)/ The Dagger Brothers (electro) / plus DJs playing ska, reggae, hip hop and drum n bass. Funds raised help keep the bookfair free, any surplus goes to local groups. Thanks to kebele Sound for sorting this one out!
Address: Classics Freeshop, 35 Stokes Croft, Bristol
Postcode: BS1 3PH | View Map
Time: 8pm start
Price: £4
Email: bristolanarchistbookfair@riseup.net
Web: http://kebelesound.wordpress.com
17th Sep to 19th Sep
Out Of The Ordinary FestivalProper Autumn Equinox hippy nonsense with renewable energy powered music, workshops, kids area, 9-11/24-7 etc - and SchNEWS will be there.
Address: off A22, Hailsham, East Sussex - BN27 3GD
Postcode: BN27 3GD | View Map
Price: £70 - but price goes up to £80 after August 20th. £10 kids, 01273 688788
Web: http://outoftheordinaryfestival.com
18th Sep
Radical Workers Bloc at Lib Dem conference, LiverpoolThe Merseyside Trades Union Council have called for a demonstration against the Lib Dem conference in Liverpool - join the Radical Workers’ Bloc - look for the red & black flags and the Liverpool Solidarity Federation banner.
Address: Echo Arena, The Strand, Liverpool, L2
Postcode: L2 | View Map
Time: See website for location and time
Email: liverpoolsf@solfed.org.uk
Web: http://liverpoolsolfed.wordpress.com
22nd Sep to 27th Sep
Leeds Queer Film FestivalFive evenings of queer cinema… come for gender-bending cinema that makes you think… queer trash and horror in the campest of settings… features and shorts that take us beyond the queer ‘scene’… take in some history and current struggles in the queer world.
Address: location to be announced - see website/phone
Time: tba
Price: all screenings free/donation
Phone: 07966570044
Email: queermutiny@gmail.com
Web: www.queermutinynorth.wordpress.com
23rd Sep
Climate Action Film Night - LRTA screening of two short films of recent actions against BP and Shell by Rising Tide and friends, plus Petropolis, a visually stunning and disturbing documentary about the Canadian Tar Sands. Followed by a brainstorming session on taking direct action against the oil industry in London – including all the latest info on the Crude Awakening, an oily mass action happening on 16 October. Looking to get involved locally... everyone welcome!
Address: London Action Resource Centre, 62 Fieldgate St., E1 1ES.
Nearest Public Transport: Whitechapel Tube
Postcode: E1 1ES | View Map
Time: 7.30pm
Price: Free
Phone: 07708 794 665
Email: info@risingtide.org.uk
Web: www.londonrisingtide.org.uk
24th Sep
Critical Mass - SeptemberReclaim the roads for bikes. These events happen internationally, typically on the last Friday of every month at around 5pm. To see if there's one in your area see link below - but check the site to confirm.
Web: www.schnews.org.uk/pap/guide.php#crit-mass
25th Sep
South Wales & West Hunt Sabs Benefit GigThis System Kills/Ratface/Filthy Habits/Threat Manifesto/Struck Out. punk, anarcho & punk hop benefit for South Wales & West Hunt Sabs w/info & HSA merch stall.
Address: The Garage@Whitez, Swansea Uplands
Time: doors 7pm
Price: £2 - no blaggers
25th Sep
National Demonstration against Agrofuels, DorsetAt the site of the proposed new palm-oil burning, agrofuel power station at Portland in Dorset. Transport will be organised from London and possibly other places. If you are interested in joining the coach from London (to Portland for the day) please contact stopagrofuels@campaigncc.org Camping/crash space will be available overnight.
Address: See www.campaigncc.org for more info
Time: 9am
Email: info@campaigncc.org
Web: www.campaigncc.org
27th Sep to 3rd Oct
No Border Camp - BrusselsAs in Calais or Lesbos in 2009, it will be a free space dedicated to sharing information, experience or expertise. It will provide space for the preparation and implementation of actions aimed at smashing the borders that divide us all. As the capital of Europe, Brussels is the symbol of this (anti) migration policy. By organising the No Border Camp there, we will question these European (anti) migration policies. Big demonstration on Saturday October 2nd.
Email: nobordercamp@vluchteling.be
Web: http://nobordersbxl.noblogs.org
October
2nd Oct
Manchester Anarchist BookfairFor all your anarchist requirements - including books, pamphlets, talks, workshops, patches and badges plus cafe.
Address: Dancehouse Theatre, Oxford Road, Manchester, M1 5QA (Opposite BBC)
Postcode: M1 5QA | View Map
Time: 11am-5pm
Email: manchester@bookfair.org.uk
Web: www.bookfair.org.uk
2nd Oct
Campaign for the Accountability of American Bases - CAABAs part of a week of international protest against the US Missile Defense system called for by the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, the Campaign for the Accountability of American Bases (CAAB) is organising something at the American base at Menwith Hill - more details on CAAB website nearer the time.
Address: Around the US base at Menwith Hill
Directions: Directions near the time on CAAB website
Nearest Public Transport: see website
Postcode: HG3 2RP | View Map
Time: To be decided
Price: No cost - but bring yourselves please
Phone: 01423 884076
Email: mail@caab.corner.org.uk
Web: www.caab.org.uk
3rd Oct
Demo at Tory Party Conference, BirminghamProtest against the Tories cuts. It's going to be an organised-left dominated event - so join the militant workers' bloc for a bit more action, or form other autonomous protests.
Address: International Convention Centre, Broad Street, Birmingham
Postcode: B1 2EA | View Map
Time: 12 noon - 5pm
Web: http://iww.org.uk http://righttowork.org.uk
13th Oct
ITT's Hammertime - at EDO/ITT BrightonBring the war home! Mass seige of EDO MBM/ITT. Despite the victory of the Decommissioners, EDO still produces weapons parts at Home Farm Rd, Brighton. Protests continue. Please arrive on the 12th - there will be convergence space available - contact details below.
Address: To be announced
Time: 10am
Phone: 07538093930
Email: smashedo@riseup.net
Web: www.smashedo.org.uk/hammertime.htm
16th Oct
The Oppressed, No Choice, Tighten Up, KilnAboy and the D TeezNo Borders South Wales benefit gig.
Address: Six Feet Under, Stow Hill, Newport
Nearest Public Transport: 5 mins from bus and train station
Postcode: NP20 1JB | View Map
Time: 7.30pm
Price: £5
Email: noborderswales@riseup.net
Web: http://noborderswales.org.uk/2010/07/22/benefit-gig-on-16th-october/
16th Oct
The Crude Awakening Day of mass action in central London against the oil industry. Brought to you by Space Hijackers, Plane Stupid, Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination, Climate Camp, Rising Tide, Liberate Tate. Be there! Floods in Pakistan – Drought in Russia – Huge glaciers breaking up in Greenland. Our climate system is rapidly sliding into crisis, as oil companies destroy people’s lives and the environment to keep sucking up their profits. Oil saturates every aspect of our lives. Oil profits lubricate the financial markets and its sponsorship clings like a bad smell to our cultural institutions. It flows through pipelines to the pumps, airports and factories of our cities. The failure of the UN COP15 process showed us – if there was ever any doubt – that government and industry can’t tackle climate change. It’s up to us and it’s time to up the ante. As a movement, our actions against coal and aviation have made a real difference. Now oil’s time is up. Let’s give the oil industry a really Crude Awakening.
Web: www.crudeawakening.org.uk
23rd Oct
Anarchist Bookfair - LondonFor all your anarchist requirements including book stalls, independent distros, talks, t-shirts, food and more...
Address: Queen Mary, University Of London, Mile End Rd, London, E1 4NS
Nearest Public Transport: Tubes: Mile End or Stepney Green
Postcode: E1 4NS | View Map
Time: 10am-7pm
Email: mail@anarchistbookfair.org.uk
Web: www.anarchistbookfair.org.uk
29th Oct
Critical Mass - OctoberReclaim the roads for bikes. These events happen internationally, typically on the last Friday of every month at around 5pm. To see if there's one in your area see link below - but check the site to confirm.
Web: www.schnews.org.uk/pap/guide.php#crit-mass
FOR MORE PARTY AND PROTEST DATES CHECK OUT
Festival Eye The most comprehensive (but increasingly corporatised) UK festival listings magazine. For £4.95 + two P&P options (cheques payable to Festival Eye) from Festival Eye, BCM 2002, London WC1N 3XX. www.festivaleye.com
Free London Listings Events and attractions in London that are either free or no more than £3 to get in. freelondonlistings.co.uk
Eroding Empire "Our guide to london punk and anarchy- listings of gigs, events, actions and contacts done the D.I.Y. way." Send stamps to receive copies c/o 56A Crampton St., London, SE17 5AE www.eroding.org.uk
For festivals in the UK www.festivals.co.uk
Family Fun Days www.green-space.org.uk/parkit
For actions around
the world check out www.protest.net
To find about rock festivals in Europe check out www.thefestivalzone.com
For a comprehensive listing of folk, roots and world music festivals in the UK and Europe check out www.frootsmag.com/content/festivals
For a list of seriously hippy rainbow gathering type festivals send an SAE to Campscene Directory, 3 Rainbows, Stoodleigh, Devon, EX16 9QQ www.campscene-directory.co.uk
For more information on the Animal Rights calendar, contact Veggies, Sumac Centre, 245 Gladstone Street, Nottingham NG7 6HX. www.veggies.org.uk/arc.php
For information on a wide range of weekend courses on renewable energy and sustainable development contact Centre for Alternative Technology Machynlleth, Powys, SY10 9AZ Tel: 01654 703743 www.cat.org.uk
For peace events Network
for Peace www.networkforpeace.org.uk/events.htm
For courses and events about sustainable lifestyles (everything from composting to fruit tree grafting to pond building) contact the Permaculture Association, London, WC1N 3XX 0845 458 4150 www.permaculture.org.uk
- Birmingham: meet at 5:30pm on the last Friday of every month in Pigeon Park (St Philip’s Cathedral) and set off at about 6pm for a spontaneous ride around the city centre https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/brumcriticalmass
- Brighton - meet 6pm on the last Friday of every month at the Level (BN2 3FX). Come join us! Bring bikes, lights and noise! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/criticalmassbrighton
- Bristol - meet 5.30pm at the fountains opposite the Hippidrome. For more info see: http://criticalmass.wikia.com/wiki/Bristol
- Cambridge - meet 6.30pm on the last Friday of the month at Market Square. For more info see http://criticalmass.cambridgeaction.net
- London - meets 6.30pm on the last Friday of every month on the South Bank under Waterloo Bridge, by the National Film Theatre. For more see www.criticalmasslondon.org.uk
- Manchester - meets 6pm on the last friday of every month at Central Library, Manchester. For more info see: http://myspace.com/mcrcriticalmass
- Nottingham - 5.30pm on the last Friday of every month meet at the meeting point in Market Square, 5:30pm. For more info www.criticalmassrides.info/nottingham
- Oxford - meet 5.45pm on the last Friday of every month at the Cornmarket end of Broad Street outside The Oxford Story Leaving around 6ish. For more see www.myspace.com/oxfordcriticalmass Email oxfordcriticalmass@hotmail.co.uk
- Reading - meets 5.30pm on the last Friday in each month, starting from infront of Reading Town Hall. To check it's on email tonyorme@compuserve.com web www.criticalmassreading.info (currently offline)
- York - meets 5.30pm on the last Friday of every month outside the Minster west doors. Please remember lights in the winter. Usually have a sound system. For more see: http://york.indymedia.org.uk/critical_mass.
- For other Critical Mass listings see http://criticalmass.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_rides#Europe
HDFK www.headfuk.net Dead Silence www.deadsilence.co.uk Prank http://prank.freetekno.org Hekate www.hekate.co.uk Crossbones www.crossbones.co.uk Network 23 www.network23.org Brighton Alliance of Sound Systems www.bass23.org Northern Techno Alliance www.nta303.co.uk East Anglia based rave community site www.properunderground.com For free parties and events www.raisetheroof.org.uk UK free party resource. info & pix www.partyvibe.com Free Party Forum www.squatjuice.com UnDeRaVe e-Zine from the Barcelona underground party scene www.underave.net
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