[alt-media-res] Fw: SchNEWS 573, Friday 26th January, 2007 - PLAIN TEXT

[steffen boehm]

well, the timing would be perfect. should we explore this further by
talking to the people at schnews? does somebody have personal
contacts?
xst

On 28/01/07, zoe <zoe at esemplastic.net> wrote:
> see below:
>
> Alternative Media Conference
>
> SchNEWS is calling out for interest/involvement in an
> Alternative Media Conference in Brighton in early May this
> year, which will be held over a weekend at the Cowley Club.
> This will cover video, web and print media and will be
> partly workshops for those newly involved, and also open
> discussions about all aspects of the media activist
> malarkey. Some accommodation will be sorted, and help is
> needed to set this up. Email us if you are interested in
> helping or coming. Watch out for updates...
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jo Makepeace" <webmaster at schnews.org.uk>
> To: <webmaster at schnews.org.uk>
> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 2:03 PM
> Subject: SchNEWS 573, Friday 26th January, 2007 - PLAIN TEXT
>
>
> > PLEASE DON't REPLY TO THIS EMAIL
> > Use schnews at brighton.co.uk for all mail. Cheers!
> >
> > This weeks SchNEWS, Issue 573, Friday 26th January, 2007
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > ON THE SOCIAL
> >
> > A PAUSE FOR THOUGHT AS SchNEWS MAKES THE FIRST MOVE...
> >
> > Welcome back for 2007 as SchNEWS enters its thirteen year of
> > producing this 'ere news sheet you hold in your hand. The
> > new year has brought a significant change for us - leading
> > to a longer Xmas break than usual. We've quit the Metway,
> > the Leveller's building, and moved into the Brighton's
> > autonomous social centre, the Cowley Club. Thanks must go to
> > the Levellers, who back in 1994 gave Justice? (Brighton's
> > anti-Criminal Justice Act collective) an office to base
> > their myriad of activities - from direct action to community
> > squats to a certain weekly newsletter. The band probably
> > thought the raggle-taggle Justice? crew wouldn't need the
> > office for very long - and indeed Justice? ran its natural
> > course after several years - but they ended up giving the
> > office to us for free for eight years, providing a solid
> > base for SchNEWS to go on to produce nearly 600 issues in
> > our twelve years there.
> >
> > What took us away from the Metway was the opportunity to be
> > at Brighton's social centre, and closer to the hub of
> > libertarian activity here. The Cowley Club was opened as a
> > co-op in 2003, and likewise has its roots in the local
> > direct action milieu, and the string of squatted
> > street-front cafes often under the 'Anarchist Teapot'
> > banner. The Cowley Club is a cafe/bookshop by day, a pub and
> > gig venue at night, and is the centre of a whirl of
> > countless groups, meetings, screenings, open days, jumble
> > sales and gatherings.
> >
> > Just as SchNEWS is run entirely by an unpaid (and
> > unemployable) crew, all roles at the Cowley Club, from
> > cooking, cleaning, bar and admin are undertaken by
> > volunteers. Both projects show what people can do when they
> > cooperate, and put the building of a better community - and
> > a sustainable world - as a higher priority than doing the
> > sort of jobs which only reward you with new cars and
> > flat-screen TVs.
> >
> > ONE FOOT IN THE RAVE?
> >
> > Alternative media and the co-op movement in Britain are just
> > pieces in a larger jigsaw of creating a sustainable and
> > egalitarian future - in the here and now - and not waiting
> > for a utopian revolution which isn't gonna happen. Both show
> > that these types of project can, and in fact must be,
> > embedded in the community on a long term, cross-generational
> > and multi-racial basis - proving that anarchism is for life,
> > not just for yer two post-degree year's dole-drums. This
> > movement is inhabited - and inhibited at times - by some
> > hard cases here for the long haul.
> >
> > The Cowley Club is one of a network of autonomous social
> > centres across Britain - and beyond - some of which arose in
> > a wave since 2005, building up to the G8 Summit in Scotland,
> > while others arose from previous movements, such as
> > Bradford's 1 in 12 Club, which was started in 1981, or
> > Kebele in Bristol which started in the mid-nineties. These
> > 'legit' social centres rise out of the squatter movement as
> > veterans seek to break the eviction cycle. Either way -
> > whether a centre is part of the new wave, or part of
> > previous movements, or totally separate from these circles,
> > these centres are all about creating community spaces away
> > from commercialisation and prejudice - a place where you can
> > nurse a cup of rooibosch tea all afternoon, and where
> > activities cultural and political can happen. For a list of
> > autonomous social centres in Britain see over the page.
> >
> > CAUGHT IN THE NET
> >
> > Likewise SchNEWS is part of a network of alternative media,
> > which has the same goals of creating an autonomous media
> > free from commercial forces. Obviously these days the
> > network of regional Indymedia websites is at the heart of it
> > all, but on top of this there's a plethora of regional or
> > campaign specific websites, publications, independent video
> > crews and more.
> >
> > The work of video crews like Glasgow's Camcorder Guerillas
> > (or SchMOVIES) feeds into free online distribution points
> > like ClearerChannel, while at the grass roots level we find
> > that there is still a healthy amount of highly localised
> > free newsletters around the country such as Gagged in South
> > Wales, or Gay Bishop in Reading, or Brighton's virtually
> > fact free Rough Music - proving that the web can't reach the
> > places a piece of paper still can. Again, this is no new
> > phenomena - it serves a need which has always been there -
> > and what we have now carries on from the FIN's (Free
> > Information Network) zines produced on a regional basis
> > which were a popular format in the years between the
> > anarch-punk zines of the eighties, and now the web.
> >
> > Which brings us to the next point... SchNEWS has survived by
> > growing with the political networks it is part of - and the
> > technologies (it was around before mainstream use of the
> > web). It has (tried to) stay relevant by keeping involved in
> > these movements, and has always been open to feedback and
> > participation by anybody. The move to the Cowley Club over
> > the new year, leading to the longest break SchNEWS has ever
> > taken has plunged us into a bout of navel-gazing.
> >
> > Whereas our video collective - SchMOVIES - is new, evolving
> > and going from strength to strength (there is a new DVD out
> > this month), the newsletter and the website are formats
> > which settled into place years ago. The fact that it's
> > survived is partly because it's been a popular format, and
> > partly because it's been a sustainable format on a weekly
> > basis for the size of the crew. But the media world has
> > caught up with SchNEWS - subjects we banged on about for
> > years like globalisation, privatisation, climate change,
> > corporate crime, and the environment are now common place
> > not only in the Guardian and the Indy but the Daily Mail,
> > BBC, and Woman's Weekly. Is SchNEWS now flogging a dead
> > hobby horse?
> >
> > What's missing from the mainstream is news of grass-roots
> > resistance. People all over the world actually struggling to
> > make a change rather than waiting for politicians to do it
> > for 'em - and especially here in the UK, where there is a
> > chance for you, personally, to get involved and do something
> > about it. If you've been a regular reader of SchNEWS, or if
> > you've only just picked one up, how about sending us your
> > feedback? (Don't worry, we haven't quite got key demographic
> > focus groups in mind). E-mail us and release the bees in
> > your bonnet, or go one step further and get involved,
> > particularly if you're in Brighton. And wherever you are,
> > please continue to send your stories into us, and if SchNEWS
> > isn't the right thing for your town, start your own
> > newsletter, or see what's in your area. And if the food in
> > your social centre isn't quite to your taste, well don't
> > just moan, get involved with the kitchen crew!
> >
> > In fact this extends to everything:- if what you see around
> > you is beyond the pale don't just sit in a pub moaning about
> > it, get off your arse and do something about it. If not you,
> > who? If not now, when? Do-it-yourself. That's the one
> > constant thing we have been banging on about for 12 years
> > and, whatever else, will continue to do so.
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > SchNEWS Training Day - 13th February
> >
> > Come by the Cowley Club from 1pm onwards and get involved
> > with SchNEWS
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > SchNEWS Fundraising Roast Dinner
> >
> > Sunday 4th March 2-6pm at the Cowley Club, 12 London Rd. Bar
> > open. All members and their guests welcome.
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Crap Arrest Of The Week
> >
> > For Taking The Biscuit...
> >
> > The crunch came during a mid-December's night party in
> > Cornwall for one bunch of SchNEWS reading punks when the
> > drummer in a local hardcore band was arrested for throwing
> > chocolate digestive biscuits at the outside of the bar he'd
> > just gigged in. His mate was then arrested, beaten, CS
> > sprayed, cuffed and locked in isolation for asking why he
> > was being arrested, whilst another was nicked for trying to
> > film it and calling the police "F*ckers" when he couldn't.
> > Police overreaction perhaps? Crumbs.
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > We Are All Over The Place
> >
> > Here's a list of Social Centres around the country
> >
> > Bradford: 1in12 Club, 21-23 Albion St, Bradford, BD1 2LY.
> > Set up in 1981 as a centre for the low waged and unemployed
> > and still going on strong. Tel 01274 734160 Web
> > www.1in12.go-legend.net email info at 1in12.com
> >
> > Coventry Peace House, 311 Stoney Stanton Rd, CV6 5DS, Tel
> > 02476 663031 Web www.covpeacehouse.org.uk Email
> > covpeace at gn.apc.org A housing co-operative and a peace and
> > environmental centre connected to local activist networks.
> > Works directly with local asylum seekers, and has a bike
> > recycling project.
> >
> > Brighton: Cowley Club, 12 London Road, Brighton BN1 4JA Tel
> > 01273 696104 Web www.cowleyclub.org.uk A social centre on
> > the busy London Road in Brighton. It houses a cafe and
> > bookshop during the day, a private members bar during the
> > evenings, and is a base for a variety of other projects.
> >
> > Bristol: Kebele Kulture Projekt,14 Robertson Rd, Eastville,
> > Bristol, BS5 6JY Tel 0117 939 9469 Web: www.kebele.org
> > Email:info at kebele.org Anarchist collective run drop-in and
> > meeting centre, vegan cafe, bike workshops, anarchist
> > library, housing co-op, exhibitions, campaign catering,
> > political activities and more.
> >
> > Lancaster Resource Centre, 78a Penny St, Lancaster LA1 1XN.
> > Web:www.eco-action.org/lancaster - a collectively run
> > resource centre and meeting space in Lancaster. Open every
> > Wednesday 4-7pm.
> >
> > Leeds: Common Place, 23-25 Wharf Street, Leeds, LS2 7EQ, Tel
> > 0845 345 7334, Web www.thecommonplace.org.uk - an
> > independent, volunteer run social centre in the centre of
> > Leeds.
> >
> > Liverpool - the Cellar downstairs from bookshop News From
> > Nowhere, 96 Bold Street, L1 4HY is about to open in the next
> > few months. The venue is already holding events, but it
> > needs a bit more money to open properly with a kitchen and
> > other facilities. Once open it will be a hub for community
> > action groups with cafe, internet, gigs etc. See
> > www.liverpool.indymedia.org.uk
> >
> > London: The Square, 21-22 Russell Square, London, WC1.
> > Squatted social centre, aiming to be a radical, public space
> > for all. For info and events listing see:
> > www.londonsocialcentre.org.uk
> >
> > London Action Resource Centre, 62 Fieldgate St, London E1
> > 1ES. Tel 020 7377 9088 Web:www.londonarc.org
> > Email:info at londonarc.org Collectively-run building providing
> > space and resources for people and groups working on
> > self-organised, non-hierarchical projects for radical social
> > change.
> >
> > London (East): The RampART Creative Centre and Social Space,
> > 15-17 Rampart Street , E1 2LA, is a large occupied building
> > in East London, hosting cultural and political events,
> > community cinema, exhibitions, alternative media production,
> > benefit gigs, discussions, meetings and workshops and more.
> > www.rampart.co.nr (offline for maintainence at moment) **
> > Currently RampART are having bother with the local authority
> > and fire brigade wanting to do a health and safety
> > inspection - which could lead to it being shut down. RampART
> > is calling for help and has a wishlist - Illuminated fire
> > exit signs * Fire extinguishers * Fire blanket * Health and
> > Safety Law poster * Hand basin and more - contact at the
> > above address.
> >
> > London (South): 56a Info-shop, 56a Crampton Street, Walworth
> > SE17 (near Elephant & Castle). Resource for local people and
> > campaign groups selling books and zines, and with extensive
> > archive radical publications. www.56a.org.uk
> >
> > Manchester: The Basement, 24 Lever Street (off Piccadilly
> > Gardens), Manchester M1 Tel 0161 237 1832 Email
> > mustsocial at yahoo.co.uk Manchester's new radical bookshop
> > with a wide selection of anarchist and radical books and
> > journals. with vegan cafe, radical library, free internet
> > and exhibition space.
> >
> > Nottingham: Sumac Centre, 245 Gladstone St., Nottingham, NG7
> > 6HX. Tel:0845 458 9595 Web:www.veggies.org.uk/sumac
> > Email:sumac at veggies.org.uk Resource centre for local groups
> > campaigning for human and animal rights, the environment,
> > peace, etc.
> >
> > FOR MORE INFO: Find details on these and many others from
> > www.schnews.org.uk/links and click on Social & Community
> > Centres, see also
> > www.londonarc.org/social_centre_network.html
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Social Centres Gathering
> >
> > Jan 27th - a space for discussion, practical workshops,
> > sharing ideas, skills & experience followed by MAYHEM
> > Cabaret & Cocktails. At the 1in12 Club, Albion Street, off
> > Fulton Street, Bradford, BD1 tel: 01274 734160 web
> > www.1in12.com Accommodation available contact 01274 745002
> > or hive at riseup.net
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > V for Video Activist
> >
> > The SchMOVIES DVD Collection 2006 is out this month. The
> > pick of the SchMOVIES produced in 2006, covering events
> > across the UK such as the Smash EDO campaign, protest camps
> > at Titnore Woods and Shepton Mallet, the Camp For Climate
> > Action, anti-war demos at Parliament Square, resistance to
> > the M74 motorway in Glasgow, and more.. Available now for �6
> > p&p from SchNEWS. (Apologies if you've ordered and not
> > received - there's been interminable delays over Xmas) Note
> > new address - c/o Community Base, 113 Queens Rd Brighton BN1
> > 3XG
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Under The Lens - A Quick Guide to Alternative Media
> >
> > Online
> >
> > Indymedia - an international network of independent news
> > sites which contain articles, pictures, films and more, with
> > material self-published by readers. In Britain it has
> > collectives running regional IMC sites in Birmingham,
> > Bristol, Cambridge, Leeds Bradford, Liverpool, London,
> > Manchester, Nottingham, Oxford, Scotland, Sheffield, South
> > Coast, York. These sites all share the main national and
> > international IMC features, but all also listings and news
> > specific to the region. See www.indymedia.org.uk
> >
> > Current Free Newsheets
> >
> > Gagged - South Wales Anarchist Newsletter PO Box 70, Newport
> > NP20 5XX. Issue 15 is out now - download a pdf here
> > http://lists.riseup.net/www/d_read/gagged/gagged15.pdf
> >
> > Gay Bishop - Reading readinggaybishop at yahoo.co.uk or write
> > to Gay Bishop, c/o RISC, 35-39 London Street, Reading, RG1
> > 3JE.
> >
> > Porkbolter - Worthing - www.eco-action.org/porkbolter
> >
> > Rough Music - Roughin' it up on the streets of Brighton
> > www.roughmusic.org.uk
> >
> > Rupture - (Free party scene - email rupture at headfuk.net for
> > pdf subsciption) Bristol
> >
> > Forthcoming...
> >
> > Voices of Resistance from Occupied London - a new "anarchist
> > bulletin of news, theory and action from the British capital
> > after the empire". The first issue will be out
> > early/mid-March - on time for the global day of action for
> > Iraq on March 19. Looking for contributors now - deadline
> > March 1st - email occupiedlondon at riseup.net
> >
> > Video
> >
> > ClearerChannel - is an online resource with lots of local
> > and international independently made videos to download for
> > free see www.clearerchannel.org
> >
> > Indymedia Video - For a list of groups active in the UK see
> > www.indymedia.org.uk/en/static/video.html
> >
> > CultureShop - online retailer of hard to find political
> > films UK and international. See www.cultureshop.org
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Alternative Media Conference
> >
> > SchNEWS is calling out for interest/involvement in an
> > Alternative Media Conference in Brighton in early May this
> > year, which will be held over a weekend at the Cowley Club.
> > This will cover video, web and print media and will be
> > partly workshops for those newly involved, and also open
> > discussions about all aspects of the media activist
> > malarkey. Some accommodation will be sorted, and help is
> > needed to set this up. Email us if you are interested in
> > helping or coming. Watch out for updates...
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Boo Radleys
> >
> > Action stations in Oxfordshire at the moment as the forces
> > of good attempt to stop Didcot power station, now operated
> > by RWE Npower, from wrecking a local beauty spot. Thrupp
> > Lake at Radley is under imminent threat of being drained and
> > infilled with fly-ash (i.e. stuff that won't burn,
> > containing toxic metals like lead, copper and zinc) from
> > Didcot, threatening the whole area's ecosystem. There used
> > to be even more lakes in the area but back in the
> > "environment? what's that?" eighties, the local council
> > planning department happily dished out handfulls of
> > permissions allowing the dumping of Didcot's waste for years
> > in return for, well we're not quite sure... Four lakes were
> > subsequently filled and in 2005 Npower announced plans to
> > use to ash up the remaining two.
> >
> > A raft of objections from locals only managed to get the
> > plan amended to leave the smaller lake alone...for now.
> > Unsatisfied with that, the campaign continues and some more
> > enterprising folk have been occupying a large house by the
> > site since late December, becoming a base of protests and
> > home to numbers of people. The forces of darkness have moved
> > swiftly however, and less than three weeks later, they are
> > facing an imminent eviction order. (Help is needed now - the
> > address is Sandals, Thrupp Lane, Radley, OX14 3NG).
> >
> > The lakes are surrounded by mature woodland and are a rich
> > wildlife habitat supporting otters, water voles,
> > Kingfishers, badgers, Carp and great crested newts to name a
> > few - for more see
> > www.radleyvillage.org.uk/ourvillage/natural_history/thrupp_lakes.htm
> >
> > Aside from the threats to animal and plant ecosystem, even
> > from one of the remaining lakes being destroyed, the area is
> > part of the Thames Flood plane and the loss of an another
> > excess run-off sink could very well affect flooding levels
> > nearby, which have already experienced higher water levels
> > since the earlier lakes were infilled. This could be
> > especially pertinent as we welcome home the effects of
> > global warming... resultant from intense burning of fossil
> > fuels such as at. Didcot - yes, it's a vicious circle... For
> > full background, current info and to join the campaign see
> > www.saveradleylakes.org.uk
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > GITMO BAY-WATCH
> >
> > Easily the most publicly-visible outcome of the War on
> > TerrorT... the Geneva Convention-busting and illegal
> > 'concentration camp' in Cuba's Guantanamo Bay (fine purveyor
> > of repression since 2002) remains open for business. Despite
> > widespread outrage from the beginning, the yankies have
> > proved unwilling to give it up and now even the British
> > establishment has started muttering disapproval.
> >
> > And so, January 11th saw the fifth anniversary of the
> > torture camp being marked with a day of international
> > protest. Organised by some of the ongoing campaigns, the day
> > saw a range of worldwide actions. Former British Gitmo
> > detainee Asif Iqbal, and the family of ex-Brighton current
> > detainee Omar Deghayes visited the gates of the camp itself.
> > Meanwhile hundreds of people in orange boiler suits went to
> > the US Embassy in London while crowds gathered in Birmingham
> > to protest outside the factory that makes shackles for
> > prison (See SchNEWS 511). There was also a big march from
> > the US Consulate to the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh.
> >
> > With Bush's political influence on the wane domestically the
> > and Tony Bliar on his way out, the instability of the
> > political situation means the time is ripe for a final push
> > of public pressure to succeed in finally getting this
> > particular scar on our conscience closed for good. (But
> > don't even get us started on rendition, other CIA torture
> > camps etc...)
> >
> > * For more coverage and pics see
> > www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/01/359937.html
> >
> > * For info about worldwide war on terror detainees see
> > www.cageprisoners.com
> >
> > * view the SchMOVIE about Omar at
> > www.schnews.org.uk/schmovies/index-war-on-terror-iraq.html
> > and visit www.save-omar.org.uk
> >
> > * Feb 3rd is the Control Your Arms charity fundraiser
> > featuring breakdancers, beatboxers and graffiti. Every penny
> > goes to Amnesty International's 'close Guantanamo' campaign,
> > so expect plenty of orange boiler suits...7pm-2am.Corbet
> > Place, The Old Truman Brewery, London E1 6QL. �7 (�5 before
> > 9pm). Web www.amnesty.org.uk/events_details.asp?ID=30
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > BLING STING
> >
> > Anti-road campaigners in Southend, Essex, stormed into their
> > Council's recent self-congratulatory shindig and declared
> > the cancellation of the road-widening scheme that will
> > tarmac over an Anglo-Saxon burial site at Camp Bling (See
> > SchNEWS 514). Despite this plan, Southend Borough Council
> > had managed to win the British Archaeological awards last
> > year for the discovery of the very same Saxon King's burial
> > ground that they are about to build a road over!
> >
> > When council bureaucrats (with no apparent sense of irony)
> > accepted the award, they were lambasted by a faking-it
> > 'Mayor', local campaigner John Smith who took to the stage
> > and apologised on behalf of the Council for their intention
> > to destroy the burial site, promised to return the award,
> > and then dramatically announced the immediate cancellation
> > of the scheme! Masquerading as an alternative Mayor, he
> > admitted he had 'finally listened to and taken note of the
> > majority of people in Southend who have been shown
> > repeatedly to oppose it.' Chaotic scenes ensued.
> >
> > A recent review of the cost of the scheme makes it the most
> > expensive stretch of road ever, at 25 million quid for under
> > a mile of carriageway. A nice not-so-little earner for
> > someone.
> >
> > Meanwhile, the happy campers at Camp Bling protest site
> > continue to keep a watchful eye over the place. 16 months in
> > the making, the camp now boasts the deepest ever tunnel in
> > the history of the anti-roads movement. Numbers at the camp
> > have grown as a decision on the funding for the road is soon
> > to be given. See www.savepriorypark.org or phone 07739
> > 189165.
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > IT'S A FAIR KOPI
> >
> > This year the G8 Summit will be held in the attractively
> > named Heiligendamm in northern Germany. The corporate
> > lovefest is planned for the 6th - 8th of June and, as usual,
> > delegates and police are eagerly awaiting (in Tony Blair's
> > words) the "anarchists' travelling circus that goes from
> > summit to summit with the sole purpose of causing as much
> > mayhem as possible!".
> >
> > Activists are already getting hassle from Der Man. Berlin's
> > long-running KOPI autonomous centre has faced two raids by
> > 50 cops in just 10 days. The second raid took place on the
> > 12th January, with police taking a particular interest in
> > the many anti-G8 posters and leaflets. After about an hour,
> > a sizeable crowd had gathered outside the centre and, with
> > the use of projectile reasoning*, encouraged the cops to
> > withdraw. Berlin's activist community can expect a lot more
> > of this type of harassment as the date draws near. (For more
> > see http://koepi.squat.net)
> >
> > Situated near Rostock, Heiligendamm itself is a tiny,
> > isolated seaside resort, picked because it's easier to
> > protect the elite attendees and repress any protests without
> > disruptin' too many locals and the packed business-friendly
> > agenda. Germany has a huge eco- movement and the potential
> > for a Big Day Out there is massive. Watch this space.
> >
> > * The SUMAC centre, Nottingham's autonomous social centre,
> > is hosting a day of discussion and mobilisation for the G8
> > on the 28th of this month, from 10.30am-5pm. Participation
> > is free and cheap food is provided by the ever-charming
> > VEGGIES. Limited accommodation is available upon request.
> > Email dissentprocess at yahoo.co.uk or see www.veggies.org.uk
> >
> > ** SchNEWS Vocab: projectile reasoning is the use of flying
> > stones and other masonry when arguing with cops.
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Party & Protest
> >
> > * JAN 26 - Axis of Assholes / Toestring and The Bad Fucks -
> > Fundraiser for Smash EDO campaign from 7.30 pm till late at
> > the Cowley Club, London Road, Brighton. �3 suggested
> > donation; Members and guests only. If you can't make it,
> > join the next EDO Phone Blockade on 1st Feb. Call 01273
> > 810500, 810501, 810502 etc or fax 810 600 and tell the arms
> > dealers what you think of them Or call the EDO Managing
> > Director on ext 810567... See www.smashedo.org
> >
> > * 26 - Plane Stupid! Benefit - at Brixton Jamm, this Friday
> > 26th, Alabama 3 will play plus show of footage from recent
> > actions. Tickets and info at www.planestupid.com
> >
> > * 26-28 Harrods Anti-Fur Weekend. Protests start on Friday
> > from 12noon, Saturday from 11am, and Sunday at noon. Even if
> > you can't make the protests this time, more useful info
> > along with event details at
> > www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=870 or email
> > london at craft.org.uk Tel: 07899 775493
> >
> > * FEB 4 - the sixth annual Seedy Sunday 2007 for
> > Brighton/Hove. With talks, stalls, films, organic farmers
> > market, seed selling and swapping. With organic cafe, creche
> > and bar. 10am - 4.30pm, �1, kids free at The Old Market,
> > Upper Market St, Hove. Call 01273 381 686 , web
> > www.seedysunday.org email seedysundaybrighton at yahoo.co.uk
> >
> > * 7 - The Red Room presents 'Injustice' A controversial
> > award-winning documentary by Ken Fero and Tariq Mehmood,
> > investigating the rising number of black people who have
> > died in police custody (with a filmmakers Q&A session
> > afterwards). Book, but tickets free (donation of �3 is
> > kindly asked for, but not obligatory). 7.30pm at Rich Mix,
> > 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA. www.richmix.org.uk
> > and www.theredroom.org.uk
> >
> > * 10 - No Borders London demonstration to shut Colnbrook and
> > Harmondsworth Detention Centres. Coaches leave London 10am.
> > See www.noborderslondon.blogspot.com or email
> > noborderslondon at riseup.net
> >
> > FOR FULL Party & Protest LISTINGS - UPDATED WEEKLY - see
> > www.schnews.org.uk/pap
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > ...and finally...
> >
> > While we here at SchNEWS broadly support a lot of the work
> > subvertising Canadians Adbusters do, and usually give their
> > 'Buy Nothing Day' a plug (although the leap from one day a
> > year to five or six a week is is cavernous one), their new
> > campaign sets new standards in half-hearted tokenism.
> >
> > As their own tough talking open letter put it "Dear Jammers
> > & Creatives, Still feeling frazzled from the December
> > whirlwind of holiday shopping, gift giving, and parties?
> > Already burned out by extra hours at the office in the New
> > Year? Tired of spending more time in traffic than you do
> > with your family and friends? It's not too late to slow down
> > and renew your intentions for a saner, more mindful way of
> > life in 2007. If you're ready to experiment with a
> > different, more fulfilling rhythm, join us in celebrating
> > the second annual International Slow Down Week, January
> > 14-20." That's right - don't walk out of that corporate
> > rat-race, ditch the car, confront reality - just... slow
> > down. A bit. For a few days. Then get back to it! What's
> > next: Feel Vaguely Guilty for Five Minutes Day?
> > International Hope Someone Else Sorts Things Out And It
> > Doesn't Affect Me Too Much Month?
> >
> > OK we applaud the idea of people slowing down on
> > mindlessness and consumption, but it has to be permanent and
> > matched by a speeding up of positive action..Taking the
> > afternoon off work and occasionally enjoying some witty
> > subverts some anti-marketing 'creative' type has
> > photoshopped up is just not quite gonna be enough. Still we
> > did get into the spirit of it all and it's only taken six
> > weeks for us to write this edition of yer weekly SchNEWS!
> >
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> >
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> >
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