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

Sullivan Sian Dr (DEV) d029 Sian.Sullivan at uea.ac.uk
Mon Jan 29 14:51:39 GMT 2007


Sounds good (again!) thanks zo, x

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Dr Sian Sullivan
Lecturer in Environment and Development
University of East Anglia
Norwich NR4 7TJ
 
www.ephemeraweb.org
 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: zoe [mailto:zoe at esemplastic.net] 
>Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 2:46 PM
>To: Sullivan Sian Dr (DEV) d029
>Cc: alt-MEDIA-RES at lists.aktivix.org
>Subject: Re: [alt-media-res] Fw: SchNEWS 573, Friday 26th 
>January,2007 - PLAIN TEXT
>
>hi there
>think this only went to me
>had a quick chat with g'day john at schnews just now, seems 
>it's him and
>paul light ) both of whom I've known for ages) planning on 
>doing this, the
>cowley club people are thinking about whetjer they want to be 
>venue. john
>said the suggestion of a link up seemed to be 'everything falling into
>place' so now he and paul are chatting about as much as I've 
>told them so
>far and I will chat more to paul later today
>xxx
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Sullivan Sian Dr (DEV) d029" <Sian.Sullivan at uea.ac.uk>
>To: "zoe" <zoe at esemplastic.net>
>Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 10:13 AM
>Subject: RE: [alt-media-res] Fw: SchNEWS 573, Friday 26th 
>January,2007 -
>PLAIN TEXT
>
>
>Sounds good to me .. Agree with zo that it's likely the issues 
>will pop up
>again so hopefully we can do better with this if they are 
>interested in our
>being involved ..
>x
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: alt-media-res-bounces at lists.aktivix.org
>>[mailto:alt-media-res-bounces at lists.aktivix.org] On Behalf Of zoe
>>Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 10:12 AM
>>To: alt-MEDIA-RES at lists.aktivix.org
>>Subject: Re: [alt-media-res] Fw: SchNEWS 573, Friday 26th
>>January,2007 - PLAIN TEXT
>>
>>hey there all
>>I'm pretty well connected to the schnews crew and due to go to
>>brighton in a
>>couple of weeks so could meet with people then
>>however
>>one concern is that cowley club is not very big
>>and while it can (and does) host a good party, it's not
>>entirely the kind of
>>venue that I think sian and I had imagined for the late night party
>>section....
>>can also imagine some of the money/no money, academics/no
>>academics issues
>>coming up again with some of the more radical people involved in the
>>centre.... but maybe we can handle it ok with a different
>>approach than the
>>kind taken to uk imc.... ?
>>so... have a think and if u ppl are keen I can make some calls
>>(early this
>>week if poss, am away for a week from weds) and sound schnews
>>ppl out and
>>take it from there
>>xxx
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Andre Spicer" <Andre.Spicer at wbs.ac.uk>
>>To: <alt-MEDIA-RES at lists.aktivix.org>
>>Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 7:37 AM
>>Subject: Re: [alt-media-res] Fw: SchNEWS 573, Friday 26th
>>January,2007 -
>>PLAIN TEXT
>>
>>
>>Do you think we should join forces with them? I am sure that
>>they would be
>>keen on a little help organising and some resources
>>
>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>André Spicer
>>Industrial Relations and Organisational Behaviour
>>Warwick Business School
>>University of Warwick
>>Coventry CV4 7AL
>>United Kingdom
>>
>>Andre.Spicer at wbs.ac.uk
>>+44 (0)24 7652 4513
>>http://andre.spicer.googlepages.com/home
>>
>>>>> "zoe" <zoe at esemplastic.net> 28/01/07 17:36:27 >>>
>>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!
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Disclaimer
>>>
>>> SchNEWS warns all readers - make sure you always get it in
>>> writing. Honest!
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> That's All Folks!
>>>
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