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

steffen boehm sgboehm at gmail.com
Mon Jan 29 15:42:50 GMT 2007


sounds all good to me; one word of caution though; we should think
about what we want to get out of this event ourselves; and what we
think would be a good contribution to indy/alt.media in general. while
i agree that it would be cool to have a nice party, i also think that
we need to think carefully about what would be going on on such an
event in terms of practical discussions that link to our research
project.
anyway, i think brighton/schnews link up sounds like a great idea, but
i dont want us to go into something without knowing fully what it is
that we actually want from such an event...
xst

On 29/01/07, Sullivan Sian Dr (DEV) d029 <Sian.Sullivan at uea.ac.uk> wrote:
> Sounds good (again!) thanks zo, x
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 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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