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

steffen boehm sgboehm at gmail.com
Mon Jan 29 16:42:16 GMT 2007


goals are fine i think. any more views on this?
re some funding re your brussels trip, that's fine with me...
xst

On 29/01/07, zoe <zoe at esemplastic.net> wrote:
> hi there
> sorry if my stress on having a good party space (usually forgotten in
> planning academic stuff) wasn't paralleled by focus on the work side, (which
> I let slip by as an assumption!)
> the things I think schnews wanna do are mainly practical workshops on how to
> do a news sheet, make and put a movie online etc. combined with discussion
> about current role and purpose of independent media, I said we were into
> that and also sharing findings/raising discussion about area specific
> networks, work processes in alt media etc. stuff they have less background
> on (but prob just as much to say, once poked!) and that's what made john
> think it was all fitting together nicely.
> anyone else wanna be more specific about goals for event before I go any
> further with the discussions?
> xxx
> ps I've a chance to meet and interview alex wilks (ifiwatchnet founder)
> finally in brussels next week on the way back from berlin, can I get part of
> my travel paid do you think as it costs extra to stop off in bxl and the
> berlin people (G8 popular education workshop) are rather skint..? cheers!
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "steffen boehm" <sgboehm at gmail.com>
> To: "Sullivan Sian Dr (DEV) d029" <Sian.Sullivan at uea.ac.uk>
> Cc: "zoe" <zoe at esemplastic.net>; <alt-MEDIA-RES at lists.aktivix.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 3:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [alt-media-res] Fw: SchNEWS 573, Friday 26th January, 2007 -
> PLAIN TEXT
>
>
> 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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