From guditta at hotmail.com  Tue Feb  2 16:14:13 2010
From: guditta at hotmail.com (yodet gherez)
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 16:14:13 +0000
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] important meeting coming up!
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love this!!

 
"It should be noted that 
we are not pacifists. We oppose the use of violence by nations to spread 
imperialism and oppress the majority of the worlds? population. However, if the 
world?s population decide to resist this system, defend themselves and fight 
back, who are we to condemn it?" "
also, election meltdown meeting continues at the foundry on sat 13th of feb. 3pm-7pm. 

Ian Bone made it down first day (class war).

pls try and come!. it was really productive and its gonna result to big direct action for May Day!. 

united we stand. divided we fall!

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From butterflea at riseup.net  Wed Feb  3 09:33:36 2010
From: butterflea at riseup.net (butterflea at riseup.net)
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 01:33:36 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] =?iso-8859-1?q?=5BFwd=3A_=5Bfaf=5D_Fwd=3A_Femi?=
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Subject: [faf] Fwd: Feminist International Solidarity Camp ???Myriam
Merlet??? To Open On Haitian-Dominican Republic Border
From:    "Nimda" <nimda.wil at tiscali.co.uk>
Date:    Tue, February 2, 2010 11:06 am
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      Feminist International Solidarity Camp ???Myriam Merlet??? To Open On
      Haitian-Dominican Republic Border
      <http://womensphere.wordpress.com/2010/02/02/feminist-international-solidarity-camp-%e2%80%9cmyriam-merlet%e2%80%9d-to-open-on-haitian-dominican-republic-border/>

The solidarity camp is named after Myriam Merlet, a feminist activist
who was killed in the earthquake last week. As an outspoken activist,
Merlet helped draw international attention to the use of rape as a
political weapon.

A Feminist International Solidarity Camp to help mobilize and transfer
resources, and to open channels of communications directly with Haitian
women will open next week on the frontier Jeman?? between the Dominican
Republic & Haiti. As a project organized by women???s groups in Haiti, the
Dominican Republic, and elsewhere in Latin America & the Caribbean and
beyond, the Camp will be eventually handed over to Haitian women.

The international solidarity camp is named after Myriam Merlet, It is
organized as a Resource Center for international solidarity efforts to
send resources directly to the women of Haiti, and also work with Human
Rights defenders from Haiti to monitor, denounce and demand legal action
regarding violations of human rights including women???s human rights
during the earthquake and the aftermath.

Also to be included is a Health Center to help deal the grief, injuries,
illnesses and traumas of the earthquake.

Coordinators of these efforts include the Women & Health Collective
(COMUS) a women???s human rights and health NGO, and CIPAF, a feminist NGO
of the Dominican Republic that works in building social/political movement.

The space will also serve as a Communications Center to include radio
transmissions via Internet by FIRE (Feminist International Radio
Endeavour), as well as blogs, and electronic networks organized by
women???s communication networks throughout the region. FIRE was the first
international internet radio created and run by women from Latin America
and the Caribbean.

Participation is needed, particularly to find resources, share
information from the Camp and develop solidarity in your place. .

For more information in English about the Myriam Merlet Feminist
International Solidarity Camp and other ways to participate go to:
http://www.radiofeminista.net (webpage of FIRE radio) as of Febrary 1st.

Write in English to oficina at radiofeminista.net
<http://womensphere.wordpress.com/oficina at radiofeminista.net>

Or write in Spanish to: Colectiva Mujer y Salud in the Dominican
Republic at http://www.colectivamujerysalud.org

Centro de Investigaci??n para la Acci??n Femenina CIPAF also in the
Dominican Republic at: http://www.cipaf.org.do

http://www.radiofeminista.net/index.php/es/noticias/70-solidarity-haiti-feminist.html

See also: ???Myriam Merlet, Anne Marie Coriolan & Magalie Marcelin
Feminist International Camp???
<http://www.radiofeminista.net/index.php/en/component/content/article/3/75-campamento-feminista-internacional-qmyriam-merlet-anne-marie-coriolan-y-magalie-marcelinq.html>

and: UNIFEM Mourns the Deaths of 4 Women???s Rights Activists in Haiti
<http://womensphere.wordpress.com/2010/01/23/unifem-mourns-the-deaths-of-4-women%e2%80%99s-rights-activists-in-haiti/>

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From suzymcc at hotmail.com  Fri Feb  5 12:32:29 2010
From: suzymcc at hotmail.com (Susan McCabe)
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 12:32:29 +0000
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] Abney - greenwoodworkng next week - reminder and
	invite
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> 
> Hello bodgers...
> 
> A quick reminder that we will be in Abney next week (see below) and we
> hope to see some or all of you there.
> 
> Monday -Thursday 8-11th Feb. 11am-3pm.
> Just drop in and bring lunch to share.
> 
> Also want to let you know that Geri will be hosting the 2nd meeting of the
> North London Group of Association of Pole Lathe Turners on the following
> Saturday 13th Feb.
> 
> cheers
> Jax and Geri
> ______________________________________
> 
> Woodcrafty is a social enterprise that works to improve the confidence and
> practical skills of both children and adults through working creatively
> with green, coppiced and recycled wood.
> 
> Projects have included the use of coppiced hazel to build geodesic domes
> and yurts with groups of children and adults.
> 
> We have a bodging site in Abney Park Cemetery and are currently running
> free green woodworking introductory sessions.
> 
> If you are interested in working with Woodcrafty on other projects then
> please do get in touch.
> Telephone: 07950 539 254
> Email:woodcrafty at gn.apc.org
> 
> Project photgraphs can be seen at: www.flickr.com/photos/woodcrafty
> and maybe join the 'Woodcrafty'facebook page.
> 

 		 	   		  
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From butterflea at riseup.net  Wed Feb 10 18:35:31 2010
From: butterflea at riseup.net (butterflea at riseup.net)
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:35:31 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] =?iso-8859-1?q?=5BFwd=3A_=5Blafk=5D_Haitian_Wo?=
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Haitian Women?s Groups Send Out Plea for Sanitary and Other Supplies for
Women and Girls



Haitian women?s groups report that while contributions from the
international community continue to pour in, ?in many camps essentials
such as food and clothing are not yet widely available, especially for
women and children.?

In a letter of appeal sent to colleagues in the international women?s
movement, Sergia Galvan and Mayra Tavarez of Colectiva Mujeres Y
Salud/CAFRA in the Dominican Republic write:

? 
 As with most other natural disasters, the strongest and the fittest
tend to dominate disaster supply chain and distribution. Women and young
girls are the last to have access to the supplies chain and distribution
points. So they do not receive the supplies that they most urgently need
in addition to food and water. So it is in Haiti.

?Rape of young girls and women is also a growing problem as is common in
the aftermath of most disasters? they write. Because of this, there is
also an ?urgent need for the morning after pill.

Haitian women, young girls and youth are in need of:
* Feminine supplies.
* Combs.
* Feminine wipes.
* Panties, bras and clothes and other support (especially for pregnant
women and new mothers).
* Personal/household supplies for birth delivery and after: (rubbing
alcohol or disposable anti-germicidal substitutes; baby wipes, baby wraps,
pampers, socks and caps and supplies for nursing. mothers/newborn; (It is
cold at nights so there is need to cover the feet and heads of the
newborns).
* Clothing and under garments for women and young girls.
* Bedding & blankets for babies and mothers.

Their plea: Send supplies or money to help purchase any of the above
items. In general, say Galvan and Tavarez, ?any supplies (such as
toothpaste, tooth brushes etc) that can be used for daily living for men,
women, boys and girls are welcome.?

We need your support for these resources and any financial contribution
towards shipment that you are able to make.
Donations can be sent directly to:
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR HAITI
Sergia Galvan and Mayra Tavarez
Colectiva Mujeres Y Salud/CAFRA
Calle Socomo Sanchez
No 74, Gazcu, Santo Domingo DR

This is a specific drive for Emergency Supplies for Haitian women and
girls* that is being sponsored by the Caribbean Association for Feminist
Research and Action (CAFRA) and Colectiva Mujers Y Salud (Women?s Health
Collective), Dominican Republic, and the CAFRA Youth League in Haiti. This
assistance is being transferred primarily through the Myriam Merlet
International Solidarity Camp* directly to women and women?s
organizations.

Myriam Merlet was a National Representative of CAFRA who was killed during
the earthquake.

http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2010/02/04/haitian-womens-groups-send-out-plea-sanitary-and-other-supplies-women-and-girls?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rhrealitycheck+%28RHRealityCheck.org%29








From butterflea at riseup.net  Wed Feb 10 18:53:12 2010
From: butterflea at riseup.net (butterflea at riseup.net)
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:53:12 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] =?iso-8859-1?q?London_-=5BFwd=3A_=5Bfaf=5D_Pro?=
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  Protest in support of women on hunger strike in Yarl?s Wood ? 12th
  February 2010 <http://womensgrid.freecharity.org.uk/?p=4566>

*Yarl?s Wood detainees on hunger strike
Protest in support 2.30-4.30pm, this Friday 12 February*
Serco Offices, 18-20 Hand Court (off High Holborn)

*84 + Women on Hunger Strike, behind the Wire @ Yarl?s Wood IRC*

      ?Detention results from political decisions that represent a
      ?hardening attitude towards irregular migrants and asylum seekers?
      (*PACE)

*End the Detention of Foreign Nationals Now!*

Since the 5th of February 2010, we the residents at Yarl?s Wood
Immigration Removal Centre are on hunger strike which involves over 84 +
women, who are protesting against the period of time spent in detention
and the treatment that they receive while being detained.

The strike was sparked to protest and demand that the frustration and
humiliation of all foreign nationals ends now.

*We are demanding the following actions*

      * End the frustrations, physical and mental torture at the centre

      *Allow enough time and make resources available to residents who
      need to fully present their cases.

      *To end all false allegations and misrepresentations by the UKBA
      regarding detainees in order to refuse bail or temporary admissions.

      *Access to appropriate medical treatment and care as in the
      community, access to edible and well cooked food, phones with good
      mobile connections, with camera and recording facilities to back
      up cases.

      *To stop the forceful removal and degrading system of deportation
      of detainees

      *To put law into practise, European rules governing standard of
      conditions of detention for migrants and asylum seekers and the
      length of time in detention.

      *The abolition of detention for asylum seeker and torture victims

      *Detention should be by a standard procedure prescribed by law,
      authorised by judicial authority and be subjected to periodic
      judicial reviews.

      *To end the detention of children and their mothers, rape
      survivors and other torture victims, to end the detention of
      physically, mentally sick people and pregnant women for long
      period of time.

      *To end the separation of children from their mothers being
      detained whether in detention or destitution.

      *To end the detention of women detention after serving time in prison.

      * To abolish the fast track system, in order to give asylum
      seekers a fair chance with their application, while understanding
      the particular needs of victims of torture, and access to reliable
      legal representation which the fast track system denies.

      *To end the repeat detention of women granted temporary admission
      while reporting or signing after a short period out of detention.

      *To a set period of time allowed to detain women, which should be
      no longer than 1 month, while waiting decision either from UKBA or
      court proceedings.

      * Finally instead of detention of foreign nationals, there are
      alternatives to detention stated by the *Parliamentary Assembly of
      the Council of Europe (PACE). ?The detention of asylum seekers and
      irregular migrants in Europe ?, Adopted on the 28th January 2010,
      extracts below.

            9.1.1. detention of asylum seekers and irregular migrants
            shall be exceptional and only used after first reviewing all
            other alternatives and finding that there is no effective
            alternative;
            9.3.4.1. placement in special establishments (open or
            semi-open);
            9.3.4.2. registration and reporting;
            9.3.4.3. release on bail/surety;
            9.3.4.4. controlled release to individuals, family members,
            NGOs, religious organisations, or others;
            9.3.4.5. handover of travel and other documents, release
            combined with appointment of a special worker;

*Full Text: Council of Europe ? Parliamentary Assembly Resolution 1707
(2010)1*
The detention of asylum seekers and irregular migrants in Europe
http://tinyurl.com/Resolution-1707

Please support our concerns, lobby your MPs, Councilors, MEPs, demanding
our immediate release and an end to arbitrary detention.

With Thanks,
*Women behind the Wire @ Yarl?s Wood IRC*

Messages of support/solidarity to: WomenBehindTheWire at ncadc.org.uk
<mailto:WomenBehindTheWire at ncadc.org.uk>
http://www.ncadc.org.uk

See also:
*Yarl?s Wood women remain on hunger strike
<http://womensgrid.freecharity.org.uk/?p=4568>*


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From suzymcc at hotmail.com  Thu Feb 11 13:18:40 2010
From: suzymcc at hotmail.com (Susan McCabe)
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:18:40 +0000
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] UPDATE: Mothers' campaign petition
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UPDATE: MOTHERS? CAMPAIGN OF THE ALL AFRICAN WOMEN?S GROUP

 
Dear Friends,

Over 500 people from all over the UK have signed our online petition for family reunion in the short period that we have been circulating it.  Many hundreds more have signed during street petitioning.  
 
Signatures have come from community, peace and church groups, unions, artists, professionals such as academics, doctors, journalists, social workers, teachers . . . and mothers who are separated from their children.  Prominent individuals include playwright Kay Adshead, Tony Benn, comedian Jeremy Hardy, actor Julie Hesmondhalgh, Lord Hylton, retired immigration judge Anver Jeevanjee, Sarah Ludford MEP and Ian Macdonald QC. We include below a selection of the many moving and heartfelt comments.  
 
But we need your help to gather more signatures. The petition will be handed in at a Mothers? March on Saturday 13 MARCH 2010 and we are hoping for a couple of thousand signatures by that time.  That is only six weeks away so please help by: signing the petition yourself; sending it round to your friends, family and other contacts; featuring it on any blogs/websites/facebook pages, etc. you have. 
 
Please contact us if you would like to volunteer in other ways with calls, street petitioning, etc. 
 
You may be interested to know that a number of women from our campaign spoke recently at a packed event in Parliament (pictures below).  People were moved to tears and anxious to support our campaign.






Please go to our webpage to see our leaflet, press articles and radio interviews.
 
Very best wishes and many thanks,
 
Jeto Flaviah
 
QUOTES FROM PETITION
 
 ?As a mother and grandmother I know that being cared for by their mothers is fundamental to children's health and wellbeing.?
 
?This is a really worthwhile campaign. I can't think of anything worse than being separated from my children. How can we do this in a civilised society??
 
 ?Please help us to be re-united with our children. When you are claiming asylum it takes many years & the children turn 18. The delay is not our fault. A child is still a child & should be with their mother.?
 
?I left my son behind when I came here. If I stayed they would kill me so I had to go and it wasn't safe to take him. I am always thinking of him and worrying about him.?
 
?I had to leave my three children behind when I fled DFC. I fled to protect my children and myself. I feel I am living without the most important part of my life. Every day I think about my children.? 
 
?I lost contact with my two children when I fled from Uganda. My oldest is now 19, my girl is 12. I thought they would be killed if I didn't leave them. I don't know where they are or even if they are alive. It hurts a lot. I question myself all the time, what am I here for when they are not with me.? 
 
?Continued separation of mothers and their children never mind their ages is a systematic form of mental torture and persecution thus violating their human rights. They might have fled from persecution but in their mind it still continues mentally.? 
 
 ?Legislators - consider how you would react to the damage done to your own children by protracted separation from you!?
 
?I came to the UK six years ago. I was forced to leave my daughter behind. She would now be nine years old. I think of her every day. I get nightmares of not knowing if she is alive or not. I hope that this campaign will help me and other mothers like me.?
 
?I hope you will be able to see your children soon.?
 
 ?I find it hard to believe that the government can be so cruel.? 
 
?Is there a need to comment? It's blindingly obvious that children should be allowed to be with their mothers.?
 
?I find it abhorrent that the UK government sees it fit to deny children and mothers the right to be together. I went through this and I can only say it is very painful emotionally and one tends to suffer from anxiety wondering if the children are being looked after well and not being abused. The best person to look after a child is the mother if she can do it.? 
 
?The human suffering involved here can only be imagined by another parent. To be separated from your children like this must be a never ending agony.?
 
?We fully support this petition for mothers who have won their right to stay in the UK to be reunited with their children whatever their age. This separation is a terrible injustice firstly to the children as well as of course the mothers. This includes lesbian mothers who have sought asylum because they have had to flee from homophobic violence which can very often be life-threatening.?
 
?It is only fair that if an application was made when the child was below 18 must allowed to join the parents.
I believe that it is a basic human right for mothers and children to be together.?
 
?We only have to imagine how one would feel oneself if we were in the same situation... there but by the grace of God go I.?
 
?How can we as a Country say that we are taking account of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of the Child when we are NOT giving mothers the right to be with their children? We should hang our heads in shame at what our Government is doing to these families.?
 
?It?s child abuse separating mothers and their children; the courageous women in this network need our every support.? 
 
?No child should be separated from parents.?
 
?A very worthy cause. Women with the right to stay in the UK MUST be automatically allowed to have their children with them if we are a humanitarian country with a specific right for families to live together.?
 
?This has been a tragic situation that these women have had to live with since fleeing their countries.?
 
?I have worked with refugees and asylum seekers in London.  Beyond all they have been through, that forced asylum seekers to flee their countries, this regulation has to be changed.?
 
?I was brought up without my mother (because she was supposed to be mentally ill and was sectioned and discarded by my father - though his mother, who brought me up, was really the mad one) so I know how important it is for every child to have his or her mother.?
 
?Why should we vote for any government that prevents children from joining their mothers??
 
?I strongly support this petition. Home Office takes too long to decide immigration cases. It is not fair for these children to deny their rights to reunite with their mothers.?
 
?I am so glad you are doing this: I have met and love women in this position.?
 
?Good initiative, well done. Some of us are mothers, all of us were children, what sort of people can keep families apart like this?? 
 



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From elverageen at yahoo.co.uk  Thu Feb 11 21:17:53 2010
From: elverageen at yahoo.co.uk (elvera geen)
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:17:53 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] Edinburgh Femstruation Week 13th-20th February
	2010
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Femstruation Week SCHEDULE! 13th - 20th of February 2010 organised by the Edinburgh anarcha feminist Kollectiv

This week-long forray into menstruation will start heavy & end light, with a varied mixture of interactive workshops, gigs, talks, zine stalls, spoken word performances, art installations, photo collections, performance art, video displays, & much more to be contributed.

VENUES: Edinburgh..
Big Red Door,(BRD) home of TePOOKA, (10 Lady Lawson street) and The Forest cafe, ( 3 Bristo Place)

CONTACT:feministana rchistedinburgh@ googlemail. com?and?edinburghanarchafem inist.blogspot. com

SCHEDUAL:

Organised by The Edinburgh Anarcha Feminist Kollectiv

?Femstruation? Exhibition opening: Open all week (13th-20th Feb) -11am-6pm at the BRD.

Saturday 13th Feb

DIY cloth pad making workshop:
11am-12pm, BRDLearn about and make your own eco friendly sanitary products. Bring needle, thread and flannel/felt.

Marketing Menstruation workshop 12pm-2pm Adventures in Menstruating: Tampon Crafts and Menstrual Euphemisms with Chella Quint and Sarah Thomasin.2pm- 4pm BRD Our workshop is open to menstruators and non-menstruators of all genders. Accompanied young children welcome. Please bring tampons, art supplies or make a donation to cover?supplies.www. chartyourcycle. co.uk

Launch Night:?
7pm, Forest Caf?, Free on the door,?
Join us for a taste of some sketch comedy, spoken word, acoustic music, readings, fanzine stalls.?
The Adventures in Menstruating Roadshow Rolls into Edinbugh for Femstruation week!
Featuring highly irreverent sketch comedy, poetry, music and spoken word from Chella Quint and Sarah Thomasin. Menstruators and Non-menstruators of all genders welcome.?www.chartyourcycle. co.uk
SHARON acoustic guitar
KIM'S BAND swing folk
TORN STRINGS raw folk
CAROLINE KEMP angry political folk


Sunday 14th, BRD,

Threads workshop on DIY feminist health:11am- 1pm, workshop about the experiences and politics of the menstrual cycle. A feminist discussion about health based on the zine threads,?www.threadsbook. org.

"Blue Blood"2pm-3pm: A male perspective and interaction with menstruation3- 4pm lecture; 'Not Seeing Red: Modern Menstrual Discourse,lecture looking into the public representations of menstruation (or lack thereof), both past and present. .

'Bloody Valentine Extravaganza'8pm-1am BRD: Includes exhibition, exciting visuals, ?get bloody stall, zine stalls, drumming, menstrual poetry, 'Adventures in menstruating' comedy act. ?4 on the door (reduction if dressed in red). The Adventures in Menstruating?
Featuring highly irreverent sketch comedy, poetry, music and spoken word from Chella Quint and Sarah Thomasin. Menstruators and Non-menstruators of all genders welcome.?www.chartyourcycle. co.uk

Monday 15th Feb, Heavy Menstrual Film Night, Forest Caf?, 7pm

Tuesday 16th Feb,Brd,

2pm-4pm, Red Tent interactive workshop: 15 people maximum, book in advance. An interactive space exploring birthing, ovulation and menstruation7pm- 11pm ,


Forest Caf?, Spoken Word and Open Mic.

Wednesday 17th Feb

Old Hat Books radical library, 5-7pm, Forest Caf?, open reading session: Bring a story or poem to share, the theme is "what your mother never told you? - bring some cakes to share too!

Body interaction workshop BRD, 8pm-11pm: A workshop exploring attitudes to our bodies and experience of being a woman interactively in a female identified space (Nakedness may occur).

ThurSday 18th :Menstrual Story Telling, 7pm, Forest Caf?

.Friday 19th:Queer Mutiny: Gender bender theme;BRD 8pm,donation only: Join us for an alternative Queer night: rampage into the menstrual cycle with cunt cakes, body paint, clothes swap, with a sexy red hamper for the best dressed. 8pm, Donation on the door.

Saturday 20th: BRD

11am-12pm:menstrual rituals and crafts workshop

12pm-2pm:Natural health and herbs workshop

2PM-3PM: "The Woman's Curse: Women, Menstruation and the Medical Profession":An interactive workshop discussing how menstruation has traditionally been viewed by the medical world.

Riot Folk and Bloody Punk night: 8pm- 1am, with pirate DJ JO Anne Bonnie ; Featuring 'Witches Revenge' and 'No Fit State' , visuals and Zine stalls on the rag! ?4 on the door

Kids Space available during all workshops Both venues wheelchair accessible




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From guditta at hotmail.com  Mon Feb 15 14:02:08 2010
From: guditta at hotmail.com (yodet gherez)
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:02:08 +0000
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] Community Action Gathering: March 27th 2010
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Please forward to all interested groups and individuals..



Community Action Gathering

Saturday March 27th 2010

11am - 5pm 

Sumac Centre, Nottingham

245 Gladstone Street, Nottingham NG7 6HX





STANDING UP FOR OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND OUR
INTERESTS

- how best to organise and take action?



To all radical, community-orientated local groups
and individuals throughout the country?..





Dear friends   



We are inviting you to a UK-wide Community Action gathering in Nottingham
on Saturday 27th March. The aim of the event is to share information and
experiences, and exchange our views as local activists. Obviously,
there's only so much that we can do at one event. But we hope to work out
how to promote the copncept of community action effectively, to establish
better links and communication channels among local groups, and encourage
new ones to flourish all over the UK. That way we will be more effective
and be able to make a real difference in our communities. 



- Which issues should be our main priorities? 

- How do immediate practical concerns link to the need for fundamental
social change?

- What is our relationship with local residents? groups and broad-based
campaigns? 

- Are we having the effect we?d like? 



This event aims, through workshop discussions, to:



? share information, local experiences and views about some of the key
issues affecting our communities

? establish better links and communication channels among radical,
community-orientated local groups and individuals

? promote collective and non-hierarchical, open and horizontal forms of
organisation

? promote anti-authoritarian, anti-state, anti-capitalist and
pro-community, pro-working class grass-roots politics - that is, the
interests of people rather than of governments and corporations!



The full Agenda and workshop themes are set out below. An informal social
event is also being planned for the Saturday evening at the Sumac Centre
(which in any case has a bar).



Please fill in the questionnaire below so we know roughly how many people
to expect. You are invited to add the following details:



? Would you like to help introduce one of the planned discussions (see
the list of workshops below)?

? Do you need us to arrange accommodation?

? Can you make a donation towards the costs? 





best wishes and solidarity   



-  some members of the Community Action elist

CAG 2010 c/o James
<communityactionnetworkuk at googlemail.com> 




Note: Feel free to join the list! 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CommunityActionList  When doing so please
let us know your name and where you live.



*     *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *    
*     *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *    
*     



ATTENDANCE QUESTIONNAIRE 



Please fill in and return to CAG 2010 c/o James
<communityactionnetworkuk at googlemail.com> 






Yes, I / we hope to attend ??..  



Name of group [if applicable] ???????????????



We expect around ??..  of us to attend.  



We?ll need accommodation: Friday ?....    Saturday ......  [number]



We?d like to help kick off the discussion on [workshop theme]
??????????....



Contact: Name ???????????..   



Address ???????????????????????.



Tel ??????????..    Email ????????????????                



Donation  ?? ___  (just bring along to the gathering)





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PLANNED AGENDA



11am         Arrival / refreshments.
Discussions about the agenda.

12 noon             Introduction to the event. Brief introduction and
very brief reports from each group present.

1pm                   First workshops/discussions session [See list
below]

2.15pm           Break for refreshments

2..45pm             Brief plenary

3pm                   Second workshops/discussions session [See list
below]

4.15pm              Report backs from discussions. Plenary on how
activists can work together better to support our communities and local
struggles? How do we promote the concept of community action, and develop
and expand our network?

5pm           End and clear up



Evening          Informal social



Note: if requested, we might be able to organise an ?overflow?
discussion on Sunday 28th, around midday?





*     *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *    
*     *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *    
*     



COMMUNITY ACTION - WORKSHOP DISCUSSIONS



FIRST SESSION - issues

1. Fighting for the local services and facilities we need

2. Our neighbourhoods - improving our streets, our local environment and
community spirit

3. Decent and affordable housing for all

4. Regeneration, gentrification and planning

5. Local workplace struggles and issues



SECOND SESSION - strategies

6. Community centres and social centres

7. Interaction with residents and existing residents? groups

8. Councils - how should we relate to them?

9. How to set up local groups

10. Communication techniques and strategies (newsletters, mailing lists,
leaflets etc)



For all discussions 

-  what are our long term aims and what can we do in the here and now
to work towards them? 
-  What are the existing struggles, campaigns and grass-roots groups
which show the way forward? 
1. Fighting for the local services and facilities we needHow do
we put pressure on those controlling community resources and services to
get the improvements we need - education, healthcare, leisure facilities,
parks, playcentres, community centres, council services etc? Should our
communities take them over? If so, how? What is the role for user groups?
Can people set up their own services? 



2. Our neighbourhoods- improving our streets, our local environment
and community spirit

What kind of neighbourhoods do we want? How do we get safer, greener
and friendlier streets? How do we get rid of ugly and oppressive features
(billboards, speeding traffic, mobile phone masts, too much concrete
etc)?  How can we build up community spirit and neighbourliness, and
'take ownership' of our areas? 



3. Decent and affordable housing for all

How can we ensure decent housing for all. Can homelessness be
countered by occupations of empty homes and buildings? How can council
house residents defend public and 'social' housing against privatisation
and gentrification, and fight for more control over their homes? How can
private tenants and mortgage-payers stand up to landlords and
money-lending institutions etc.  What are the pros and cons of housing
co-ops?



4. Regeneration, gentrification and planning

Can regeneration and 'urban development' benefit our communities? If
so, how can people ensure their real needs are addressed? Is regeneration
often a cover for gentrification and undermining working class areas and
facilities (threatening established housing, green spaces, pubs,
community centres, small shopping parades etc) - if so what can be done
about it? How are communities resisting private developers and unwanted
mega-projects?



5. Local workplace struggles and issues

How do workers and workplaces link into community issues and
struggles? How can communities directly link up with and support local
workers, and vice-versa (eg. community boycotts and industrial action
etc)? Should we work with trade unions or encourage independent workplace
self-organisation?



6. Community centres and social centres

What kind of meeting places do local communities need? What are the
pros and cons of existing community centres? Where else can people get
together (clubs, pubs, cafes, parks, playgroups, church halls etc)? How
can radical, self-organised social centres really make a difference in
local areas? 



7. Interaction with residents and existing residents? groups

How can activists communicate better with our neighbours and our
local communities? How do we interact with community-based groups of all
kinds (especially residents associations and others who are committed to
their communities)? What kind of activities can bring people together in
a positive way - eg. single issue campaigning, public meetings and
discussions, local festivals and street parties, informal sports,
picnics, pub quizzes etc? How can such activities help build up a culture
of local independence and resistance?



8. Councils - how should we relate to them?

What attitude should community activists have towards councils?
Councils exercise huge influence over how resources (etc) are allocated -
how do people work towards real local control and self-management over
all decision-making and resources? Is it possible to support local
pro-community and pro-working class election candidates and at the same
time emphasise the limits of municipal democracy? Or is it better to
lobby Council officers and councillors from the outside, or just
ignore/boycott them and rely on direct action? In the absence of
mass-participation how does a local group gauge its support in the
community?  



9. How to set up local groups

Is there a fundamental difference between local 'political / radical'
groups and local 'community' groups, or are they complementary forms of
self-organisation? How can such groups spread to every locality,
especially in predominantly working class areas? Can community-based
single issue campaigns lead to permanent local organisations? How do we
ensure that such groups are independent, inclusive, accountable to their
communities, take up a wide range of relevant issues, and promote mutual
aid and solidarity?



10. Communication techniques and strategies (newsletters, mailing
lists, leaflets etc)

What practical methods are the best ways of spreading information,
building up communication channels, and encouraging and inspiring people
to get involved in the life of their community and to join in with local
groups and campaigns? What are the benefits of leaflets, public meetings,
newsletters, minutes, email lists, websites, door-to-door
visits/questionnaires, notice boards, posters, phone trees etc? 



 		 	   		  
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From: guditta at hotmail.com (yodet gherez)
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:14:21 +0000
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] fit watch
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From butterflea at riseup.net  Mon Feb 15 18:42:16 2010
From: butterflea at riseup.net (butterflea at riseup.net)
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:42:16 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] [Fwd: [feministlibrary] Ladyfest Ten Logo
 Competition - Please Pass On]
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---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: [feministlibrary] Ladyfest Ten Logo Competition - Please Pass On
From:    "nathalie blue" <nathalie_blue84 at yahoo.co.uk>
Date:    Sun, February 14, 2010 5:33 am
To:      nathalie_blue84 at yahoo.co.uk
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Ladyfest Ten Logo Competition
Preparations
for Ladyfest Ten are well on their way but you may have noticed that we
are mysteriously missing a logo. Well that???s where you come in.

We are offering you the chance to become one of Ladyfest Ten team
and design the official logo for the tenth anniversary of Ladyfest!
Your design will be used on flyers, posters and everything Ladyfest
related and you???ll get a free pass + 1 to the festival.

Ladyfest Ten celebrates ten years of international diversity,
support and discourse amongst feminist communities, comprising artists,
musicians, creatives and activists.
If you think you have the creative know-how start whipping up a cracking
logo with these requirements:
	* Two versions of the logo: b/w + color (if needed)
	* The logo should read ???LADYFEST TEN???
Submit a .jpg or .tiff file of your design to
ladyfestten.logo at googlemail.com before the 24th February with your name
and contact details.


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From butterflea at riseup.net  Mon Feb 15 18:58:46 2010
From: butterflea at riseup.net (butterflea at riseup.net)
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:58:46 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] [Fwd: FW: [detainee_solidarity_london] DEMO IN
 SOLIDARITY WITH YARL'S WOOD HUNGER STRIKERS]
Message-ID: <753bb5165826c3343fdac8070c05c593.squirrel@tern.riseup.net>

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: FW: [detainee_solidarity_london] DEMO IN SOLIDARITY WITH YARL'S
WOOD HUNGER STRIKERS
From:    "Black Women's Rape Action Project" <bwrap at dircon.co.uk>
Date:    Mon, February 15, 2010 10:48 am
To:      butterflea at riseup.net
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We wanted our network to know about the demo on Wednesday in support of
women hunger strikers.
Apologies if you are out of London.
Black Women's Rape Action Project

_____________________________________
From: detainee_solidarity_london-owner at lists.riseup.net
[mailto:detainee_solidarity_london-owner at lists.riseup.net]
Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 2:16 PM
To: detainee_solidarity_london at lists.riseup.net
Subject: RE: [detainee_solidarity_london] RE: Wednesday - Holloway?

DEMO IN SOLIDARITY WITH YARL'S WOOD HUNGER STRIKERS
WEDNESDAY 17th FEBRUARY
6.30pm-7.30pm, OUTSIDE HOLLOWAY PRISON, Parkhurst Road, London N7 0NU

On Thursday 4th February 84 women started a hunger strike in Yarl's  Wood
Immigration Detention Centre near Bedford, demanding their release.

On Monday 8th December the hunger strikers were locked up by the
centre's guards for 8 hours, without access to water or toilet
facilities. Four women were picked out as "ringleaders" and were taken  to
various prisons. All are now incarcerated in HMP Holloway.

We are calling for the immediate release of the "Yarls Wood 4" and all 
the other women still on hunger strike in the centre.

Please come and demonstrate outside HMP Holloway this Wednesday
between 6.30-7.30pm. Bring banners and instruments.

CLOSE ALL DETENTION CENTRES! STOP DEPORTATION!


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From purplepooka at blueyonder.co.uk  Thu Feb 18 01:19:30 2010
From: purplepooka at blueyonder.co.uk (Emma Pooka)
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:19:30 -0000
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] FW: [AWOL] FW: Aretta For Women Management
	Committee Opportunities
Message-ID: <004701cab038$6c30e000$4492a000$@co.uk>

Forwarding as possibly of interest.

 

From: angrywomen at googlegroups.com [mailto:angrywomen at googlegroups.com] On
Behalf Of Louise Bond
Sent: 17 February 2010 23:34
Subject: [AWOL] FW: Aretta For Women Management Committee Opportunities

 



Aretta For Women is recruiting management comittee members!
Aretta is an innovative service for female survivors of sexual violence
based in Greater Machester, currently in its formative stages. 
We believe:

.         That giving women who have experienced sexual violence the chance
to campaign against the injustice they have suffered aids their recovery by
giving them a constructive way to use their anger about their experiences
and helping them find the answers they need.

.         That women benefit from peer support from women who have
themselves experienced sexual violence.

.         That survivors are empowered when they find they are in a position
to support other women who are dealing with the traumas of rape and sexual
assault.

.         That, having experienced sexual violence and having had their
autonomy stripped of them, survivors should be empowered by Aretta and
always have their thoughts and ideas about the service and capaigns heard
and appreciated.

 
If you share our values and feel as though you could contribute in helping
us to get this service up and running we would LOVE to hear from you! 
Please see the attached flyers for more details.
Rose and Louise 

Email:  <mailto:arettaforwomen at live.co.uk> arettaforwomen at live.co.uk
Tel: (Rose) 07540541046


"Be the change you want to see in the world" Mahatma Ghandi
 
"If you think your too small to make a difference you have never been in bed
with a mosquito" African Proverb




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From butterflea at riseup.net  Thu Feb 18 19:34:44 2010
From: butterflea at riseup.net (butterflea at riseup.net)
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:34:44 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] [Fwd: [faf] Next London Freeschool 5-7 March]
Message-ID: <92a6c37941b1bf35c83b4b21d337fe41.squirrel@tern.riseup.net>

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: [faf] Next London Freeschool 5-7 March
From:    papidan at no-log.org
Date:    Thu, February 18, 2010 3:38 am
To:      papidan at no-log.org
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

            //COME TO THE FREE SCHOOL!//

It's a school that's free. Free of charge, free from teachers, free for
any adult to come and learn.

									WHEN: 5th-7th March 2010

WHERE: 195 Mare St E8 3QE. There will be a kid space, let us know your needs.

WHAT // Classes of all sorts will be held throughout each day on a wide
variety of skills and subjects, ranging from practical stuff like welding
and cooking to other useful things like languages, philosophy, making your
own radio show, do it yourself health care...
// All classes will be led by people want to share whatever skills and
knowledge they have with others.
// The ideas behind the FreeSchool are based around respect and equality.
All people who attend will be encouraged to challenge any discrimination
they see or experience such as racism, sexism, homophobia, classism...
This FreeSchool is also seeking to explore issues around gender in
learning and in other parts of our lives.

// Let's have a Free School!! //

*To join our infoline text 'freeschool' to 07905774037*
*email: londonfreeschool at riseup.net // website
www.londonfreeschool.wordpress.com*




From butterflea at riseup.net  Mon Feb 22 10:41:01 2010
From: butterflea at riseup.net (butterflea at riseup.net)
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:41:01 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] [Fwd: [faf] London Pro-Feminist Men's Group
 response to Wake up to Rape report]
Message-ID: <ea792494c355964a9096a07402a67d15.squirrel@auk.riseup.net>




Media Release


For immediate release, Tuesday Feb 16th 2010



London Pro-Feminist Men's Group statement in response to  Wake up to Rape
report



Responding to media reports about The Havens' report on British public
attitudes to rape, The London Pro-Feminist Men's Group said:



"Rape is never acceptable, and it is never the fault of the woman.  The
idea that a woman 'should know what to expect if she goes back to a man's
house' is based on the idea that men cannot control themselves or are
naturally driven to have sex at any cost.  These lies serve to absolve men
of responsibility for their behaviour but they do us no service.  We call
on all men to clean up our acts: in order to gain women's trust, we need
to establish a record of decent behaviour, and to show no tolerance for
any form of abuse of women."



For more information, contact londonprofeministmensgroup at googlemail.com,
providing a contact phone number.



Notes for Editors



1. The London Pro-Feminist Men's Group is a group of men who have been
meeting in London for over 2 years.  For more information see
http://londonprofeministmensgroup.blogspot.com/
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From butterflea at riseup.net  Mon Feb 22 18:49:40 2010
From: butterflea at riseup.net (butterflea at riseup.net)
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:49:40 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] London anarcha feminist kolektiv
Message-ID: <2679177a3f56f27565ff426af282f8a4.squirrel@tern.riseup.net>

Hi all,
London anarcha feminist kolektiv is open to new members.
If you would like to get involved with the kolektiv, please come to our
next meeting which will be this sunday the 28th of February from 7 at
Larc, 62 Fieldgate Street, london E1 1ES, http://www.londonarc.org.
if you would like to get involved but are unable to attend this meeting,
please email us at lafk at riseup.net and we can give you the details of
future meetings.
Please note that we are a women and transfolk only group.
Thanks,
Una, on behalf of lafk
www.lafk.wordpress.com
lafk at riseup.net



From guditta at hotmail.com  Mon Feb 22 21:12:57 2010
From: guditta at hotmail.com (yodet gherez)
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:12:57 +0000
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] Class War Conference
Message-ID: <SNT107-W23CF3D29B411750B2603A5B1430@phx.gbl>




Class War Conference - The Election Second Leg - SUNDAY 28TH @ Calthorpes Arms, Grays Inn Road, 1pm. 		 	   		  
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From butterflea at riseup.net  Wed Feb 24 18:16:04 2010
From: butterflea at riseup.net (butterflea at riseup.net)
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:16:04 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] [Fwd: [faf] FW:Urgent: Protest against the final
 of Miss University GB]
Message-ID: <6433fd7468ac911e19089a4b8f06e0d9.squirrel@tern.riseup.net>


Hi all,
Sorry for cross-posting and all, but I've just received a request from the
NUS Wales Women's Officer to pass on the following information to as many
people as possible, regarding a protest against the final of Miss
University GB being held on 1 March (Monday) at Oceana in Cardiff. Thought
some of you may be interested in attending.
Please forward widely.
Ta!
Hannah


-------------------------------------


Hi all,



Urgent action: Protest outside the final of Miss University GB





We have just become aware that the final of Miss University GB will take
place on Monday 1st March, in Cardiff. In order to continue our campaign
against objectification in student unions, and in order to meet mandates
from women's conference, and women's committee, the NUS Women's Campaign
is calling an emergency protest.





Where - Outside the Oceana Nightclub, Cardiff (See map here -
http://tiny.cc/AX5WM <http://tiny.cc/AX5WM> )



When - Meet at 6pm, protest will last until approximately 8pm



What to bring - bring placards, banners from your women's society,
whistles and your friends!



What to do now - reply to this email to let us know you are planning on
coming, so we can get an idea of numbers



What to do on the night - When you arrive you should be able to see a
group gathering. If you can't see us, call one of                         
                 these two numbers:



                                      Liv - 07855 041861



                                      Estelle - 07919 343034






Women have campaigned hard over the last century to gain access to
University, and to win the right to be judged on the strength of our
opinions and not our looks.  Beauty pageants such as Miss University GB
undermine these hard-fought gains and send the dangerous message that it
is ok to value women purely on a narrow conception of beauty that bears
little relation to the majority of women.



The NUS Women's Campaign wants to stress that this is in no way a protest
against the individual women who are participating in the competition. We
respect their right to be involved, and we wish them all the best in the
competition.



Our protest is against Miss University GB, and against organisations that
seek to profit from the objectification and commodification of women. We
are protesting the mainstreaming of an industry that places an expectation
on women to conform to an unrealistic and one-dimensional standard of
beauty, and against the spread of sex object culture in student unions
across the country.



Join us on Monday night. Stand up and say that all women students are
beautiful.



If you can't join us in Cardiff on Monday, then please consider sending
the attached letter to the owners of the Oceana nightclub to ask them to
reconsider hosting the event. Contact details for the organisation can be
found in the attachment.





In sisterhood,






Liv & Estelle







Liv Bailey                                                       Estelle Hart



Nus National Women's Officer                     NUS Wales Women's Officer











Estelle Hart



Swyddog y Menywod / Women's Officer



Undeb Cenedlaethol Myfyrwyr Cymru / National Union of Students Wales



029 2068 0070



079 1934 3034



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From butterflea at riseup.net  Thu Feb 25 18:39:58 2010
From: butterflea at riseup.net (butterflea at riseup.net)
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:39:58 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] [Fwd: [LCAP News] Get your rights! - Hackney
 Unemployed Workers training]
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Subject: [LCAP News] Get your rights! - Hackney Unemployed Workers training
From:    "LCAP" <londoncoalitionagainstpoverty at gmail.com>
Date:    Thu, February 25, 2010 8:59 am
To:      lcap_news at lists.riseup.net
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THIS SATURDAY: *Hackney Unemployed Workers Training day:*


As part of the Hackney Unemployed Workers Group?s continued activity to
promote true understanding of how to combat the oppressive welfare system in
the UK, a training and information day has been organised for *Saturday the
27th of February* at Navarino Mansions Community Hall, Dalston lane, near
Hackney Downs station (google
map<http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=E8+1LB&sll=51.545819,-0.064584&sspn=0.006539,0.013797&gl=uk&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=London+E8+1LB,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.54887,-0.063493&spn=0.006538,0.013797&z=16>).


   - Hear about benefits you might need to claim and other legal info
   - Share experiences of getting your rights
   - Learn how to support others at the Job Centre

The event is FREE to attend, is open to anyone, will last from 1pm to 4pm,
and will have both wheelchair access and childcare provided.

Contact Hackney Unemployed Workers Group on 07932 241737 if you have any
questions about their work or the event, or visit them online at their
blog<http://hackneyunemployedworkers.wordpress.com/>
.


This will be followed by another training session two weeks later ?



*Direct Action Casework Training ? Saturday 13th March 2 pm to 5.30 pm**

*

Come to learn how LCAP members support each other using advocacy and direct
action tactics.

The training will focus on advocacy skills and how to fight individual cases
within groups.


Lunch will be provided, and the venue and toilets are wheelchair-accessible.
If you require childcare to attend, please let us know. Email
londoncoalitionagainstpoverty at gmail.com for more details and to let us know
if you would like to attend.



The training will be at Navarino Mansions Hall Dalston lane, near Hackney
Downs station (google
map<http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=E8+1LB&sll=51.545819,-0.064584&sspn=0.006539,0.013797&gl=uk&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=London+E8+1LB,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.54887,-0.063493&spn=0.006538,0.013797&z=16>
).



*12 pm - 1 pm Saturday 27th Feb, 12 ? 2 pm  Saturday 13th March and
27thMarch-  HACKNEY HOUSING GROUP MEETING:

*Come to discuss a housing problem, get support and support others and
campaign for better housing for all.

Navarino Mansions Community Hall, Dalston Lane (on the corner with Navarino
rd) near Hackney Downs station.

Children welcome, refreshments provided and wheelchair accessible venue.

*2pm - 4 pm Saturday 6th March  - LCAP GENERAL MEETING:*

For all LCAP related groups and interested people to come and get updates on
different activities and make decisions. Same venue as above, Navarino
Mansions Community Hall.
A map can be found here:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.548234,-0.063261&num=1&sll=51.545786,-0.055418&sspn=0.055529,0.128059&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=51.547776,-0.063107&spn=0.006125,0.01929&z=16


*Every Thursday 12 pm - Hackney Unemployed Workers Group -*

Meeting for unemployed workers to get and give support on problems with
their benefits and get better treatment for all from the Jobcentre.

Cafe Bohemia, Bohemia place, opposite Hackney Central Station and by the
railway arch.

*Get involved!**

*Get in touch if you are interested in joining in where ever in London you
live. New groups are forming in many areas and we can put you in touch with
unemployed workers or housing groups in your local area or talk to you about
how to start one.

If you have some time to spare for leafleting a job centre of housing
office, helping to staff the office, can translate or interpret or have any
skill to offer let us know by emailing
londoncoalitionagainstpoverty at gmail.com or calling and leaving a message on
0207 247 6101
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From suzymcc at hotmail.com  Fri Feb 26 12:32:22 2010
From: suzymcc at hotmail.com (Susan McCabe)
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:32:22 +0000
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] [biofuelwatch] Fwd: Two new Rainforest Rescue
	email alerts
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1)  Email alert against Shell's sugar cane ethanol plans in Brazil:

Shell is planning to make the largest ever investment in biofuels in a deal worth $12 billion. The oil company is preparing to form a joint venture with the Brazilian company Cosan to produce and sell ethanol from Brazilian sugar cane. Shell will contribute about $1.625 billion. Initially, the joint venture will produce about 2 billion litres a year but the companies plan to increase this to a whopping 5 billion litres a year which would make the venture one of the world's top three ethanol producers.

2) Email alert: Palm oil companies destroy Amazon rainforest in Peru:

"The forest is not for sale! The forest will be defended!" Those are the calls from indigenous peoples in Peru defending their territories. Deep inside the Peruvian Amazon forest, in the regions San Mart?n and Loreto, thousands of hectares of virgin rainforest are being destroyed and converted to oil palm plantations at the hands of the powerful Romero Group (Grupo Romero), supported by the policies of the government of Peru. Without any public consultation, this palm oil company has been awarded concessions over thousands of hectares of rainforest.

For both alerts, see  www.rainforest-rescue.org/   


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From suzymcc at hotmail.com  Fri Feb 26 12:39:04 2010
From: suzymcc at hotmail.com (Susan McCabe)
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:39:04 +0000
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] FW: News and Events from The Women's Library
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From: moreinfo at thewomenslibrary.ac.uk
To: twlbulletin at lists.londonmet.ac.uk
Subject: News and Events from The Women's Library
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:55:32 +0000













 

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Exhibitions

Ms Understood: Women?s liberation in 70s Britain 
Until 17 April 2010, Free

Don?t miss your last chance to visit our fantastic exhibition on the origins, activities and legacy of the Women?s Liberation Movement. 
The Women?s Library celebrates 40 years of the Women?s Liberation Movement on the anniversary of the first national Women?s Liberation Conference at Ruskin College, Oxford. With first-hand accounts of women involved in the movement, the exhibition celebrates the sisterhood and spirit of 1970s feminism. More information

Photo: The Women?s Library, by permission of See Red

 


 

Foyer Display
Striking Women: Voices of South Asian workers from Grunwick & Gate Gourmet
Until 31 March 2010, Free
This free exhibition gives a fascinating insight in to the history of industrial change, social activism, migration and South Asian women in Britain. Taking the 1976 strike at Grunwick and the 2005 dispute at Gate Gourmet as the focus, Striking Women celebrates the significant role played by South Asian women in the workplace. More information

Photo: Half the sky poster, TUC Collection, London Metropolitan University 


Out of the Archives
Opens 12 May 2010

For the first time, The Women?s Library is undertaking an exciting project to create an exhibition of original artworks, inspired by items in our collection. This month, artists Helen Camock, Marysia Lewandowska, Olivia Plender and Hester Reeve, Eileen Simpson and Ben White will begin creating their pieces.
Check the website, Facebook and Twitter for regular updates

Photo: Sylvia Pankhurst In Her Studio, Hester Reeve







 
 
 

 

Events

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN?S WEEK
Study Day
Heart of the Race: Black Feminism in Britain
Saturday 6 March, 10am ? 5pm
Free

Heart of the Race considers how the grassroots Black and Asian women?s movement became important to an emerging black British feminist consciousness in the 1970s. More information

In collaboration with Black Cultural Archives 
Photo: Heard of the Race book cover, permission of Virago. 
 

 

Wisewords Book Fest 
Friday 12 and Saturday 13 March,
2pm ? 10pm
?12 for one day, ?20 for two days.
Individual talks before 5pm:  ?4 / ?3 concessions; Individual talks after 5pm: ?6 / ?5 concessions. 
Two days of thrilling, thoughtful, radical and humorous writing by women authors with their latest publications. Including Dreda Say Mitchell, Cathi Unsworth, Shazia Mirza, Maggie Gee, Yasmin Alibhai Brown, Tamsin Bradley, Kat Banyard and many more. In collaboration with Alternative Arts.
More information

Photo caption: The Equality Illusion by Kat Banyard
 

 

Self-Publishing and Liberation
Saturday 20 March, 10am to 3.30pm
?10 / ?8 concessions

Take part in creative exercises that will arm you with the inspiration and tools to start publishing your own material. More information

Photo: Spare Rib, The Women?s Library


 

 
Free Exhibition Tours
Thursdays 4 March,  1 April   6.30pm (30 mins) 
Saturdays, 27 Feb,  27 Mar 12pm (30 mins) , free 
See the exhibition?s highlights and find out more about this exciting period of women?s history. More information
 

 
YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE....
Voices Across the Oceans
Sat 27 Feb, 8pm 

?13 / ?9 adv

At the Richmix  Bar


Voices Across  The Oceans is a collaborative music theatre 
production with female singers from Africa, Europe and The 
Caribbean, by Antoinette Lester. Percussive  rhythms weave 
through a cappella harmonies to celebrate the beauty of the human voice.
More information
 

 
 
 

 

READING ROOM NEWS

New ArtAngel Acquisition
Well-renowned artist group ArtAngel recently donated a wonderful new illustrated book called 'Staying' to The Women?s Library. The group have been working with lesbian asylum seekers and refugees to create the book, which explores the process of seeking asylum in the UK and life in London. 
More information
Women's Issues UK Web Archive: Help us build this collection of sites reflecting the rich diversity of women?s lives throughout the UK.
For more information email

Follow us on Twitter!
Calling all Twits! Follow @womenslibrary and you can get our most up-to-date news and behind the scenes action.
 

 
 
 

 

Booking infomation

Call 020 7320 2222 during opening hours or email us with your name, the events you want to book, and a contact number, and we'll call you back as soon as we can.
 

 
 
 

 

Opening hours

Exhibition Hall
Monday to Friday 9.30am-5.30pm; Thursday until 8pm; Saturday 10am-4pm; Closed Sunday.
Reading Room
Tuesday to Friday, 9.30am-5pm; Thursday until 8pm; Temporary closure Saturday; Closed Sunday and Monday.

If you have any comments on this e-bulletin or would like to be removed from the list, email moreinfo at thewomenslibrary.ac.uk with ?unsubscribe? in the subject field.
 

 

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From gailchester at blueyonder.co.uk  Sat Feb 27 00:11:32 2010
From: gailchester at blueyonder.co.uk (Gail Chester)
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:11:32 -0000
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] PLEASE COME TO THE RALLY ON 7 MARCH IN LONDON TO
	SAVE MATERNITY SERVICES
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      --- On Fri, 26/2/10, ELP <biggreenkat at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:


        > Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:57:38 +0000
        > To: savethealbany at aims.org.uk
        > From: albanyactiongroup at aims.org.uk
        > Subject: [savethealbany at aims.org.uk] PLEASE COME TO THE RALLY ON 7 MARCH IN LONDON
        > 
        > PLEASE COME TO THE RALLY ON 7 MARCH IN LONDON
        > 
        > The Rally is happening because AIMS, NCT, RCM, IMUK, Albany Mums and Midwifery Practice, many parents and midwives are so concerned about the state of maternity services and the lack of options available to women. Matters were brought to a head by the sudden closure of the highly successful and loved Albany Midwifery Practice in south London.
        > 
        > We are rallying to make it clear to our Governments in England,
        > Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland that:
        > * Women and families need to be looked after by known and trusted midwives throughout pregnancy, birth and after birth.
        > * Women need to have easy access to stand alone birth centres run by midwives and to home births, as well as obstetric units.
        > 
        > Please join us and/or, write letters to your MP, MSLC and others. See our website for information about the Rally and its background, and about letters of support.
        > 
        > www.aims.org.uk/reclaimingbirth.htm

        > 
        > Please can you forward this on to as many people as possible, as quickly as possible.
        > 
        > Beverley Beech, Nadine Edwards, 
        > Debbie Chippington Derrick and Margaret Jowitt
        > 
        > Albany Action Group 
        > 



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From ecarolauk at yahoo.co.uk  Sat Feb 27 17:17:27 2010
From: ecarolauk at yahoo.co.uk (Elizabeth C)
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:17:27 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] MWR MArch 6 March
In-Reply-To: <408686.74604.qm@web112303.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
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May see some of you there or tomw if I can make it!
x Eliz

--- On Sat, 27/2/10, Ange Jones <angejones at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Ange Jones <angejones at yahoo.com>
> Subject: One week to go!  Million Women Rise march in London!
> To: angejones at yahoo.com
> Date: Saturday, 27 February, 2010, 16:14
> Dear sister
> 
> I hope to see you there - bring noisemakers, your voice and
> your friends!
>  
> We are calling all women to join Million Women Rise http://www.millionwomenrise.com/ on Saturday 6th
> March 2010 in central London to celebrate the 100 years
> Anniversary of International Women's Day and to
> demonstrate
> against male violence. Our theme for 2010 is End the RAPE
> of
> Women, End the RAPE of our Earth. We encourage women to
> wear
> red, and/or green. Please send this email far and wide ?
> to all the women you know and all of the mailing lists you
> are on.
>  
> "We are at a threshold. We are going to see change. If we
> can create the vision in our heart, it will spread. As
> women
> of wisdom we cannot be divided. As bringers of light, we
> have no choice but to join together" Agness Baker Pilgrim
> (Grandmothers Council)
>  
>  
> Saturday 6 March 2010
> 12pm Meet opposite Hyde Park (Speakers Corner End) on PARK
> LANE
> (Nearest Tube: 1 Minute from Marble Arch)
> March Route set off at 1pm ? we will march through Oxford
> St, Regents St, and Piccadilly!
> 
> 3 ? 4.30pm Rally and Celebration in Trafalgar Square
> (Nearest Tubes: Piccadilly Circus, Leicester Square, and
> Charing Cross)
>  
> 4.30pm - 1am After March Celebration Party at The 52 Club,
> http://www.the52club.co.uk/, 52 Gower Street
> WC1E6EB a wheelchair accessible venue.  ALL welcome. 
> Food, performances, DJs and chill-out space.  Entry fee on
> the door ? donation if unwaged, ?5 low-waged and ?10
> waged.
> 
> TOGETHER WE WILL END MALE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
>  
> If your organisation would like to book a stall for the
> rally at Trafalgar Square, please contact the Million Women
> Rise Info Line on 07727 419634 or email info at millionwomenrise.com
>  
> ...one stick is easily broken, many sticks together are
> harder to break....
> a mothers saying
>  
> One Woman, One Body, One Song, One Love, One People
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


      


From purplepooka at blueyonder.co.uk  Sat Feb 27 20:08:13 2010
From: purplepooka at blueyonder.co.uk (Emma Pooka)
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:08:13 -0000
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] Anarcha-feminist event - planning meeting
Message-ID: <00b401cab7e8$978175a0$c68460e0$@co.uk>

Hi,

 

Just to let everyone know that there is a planning meeting for the
anarcha-feminist event (now booked for April 10th-11th at Manchester Student
Union).

 

The meeting is at Hardy?s Well in Rusholme at 7pm on Wednesday (3rd March).

 

If you?re interested, please e-mail sally.hyman at springhead.org.uk.

 

You can also join the email list at
http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/anarcha-feminist_event/ or the Facebook
event at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=357840238759
<http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=357840238759&ref=mf> &ref=mf.

 

Please pass this onto anyone who might be interested!

 

We could really do with some volunteers to help out, especially with the
cr?che and facilitating discussions.

 

Thanks,

 

Emma 

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From: guditta at hotmail.com (yodet gherez)
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:42:03 +0000
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] messing up ads
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