From Edinburgh Chiapas Solidarity Group: A MASSACRE FORETOLD FILM SCREENING IN EDINBURGH Tues 22 Oct, 7.30pm @ Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh EH1 2JL What does it feel like to know that you are about to be killed? In 1997, villagers in Chiapas, Mexico sought refuge in a small wooden church to await their… read more
To get you in the mood for our super-exciting talk Beating the Fascists, here’s an interview with the speakers from 2000(*). Remember: Sunday October 6th, 6:30 @ Lecture Theatre 3, 7 Bristo Square.Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin and JoNina Abron-Ervin, veterans of the Black Panther Party and organisers with the Memphis Black Autonomy Federation discuss the rise of the… read more
The recent mass arrest of antifascists in London and anti-SDL events closer to home mean that there’s a need for real, practical, financial support for people putting themselves on the line against fascism. Sounds heavy. Also, we need to dance and have fun to remind ourselves why we do the things we do. So, we present you: CASH… read more
We’ve been quiet here because we’ve been planning two amazing events for October, themed around anti-fascism. You’ll love them, we’re so excited that we’re dropping our pretense of disinterested cool and cynicism(*). First up we have: Beating the Fascists: Lessons from the Memphis Black Autonomy Federation Sunday October 6th, 6:30 @ Lecture Theatre 3, 7 Bristo Square…. read more
Hard-up local rag the Evening News’s latest cost cutting exercise; they can’t even afford a stock photo of the local jail, instead: Let’s illustrate a story about womens’ prisons with a screengrab from an almost-forgotten 80s soap opera(*). Never mind that Cornton Vale is famous for its sky-high suicide rate 11 women in the 5 years around… read more
Whatever you’re planning on doing this Friday (23rd) you should cancel and come to this fundraising event for Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty and The Autonomous Centre Of Edinburgh… Featuring some of the best bands Edinburgh has to offer… The z28 Northern Upland Sheep Strategy (Rodney Relax) White Lightnin’ Babylon Dub Punks Dapitz Punks… read more
From our ReadingTooMuchIntoThingsAndMassiveFilmSpoiler correspondent. Squeezed between the laddish banter, knockabout violence and Baggy tunes there’s parts of Edgar Wright’s new film The Worlds’ End that nod towards a critique of capitalism, at least in its homogenising neoliberal globalisation form as experienced in this country. Stepford-esque banality is revealed as the work of The Network, a sort of intergalactic… read more
Edinburgh Anarchist Federation brings you a double bill – two excellent films about workplace organising and feminism. For free. Delicious! Sunday 21st July, from 3pm, at ACE, 17 West Montgomery Place, Leith
This week’s short-notice-hey-demo post features this call-out for action against Leith Job Centre’s move to “Sanctions Targets” Thursday, 10am at the bottom of Great Junction Street. Press release below: DEMONSTRATORS DENOUNCE “SANCTIONS TARGETS” AT LEITH JOB CENTRE Claimants and anti cuts campaigners are set to demonstrate at Leith Job Centre on Thursday 11th… read more
Here’s an encouraging piece of Stop the Bedroom Tax news (Though I’d say that as it’s not tenable to separate “rent arrears caused by the bedroom tax” from “rent arrears”, we need to keep watching the HAs to make sure that no-one’s evicted.) Muirhouse Against the Bedroom Tax welcomes the statement, made in a letter… read more