March 24, 2014
Three reasons to go to our prison abolition talk
“On Wednesday 26th March a hearing will take place to decide whether Stacey Hyde has permission to appeal against her murder conviction.” (link to Justice for Stacy Hyde) “Jeremy also writes that he is working his way through all the books people have been sending him from his wishlist and thoroughly enjoying all of them. Of course, he shares them with other inmates, and says that there are often lines at his cell to borrow books” (link to freejeremy.net) “The general presumption…
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Posted in Events | By stanleymilgram
March 13, 2014
Protest the Edinburgh Tory Party Conference this Sat 15th
Edinburgh Anarchist Federation will be participating in Saturday’s march to demonstrate against the Scottish Tory Party Conference. Look for our banner and red and black flags to join us on the march. More details below; Assemble 11.00am at THE MOUND PRECINCT Set off at 11.30am March past the Scottish Tory Party Conference Rally in FESTIVAL SQUARE
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Posted in Uncategorized | By Dave Mackay
March 4, 2014
ECAP shutdown workfare exploiters on Monday
Fun news from ECAP Note the “UK-wide week of action from 29 March — 6 April“: Anti workfare campaigners swooped on four Salvation Army shops in Edinburgh on 3rd March, blockading them all and turning away customers and a delivery lorry. Salvation Army managers were visibly rattled as agiant banner proclaiming IF YOU EXPLOIT US WE WILL SHUT YOU DOWN blocked the entrance to their shops.
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Posted in Local News | By stanleymilgram
February 19, 2014
Solidarity Federation Workplace Organiser Training
There will be a Solidarity Federation Workplace Organiser Training Day on Saturday, 22nd March in Edinburgh, it’s open to all workers, apart from managers, you do not have to be a SolFed member or an anarcho-syndicalist to attend. If you would like to attend, please email training[AT]solfed.org.uk The Solidarity Federation workplace organiser training programme is designed to give workers the tools and confidence to organise in their workplaces, whether or not there’s an existing union. Even if you’ve had training…
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Posted in Events, Meetings, Organizing | By Robert Lanark
February 17, 2014
Talk: Sex Work and Organisation
This month, as the first of a series of public talks we’ll be holding once a month this year, Edinburgh Anarchist Federation invite you all to a discussion of the situation of sex work in Scotland today, workplace organising and police raids. We’ll be hosting hopefully a number of current sex workers who are part of the Sex Worker Open University to talk about what is happening at the moment (like the atrocious decision to revoke licences for saunas just…
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Posted in Events, Organizing, Talk | By Robert Lanark