This session is the last in a year-long series of workshop s exploring nonivolent power for social change. It showcases and celebr ates participants' learnings\, the connections and actions they have tak en over the past 12 months.
\nThis workshop is open to all\, and r uns from 10am to 5.15pm. Spaces are limited. Booking is essential. See o ur website for application process and information about workshop fees.< /p>\n
denised@quaker.org.uk
stevew@quaker.org.uk
020 7663 1061/4
\nwww.turning-the-tide.org
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URL:http://www.northern-indymedia.org/events/2129 SUMMARY:Celebrating Nonviolence LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, Church Street\, Paddock\, Huddersfiel d
COMMENT:More info at http://www.northern-indymedia.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120712T120000 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120712T120000 CATEGORIES:environmentalism,free_spaces,social_struggles DESCRIPTION:Opencast coal mining in the Douglas Valley is about the ru ling class destroying communities for their own financial gain. Its abou t ecological destruction on a massive scale for capitalism's unquenchabl e thirst for cheap energy. Its about absentee fat-cat land-lords making millions off land that shouldn't be theirs. Its about morally corrupt lo cal (and national) government putting profit before people. Join us 12-1 8 July in the Douglas Valley\, South Lanarkshire\, to build on 20 years of community struggle and four years of direct action against the UK's b iggest opencast mining company. It's time to Take Back the Land!
\nTake Back the Land! will be a space for taking action\, sharing skills and learning through doing. It will be a welcoming and safe space for al l those wishing to challenge the social injustice and environmental dest ruction caused by opencast coal mining operations in Scotland and throug hout the world.
\nBuilding on previous years experience at camps s uch as the Mainshill Solidarity Camp\, the Happendon Wood Action Camp an d events such as the Outdoor Skillshares\, we will be establishing a bas e for a week of high impact action and low impact\, sustainable living.< /p>\n
In solidarity with the communities of the Douglas Valley\, we wi ll be directly confronting the power structures and infrastructures whic h have dominated and scarred the valley for too long with a mass action planned for the 14th July and plenty of room for skilling up\, recruitme nt and affinity group actions to be taken.
\nThe camp location wil l be announced nearer to the time\, but will be in close proximity to ma ny of the opencast coal mines in the area.
\nWhilst we recognise t he camp to be a space to take action against external oppression we also hope a create a space which challenges socialised behaviours that oppre ss and exclude others and we will try and make the camp as inclusive a s pace as possible\, for all people wishing to be involved.
\nWe are calling for all those wishing to take or support actions in solidarity with community self determination\, against destructive fossil fuel indu stries and towards a more sustainable and just society\, to come to Sout h Lanarkshire from 12-18th July and help Take Back the Land!
\nMor e updates are on their way. If you wish to find out more information or contact us for any reason please get in touch: contact@coalactionscotlan d.org.uk
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URL:http://www.northern-indymedia.org/events/2522 SUMMARY:Take Back the Land! Douglas Valley action camp LOCATION:Douglas Valley\, South Lanarkshire\, Scotland
COMMENT:More info at http://www.northern-indymedia.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T123000 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T123000 CATEGORIES:social_struggles DESCRIPTION:Hello (deleted)\,
\nI met you at the rally in Exhibi
tion Park today\, where you expressed interest in our cause. As I didn't
have time to explain our situation fully\, I've attached a brief summar
y of the events of the last twelve months
This month sees the first
anniversary of the unfair dismissal by AEI management of one hundred an
d twenty six long term employees\, and we hope to mark the occasion with
a short march from our weekly meeting place in Barlow Mow village hall\
, to a public space opposite AEI Cables where we plan to hold a demonstr
ation to bring attention and win publicity for our case. The march will
start at 12:30 on Thursday 24th May\, and we hope to remain outside the
factory gates while the afternoon shift arrives and the morning shift de
parts (roughly 1:30 to 2:15). We would like to ask and invite you and an
y of your colleagues to come along\, join us and lend your help and supp
ort to our cause on the day.
Yours\,
\n(deleted)
on b
ehalf of the Shafted by AEI committee
AEI Cables Ltd is an elect ric cable manufacturer\, one of the major employers in the town of Birtl ey\, Tyne and Wear. The company was established in 1929 and opened on it 's present site in 1950. It was taken over by Paramount Communications L td of India in 2007.
\nOn Thursday\, 26th May 2011\, AEI Cables Lt d informed the workforce of their intention to announce around one hundr ed redundancies\, to claim insolvency and to apply for a Company Volunta ry Arrangement.
\n\;On Friday 27th May 2011\, without consult ation or notice\, commencing at 10 a.m. 126 employees\, most with well o ver thirty year's service\, were informed\, either in person or by lette r to their home address\, that their contract had been terminated by AEI with immediate effect. The first two employees thus terminated were the GMB union local branch chairman and the union branch secretary. Factory management later congratulated themselves on local television news for having saved the remaining 189 jobs in the factory.
\n\;In th e eight months prior to this announcement\, union representatives had re peatedly asked why temporary workers employed by AEI were being retained and trained on key jobs while full time employees were engaged in menia l tasks such as sweeping up. No answer was forthcoming.
\n\;E ach individual thus made redundant was informed that\, due to the compan y's insolvency\, no redundancy payment would be made. Instead redundant employees were advised to apply to the government Insolvency Service thr ough Insolvency Practitioners Hacker Young. The taxpayer has thus taken on the bill for these 126 redundancies as well as for the ninety days st atutory notice payment these former employees later received. AEI Cables paid nothing. The amount paid to each redundant employee by the Insolve ncy Service was the government defined minimum\; enhanced redundancy agr eements in place at AEI from previous pay and conditions negotiations we re no longer applicable.
\nTwenty-four temporary employees were re tained at the time of the redundancies. These temporary employees would have been entitled to no redundancy payment\, yet employees of long serv ice and decades of experience were chosen for redundancy before these mi nimally trained\, far less experienced\, temporary employees.
\nEa ch person involved appealed against the redundancy and asked what select ion criteria had been used. The company refused to consider any appeal\, citing the CVA and the need for swift action to save the company\, and claiming that the whole process had been carried out in less than sevent y two hours\, but stating that\, even if correct redundancy procedure ha d been followed\, those same employees would still have been selected.\n
Local MPs and Union leaders have been approached on several occas ions since the redundancies took place but continue to show reluctance t o become involved in the matter\, or to offer other than minimal help or guidance to the people affected by it
\nAEI Cables Ltd is still t rading\, and continues to take on temporary workers\, performing tasks p reviously carried out by persons made redundant. During the local news b roadcast mentioned above\, a temporary worker was shown being trained to run the machine previously operated by the now redundant GMB union bran ch chairman.
\n\;Does this mean that any company in this coun try can now terminate the contract of any of it's employees\, at any tim e\, without notice or consultation\, and without being liable for any re dundancy payments and expect the British taxpayer to fund all such payme nts\, in order to replace those people with workers on temporary contrac ts\, to be hired and fired at will? Does a \;Company Voluntary Arran gement supersede British Employment Law? \; If so\, then have not th e rights of every employed person in this country been\, at a stroke\, w iped away?
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(deleted)
On behalf of the 126 ex-AEI e mployees.
URL:http://www.northern-indymedia.org/events/2525 SUMMARY:Shafted by AEI? Cables LOCATION:Barlow Mow village hall
\nBedford Avenue
\nBirtle y
\nChester le Street
\nDH3 2AJ
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COMMENT:More info at http://www.northern-indymedia.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120615T193000 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120615T193000 CATEGORIES:animal_liberation,environmentalism DESCRIPTION:Please come to this gig and help raise some funds for the
South Yorkshire Badger Group (see link below)\, starting with folk\, end
ing hardcore punk!
Featuring...
CONTROL - Northeas
t hardcore - http://controlhc.b
andcamp.com/
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HOWL - Awesome\, local\, harcore punx
THREE SHEETS T'WIND - Punkfolk from West Yorkshire - http://www.myspace.com/sheetst
othewind
SHANKLAND - Notts folkpunk - http://shankland.bandcamp.com/
KWOR
YL - Sheff punked up hip-hop - http://www.myspace.com/defacedangelsmusic
+ Ve
gan cake!
All proceeds will help to physically protect badger
s in South Yorkshire from badger baiters. See www.sybadgergroup.f9.co.uk/page5.html\n
£\;4in
Please spread the word!
Nelson Rockbar\, Furnival Gate\, Sheffield\, S1 4QR
COMMENT:More info at http://www.northern-indymedia.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120608T183000 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120608T183000 CATEGORIES:animal_liberation,environmentalism DESCRIPTION:A vegan meal of seitan ribs\, chips\, mushy peas &\; ch
ocolate pudd for £\;5. Bring your own drinks. Tea available.
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br />All proceeds will go towards funding our sabotage of the next hunti
ng season.
Please invite/bring friends.
There are
no tickets or reservations for this - please just come along. Prompt sta
rt.
Anyone wanting to make a donation can donate on the night
or via our PayPal address - sabdonate@hotmail.co.uk
Seitan:
http://ve
getarian.about.com/od/glossary/g/Seitan.htm
Heeley Ins
titute: h
ttp://heeleyonline.org/2010/05/28/heeley-institute/
Hunt
Saboteurs Association: http://hsa.en
viroweb.org/
http://www.facebook.com/sheffieldsaboteurs
http://www.facebook.com/donca
stersabs
Heeley Institute\, 147 Gleadless Road\, Sheffield\, S2 3AF
COMMENT:More info at http://www.northern-indymedia.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120519T100000 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120519T100000 CATEGORIES:artists'_books,culture,fanzines,film,self-publishing,zines DESCRIPTION:\n
The second Victoria Baths Fanzine Convention will loo k at how the virtual world is allowing networks of zine makers to share publications\, news and experiences all over the world. There will be a small charge of £\;2 to enter the building as a Future Everything v enue.
\nTalks \;
\n'Making a noise: An express ride thro ugh the world of punk and riot grrrl fanzines and the UK feminist underg round\, 1977-2012': Cazz Blase
\nCazz Blase wrote the fanzine Agga mengmong Moggie between 1993-1999\, Real Girls in 2001 and Harlot's Prog ress between 2002 - 2006. Along with Holly Combe\, she is one of two mus ic review editors at The F-Word website\, for which she has written exte nsively about both women and the UK punk scene and the UK riot grrrl sce ne. She was a contributing author to the book Riot Grrrl: Revolution Gir l Style Now! (Black Dog Publishing\, 2007). Cazz is from Stockport and b logs about Manchester and Greater Manchester at http://toolateforcake.wo rdpress.com. She works as a library assistant at Manchester University.< /p>\n
'Pam Ponders Paul Morley's Cat: The Wired and Wonderful World of City Fun': David Wilkinson
\nDavid Wilkinson is a writer\, musici an\, public librarian and PhD student working on the politics of British post-punk. City Fun was a Mancunian countercultural publication founded by Andy Zero in 1978. After Liz Naylor and Cath Carroll joined the edit orial team\, it became the city's dominant post-punk paper until it fold ed in 1984.
\nRotherham Zine Library will talk about zine librarie s (growing physical and online archives of self-published material compr ising printed matter of different genres sent in by self-publishers all over the world).
\nFilm
\nWatch Salford Zine Library's 2011 film Self Publishers of the World Take-over\, which features self-publis hers from all over the world talking about their work.
\nTours
\nVisitors will be able to take tours of the building for a small fee of £\;2.50.
\nWorkshops
\nJoin the Victoria Baths fanz ine-making co-operative! \;
\nA fanzine is a small\, self-publ ished book or magazine dedicated to a subject the people who are making it love. It is usually personal and handmade and contains a mixture of d rawings\, writing and things like collages and photos. We think Victoria Baths deserves its own fanzine but we need your help! We want visitors to the Victoria Baths Fanzine Convention to help us make a fanzine all a bout this unique\, beautiful building and show us what they like best ab out this fascinating place!
\nJoin in the workshops in the former superintendent's flat to make either your own\, individual Victoria Bath s fanzine or add to a Bunting Book that will be displayed in Victoria Ba ths as one big fanzine for future visitors to see.
\nVisitors will be able to use:
\nSelected material from the Victoria Baths Archi ve \;
\nBe inspired by pictures and memories of the building's past from the Victoria Baths Archive.
\nLino cutting and relief p rinting \;
\nExplore simple relief printing and create unique illustrations and repeatable patterns to adorn your own hand-made zine. Looking at the decorative interiors of Victoria Baths as inspiration\, u se traditional lino and easy quickprint foam to make unique tile-sized b locks to print wherever you want.
\nButton book binding \;
\nDiscover the stitches to bind and design your very own book using b uttons\, thread\, soft papers and card. You can decorate your book with embroidered stitches inspired by the architecture of the Victoria Baths.
\nChildren welcome.
\nCo-operative printing
\n2012 is the United Nations' first International Year of Co-operatives. Leeds-ba sed Footprint Workers' Co-operative are bringing along a Risograph and w ill discuss how to prepare material for print on a Risograph &mdash\; le arn about page imposition\, limits on paper size and margins\, two colou r work and picture quality for the Risograph digital duplicator with a q uick guide to communicating with printers. Footprint will help you get t he most of the risograph and make your zines and fliers look better.
\nCo-operative working and living is creative\, empowering and potent ially radically anti-capitalist.
\nFind out:
\nWhat are co-o ps and why should you be in one? Including workers' co-ops\, housing co- ops\, community co-ops\, collective power and common ownership.
\n'Alice in apps land: explore your smart phone and your environment'\, pr esented byVisual Think Map in collaboration with Shift Space.
\nDu ring this workshop you will discover the local landscape through digital stories and learn more about apps and the functionality of how your pho ne can enliven the world around you. Through an interactive and engaging tour of the area near Victoria Baths you will discover and digitally co llate\, using your phone\, a variety of people's memories and your own a s we introduce you to new apps and narratives\, including old photos and memorabilia of the area. We'll finish by making an interactive map wher e everyone can share what they've made and then print a map. DON'T FORGE T TO BRING YOUR PHONE AND WE'LL SEE YOU THERE!
\n'Vapid in a Day'& nbsp\;
\nFeminist duo Vapid Kitten invite visitors to contribute c reatively to a special edition of the fanzine Vapid Kitten (published bo th in print and for Kindle). They will be constructing issue 8\, themed 'Collaboration'\, throughout the day at the Victoria Baths Fanzine Conve ntion\, aiming to include a big mishmash of experiences\, words\, drawin gs\, collage and poems.
\nVapid Kitten will provide some arty equi pment and suggestions to get you started and would like to get as many p eople involved as possible. At the end of the day everyone involved will get a free digital copy of the zine. \;
\nShop
\nFanzin es from across the country will be available to browse and buy. Nottingh am'sCaribou\, a zine shop in a vintage caravan\, will be setting up shop outside the building.
\nFood \;
\nNorwich-based Deerly Beloved Bakery is proud to be celebrating its first birthday at the Vict oria Baths Fanzine Convention\, returning with good food that is cruelty free including vegan cakes\, whoopie pies\, brownies and savoury pies a nd pizza slices. Deerly Beloved Bakery specialises in vegan cakes\, past ries\, biscuits\, cupcakes\, muffins\, breads\, salads\, starters\, main s and desserts. It does not use any animal products. All cakes and bakes are made by hand in small batches using real bourbon vanilla\, unrefine d non-bone char sugars and margarines free from hydrogenated fats. No ar tificial preservatives or flavourings are used.
\nExhibition
\nPosters of Inspirational European Women: Taken from the zine 'Shape & amp\; Situate' \;
\nLeeds-based fanzine-makerMelanie Maddison will display a series of posters of inspirational European women around the balcony of the female pool\, from her zine entitled 'Shape &\; Si tuate'. The posters highlight the (often hidden) history and lives of ra dical\, inspirational women and women's collectives from Europe\, connec ting us with the past\, inspiring us in the present and visually bringin g women&rsquo\;s social and political history to life and into view.
\nIf you would be interested in volunteering to help out on the day\, please email Natalie.Rose.Bradbury@googlemail.com
\n URL:http://www.northern-indymedia.org/events/2530 SUMMARY:Victoria Baths Fanzine Convention LOCATION:Victoria Baths\, Hathersage Road\, Chorlton-on-Medlock\, Manc hester M13 0FE
COMMENT:More info at http://www.northern-indymedia.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR