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Find out what's happening in your area here 2008 September 02-Sep to 01-Oct - People and Power Classes - Power is something we all talk about at one time or another, but when we come to try to define what it is we may have difficulty. It is an extremely abstract concept, and yet it affects us all. What could be more important, then, than to spent time thinking about what it is and how it functions, and about how it manifests itself in individuals, in groups and, lastly, in ourselves.
05-Sep to 03-Oct - Roberto Perez UK tour - Peak oil and positive energy descent are major topics of concern now. Cuba has already experienced it. An expert on how Cuba responded positively to their "Special Period" will be touring the UK sharing knowledge, ideas and building links. 10-Sep to 12-Sep - Asylum! Conference and Festival - The conference will bring together organisations, activists, campaigners and academics working for radical challenge and change in mental health. It will showcase critical work on psychiatry and psychology ('Big Psy') and the pharmaceutical industry ('Big Pharma'), and alternatives to diagnostic medical labels like 'schizophrenia' and 'paranoia'."
10 - Demonstrate at Labour Party conference - The Stop the War Coalition is calling on all its members and supporters to turn the Manchester Troops Out demonstration on the eve of the Labour Party annual national conference, into the biggest possible protest against this government's continuing participation in the wars in Iraq and 11 - Offline goes International - A massive, fun-packed night of globe-spanning talent.Jessica Delfino, the Lani Singers, Jorge, Hooligan Night, Severed Limb, Vic Lamrusco. Plus craft corner & DJs
12 - Justice for Aafia Siddiqui Protest - Speakers include: Moazzam Begg (Ex-Guantanamo detainee, Cageprisoners) Lord Nazir Ahmed Yvonne Ridley (Press TV, Respect) Andy Worthington (Author, Reprieve) Asim Qureshi (Cageprisoners) Imran Khan (invited)
13 - Bristol Anarchist Bookfair - For all your anarchist literature and paraphernalia requirements. Calling out for stalls and other participants. The first one in the Bristol area for fifteen years.
14 - No Sweat on a Sunday - Bands, bbq, raffle & anti-sweat shop politics
17 - Benefit gig for Palestinian solidarity work - Featuring: SOTATILA + Ruidosa Inmundicia + Soro + Hello Bastards. Four amazing international hardcore/ crust bands!
21 - International Peace Day - A mass guided meditation by Ama with music. Are You Awake invites a gathering of all people who wish to make and nurture peace within. Do nothing. Allow the body to sleep whilst the conscious mind is lead into a blissful state of awareness.
21 - 'Streets for People' -Car Free Day/ JourneyOn at Brighton & Hove City Council - It's fun, it's healthy, it's great for the environment and it doesn't cost a penny! The heart of the city centre will be transformed into pedestrian friendly spaces with live music, performances and activities for everyone to enjoy.
26 - Guerrilla Gardening Benefit for St.Leonards - Singer song Rioter Robb Johnson to headline & MC Compost
27 - National Anti Fur March and Rally // Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade (CAFT) - Anti-fur march taking the anti-fur message right to the heart of the UK\'s fur retail trade. As well as reaching thousands of shoppers and tourists, the march will take us past some of the most notorious retailers and designers of fur, including Gucci, Prada, Escada, Versace, Fendi, Joseph, Armani and Burberry, as well as the notorious Harrods, the only department store in the UK still selling real fur.
28 - Open Day at Titnore Woods Protest Camp - Activities to include climbing, spoonmaking, hair braiding, foraging and eating wild foods. Please bring dried or tinned foods and bottled water!
03-Oct to 04-Oct - No Border Fest - Benefit weekender for No Borders South Wales. 4 - Campaign for the Accountability of American Bases - CAAB - This demonstration is part of a week of international protest called for by the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space - Keep Space for Peace
4 - Anti-ID cards protest - From this November foreign nationals wanting to enter the UK will have to apply for “biometric residence permits” and their details will be entered into a national identity database. 15 - Smash EDO, Shut ITT: Mass Demo Against the Arms Trade - Groups from around the country will come together for this mass demo against the arms trade
18 - Stand up for your rights festival - Now is the time to re-connect with the historic struggle for basic rights in Britain and take control of our lives away from New Labour, the state and the corporations. The deepening global economic and political crisis gives us no other choice. Stand Up For Your Rights will present in short plays key revolutionary moments from the Putney Debates about the nature of democracy, which took place during the English Civil War and the Chartists, the first independent working-class movement in Britain which set out to win the right to vote. There will be films, an exhibition, food and live music, plus the launch of a new book which shows how the capitalist state and democracy are incompatible and puts forward alternatives around the idea of people’s power. You are invited to be there and to help with the festival in any way that you can.
18 - Anarchist Bookfair - For all your anarchist requirements... books, pamphlets, t-shirts, paraphernalia. With stalls, talks, cabaret, films, creche and Veggies providing vegan food outside.
18 - Stand Up For Your Rights Festival - Re-connecting with historic struggle for basic rights. Organise to replace corporate power with people\'s power. Debates with John McDonnell MP, Human Rights lawyer, Bill Bowring, Kevin Smith (Carbon Trade Watch), Rahila Gupta (Southall Black Sisters), John Stewart (HACAN Clearskies), Coalition for Independent Action, Global Womens Strike. Book launch of Unmasking the State. New plays about Levellers and Chartists.
1 - West Midlands Vegan Festival - Whether you`re vegan, an aspiring vegan or just vegan curious, there`s only one place to be on Saturday 1st November 2008! The West Midlands Vegan Festival in Wolverhampton will make World Vegan Day 2008 a day to remember!! Learn why it`s healthy and eco-friendly to go vegan! There`ll be delicious vegan food & 40+ stalls offering cruelty-free clothes, toiletries, cosmetics etc. Also a full programme of speakers, films, cookery demos, a veggie/vegan dating session and much more...
1 - Peasants Revolt - A peaceful protest representing communities and individuals suffering under an unsustainable system. More details to follow...
FOR MORE PARTY AND PROTEST DATES CHECK OUTFestival Eye The most comprehensive (but increasingly corporatised) UK festival listings magazine. For £4.95 + two P&P options (cheques payable to Festival Eye) from Festival Eye, BCM 2002, London WC1N 3XX. www.festivaleye.com London Free List Events and attractions in London that are either free or no more than £3 to get in. www.londonfreelist.com Eroding Empire "Our guide to london punk and anarchy- listings of gigs, events, actions and contacts done the D.I.Y. way." Send stamps to receive copies c/o 56A Crampton St., London, SE17 5AE www.eroding.org.uk For festivals in the UK www.festivals.co.uk Family Fun Days www.green-space.org.uk/parkit For actions around
the world check out www.protest.net To find about rock festivals in Europe check out www.thefestivalzone.com For a comprehensive listing of folk, roots and world music festivals in the UK and Europe check out www.frootsmag.com/content/festivals For a list of seriously hippy rainbow gathering type festivals send an SAE to Campscene Directory, 3 Rainbows, Stoodleigh, Devon, EX16 9QQ www.campscene-directory.co.uk For more information on the Animal Rights calendar, contact Veggies, Sumac Centre, 245 Gladstone Street, Nottingham NG7 6HX. www.veggies.org.uk/arc.php For information on a wide range of weekend courses on renewable energy and sustainable development contact Centre for Alternative Technology Machynlleth, Powys, SY10 9AZ Tel: 01654 703743 www.cat.org.uk For peace events Network
for Peace www.networkforpeace.org.uk/events.htm For courses and events about sustainable lifestyles (everything from composting to fruit tree grafting to pond building) contact the Permaculture Association, London, WC1N 3XX 0845 458 4150 www.permaculture.org.uk
HDFK www.headfuk.net Dead Silence www.deadsilence.co.uk Prank http://prank.freetekno.org Hekate www.hekate.co.uk Crossbones www.crossbones.co.uk Network 23 www.network23.org Brighton Alliance of Sound Systems www.bass23.org Northern Techno Alliance www.nta303.co.uk East Anglia based rave community site www.properunderground.com For free parties and events www.raisetheroof.org.uk UK free party resource. info & pix www.partyvibe.com Free Party Forum www.squatjuice.com UnDeRaVe e-Zine from the Barcelona underground party scene www.underave.net
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