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2009

June

20-June to 19-July - Earl's Court Community Festival 2009 - Step into a fresh, vibrant world of dance, film, theatre, live music, visual art, street performers, literary and scientific events. Enjoy some good food, good company and explore some of Earl's Court's hidden treasures. Highlights include the Earl’s Court Fair (where Hogarth Road will be closed for stalls and performances), the Open Air Jazz, Open Air Film, books/political discussions and a tea party on an award winning garden. There’s definitely something for everyone!
Address: Earl's Court
Nearest Public Transport: Earl's Court tube station
Postcode: SW5 | View Map
Time: Various
Price: Most events will be free of charge or otherwise, very reasonably priced
Phone: 020 7370 0042 (Malcolm)
Email: malcolm@eccf.org.uk
Web: www.eccf.org.uk

July

4 - Fast Forward film festival - Free festival showing short-listed films in Fast Forward competition, which asked film makers to say what made them 'angry amused sad or just plain mad about the crazy world of capitalism'. Followed by awards for best films and reception/networking with industrial professionals. Organised by A World to Win.
Address: London College of Communication, University of the Arts, Elephant & Castle SE1 6SB.
Nearest Public Transport: Elephant & Castle rail and tube stations
Postcode: SE1 6SB | View Map
Time: 2pm-5pm
Price: Free
Phone: 07871 745258
Email: info@aworldtowin.net
Web: www.aworldtowin.net

4 - Independence FROM America - 4 July is Independence Day in America. Here 4 July is Independence FROM America - it's the annual demonstration on this day -4 July 2009 is a Saturday - great things being planned! organised by the Campaign for the Accountability of American Bases - CAAB
Address: Outside the main entrance to NSA Menwith Hill near Harrogate
Directions: details later
Nearest Public Transport: details later
Postcode: HG3 2RF | View Map
Time: 5 - 10 pm
Phone: 01423 884076
Email: mail@caab.corner.org.uk
Web: www.caab.org.uk

5 - Stop Camden Bio Hazard and Animal Lab Coalition - There are plans to build a deadly \"28 Days Later\" lab in Kings Cross, Camden, London alongside St Pancras International, behind the British Library on a council house estate. This has been criticised by MI5 but is backed by Gordon Brown, the MRC, UCL, CRUK and the Wellcome Trust. Local residents are against the lab plans as are councillors, MPs, businesses and tourists who visit Camden. We are a peaceful inclusive coalition campaign of different groups, locals, activists and individuals who are against the proposed lab plans. If you come to the meeting please bring enough money to buy food or drink at the cafe. All food and drinks are vegan and organic. There will be a residents meeting earlier in the evening elsewhere.
Address: Inspiral Lounge
Nearest Public Transport: Camden Town tube / Camden road station
Postcode: NW1 | View Map
Time: 8pm
Price: Free but you have to buy food and drink as it is a cafe
Phone: 07946854103
Email: stopcamdenanimallab@yahoo.co.uk
Web: www.myspace.com/stopcamdenanimallab

5 - West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign - Boycott stall - new location. Come to find out more about the boycott campaign and how you can support it.
Address: Tesco, Fiveways, Birmingham

5 - London to Brighton Alternative Fuel Rally - The purpose of this event is to raise awareness of Eco-friendly energy issues by inviting participants to travel the distance in alternative fuelled vehicles (Solar, Electric, Battery, Hydrogen cell and recycled vegetable oils etc)and hopefully raise money for charity to help with keeping this awareness moving
Email: brighton-solar-projects@live.co.uk

6 - Pogo Cafe screening - Themroc - Themroc is a 1973 French film by director Claude Faraldo. It was produced by François de Lannurien and Helène Vager and its original music was composed by Harald Maury. Made on a low budget with no intelligible dialog, Themroc tells the story of a French blue collar worker who rebels against modern society, reverting into an urban caveman. A controversial film that surely helped inspire the anti-civilisation movement!
Address: 76a Clarence Road, London
Postcode: E5 8HB | View Map
Time: 7:30pm
Price: Free (but donations are welcome)
Phone: 02085331214
Web: www.pogocafe.co.uk

9 - Offline: Grimecore vs Gypsy Punk - We love to mix things up and we've crafted another night of hyper-eclectic Offline madness, with chaotic Antipodean drinking songs, gypsy drum'n'bass dance tunes and breakcore electronica, plus comedy, cabaret, craft corner, great DJs and surprises on all three floors of Brixton's famous Dogstar
Address: Dogstar, Brixton, 389 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, SW9 8LQ
Nearest Public Transport: 2 mins from Brixton tube/BR/buses
Postcode: SW9 8LQ | View Map
Time: 7pm - 2am
Price: Free
Phone: 020 7733 7515
Web: www.offlineclub.com

11 - The Last Londoner in Guantanamo Bay - Shaker Aamer is a 42 year old Saudi national who has been held in Guantánamo Bay for more than 7 years. Seized in Pakistan in late 2001, he has been abused and tortured in Afghanistan and Guantánamo Bay. Shaker has never been charged or tried. He has a British family living in south London. He has a seven year old son he has never met. Speakers include: Martin Linton MP (Battersea) Moazzam Begg (Cageprisoners) Gareth Peirce (Solicitor) Mr. Siddique (father-in-law of Shaker Aamer)
Address: Lower Hall, Battersea Arts Centre, Lavender Hill, London SW11 5TN
Postcode: SW11 5TN | View Map
Time: 3-5pm
Email: contact@cageprisoners.com
Web: www.cageprisoners.com www.guantanamo.org.uk

12 - International Brigades Benefit Gig - With lots of bands, stand up comedy and more. They shall not pass and we shall groove!
Address: Inn On The Green, 3-5 Thorpe Close W10
Directions: Ladbroke Grove tube Buses 7, 15, 23, 52, 70, 295
Postcode: W10 | View Map
Time: 3pm-11pm
Price: Donations
Web: www.international-brigades.org.uk

12 - Brighton Carnival - Brighton Carnival parade bursts onto the streets on Sunday 12 July. Leaving Middle Street at 2pm, the parade of over 600 participants from community groups, bands and schools from across the city will dance down to Madeira Drive. On Madeira Drive, the Brighton Carnival Village turns into a festival as the paraders and revellers rock-up and refuel with Caribbean food, cool drinks and just keep on dancing on the streets to live music and soundsystems. The first low-carbon carnival in the UK!
Address: Middle Street to Madeira Drive, Brighton
Directions: Train to Brighton Station or regular buses to Churchill Square. Then head towards the seafront!
Time: 2 - 7pm
Price: FREE
Phone: 01273 681234
Email: info@brightoncarnival.co.uk
Web: www.brightoncarnival.co.uk

13 - Pogo Cafe screening - Big Noise Dispatches 4 - 5 short documentaries from Big Noise; *BEYOND THE WALL, *RE-AWAKENING SADDAM\'S TRIBAL STRATEGY, *THE DETENTION IMPERATIVE, *BREAKING WITH CONVENTION, *ELECTION SUPPRESSION 2008
Address: 76a Clarence Road, London
Postcode: E5 8HB | View Map
Time: 7:30pm
Price: Free (but donations are welcome)
Phone: 02085331214
Web: www.pogocafe.co.uk

15 - Campaign Against Climate Change - \'Climate Emergency People\'s Parliament\' - Our current parliament is failing to respond to the Climate Emergency. We will convene an alternative parliament to respond with the urgency required. Bills before Parliament will include measures for a 10% reduction in UK Greenhouse gases by the end of 2010. Speakers will include Colin Challen (Labour MP), Darren Johnson (Green Party), John Stewart (Airport Watch), Tim Helweg Larsen (PIRC), Tamsin Omond (Climate Rush) and Chris Baugh (PCSU). Come to the People\'s Parliament!
Address: Parliament Square, Westminster
Nearest Public Transport: Westminster Tube
Postcode: SW1P 3, | View Map
Time: 6:00pm
Price: Free
Phone: 020 7833 9311
Email: info@campaigncc.org
Web: www.campaigncc.org

21-July to 26-July - Peacework training - Core Skills for Working in Conflict - This is a highly practical, hands-on course designed by International Alert to prepare anyone wanting to work in conflict prevention, crisis management or peacebuilding with the essential skills for working in a conflict situation. Each day of the course will focus on a particular set of skills and how to apply them in the peacebuilding context. The final day-long simulation exercise will test these skills. You will be assessed by an experienced observer who can advise you on next steps in your personal and professional development as a peace worker.
Postcode: SW9 9AP | View Map
Price: £540/325
Phone: 0044 20 7627 6838
Email: atobie@international-alert.org
Web: www.international-alert.org/training/course.php?c=10

23-July to 27-July - Peace News Summer Camp - Join people from across the broad spectrum of the British peace movement for five days of exploration, celebration and empowerment: learning from other movements, struggling with challenging issues, and debating nonviolence. Fed by local organic fruit and veg (lovingly cooked by the wonderful Veggies of Nottingham), we're camping in a family-friendly and renewably-powered way.
Address: Near Faringdon, Oxfordshire
Phone: 0845 458 2564
Email: gabriel@voices.netuxo.co.uk
Web: http://peacenewscamp.wordpress.com/

August

3 - Pogo Cafe screening - Breaking the Siege - A film about the events in Atenco / Mexico 2006 San Salvador Atenco, May 2006. Two months before the presidential elections, a conflict for land and rights escalates between the population of Atenco and the Mexican government. Unbelievable events take place: the police attack a marketplace, the inhabitants block the highways leading to the city, and confrontations between an outraged population and police forces break out. The state of emergency goes on for several days and culminates in the death of a 14 year old boy. This video analyzes the events in San Salvador Atenco during the first days of May and denounces the violation of the civilian population’s human rights by state and federal police forces.
Address: 76a Clarence Road, London
Postcode: E5 8HB | View Map
Time: 7:30pm
Price: Free (but donations are welcome)
Phone: 02085331214
Web: www.pogocafe.co.uk

8 - A Night Of Celtic Punk - with Circle J-hard hitting Irish folk punk from the Netherlands; Ciaran Murphy unrepentant Belfast singer songwriter; Smokey Bastard - seven piece celt punk from Reading... think dropkick murphys; The Hackney Marshins - punk ceilidh folk rockers from Hackney!
Address: Mannions Prince Arthur,158 broad lane, tottenham,london,N15 4PW.5minutes walk from seven sisters or tottenham hale tubes
Directions: 5 minutes walk from Seven Sisters or Tottenham Hale tubes on Victoria Line
Postcode: N15 4PW | View Map
Time: 8pm
Price: £5
Email: punkarseholes@blueyonder.co.uk

15 - Mobilisation against BNP’s Red, White and Blue festival - Demonstrate against the neo-Nazi BNP, as they try to have their celebration of island-mentality xenophobia at the Red, White and Blue Festival. Meet at 9am followed by a National Rally at 1pm.
Address: meet Market Pl Codnor, Ripley, Derbyshire DE5, UK
Postcode: DE5 | View Map
Time: meet at 9pm, rally at 11am
Web: http://nobnpfestival.wordpress.com

18-Aug to 24-Aug - Earth First! Summer Gathering - 5 days of workshops, skill sharing and planning action, plus low-impact living without leaders. Meet people, learn skills, take action.
Address: Cumbria - the exact location will be announced the week before
Nearest Public Transport: Book your trains to Penrith now!
Price: £20-30 according to what you can afford. Vegan food provided by Anarchist Teapot for £4 per day.
Email: summergathering@earthfirst.org.uk
Web: http://www.earthfirst.org.uk,

26-Aug to 02-Sep - Climate Camp 2009 - It's back on, rumoured to be in London - see the website for details.
Web: www.climatecamp.org.uk

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Free London Listings Events and attractions in London that are either free or no more than £3 to get in. freelondonlistings.co.uk

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

CRITICAL MASS

• Birmingham: meet at 5:30pm on the last Friday of every month in Pigeon Park (St Philip’s Cathedral) and set off at about 6pm for a spontaneous ride around the city centre https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/brumcriticalmass
• Brighton - meet 6pm on the last Friday of every month at the Level (BN2 3FX). Come join us! Bring bikes, lights and noise! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/criticalmassbrighton
• Bristol - meet 6.30pm meet at the Arnolfini in the central Bristol. For more visit http://bristolcm.pbwiki.com
• Cambridge - meet 6.30pm on the last Friday of the month at Market Square. For more info see http://criticalmass.cambridgeaction.net
• London - meets 6.30pm on the last Friday of every month on the South Bank under Waterloo Bridge, by the National Film Theatre. For more see www.criticalmasslondon.org.uk
• Manchester - meets 6pm on the last friday of every month at Central Library, Manchester. For more info see: http://myspace.com/mcrcriticalmass
• Nottingham - 5.30pm on the last Friday of every month meet at the meeting point in Market Square, 5:30pm. For more info www.criticalmassrides.info/nottingham
• Oxford - meet 5.45pm on the last Friday of every month at the Cornmarket end of Broad Street outside The Oxford Story Leaving around 6ish. For more see www.myspace.com/oxfordcriticalmass Email oxfordcriticalmass@hotmail.co.uk
• Reading - meets 5.30pm on the last Friday in each month, starting from infront of Reading Town Hall. To check it's on email tonyorme@compuserve.com web www.criticalmassreading.info (currently offline)
• York - meets 5.30pm on the last Friday of every month outside the Minster west doors. Please remember lights in the winter. Usually have a sound system. For more see: http://york.indymedia.org.uk/critical_mass.
• For other Critical Mass listings see www.critical-mass.info/europe.html#europe

FREE PARTY WEBSITES

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