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Call the office on 01273 685913 or email us at
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February
5th February 2012
Brighton Punx Picnic Benefit Roast
Delicious vegan nut roast with all the trimmings and lots of gravy £5
All proceeds go to funding Brighton Punx Picnic 2012. A 3day punk mayhem on 20-22April.
Address: Cowley Club, 12 London Road, Brighton
Postcode: BN1 4JA
Time: 2-6pm
Price: £5
Email: brightonpunxpicnic@ymail.com
Web: http://en-gb.facebook.com/punxpicnic
13th February 2012
SchMOVIES presents LIFE IN THE FAST LANE- The Story of the NO M11 Campaign
This feature length documentary presents the inside story of the No M11 Campaign, recounting 15 months of direct action against one of the most controversial schemes in the history of British road-building.
1994. London. On the rooftops of Claremont Road, 300 protesters waited for the start of what was to become the most extraordinary eviction in British history. Nearby, two diggers stood poised to demolish the last remaining houses in the path of the M11 Link Road. By 1:30 pm a convoy of 120 vehicles containing 700 police and 400 private security guards had arrived in the area. By 2 pm Operation Garden Party had begun....
Drawing on personal testimony and nearly 200 hours of front-line footage, LIFE IN THE FAST LANE features the battle for Wanstead's George Green, and the subsequent eviction of its 250 year- old Sweet Chestnut tree. It re-lives the days of the Independent Free Area of Wanstonia, and highlights the celebrated rooftop protests at Westminster and the home of the then Transport Secretary, John MacGreggor. Against a backdrop of growing resistance to the Criminal Justice Act it charts the emergence of CLAREMONT ROAD as an extraordinary symbol of cultural defience, and for the first time tells the story of what became the most expensive eviction in British history.
Address: The Cowley Club, 12 London Road, Brighton,
Time: 8pm
Price: Free/Donation
Phone: (01273) 685913
Email: mail@schnews.org.uk
Web: www.schnews.org.uk/schmovies
17th February 2012
Punk Pussy Cats Against The Cuts
Sheffield Uncut present...rnrnBlack Cat White Cat, The Violet May, Pete David & The Payroll Union, Black Echo and other live acts.
Address: Plug, 14-16 Matilda St, Sheffield
Time: 6pm
Phone: Twitter @PunkPussyCats
Email: sheffield.uncut@hotmail.co.uk
Web: http://www.ukuncut.org.uk
22nd February 2012
SchNEWS Benefit
ZOUNDS http://www.zoundsonline.co.uk/
POG http://www.worldofbeardandpog.co.uk/pogwash/
PRIMEVAL SOUP http://www.myspace.com/primevalsoup
Address: Sticky Mikes Frog Bar, Middle St, Brighton
Postcode: BN1
Time: 8pm
Email: mail@schnews.org.uk
Web: http://www.schnews.org.uk/
24th February 2012 to 26th February 2012
Earth First! Winter Moot
A weekend of discussion and networking for those taking direct action against ecological destruction.
Near Glasgow.
Address: Lanark
Web: http://earthfirstgathering.org.uk/
29th February 2012
SchMOVIES presents THIS IS HAWKWIND: DO NOT PANIC with guest speaker NIK TURNER
SchMOVIES presents an evening of psychedelic space rock with THIS IS HAWKWIND DO NOT PANIC - The Documentary...
also with special guest speaker NIK TURNER (vocalist, sax and flute from Hawkwind)
Nik will be introducing the film and taking questions after.
The inside story of Hawkwind, one of Britain's wildest acid rock bands. Emerging from the Ladbroke Grove underground at the end of the 60s, the band trailed radicalism and counter-culture in their wake, and have been a direct influence on punk, metal, dance and rave.
Includes interviews with some of the band's enduring legends, including bassist Lemmy, writer Michael Moorcock, founder members Terry Ollis, Nik Turner and Mick Slattery, and former managers Doug Smith and Jeff Dexter.
Suggested donation of £4 to cover travel expenses
BBC4 (60 mins)
Address: The Cowley Club, 12 London Road, Brighton,
Time: 8pm
Price: £4 suggested donation
Phone: (01273) 685913
Email: mail@schnews.org.uk
Web: www.schnews.org.uk
March
10th March 2012
NO MORE FUKUSHIMAS ! Stop Hinkley C Nuclear Power Station!
Weekend of 10-11 March, Stop New Nuclear Alliance is organising a weekend of direct action at Hinkley Point in Somerset. We are trying to stop the government's new nuclear programme. Join us for the fun !See our website for more details.
Address: Hinkley Point, near Bridgewater, Somerset
Directions: Hinkley point is three miles to the north of A39 via the village of Cannington, 5 miles west of Bridgewater.
Nearest Public Transport: Bridgewater and then local bus. Coaches are being organised for the event. Please see web site
Postcode: TA5 1YA
Time: Noon onwards
Price: nothing
Phone: 08452872381
Email: campaign@stopnewnuclear.org.uk
Web: www.stopnewnuclear.org.uk
11th March 2012
Black Fish Benefit- Sunday Roast and Film Screening
Delicious Vegan Nut Roast with all the trimmings and lashings of gravy! £5
A film screening of the 2009 documentary "The Cove". The film reports the annual killing of about 2,300 dolphins in a National Park at Taiji, Wakayama in Japan; and highlights that this is about three times the amount of whales killed in the Antarctic, and purports that 23,000 dolphins and porpoises are killed in Japan every year.
Address: Cowley Club, 12 London Road, Brighton
Time: Roast 2-6pm / Film 7-9pm
Price: Roast- £5 / Film- Donation
17th March 2012
National Anti-Fracking Meeting
Meet anti-fracking campaigners from all around the country and get together to stop fracking in the UK NOW, before it gets a hold and becomes unstoppable.
Address: Methodist Central Hall, Oldham Street, Manchester.
Postcode: M1 1JQ
Time: 11am-6pm
Email: fiona@campaigncc.org
Web: http://www.campaigncc.org/nationalantifrackingmeeting
17th March 2012
Brighton Anti Fascists Benefit Gig
AOS3 (Punk/Dub/Ska), The Autonomads (punkyfolkydubskareggae), Virus (80's anarcho punk), Black Star Dub Collective (Resistance Reggae) and Corn on the Rob. Plus DJ Pink Panther and DJ Jonny Bang Bang.
Address: Cowley Club, 12 London Road, Brighton
Time: 8pm till late
Price: £6/5 suggested donation
April
20th April 2012 to 22nd April 2012
Brighton Punx Picnic
Collectively organised, non-profit 3 day punk festival.
Details TBA
Address: Brighton
Postcode: BN1 1AA
Email: brightonpunxpicnic@ymail.com
Web: http://punxpicnic.wordpress.com/
21st April 2012
Hunt Sabs Benefit
Eastfield(tbc), Flat Stanley, Long LOST Frank, Scarred Society(tbc), Punkwreck & more TBC.
Address: The Wagon n Horses, Adderley Street, Digbeth, Birmingham
Price: £4
June
9th June 2012
Faslane Peace Camp 30 Days of Action at Faslane
Faslane Peace Camp are announcing 30 days of non-violent direct action against the Faslane Naval Base to mark the 30th birthday of the Peace Camp. Over the last year, a small group of us have been endeavouring to make Peace Camp a healthy and happy place to facilitate direct action against Trident. We are ready for action! The birthday celebrations will commence on Saturday 9th of June 2012 and continue until the 9th of July.
This week the First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond announced that an independent Scotland would be a nuclear free Scotland. Whilst these are welcome words, the response is that the MOD are reportedly looking into new venues south of the border in the fear that Scotland will win independence. We need to give a clear and unmitigated message that simply moving them is not enough. We are in a unique position to make this potential removal from Scotland mean an ipso facto end to nuclear weapons in the UK but our message needs to be full volume.
We are inviting local, national and international groups to take responsibility for a day of anti-nuclear activities, this can be a march to the base, a demo at the gates, a blockade, a mass trespass, a die-in... get creative! If you are a small group or an individual and want to team up with others, we can help choreograph partnerships. We can also facilitate workshops on peaceful direct action at Faslane so no activist experience is necessary. There will be lots to be done day to day and plenty of roles to fulfil during the 30 Days campaign and the time leading up to it so enthusiastic helpers (and donations) will be welcomed with open arms! Communal meals will be provided and there will be plenty of sleeping and camping spaces.
Address: 30Days, Faslane Peace Camp, Shandon, Helensburgh, G84 8NN.
Directions: road a814, bus 318? from glasgow, train from edinburgh or gasgow low level to helensburgh, then local bus to camp
Nearest Public Transport: edinburgh/glasgow/helensburgh
Postcode: g848nn
Time: 12pm-
Price: free/donation
Phone: 01436820901
Email: Faslane30@riseup.net
Web: faslane peace camp on facebook