Monthly Archives: March 2010

Update on Waste depot picket

25/03/2010
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The picket of the scab Council waste depot (mentioned here) has been going well – last Saturday saw around 50 hardy souls sending a strong message to Turley & the gang. Drew the eye of the Evening News ADHD massive as well. Same again this weekend, see you there!

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Tory Vice Chair: they all sound the same to me

24/03/2010
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The thick Tory, the union guy and how everywhere North of the Cotswolds talks in the same accent.

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Pick of the week – Galleano & Anarchafeminist Social

22/03/2010
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Wednesday 7pm: Eduardo Galleano tribute at Tollcross. Friday 8pm: Potluck & film night of Edinburgh Anarchafeminist Kollective at ACE.

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Film festival countdown now measured in hours!

19/03/2010
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Those of you thinking of coming to Ed Afed’s Resistance Film Festival tomorrow / Saturday should take note that the start time has moved to 12:30. So now you don’t have to feel guilty about skipping a bit because you don’t like to go to the pub before lunch

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Free Film Festival coming to a pub near you: 20th March

13/03/2010
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Free Film Festival coming to a pub near you: 20th March

Edinburgh AFed are curating a one-day, free, film festival on Saturday 20th March at the Banshee Labyrinth on Niddrie Street (formerly Nicholl Edwards). Celebrating “cultures of resistance” across the world, the diverse films share the theme of collective action against political or economic injustice. A conscious shift away from the documentary-heavy format of most...

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Picket of Cleansing Depot this Saturday

10/03/2010
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Join a picket in support of council manual workers, this Saturday morning at Craigmillar Community Recycling Centre, old Dalkeith Road.

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Honest day’s pay for an honest day’s work, aye?

01/03/2010
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Quick-quiz: How many of you out there think that “non-executive” means the same as “doesn’t do anything”? As in “non-executive director”? I thought that being a NED meant to turn up to the meeting, eat the biscuits, read the minutes, send texts to your mistress and nod through pay rises. Their performance at scrutinising...

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