Edinburgh Anarchist Federation fully endorses the national day of action called by grassroots campaign Boycott Workfare. Join the protest in Edinburgh: Assemble 12 noon, Hunter Square, Saturday 3rd March, to visit some nearby businesses using unpaid workfare ‘volunteers’ to work for free. Workfare is a government scheme that makes people on benefits work for their...
The first landlord to be struck off the landlord register? Research carried out by Edinburgh Private Tenants Action Group has shown that no landlord has ever been struck off the landlord register. This includes rogue landlord, Mark Fortune, who was taken to court for threatening his tenants over a dispute that started with a...
BEYOND HIERARCHIES – Protest and Power in the 21st Century Beyond Hierarchies is a Free University Day School examining alternatives to the hierarchical power structures that shape society today. The day will incorporate short talks with interactive theatre and workshop discussion. HOW DOES POWER WORK? The first session will examine contemporary power relationships and...
Saturday 25th January, 4pm, Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh As international creditors & bailiffs circle Greece, its government has responded with austerity policies. The results include deepened unemployment, cut pensions and social provision. A permanent state of crisis is the new post-democratic way of government: in the name of the economy, the facade of democracy...
Despite the freezing weather, and an unexpected snow storm in the middle of the sunny afternoon, over 100 people gathered outside the City Chambers on Saturday 18th February to show solidarity with workers in Greece, who’s government has just voted to approve IMF and European Bank-approved austerity measures, which will have disastrous consequences for the working class....
Edinburgh Anarchist Federation stands in full solidarity with all the arrested and injured protesters from yesterday’s demonstration – an injury to one is an injury to all. Yesterday, around 100 protesters gathered with less than 24 hours notice to protest David Cameron’s government and policies on his trip to Scotland to meet with Alex...
There will be a second demonstration, called by Greek workers in Edinburgh, on Saturday 18th February, 12-3pm, City Chambers, High Street. The demonstration is in solidarity with workers in Greece fighting the austerity measures imposed by their government at the request of the IMF and European Bank. The statement on the facebook event reads:...
Tory Health Secretary Andrew Lansley visited Edinburgh’s Royal College of Surgeons on the 9th February to bolster support for his NHS reforms. Instead he found out just what people think of his privatisation plans as protestors surrounded the building, making him 2 hours late for a press conference at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh....
Edinburgh Anarchist Federation fully supports the newly launched Private Tenants Action Group. Thursday, 8 March 2012 19:00 until 21:00 Old Saint Paul’s Church 63 Jeffrey Street, EH1 1DH Edinburgh Private Tenants Action Group is holding a public meeting to launch a campaign for tougher enforcement against criminal landlords. We all want to live in safe,...
Glasgow Solidarity Network has demonstrated how direct action gets the goods with a successful conclusion to its first fight. Two members of the Glasgow Anarchist Federation and their flatmate discovered that it is illegal in Scotland for letting agents to charge tenants fees apart from rent and deposits. Their letting agent, Martin & Co,...