Hey, why not choose both? Thursday evening offers two talks at convenient intervals with cheap falafel to be found on the way between the two venues. First, at 5:15 there’s Mark Fisher “Blogger and Author of Capitalist Realism, Visiting Fellow at Goldsmiths, and contributor to The Guardian, Frieze, The New Statesman and Sight &...
11am – 1pm, meet at exit to to Princes Exchange car park on the corner of Lothian Road and Lauriston Place (http://g.co/maps/q8xbw) On the 44th anniversary of the Abortion Act, SPUC will be holding “kerbside vigils” against reproductive rights in towns and cities across the UK. One of these vigils will be held in Edinburgh,...
Forcing frontline staff to bear the brunt of social care cuts is not a long term solution. Voluntary sector providers of care and support services for people with disabilities have recently implemented cost cutting measures after the City of Edinburgh Council cut funding by 10% in early 2011. Now a race to the bottom...
Britain-wide day of action against forced unpaid labour…. MEET 12 NOON KIRKGATE SHOPPING CENTRE, FOOT OF LEITH WALK To take action at companies and charities still using workfare conscripts - we say to those companies and charities still involved in this rip-off – stop now! All welcome, bring banners, placards, whistles, drums…. Organised by...
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...
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:...
Reflections on the fight for Edinburgh’s public services This was written by Alyson Macdonald, who has been heavily involved with the anti-privatisation campaign in Edinburgh. The council’s decision to keep services in-house is a rare victory, but this means fighting cuts and job losses put in place by the council instead of a private...