Edinburgh Anarchists

Life-saving Glasgow advice project The Unity Centre are holding a fundraising ceilidh in Edinburgh this Saturday (17th).

Hello! Once a year the amazing Ceilidh Collective people in Edinburgh hold a brilliant party for Unity in Edinburgh. Last year it raised almost £1000 for the centre and we took twenty people through from Glasgow to join the fun….   [A ‘Ceilidh (pronounced “Kay-Lee”) is a traditional Scottish social gathering with traditional music, dancing, and storytelling.]   It’s the time of year for another Ceilidh to raise money for the Unity Centre – This year the money will go towards buying a new minibus for the Centre . This year, the Ceilidh’s going to be on   Saturday 17th April At the Steiner School, 60 Spylaw Road, Edinburgh Here’s a map: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&q=steiner+school+edinburgh&fb=1&gl=uk&hq=steiner+school&hnear=edinburgh&cid=0,0,11091512697169990379&ei=VWizS_j5DYn00gSP0dG4BA&ved=0CAgQnwIwAA&ll=55.933097,-3.222899&spn=0.011803,0.027595&z=15 £10 / £6 entrance fee and FREE for all asylum seekers   With music from the Robert Fish Band & friends with a fully licensced organic bar including snacks and juices and a chance to win a cool prize in Unity’s mega-raffle!

We’ll be running transport from Glasgow – Meet at 6pm in George Square but please book a place with the Unity Centre first

(The minibus will be free for asylum seekers but  £5 for everyone else)

After the Success of Saturday’s AntiNazi Demos there will be a Fundraiser for ACE in the upstairs of the Forest Cafe on Wed 24th From 10pm featuring :-

• Oi Polloi,
• Bomb Berlin
• Witches Revenge

Also before that from 9pm “Talk to Frank” will be on Downstairs in the Cafe with the Fantastic Fabulous Freeloadin Frank and the Bucking Fastards.

With Contributions from Wise L Leathermonk and The Weather Underground.

Apparently last week’s fundraising gig was a massive success. Bannermans was hoaching, the walls were dripping with sweat and every single raffle ticket was sold (when has that ever happened?). A quick count says that the night raised nearly £1000 to be split between ACE and solidarity funds for the autonomous Zapatista communities of Southern Mexico (read about the clinic they built here).

Grassroots fundraising, making a difference without subjecting you to washed-comedians with expense accounts bigger than your monthly pay packet. Why not set up a Standing Order to these groups and get the warm fuzzy feeling every month:

• Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh
• Edinburgh Chiapas Solidarity Group

Friday 30 JAN 2009, doors open 6pm @ ACE, 17 W. Montgomery Place, Edinburgh

Question 1
Do you like a drink?

Question 2
Do you like curry?

Question 3
Do you think you’re clever?

If you answered ‘yes’ to any of the above questions then read on…

Leith’ s reluctant new entertainment hub, the Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh, 17 west Montgomery place, is hosting a quiz night to raise money.

There will be:

• Delicious organic coconut and vegetable rice with (vegan) ‘butter’ dahl and pasta salad for eats
• An endless amount of organic ales and wines available via a raffle at discount prices (hey we are a food coop after all)
• A dazzling array / intriguing mix of anarchist history, general knowledge, absurd idiosyncratic “Whae the fuck would ken that!??” questions and easy ones.

Added to this an exciting music round, a film round and an ‘activist’ / protester ‘What happened next?’ round all brought to you via our luxurious high res digital projection suite with surround sound!

Deal capitalism and patriarchy a blow the easy way – from your favourite armchair in ACE, with a pint in your hand, stuffing your face with curry cooked by someone else, showing off how clever you are.