Apparently this is public: the English Scottish Defence League are coming to Edinburgh (they say) on February 20th.
So, there will be counter-protest(s). Discussion at the Meadows Bar on Buccleuch St., tomorrow (Weds 9th) @ 7PM.
Following on from the productive discussion last month, covering general thoughts and strategising about directions for anarchism in Edinburgh, we present a meeting focussing on the workplace. Speakers from the Anarchist Federation and the anarcho-syndicalist Solidarity Federation will be talking on their organisations’ approach to organising resistance in the workplace. The meeting is tonight at ACE, 6:30 for a 7:00pm start.
In the face of a recession and a supine trade union bureaucracy, what can be done to fight back on this terrain?
Both Afed and Solfed have recently looked deeply and freshly at this question (Read them: AF new workplace strategy – SF “Brighton Manifesto”), making this meeting a valuable opportunity to look forward at ways of sharing practice and knowledge.
There’s going to be a meeting to discuss what we’re up to in Edinburgh. This Thursday, 6pm, Tollcross Community Centre. From an invitation:
A few people are meeting next week for an informal chat about organising and resistance in Edinburgh. The call for the upcoming Anarchist Movement Conference asks whether ‘we’ are relevant? whether ‘we’ are progressing? how and where should ‘we’ organise? Maybe we might benefit from asking questions like these locally.
So far there has been a fair amount of interest in having some kind of discussion along these lines. There is no set agenda, as it is an informal discussion to see what things crop-up and where individuals, groups, networks and federations might have common ground and to encourage co-operation where common ground can be found. So if there is ANY organising/actions that you”ve thought ‘hmmm, wouldn’t it be good if that happened’, then come along and throw the idea into the mix.
Like with the Anarchist Movement Conference, if we can come together to put our ideas on the table, perhaps something useful will come out of it.
The meeting will take place at Tollcross Community Centre (117 Fountainbridge) on Thursday 23rd April from 18:00 until 21:00. The venue has no tea making facility so maybe you might want to bring along a flask and a small bite to eat to share.
Tomorrow some of us will be meeting at 8pm in ACE for an Edinburgh Anarchist Federation meeting. The last meeting was of members and non-members, it’s an open meeting so feel free to come along whether you are a member or not as I’m sure there is lots of common ground we can find in our struggles and campaigns. There is quite a lot on the agenda, but if there is something you want to discuss then feel free to add to it.
Short notice, I know. There’s a post scheduled for tomorrow that will make for ironic lulz.
