Edinburgh Anarchists

from 7 pm in the Forest Cafe:
Screenings:

• RIOT GRRRL MOVEMENT IN EUROPE AND AMERICA IN THE NINETIES
• ANARCHA FEMINIST FESTIVAL CLITFEST
• QUEERRUPTION DOCUMENTARY

all-female and female fronted punk bands from all over the world
from 7 pm in the Forest cafe:
CONFIRMED PERFORMERS AND BANDS:

• SELLOTAPE
• DEBORAH with SILENT THEORY ORCHESTRA – looped guitar, spoken word, poetry
• ANNA- poems, reading and performance
• WITCHES REVENGE – angry girls punk
• SCOUTTS BAND – raw folk
• (JO)ANNE BONNY pirate DJ
• OTHER BANDS t.b.c.

Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan benefit stall
Anarchafeminist and D.I.Y. GIRLZ ZINES stall

COME ALONG!!!!
FROM 7 TIL LATE AT THE FOREST
EVERYBODY WHO SUPPORT THE NIGHT IS WELCOME
ESPECIALLY GIRLS WHO HAVE D.I.Y. STALLS AND PLAY!!!

Where's Bonnie & Clyde when you need them?

So RBS are sacking 2300 workers to pay for the bonuses of their bosses and the speculation division in the City of London.

This is making people angry, unsurprisingly. Us anarchists usually get stick for being extreme and violent. But who’s this discussing the return of the guillotine for bankers? Economists on the BBC, that’s who (via BoingBoing). Strange days.

With all the talk of “worst economy for a 100 years”, there is some cheer. Classic Depression-era songs like this one are now copyright expired, meaning you can do anything with them. Here’s Woody Guthrie singing “Pretty Boy Floyd”:

Well you say that I’m an outlaw, you say that I’m a thief
Here’s a Christmas dinner for the families on relief[...]
Now as through your life you travel and through your life you go – o
You will never see an outlaw drive a family from their home