A-Infos (en) Britain, Glasgow Events Glasgow Autonomy Update 14th September 2016

Hi everyone, ---- This started as a short update, as first one in a while, but has turned 
into a pretty long one! Lots on this month! ---- Enjoy! ---- ----- Public Meeting to 
address Glasgow transport crisis:  ---- Get Glasgow Moving! Building a citywide Public 
Transport campaign ---- Thursday 15th September - 7pm ---- Renfield St Stephen's, 260 Bath 
Street, Glasgow G2 4JP ---- https://www.facebook.com/events/225852114483359/ ---- Most 
people in Glasgow rely on public transport to get around (only 49% of households have 
cars), yet our public transport network is a total mess: ---- * Private bus companies 
continue to cut our vital services and increase fares so that they're completely 
unaffordable. ---- * Glasgow Subway (built in 1896) still only serves a tiny area of our 
city and is the only underground in the whole world never to have been 
extended:http://you.38degrees.org.uk/p/glasgowtube
* Our overground trains are operated by a company (Abellio) owned by the Dutch state (not 
ours!)
* And our bike hire is run by a private company (Nextbike GmbH) based in Germany...

Compare this to Edinburgh, where publicly-owned Lothian Buses are popular with residents 
offering a comprehensive service and affordable fares.

And compare this to London, where publicly-owned Transport for London operate a 
fully-integrated network with "Oystercard" smartcard tickets (in use since 2003) making it 
so simple to change between buses, tubes, trains and bikes. They also have ambitious plans 
for expansion over the coming decades:crossrail2.co.uk

Glasgow deserves better! Come and help build the citywide Public Transport campaign we 
need to make it happen.

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Being GalGael
Thursday 15th September - 12 to 8pm - Friday 16th September - 11 to 3pm
Old Barn Dumbreck Stables, 82 Dumbreck Road, Pollok Country Park, Glasgow, G41 4SN

OUR Story DAYS
Story Gathering & Seeding
With next year being GalGael's TWENTIETH year - we've started something we've called Being 
GalGael - taking some time to check in on a shared sense of who we are, what matters to us 
and what kind of changes we're here to make.

So, what do we mean by Story Gathering & Seeding?

On THURSDAY 15th we'd love all of you who've been part of our story over the last 20 years 
to join us in remembering the twists & turns with photos, things, articles (BYO), as we 
create a timeline. And just gab about old times.

On FRIDAY 16th we're very much hoping more people can join us in sharing that story with 
folk old and new, and for some banter to tease out the good stuff and explore the kind of 
stories we want to seed for the next 20 years.

The format for both days, means you can pop in and stay for a short space of time or most 
of the time and have still have a useful input. Join us for 1 or 2 days - whichever feels 
relevant.

a wee bit more info...

Thurs 15th Sept - If you've been a part of our story over the last 20 years, we'd love you 
to join us on THURSDAY remembering the highs and lows with photos, things, articles, 
posters, and mementos. We're creating a timeline that'll help us share the story with 
others and capture the learning, the touchstones, the principles. We also just want a 
chance to gab about old times - share stories and memories, eat soup, belt out poetry and 
warm our hearts round a fire. Pop in for any amount of time between 12 to 8 p.m. Soup at 6 
p.m.

Fri 16th Sept - FRIDAY will shift focus as we share how that story with characters old and 
new, and to work with that some more to galvanise and inspire our future story. We'd very 
much love you to join us in spending some time - gathered around some pithy questions like 
- ‘what is the great dream we're wrestling in to reality', ‘what are the big lessons?'. Or 
just mull over the timeline and make your thoughts known in other ways such as writing on 
the wall or adding a picture to the timeline. At the end of the two days we want to be in 
a better place to say hello to the legacy we're co-creating over the years to come.

We've not had much time to get the word out - please help by letting others know it's on. 
We realise it's quite short notice so will understand if you can't make it! And we'll be 
attempting to cart the timeline back to Govan so you can add your bit later...

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Cultivate Kickstarter - Minibus Tour of Community Gardens
Friday 16th September - 11am - 3pm
The Concrete Gardens, 200 Balmore Road, G22 6LJ

Join us for a minibus tour starting from the Concrete Gardens at 11am and returning at 
3pm. We will get a guided tour of the Hidden Gardens and Woodlands Gardens and another 
garden to be confirmed. Get tips and inspiration from other growers.

Meet at the Concrete Gardens at 10:30am. Bring good shoes and waterproofs if it is raining.

Lunch will be provided.

Spaces limited. To book your place email wilde.alex@gmail.com

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Refuweegee's Good Food, Good Mood BBQ
Saturday 17th - 12-5pm
Kinning Park Complex, 43 Cornwall Street, G41 1BA

We would like you to help us celebrate our amazing city and all of the people within it, 
by coming along to our world barbecue event, sponsored by the fabulous folks at Expat 
Focus - expatfocus.com.

On the 17th September 2015, 100,000 people participated in the refugees welcome march in 
London. This year there will be another march, to again show the government loud and clear 
that we and the rest of the world are ready to welcome refugees. We are currently in talks 
with a variety of organisations in the city to see how we can create a similar call to 
action in Glasgow.

Meantime, we would like to ensure that there is a place for people to come together and 
socialise, share food and stories and celebrate what we have achieved so far. There is 
always plenty more to be done but we also believe there is plenty to celebrate. So please 
join us for a festival style, family friendly day, sampling food from around the world in 
the sunshine!

We'll have people taking charge of BBQs to share traditional foods from around the world - 
with Iranian, Scottish, Syrian & Eritrean dishes confirmed, it's set to be a brilliant event.

We'll also have all the usual festival style event treats with music, facepaiting and of 
course sunshine!

Come along, bring your friends and family and celebrate all of the amazing people who make 
Glasgow by filling yer bellies!

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Sleaford Mods - Invisible Britain: film screening + Q&A with Lisa Mckenzie and Paul Sng
Saturday 17th September 2016 - 6pm
Govanhill Baths, 99 Calder Street, G42 7RA

Sleaford Mods - Invisible Britains shows the most relevant and uncompromising British band 
in years sticking two fingers up to the zeitgeist and articulating the rage and 
desperation of those without a voice in austerity Britain.

The film follows Sleaford Mods on a tour of the UK in the run up to the 2015 General 
Election, visiting the neglected, broken down and boarded up parts of the country that 
many would prefer to ignore.

Part band doc, part look at the state of the nation, the documentary features individuals 
and communities attempting to find hope among the ruins, against a blistering soundtrack 
by Sleaford Mods.

Tickets: £5 / £2 concessions - http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2593670

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Following the screening there will be a Q&A hosted by poet/activist Jim Monaghan with Lisa 
McKenzie (author Getting By: Estates, Class and Culture in Austerity Britain) and Sleaford 
Mods - Invisible Britain co-director Paul Sng.

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Workplace Organiser Training Session
Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th September
Glasgow Autonomous Space, Unit 11, 53 Kilbirnie Street, G5 8JD

Clydeside IWW will be hosting a Workplace Organiser Training Session over two days - 17th 
and 18th September (11am to 6pm both days). The venue - Glasgow Autonomous Space* - will 
be open from 10.30am to allow a prompt start. It is open to IWW Members in Scotland & 
others on similar Lists who share our anti-capitalist vision.

Andy from Manchester who will deliver the Sessions writes: "The training has been 
developed by IWW organisers over many years from direct experience. It is an absolutely 
great way to familiarise yourself with basic organising skills.The training is designed to 
incorporate your real-life work situation to make it as realistic as possible and help 
tailor it to your needs. The point is to help you think through how to organise where you 
work, but contains many skills useful to organising outside the workplace as well. The 
tactics taught are based on successful organising work over the last decade worldwide, and 
the training is constantly being adapted to incorporate the latest experiences of direct 
action organising."

* A few places are available for non IWW members Please contactwestscotland@iww.org.uk to 
reserve your place, which must be done in advance as course materials need to be printed off.

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Cultivate Event - Soil Health
Monday 19th September - 12pm-3pm
The Concrete Gardens, 200 Balmore Road, G22 6LJ

As part of the Cultivate programme the Concrete Garden are putting on a series of training 
and networking sessions targeted at community groups who have a small growing space.

This session will cover what is soil and how can you care for it? Explore different ways 
of making compost including looking at the Concrete Garden's hot box system.

We will also look at hygiene and keeping yourself safe in the garden.

Lunch will be served at 12pm followed by a practical session with Abi in the garden and 
finishing up with a hot drink and chat .

To book your place email wilde.alex@gmail.com

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Walls (Glasgow Screening)
Thursday 22nd September a- 7:00-20:20pm
CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JD

Join the UK's leading social change film festival for the Scottish premiere of a portrait 
of division and common humanity.

More than 25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the appetite for erecting barriers 
between nations still remains: 41 walls currently divide communities, shutting out 
dialogue, feeding mistrust and resentment. Seeking to understand their impact, this 
stunning documentary focuses on individuals living on either side of the Spain/Morocco, 
US/Mexico and South Africa/Zimbabwe borders.

Join us after the film for inspiring conversations and opportunities for creative, 
effective personal action, with guests including Dr Sarah-Jane Cooper-Knock (Centre of 
African Studies, University of Edinburgh).

For full event details and access to the film's trailer, go to http://bit.ly/Walls-CCA

TICKET PRICES: £6/£4.50 concs

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Free Pride: Bi Furious
Thursday 22nd September - 11pm-3am
The Art School, 20 Scott Street, G3 6PE

free pride presents: bi furious, a night celebrating bi, pan and non-mono identities!!

very often us bi+pan people are pushed out from mainstream gay nights and judged for not 
being ‘queer enough.' this is a night to celebrate your identity, be who you want + get 
with who you want without judgement, and have a dance to some amazing bi talent on the decks.

featuring Free Pride favourites Shugg, Etzali & Deep Brandy Album Cuts!

we are also VERY excited to have Joey Fourr bringing us their ‘wonk-pop 4 queer kids' all 
the way from London

everyone is welcome so come down & boogie with us, pay what you can & have a good time!!

ACCESSIBILITY:

The Art School is a wheelchair accessible venue. Gender neutral toilets will be available 
and a safer spaces policy will be in place on the night. If you have any other 
accessibility needs please get in touch & we will do what we can to accommodate them!

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CHARITEA - With Haifa Zangana
Friday 23rd September - 6:30pm
Fred Paton Centre, 19 Carrington Street, G4 9AJ

We've all seen the news reels and sensational headlines, and we've all heard first hand 
accounts from friends and family still caught up in the ongoing conflict in Iraq.
What we don't hear enough about is all the positive humanitarian work that is currently 
ongoing inside the country to help rebuild valuable infrastructures which help the people 
that are most in need.

Join us to raise awareness and much needed funds to help this work to continue! £15 a 
ticket and in return you will be served delicious Iraqi food, live Iraqi Oud and poetry as 
well as helping Iraqi Refugeeshttp://theiair.co.uk/en/about/

With us to give a talk on the evening will be Haifa Zangana who is a novelist, political 
commentator and currently has a weekly column in Al-Quds newspaper as well as being a 
regular contributor for The Guardian, Red Pepper, and Al-Ahram.

This is a ticketed event limted to 120 seats. Please reserve your seating through one of 
the following hosts by texting IRAQ2016 with the number of seats to be reserved. £15 no kids.

Supported by Scottish Action for Refugees (SAFR)
All funds go to International Action for Iraqi Refugees

Vivian - 07540706747
Fayrouz - 07828310433
Wesun - 07545035341

Doors open 6.30pm.

SUPPORT REFUGEES. SUPPORT IRAQ. SUPPORT HUMANITY.

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The Junkyard Free Festival Presents The Eclectic Circus
Friday 23rd September to Sunday 25th September
203 Bell Street, G4 0TD

Roll up for a Bank Holiday extravaganza.....

The Junkyard Free Festival Returns September Weekend with The Eclectic Circus.

The festival site will be transformed into a Circus theme for the weekend, with more than 
a few tricks up our sleeves.

Come see some of the best DJs and Live acts Glasgow has to offer. Plus there will be an 
array of tasty street food and beverages to tantalize your taste buds. Circus performers, 
comedy, face painters, tarot reading, punch&judy and a whole lot more. We will be 
transforming the cave into a whole new world for you to experience. Think NEON lights and 
carnival decor and get ready to be blown away!
Stay tuned as this one's gonna be quirky!
more.....

The festival is FREE and we welcome all, big and small, pets an all.

DJs and Live Acts will be announced shortly!

---->>>>FREE ENTRY<<<<----

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SQIFF 2016 - Scottish Queer International Film Festival
Thursday 29th September - Sunday 2nd October
CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JD

 From classic queer horror to brand new web series via documentaries on Madonna's dancers 
and fierce trans-led political parties in the Philippines, the best short films from 
around the world and right here in Scotland, workshops and masterclasses with top industry 
professionals and two massive inclusive parties, SQIFF 2016 is bigger and better than 
ever. Tickets start from just £4 (free for unemployed and asylum seekers) and all 
workshops are free.

New for SQIFF 2016 - Festival Passes which will be on sale till 22nd September. Come to 
everything at the festival including our Friday and Saturday night parties for just £40 / 
£30 conc.

ACCESS: All venues have good access for wheelchairs and other mobility issues including 
accessible toilets. All films screen with English subtitles or captions for D/deaf and 
hard of hearing access. Selected screenings have a hearing loop or audio description 
available. Selected intros, Q&As, and discussions have BSL interpretation. If you require 
BSL interpretation for any events which don't already have it, email info@sqiff.org and 
we'll book this for you. Most venues have gender neutral toilets. See listings at 
www.sqiff.org for further access details or contact us with any questions.

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Psychiatry and Social Class
Thursday 29th September 7-9pm
Glasgow Autonomous Space, Unit 11, 53 Kilbirnie Street, G5 8JD

The diagnosis and treatments given to people of different social classes by psychiatrists 
is a big subject and has been a continuing area of interest to mental health professionals 
and researchers. This talk will introduce and explore some of the issues around class and 
psychiatry from a working class perspective and will be followed by a group discussion.

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This event is hosted by Glasgow AF. We ask that all those attending this event read the 
brief introduction to our safer spaces policy here:https://afed.org.uk/about/safer-spaces/

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The Occupation of the American Mind - Film Screening
Sunday 2nd October 2-4pm
Kinning Park Complex, 43 Cornwall Street, G41 1BA

"It is arguable that the success of business propaganda in persuading
us, for so long that we are free from propaganda is one of the most
significant propaganda achievements of the twentieth century." John Carey

"The Occupation of the American Mind"
Israel's Public Relations War in the United State.

Justifying the indefensible is about. Keep saying the same thing over
and over again till people believe it. While the carnage continues
behind a vale of propaganda. An important film everyone should see.

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An Anti-Colonial Menu
Sunday 2nd October 7-9pm
Kinning Park Complex, 43 Cornwall Street, G41 1BA

Culinary Legacies of Colonialism:
An Anti-Colonial Menu

Sun 2 Oct at 7pm, Kinning Park Complex, 43 Cornwall Street, Glasgow
£10 (includes film ticket and two course meal)

An Anti-Colonial Menu looks to discuss ancestral delicacies from the African continent 
pre-colonial rule. This one off dine and view event looks to discuss the politics and 
heritage of African cooking as one of the most diverse, yet least experienced, least 
understood cuisines in the world, through the research of historical foods and lost 
recipes from all of Africa - with the idea that the hangover of colonial rule also extends 
its legacy within the everyday food experience.

This communal dining experience will be followed by the film Black Girl.

This event is brought to you by Black History Month, Soul Food Sisters, Aya Distribution, 
Africa in Motion Film Festival, Küche and African Challenge Scotland.

La noire de... (Black Girl) | Ousmane Sembène | Senegal/France 1966 | 1h5m | French with 
English subtitles | 12

This recently and beautifully restored version of Black Girl is pioneering Senegalese 
director Ousmane Sembène's first feature film, and is one of the first features by a 
director from sub-Saharan Africa. The film tells the tragic story of Diouana, a young 
Senegalese woman who finds work as a childminder for a French couple in Dakar. When the 
couple return to the south of France, she goes with them, dreaming of a life of luxury and 
fine clothes on the Côte d'Azur. However, things don't turn out as she planned. A very 
moving and beautifully filmed portrayal of the gradual breakdown of a fragile, young 
woman, this is a great opportunity to see one of the genuine classics of African cinema.

Tickets here - 
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/culinary-legacies-of-colonialism-an-anti-colonial-menu-tickets-27330883408?aff=eac2

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