A-Infos (en) Britain, Glasgow's Radical Independent Book Fair project... Saturday, 04 August 2007

Below from http://www.ribproject.org/ Within Britain, Scotland and specifically 
Glasgow there are fewer and fewer outlets for independent and radical materials. 
Corporate bookshops rule the roost and offer little in the way of counter 
culture, radical voices or local independent materials. The Radical Independent 
Book fair project (RIB) has come about to help redress this imbalance...
RIB is a support structure for a number of individuals and groups who produce 
publications, information and materials for sale, view and free distribution. 
The project is self-financed by the participants, no public or corporate monies 
are involved, no one takes a wage, it is not party politically aligned and is 
autonomous from other organisations. The project is not just an occasional 
bookshop and travelling bookstall... it is also a temporary library, a 
videotheque, a meeting point for distribution, discussion and ideas, as well as 
a place to come and have a blether.

Specific EVENTS at this RIB include -

12 - 4
Education and Neo-liberalism
- A Critical Discussion Forum
Conference sessions include -
- The Crichton Campaign: Learning lessons from education struggles.
- Principles of Autonomous, Radical and Community Education.
- The Dark Side of Academe.
- Roundtable: Education and Neo-Liberalism - Threats & Opportunities.

4 - 5
Praxis - Towards a new anarchist organisation
Speakers from Praxis, which sees its formal launch this September, and from the 
Irish Workers Solidarity Movement, on the need for specific anarchist 
organisation to involve our ideas in the mass movements and organisations of the 
working class. The event will draw on examples from the UK and Ireland, and 
explain why Praxis is being launched and outline our short term objectives. The 
WSM will state how they see that the presence of such an organisation has 
impacted positively on the class struggle in Ireland, and how such an 
organisation could be useful elsewhere.

6 - 7
Industrial Workers of the World
- Film screening & discussion
‘Together We Win: The Fight To Organize Starbucks’ and ‘Coffee Sirens’ are two 
films that highlight Starbucks Union activities and corporate propaganda. 
Includes a discussion with members from local IWW branches and filmmaker Diane 
Krauthamer from New York City IWW.

7 - 9
Document - Film screenings
Now in it's fifth year Document - International Human Rights Documentary Film 
Festival will screen a selection of films dealing with death in the work place. 
There will be a discussion with representatives of the Graham Meldrum Memorial 
Campaign and a poetry reading by Karen Thompson."

Location:
Kinning Park Complex, Cornwall Street, Glasgow G41 1AQ (next to Kinning Park 
Subway)
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