September 2009
How we Organise drop-in workshops (published in How we organise)
September 28, 2009 by Bob H
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How we Organise is about what you do, not what is done for you. 5 days of
being part of the action and finding your place within it. Something for all the
family - especialy the young who will inherit the folly off our times. Self education,
workshops, about the times we are living in. If you need inspired Document7
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WEDNESDAY 21 Electron Club CCA 350 Sauchiehall St Glasgow G2 3JD tel : +44 (0)141 352 4900 |
11 am - Drop in Day We want to record as much of the event as possible if you have a camera or recording device and are interested in snapping, recording, or If you have ideas for a talk, walk, workshop, presentation, see bob@citystrolls.com
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THURSDAY 22 If you find or |
State of the arts (community activism) Day Meeting up looking at the present situation the good the bad and the ugly. If we are all working under the banner for social change we need to look at what we are doing "collectively" sometimes. Figure out what works, what is your experience, using each others ideas, sharing the workload, forming associations. How do we organise? basically. There will be a shout out wall in the Electron Club where you can post stuff - write comments - organise other events - and tell us about your organisation or what you do - or would like to do. Meet-up discussion 1pm 3 pm And 7: pm 9 pm
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Media day (All day) Using the tools of the trade. Getting your message out there, Making news, using cameras, microphones, websites, networks don't stop at reading the news - make the news. Make a wee radio program or a newsletter on the day about what is happening in town. News sheet workshop Photography workshop 2:pm to 4:pm Real News? City Stroll. Freedom of the city, the common good, and how to keep it free. Getting out seeing and being aware of what is happening is part of being a citizen. Taking a city stroll is the best way to get to understand your city, and how it works. Take your camera and notebook. |
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Young people day (all day) There are films featuring young people on saturday - see Document7 Program for times The Electron will be given over to young folk to talk, do interviews and find out about community stuff, taking pictures, video and making audio recordings. 12am 12am Both of the above will be interactive. Bring your cameras, video, recorders if you have one. Don't worry if you don't have one. If this doesn't interest you there will be other things like designing banners and artwork and electronics. |
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11 am Common Good Day Find out about the common Good, what it is, what is happening to it, what it could and should be used for. How do we celebrate the Common Good 11am 12 30pm
Wyndford School parents: A presentation from the parents of the schools closed in the Wyndford Estate Maryhill. What happened - what the community did - and what they are doing now. Might even hear a few of the Wyndford songs 12 30pm -2pm Do we have a "Roadmap" How do we get there from here?
This organising event itself will hopefully be about organising. It will be about using your initiative and getting on with things. If you want to do anything - make suggestions, have any ideas or do a workshop do a talk. Join the Bridge/ How We Organise Group and discuss, post and advertise your idea. Or send me an email. Post suggestions on Bridge group So there is plenty of scope - plenty of time (5 days) - to make mistakes - rearrange ideas - and come up with new ones. Only way to learn really. Electron, CCA 21 - 25 Oct. During Document7 Any help you can offer most welcome. Any Questions: bob@citystrolls.com Program will be formed as ideas come flowing in. B.
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Rent and democracy
September 23, 2009 by Bob H
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One of the biggest disablers of democratic freedom is the fear of the rentier society. (that is people who do nothing and take everything - property developers) Folk can't think of anything else as they struggle to pay the mortgage or the ever-increasing rents.
A democratic society is one that understands the freedom to think unburdened by the daily pressure of feeding banks to keep a roof over our heads. The leaders of Glasgow City Council are not stupid and understand this very well. Their disdain and contempt for public housing is proof of who they represent. It is not those under the fear of eviction; homelessness and those seeking a reasonable rent. A reasonable rent that would allow them to engage in other aspects of their lives without worrying constantly about the ever increasing percentage of their wages paid out every week to private landlords.
The fight for decent council housing is fundamental to our democratic freedom. Democracy can not exist under fear. If we are to be democratic we need to remove "fear" from peoples lives - it is a human right
Article 25 From Universal Declaration of Human Rights
1. Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.
As someone says "We are all only a few paychecks away from homelessness ourselves" We used to live in a country which prided itself on cheap rented council housing - not always perfect - but a situation that did not consume your democratic right to demand improve housing conditions - and without the fear of eviction, displacement and crippling rent arrears.
Fair rented, safe, social housing, is one of the main indicators that democracy is working - another fundamental principal of democracy, is exercising the freedom to participate.
STO National Demo tomorrow 24 Sep 2009
Where: Outside M&S, Trongate, Glasgow
Organiser: Hamiltonhill Action Group/Scottish Tenants Organisations
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STO National Demo Tomorrow 11 am 24 Sep 2009
September 23, 2009 by Bob H
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Scottish Tenents Organisations and Hamiltonhill Action Group
National Demo tomorrow 24 Sep 2009
Where: From 11 am Outside M&S, Trongate, Glasgow.
For security doors for the residents of Hamiltonhill, Glasgow and for Scotland fight for Social Housing
Details video:
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Organiser: Hamiltonhill Action Group/Scottish Tenants Organisations
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Glasgow City Council threatens to bulldoze the Meadow (published in West End Glasgow)
September 20, 2009 by Bob H
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The North Kelvin Meadow Campaign
Glasgow City Council threatens to bulldoze the Meadow – but forgets to
tell us 18 September 2009, 2:26 pm Filed under: News Meadow carrots:
Glasgow City Council plans to give them the chop, and we don't mean
julienne them
Meadow carrots: the Council plans to give them the chop - and we're not
talking about julienning
The North Kelvin Meadow Campaign has learnt that Glasgow City Council
has made plans to destroy the Meadow without informing the campaign
group. Destructive actions could be taken as early as Monday, 21
September 2009.
After the Council’s legal action against the campaign group in July
resulted only in two named individuals – Douglas Peacock, Campaign
chair, and Karen Chung, treasurer – being prevented from putting up bat
boxes and installing raised beds, it seems the Council went back to the
courts in order to obtain a ‘decree of ejection’ – but didn’t tell us.
Wrongly addressed
The matter has been handled most peculiarly. Although Karen is appealing
the interdict against her, and the Council obviously has her and
Douglas’ contact details, papers relating to the ‘decree of ejection’
were not sent to them, but were instead addressed to ‘North Kelvinside
Green Space, Clouston Street, Glasgow G20′ by the Sheriff Court –
presumably the address given to the Court by the Council. Had it not
been for the good offices of the enterprising Clouston Street postie –
who delivered the papers to a well-known local personality, who passed
them on to the campaign group – we might have known nothing about it.
Something is rotten in those marble-lined City Chambers, wethinks –
unless we are to assume there is no one at Glasgow City Council who
knows how to address an envelope properly. And it all doesn’t seem quite
in order from a legal point of view. Ms Chung’s lawyer has therefore
contacted the Council asking for clarification and that no eviction take
place until a meeting can be arranged between the campaign group and the
Council.
Watch this space!
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Podcast: Margaret Kerr on Oatlands Allotments. (published in Glasgow Parks and Public space)
September 18, 2009 by Bob H
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Podcast:Margaret Kerr on Oatlands Allotments.
With so much gentrification of Glasgow's social landscape, our community culture is disappearing along with the demolished buildings.
Save Pollok Park launches maladministration complaint against Glasgow City Council (published in Common Good)
September 8, 2009 by Bob H
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Save Pollok Park launches maladministration complaint against Glasgow City Council
Save Pollok Park today launched a formal complaint of maladministration against Glasgow City Council over its handling of the Go Ape project.
Full complaint PDF