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26-09-2006 15:42
To secure a place contact 07837 244 518 or
BirminghamUAF@hotmail.com
They are organising a conference inviting all union/ student unions/ anti-racist groups, faith groups, Community and Ethnic Mionority Organisations, anti-fascists to discuss a co-ordinated response to the BNP who have 49 council seats and
will be standing in next years elections.
W.Mids Anti-Racist Conference
Birmingham Council House, 10AM -1.30PM.To secure a place contact 07837 244 518 or
BirminghamUAF@hotmail.com They are organising a conference inviting all union/ student unions/ anti-racist groups, faith groups, Community and Ethnic Mionority Organisations, anti-fascists to discuss a co-ordinated response to the BNP who have 49 council seats and
will be standing in next years elections.
25-09-2006 18:29
Stamp Out Homophobia Day - Film Now Downloadable at Schools Out
A 270 foot, long petition of double sheets bearing thousands of footprints with the message “Stamp Out Homophobia in Our Schools” wound its way round Westminster on 7 December 2005.
24-09-2006 10:42
From Warsaw in Poland to Nouakchott in Mauretania
7th of October 06: Transnational Actionday against migration-control
October 7 - Transnational Day of Action for Migrants & Refugees
Presstatement/ statement To all social movements!From Warsaw in Poland to Nouakchott in Mauretania
7th of October 06: Transnational Actionday against migration-control
22-09-2006 08:22
MIDLANDS BASED MULTI MEDIA COMPANY MAKES MOVIE SET IN 2048 BAGHDAD
Blind Samurai Films and Publishing in Malvern, Worcestershire, has long been committed to using new technology for democratizing cultural production in the face of corporate control of media. Now, together with Roger Cottrell's edgy Birmingham based crime thrillers available through the Company website they are working on a graphic novel and film set in Baghdad in 2048
21-09-2006 21:36
The Cottage of Content Occupation: Summary
A week has past since the forcible eviction of the occupiers of the so-called Cottage of Content. With no official word from Birmingham City Council, the buildings’ future function looks uncertain.
20-09-2006 22:04
C4ISTAR conference and dinner succesfully disrupted
Protesters including anarchists, anti-war and animal rights activists converged on Birtsmorton court in Worcestershire this evening causing chaos for the warmongers who were arriving by the coachload hoping to be on time for the C4ISTAR conference and reception dinner.
20-09-2006 12:17
Though the information below is relevant at time of posting, it may change. So please check with solicitor/case worker before using. The contents of this message should under no circumstances be seen as 'Immigration advice'.
All the information below can be accessed at
http://www.ncadc.org.uk/
Home Office Enforcement
The National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns has placed on its website Home office texts relevant to rules/guidance on how the Home Office enforce immigration controls.Though the information below is relevant at time of posting, it may change. So please check with solicitor/case worker before using. The contents of this message should under no circumstances be seen as 'Immigration advice'.
All the information below can be accessed at
http://www.ncadc.org.uk/
20-09-2006 12:05
To organize such a day of migration-related actions was decided at the European Social Forum in May 2006, when about 15,000 people from different social movements met in Athens.
7 Oct 06: Transnational Day of Action Against Migration Controls
One year after the escalations in Ceuta and Melilla, a broad network of migration-related initiatives call for freedom of movement in a transnational day of action. In dozens of cities in Europe and also in Africa, manifestations and demonstrations are in preparation for 7th of October.To organize such a day of migration-related actions was decided at the European Social Forum in May 2006, when about 15,000 people from different social movements met in Athens.
20-09-2006 09:57
19 - 21 Sep 2006
Theatre Complex, Grange Road, Great Malvern, Worcestershire
see http://www.rusi.org/events/ref:E44C9E6B178396/ for more info
Warmongers gathering in Worcestershire TODAY!!
RUSI (Royal United Services Institute) Malvern C4ISTAR Conference 200619 - 21 Sep 2006
Theatre Complex, Grange Road, Great Malvern, Worcestershire
see
http://www.rusi.org/events/ref:E44C9E6B178396/ for more info
20-09-2006 02:13
Birmingham International Convention Centre…20th-22nd September 2006, “The Annual Conference and Social Housing Exhibition 2006 is the most important event in the housing calendar. It is a 'must attend' for everyone involved in social housing”. Too exhausted to attend but nevertheless with very good reason, one Family openly invites the Federation to resist associations with corporate bullies.
National Housing Federation Conference Providing Shelter for Corporate Bully?
Birmingham International Convention Centre…20th-22nd September 2006, “The Annual Conference and Social Housing Exhibition 2006 is the most important event in the housing calendar. It is a 'must attend' for everyone involved in social housing”. Too exhausted to attend but nevertheless with very good reason, one Family openly invites the Federation to resist associations with corporate bullies.
17-09-2006 18:13
Cottage of Content Occupation Comes to a Close
On Friday 15th September 2006 the occupation of the Cottage of Content social centre in Sparkbrook came to a close.
15-09-2006 18:04
birmingham is tearing down its great buildings at a horrendous pace and will be lost forever
gorgeous BIRMINGHAM CITY CENTRE 5 storey Victorian Building to be DEMOLISHED
this buildings @ intersection of Lower essex Street/ Bromsgrove stbirmingham is tearing down its great buildings at a horrendous pace and will be lost forever
15-09-2006 17:49
beautiful 4 Storey Victorian Birmingham City Centre to be demolished
this building is under threat
15-09-2006 15:26
Well our intrepid urban warriors were evicted from what will become yet another shameful fall of our only remaining local social centres. Shame on you Birmingham City Council!
Cottage Social centre eviction (in pictures)
Well our intrepid urban warriors were evicted from what will become yet another shameful fall of our only remaining local social centres. Shame on you Birmingham City Council!
15-09-2006 14:29
The Cottage Community and Youth centre in Sparkbrook, was closed by Birmingham City Council last year and left to rot. The building was occupied by a group of activists, who, along with local people, repaired the building, put it back into community use and helped setup a vibrant local campaign to re-instate the Cottage Community Youth Centre.
The Cottage of Content was boarded up in May 2005 when the building was declared ‘surplus’ to requirement by Birmingham City Council. During this time it was vandalised and neglected. It was then handed over to Birmingham Property Services to make a substantial profit out of yet another one of our buildings that are a part of our municipal heritage. Without any public consultation, the Cottage Community Youth Centre was shut down and scheduled for auction.
The auction would have inevitably meant that the property developers with the most capital would have bought the building instead of community groups and levelled it to the ground to make way for yuppie flats. A local councillor, responding to pressure from a local Somali group, managed to get the building withdrawn from auction and along with local people supported the occupation of the Cottage as a means of ensuring the building wasn’t sold off to the highest bidder and that it was looked after properly.
The Cottage Autonomous Social Centre has been violently evicted
The Cottage Community and Youth centre in Sparkbrook, was closed by Birmingham City Council last year and left to rot. The building was occupied by a group of activists, who, along with local people, repaired the building, put it back into community use and helped setup a vibrant local campaign to re-instate the Cottage Community Youth Centre. The Cottage of Content was boarded up in May 2005 when the building was declared ‘surplus’ to requirement by Birmingham City Council. During this time it was vandalised and neglected. It was then handed over to Birmingham Property Services to make a substantial profit out of yet another one of our buildings that are a part of our municipal heritage. Without any public consultation, the Cottage Community Youth Centre was shut down and scheduled for auction.
The auction would have inevitably meant that the property developers with the most capital would have bought the building instead of community groups and levelled it to the ground to make way for yuppie flats. A local councillor, responding to pressure from a local Somali group, managed to get the building withdrawn from auction and along with local people supported the occupation of the Cottage as a means of ensuring the building wasn’t sold off to the highest bidder and that it was looked after properly.
15-09-2006 11:50
However there are only three very small notices informing them that they are entitled to travel expenses when they are required to attend the reporting centre. One of the attending asylum seekers asked management at the centre, why the notices for travel expenses were so small and was told, "It is not in the interests of the Home Office to make them bigger".
The 'writing on the wall' comes in different sizes
The walls of the Immigration Service Midlands Reporting Centre are decorated with 28 large notices offering asylum seekers monetary inducements to leave the UK, including free travel.However there are only three very small notices informing them that they are entitled to travel expenses when they are required to attend the reporting centre. One of the attending asylum seekers asked management at the centre, why the notices for travel expenses were so small and was told, "It is not in the interests of the Home Office to make them bigger".
14-09-2006 23:25
We're not entirely sure that this means tomorrow morning, as they haven't provided us with a date with which to vacate, but we are preparing to resist any threat of eviction this evening in anticipation that this could happen tomorrow morning.
URGENT: Cottage Social Centre Eviction threat - 15th September
Thursday 14th September the Cottage Social centre has received an eviction notice from bailiffs, contracted by Birmingham City Council, stating that we are "required to vacate at once".We're not entirely sure that this means tomorrow morning, as they haven't provided us with a date with which to vacate, but we are preparing to resist any threat of eviction this evening in anticipation that this could happen tomorrow morning.
14-09-2006 19:17
International day to support 'Il Silvestre' prisoners (Italy) - Fri 15 September
Four months have passed since 10 comrades of the 'Il Slvestre' group (who produce the eco-anarcho magazine 'Terra Selvaggia' ) have been arrested (5 in prison and 5 under house arrest), accused of subversive association. This is one of many Italian government attempts to destroy a group that in the course of the years has produced a lot of newspapers, pamphlets, meetings, demos, solidarity, books, etc.
12-09-2006 12:34
"We've had it all in the UK: Economic persecution, hardship, legal and administrative prejudice, brutality and detention, years of waiting and now destitution and the four of us living in one room. It's time to fight for our right to stay." - Judith and Juslain Bikounga, Tuesday, 12th September, 2006
Bikounga Family Must Stay
"We've had it all in the UK: Economic persecution, hardship, legal and administrative prejudice, brutality and detention, years of waiting and now destitution and the four of us living in one room. It's time to fight for our right to stay." - Judith and Juslain Bikounga, Tuesday, 12th September, 2006