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Climate Renegades at the Festivals: We need YOU to get involved!
19-04-2011 13:19
Beyond Retro v CAFT injunction hearing 18th April
19-04-2011 11:31
"Lonely ratfaced misery zombies yelling about fur" left their learned friend TLC rather displeased in the High Court - we wonder, will this madness ever end Your Lordship?!OffMarket has moved!
19-04-2011 11:27
We, the OffMarket collective, take disused buildings and turn them into open resources. OffMarket has just moved location - now at 121 Lower Clapton Road E5 0NP. People have been busy making the building useable and it's now up and running, packed with events and regular activities! If you want to help out / get involved pop by when you can or give us a call on 077 0627 9299.
Offmarket is a collective that squats empty building (only shop fronts until now) in Hackney.
The aims of the collective are to promote and defend squatting and try and link with local and broader struggles.
In practice, the squatted spaces are used for a freeshop where people can bring what they don't need anymore and take what they like/need, a library/reading space, info and skillsharing about squatting, lots of free regular activities and workshops, space available for meetings/discussion groups, infonights and film nights, establishing links between the collective/space and struggles like the anti-cuts movement or gentrification.
An ex-Christian bookshop was occupied since January on 111 Lower Clapton road, but we were evicted on April fool's day! so we moved few doors up to 121 Lower Clapton rd, E5 0NP, an even better and bigger space. This used to be an estate agency but has been empty for more than 5 years!
We welcome any contribution, this is a collective project that always needs more people ; whether it's sorting the freeshop, occupying the building or building shelves, come get involved! If you are able to give a helping hand at all please pop by when you can or call us on 077 0627 9299. You can also come to our open meeting every monday at 7pm, to meet us and check out the space.
FreeShop / Library Opening Hours: Mondays 12 - 6pm, Tuesdays 12 - 8pm and Sundays 12 - 6pm.
For the rest of the activities, see below
The collective started organising into different action groups, if you are interested in joining any of them, here are when they meet:
Gardening : Mondays 2-4pm
Bike workshop : Tuesdays 3-6pm
Practical Squatters : 1st and 3rd Tuesday in the month 4-6pm
Freezone : Wednesdays midday-2pm
Library : Thursdays 2pm
Zine : Thursday 28th April 7pm
There is a weekly newsletter that includes all our activities and special events, that you can subscribe to by going there: https://lists.aktivix.org/mailman/listinfo/offmarket
ACCESSIBILITY: We will shortly be putting up full information about the new building. Events will generally be taking place on the ground floor (except the bicycle workshop) and we are trying to make the freeshop accessible. The toilet is in a large room but down a narrow hallway so probably not wheelchair accessible. If you have any comments, advice or queries please contact us!
We have a wish list that includes
- a hoover
- a washing machine
- soap / cleaning products
- soya milk
- toilet roll
- food
- selotape / gaffa tape / blue tac / glue
- ink cartridges for printer
- towels
- seeds
- bike stuff
This is our contact details:
offmarket [at] riseup.net
121 Lower Clapton rd E5 0NP
077 0627 9299
http://london.indymedia.org/groups/offmarket
/////// FUTURE EVENTS ////////
## OCCUPATION HAS NO FUTURE / Thursday 28th April, 7pm ##
A new documentary from Upheaval Productions that studies Israeli militarism, examines the occupation of the West Bank and explores the work of Israelis and Palestinians organising against militarism and occupation. Featuring Interviews with: IDF soldiers, Israeli conscientious objectors and Palestinian grassroots organisers.
https://london.indymedia.org/events/8739
## OFFMARKET CAFE!! / Friday 6th May 6-11pm ##
Our first cafe, hopefully it will be a fortnightly event. We'll have yummy vegan food on donation and we will watch an episode of "Survivors", an awesome BBC TV series from the 70s, about life in the UK after a major virus plague killed most of the humans on earth!! It's a program about people trying to (re)build collectives and communities from scratch, and we only look at it as an interesting starting point for a discussion on these issues.
## NELSN SOCIAL / Saturday 7th May 7-10pm ##
Squatters from North East London getting together, socialising, supporting each other and sharing food!
## THE FLIP SIDE: WHEN SEX IS NOT OK / Saturday 7th May, 3-5pm ##
This group is for people who?ve had not-okay sexual experiences. That means people who?ve felt unsafe, unable to say no, threatened, misled, or pressured into something, and also anyone who?s been sexually abused or assaulted at any point in their life, regardless of who it was or how much they remember. It also includes people who?ve experienced distressing emotions or states of mind during sex ? which might mean feeling dirty, guilty or ashamed; having flashbacks; or disassociating. The group will meet once a week for six weeks, and we ask participants for [near] full attendance at all the sessions, in order to foster trust and build a safer space. The purpose of the group is to use our personal experiences to brainstorm strategies for navigating these situations and emotions, in order to devise safer and more sustainable ways to manage them. If you are interested in participating, please email us back at: whensexisnotokay@gmail.com
## QUEER FILM NIGHT / Friday 13th May 7pm ##
More details later
/////// REGULAR ACTIVITIES /////////
All our activities are free
++ MONDAY, 10-12noon ++
Self Defense Skillshare:
Have some tips for self defence or want to learn? Come along to this weekly skill share! Open to all ages, genders and abilities
++ MONDAY, 2-4pm ++
Gardening and Herbalism Skillshare:
Each week we will be focusing on a different plant!
25th April:
- collecting compost
- looking at relevant zines / books to plan a monthly discussion group
- planting things in hanging baskets
PLANT FOCUS: Nettles
Future plant focus sessions; 2nd May: Sage / 9th May: Dandelion / 16th May: Skullcap / 23rd May: Elderflower / 30th May: Willow Bark
++ MONDAY, 7pm ++
Open Meeting : see the space, propose an event, get involved.
++ TUESDAY, 3-6pm ++
Bike fixing workshop
++ FIRST AND THIRD TUESDAY of the month, 7-8pm ++
Practical Squatting Evening:
Meet other people to squat with, get practical advice on squatting, and much more!
++ WEDNESDAY, 8-10.30pm ++
Clowning workshop
++ THURSDAY, 10:30-13:30 ++
Alternative therapies:
Indian Head Massage, Reflexology, Reiki, Auricular Acupuncture, Nutritional Advice, Relaxation/Visualization Techniques. If you are coming for the first time please try to be there by 10.30am, after that you can make an appointment. If you have any questions you can call Francesca on 07763529772.
++ THURSDAY, 2pm-5.30pm ++
Free Writing and Spoken English Assistance:
Free proofreading drop-in session and assistance with spelling, grammar, and punctuation; for any document, including essays, articles and applications up to post-graduate level. Time will be evenly distributed between those who require assistance. NB. Please come with prepared material to edit. You are also welcome to attend if you wish to learn or improve on your spoken English. Please get in touch if you could help with the above.
++ FIRST THURSDAY of the month, 7-9pm ++
Hackney and East London Creative Writing Circle:
We are a group of people who meet regularly to share our creative writing - all forms, all flavours, all levels - for comment, critique, motivation and inspiration. The group is open to anyone who wants to write, from beginners to advanced writers. Contact: iris: nerosiri@yahoo.co.uk
++ EVERY OTHER FRIDAY, 6-11pm ++
Offmarket Cafe:
First will be Friday 6th May. Fortnightly cafe, yummy vegan food on donation and we will watch an episode of "Survivors", an awesome BBC TV series from the 70s, about life in the UK after a major virus plague killed most of the humans on earth!
++ FIRST SATURDAY of the month, 7-10pm ++
NELSN social:
Squatters from North East London getting together, socialising, supporting each other and sharing food!
++ SUNDAY, 6-7pm ++
French conversation sessions.
//We would like to expand this to include other languages, especially english for beginners, so please get in touch if you could help//
++ SUNDAY, 7.30-9pm ++
Life drawing sessions.
Brighton Mayday! Sat April 30th, 12 noon
19-04-2011 11:20
Mass party & protest. 30th April 2011. Central Brighton, 12 noon. Location and details TBA.LONDON LIBYA PROTEST: 19 APRIL
19-04-2011 11:08
Come to Downing Street at 5pm today to protest against the bombing of Libya, the slaughter of innocent civilians and the imperialist interference of US UK and France! Don't let STW go there by themselves!Iranian Asylum Seekers on hunger strike, who have stitched their mouth
19-04-2011 10:19
6 Iranians have been on hunger strike since 05/04.2011.It started on 05 April by 7 people in front t of the Amnesty International office in London.
Dublin's Joe Black performs "Giuseppe Conlon" song for Gareth Peirce in London
19-04-2011 09:29
Progressive forces in Glasgow unite to demand "Hands off protest!"
19-04-2011 09:23
GLASGOW DEFENCE CAMPAIGN
http://glasgowdefencecampaign.blogspot.com/
Progressive forces in Glasgow unite to demand 'Hands off protest!'
BP Protest Flashmob at Tate Modern
18-04-2011 21:22
BP sponsorship protest at tate modern, see http://london.indymedia.org/articles/8748
Nottingham, Sheffield, & West Yorkshire Sabs Sept 2010-March 2011 Report
18-04-2011 21:01
Anarchists plan to target the royal wedding
18-04-2011 19:05
Scotland Yard officers are working urgently to identify the extremists who clashed with police and attacked landmarks on Saturday March 26 before they can strike again. Commander Bob Broadhurst, the head of public order for the Metropolitan Police, warned that the anarchists would be "deliberately targeting" the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton on April 29.The Cuts in Manchester: Fighting Back
18-04-2011 18:23
Manchester Coalition Against Cuts held a rally of organisations fighting local spending cuts at Central Hall in the Northern Quarter on 11th April. Coalition members were prominent in the attempt to stop Manchester City Council's budget meeting in March. They did not quite succeed, but that setback has not ended the campaign; quite the opposite.Global Petition: End Fukushima's Deadly Radioactive Fallout! Entomb Fukushima No
18-04-2011 17:26
Chorlton Green Festival
18-04-2011 17:22
Chorlton held its third green festival last Saturday at St Clements Church.Royal Wedding: Engineering a Spectacle
18-04-2011 16:13
Palestine Today 04 18 2011
18-04-2011 15:38
Mayday benefit gig for Student Protest Legal Campaign
18-04-2011 14:57
We are teaming up with 'London Celtic Punks' for what promises to be our best gig to date! It will be a benefit for the Student Protest Solidarity Campaign in association with the Legal Defence and Monitoring Group. The following day is a bank holiday so we don't intend to finish very early....