HIGHLANDS INFONET SEPTEMBER 2003
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This InfoNet is an informal periodic noticeboard for progressive political/social activities and information in the Highlands and Islands (Plus the odd item included at the Editor's whim!).
It is only as useful and informative as the contents supplied to it.
InfoNet is non-judgemental and does not necessarily support/agree with events listed.
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It is only as useful and informative as the contents supplied to it.
InfoNet is non-judgemental and does not necessarily support/agree with events listed.
To be a recipient, no personal details are required, just send an Email to
gobbledegook at ukonline.co.uk with 'InfoNet Add Me' in the Subject box.
Wanna do something? Let InfoNet know. We believe you can DO IT YOURSELF - and we can help you organise meetings, print leaflets at cost, etc.
Please note that if you can offer - or need - a lift to events listed below, please contact the organisers or InfoNet
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Highland Green Party meetings are the first Saturday of every month, same day as the farmers' market, stall in the morning at the market on the High Street and meeting 2-4pm at the Dunbar Centre, Church Street, Inverness. Next meeting: Sat 6th September
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Orkney Branch SSP Meeting Tuesday 9th September in Stromness Academy at 8.00 pm.
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Justice not War planning meeting: Wednesday 10th September, 7.30pm, Spectrum Centre, Inverness
Come along to plan our visit to Charles Kennedy MP, other ideas, our SNP conference stall and what action we should take on the 27th September.
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Request from Munlochy Vigil:
On 11th September, the Agriculture Committee of the European Parliament is
meeting to discuss GM coexistence and liability. In part of this discussion the topic of GM contamination thresholds for Organic agriculture will be raised.
At present, under EU law, GMOs are totally prohibited from organic produce and this position must be maintained. It is important therefore to lobby the Committee to this end.
Please e-mail the secretariat, and request that your views are circulated to the Committee.
Public pressure is vital here, so please encourage as many others as possible to do the same.
We are not specifically representing the organic movement here, but as the law presently stands, organic foods will be the only foods available that will be 100% free of GM.
To contact the secretariat:
e-mail Mrs Valerie Vende:
vvende@europarl.eu.int
or Mr Gerhard Kalb: gkalb@europarl.eu.int
You could also take this opportunity to make the Committee aware of your views on:
1. Seed purity: request a 0.1% threshold level as in operation in Austria
2. Gene flow: your views on cross-pollination, and the possibility of co-existence between GM and other forms of agriculture
3. Liability: strict liability must be in place before any commercial growing of GM crops in Europe
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ATTENTION POSTIES!: Postal workers are voting in a national strike ballot over pay, which began last week and will run to 17 September. Special issue of the rank and file paper POST WORKER now available. Includes all the arguments you need to win a Yes vote in the pay ballot. Order your copy from InfoNet or phone 07904 157 779.
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Boycott Coca Cola Saturday 13th Sept, 1pm
Inflict corporate collateral damage!
GLASGOW St Enochs Square DUNDEE city square EDINBURGH Bristo Square
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September 10-14 Protest. The World Trade Organisation is meeting in the holiday resort of Cancun, Mexico.
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Tuesday 16th September, St Clair Hotel, Thurso, 7.30pm
Caithness SSP Branch Meeting. Slide show on 'The Life & Times of John Maclean' followed by a discussion on the relevance of his politics today. John Maclean was an early advocate of an independent Scottish republic
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Tuesday 16th September Moray SSP Branch Meeting, Bishopmill Community Hall 7.30pm
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ONE-DAY CONFERENCE OF WORKERS & TRADE UNIONISTS
Saturday Sept 20th 10.30am onwards
in the Renfield St Stephens Church Centre, Bath St, Glasgow
Bob Crow of the RMT has agreed to be one of the speakers.
This significant conference is aimed at militant trade unionists who want to raise issues such as the minimum wage, political affiliation, rank-and-file organisation etc. Transport available from the Highlands. For further details contact InfoNet.
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Go to www.stopwar.org.uk for details of the national UK demonstration against the occupation of Iraq (September 27th, London, called by the Stop the War Coalition).
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Scotland Protest, Edinburgh Saturday 27th September:
The Scottish Coalition for Justice Not War
"No more Lies, No more Lives - End the Occupation of Iraq"
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September 24th - 27th, Eden Court, Inverness SNP Conference
Fringe meetings (open to the public) will be listed when known.
Justice Not War group appeals for help at their stall. Phone 01309 676926
....................
October 1st: Jonny Barton, is living and working on an organic farm in Nairnshire. He will be cycling from Inverness on 1st October to London - for a national Rally on the 13th - and will be pulling a coffin behind him. This is a symbol of the seriousness of the Genetically Modified farming - the death of organic farming, and the death of the democratic right to choose safe food, death of more British biodiversity, the risk of environmental biohazards, the risk of public health hazards from eating GM foods. He needs money to help with equipment, standby accommodation, repairs etc.
InfoNet invites persons willing to sponsor Jonny to contact him directly on 01667 454554.
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Thursday 2nd October 7.30pm - Public Meeting
'The road to peace in Palestine must be built on foundations of justice'
Come and hear Mick Napier's eye witness account from the West Bank
Spectrum Centre, by the bus station, Inverness
Admission Free, Everyone Welcome
Organised by Scottish Coalition for Justice Not War
Email: jnw.highland@btopenworld.com Phone 01309 676926
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Highland Green Party meetings: First Saturday of every month, same day as the farmers' market, stall in the morning at the market on the High Street and meeting 2-4 at the Dunbar Centre, Church Street, Inverness.
October meeting: Sat 4th October
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Orkney SSP Branch AGM Tuesday 7th October in Kirkwall Community Centre at 8.00 pm.
...................
Sunday 12th October: Star Wars and the U.S. drive to global domination
Scottish CND Conference: Woodside Hall, Clarendon Street, off Maryhill Road, Glasgow.
For more details and to book places (£3 / £5) contact Scottish CND Tel: 0141 423 1222 scnd@banthebomb.org
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October: Pensions - the facts, not scare stories. The STUC is organising a Pensions Crisis Day School.
Friday 17th October, 10am, STUC, 353 Woodlands Rd, Glasgow. If you have a specialised knowledge of this area, or would like to attend, contact InfoNet or the STUC.
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October 17-19, Glasgow. SOCIALISM 2003
A weekend of debate, workshops and discussions organised by the SSP.
Free accommodation, entertainment, crèche and assisted Transport from the Highlands.
Email ssphiregion@tiscali.co.uk
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The Peoples Party, Glasgow, will be from Friday 31st October until Monday 3rd November.
...................
Saturday 8th November Scottish CND AGM, Edinburgh.
...................
Another World Is Possible:
The European Social Forum (ESF) will take place this year in St. Denis, Paris from November 12-16.
Simultaneous translation facilities. Extensive accommodation and evening entertainment arrangements.
Local Contact: Luke 01463 248853 or Email InfoNet
TRANSPORT to European Social Forum, PARIS: Coach £60 return
leaving Glasgow 9am Wed 12 November leaving Paris 4pm Sunday 16 November
Call Angela 07791403646 For information about ESF
http://www.fse-esf.org
...................
New Publication: DSEi 2003 International Arms Market
Available in print or to download at www.caat.org.uk
A guide to the issues, main companies exhibiting and some of the countries attending the UK government's arms exhibition.
....................
Hutton Enquiry: Now we have seen how New Labour lied, cheated and murdered in their cynical crusade alongside Bush. Instead of every demand being made of the Security Services to check and double-check their information, Blair and his gang twisted and manipulated the 'facts' to fit their rotten agenda.
InfoNet readers may be interested in the pre-war opinions of our Scottish Parliamentary representatives.
http://www.mspwatch.org.uk/
The site is to be updated shortly, but its current content is of some interest.
If you've got several hours to spare, try visiting
www.the-hutton-inquiry.org.uk
Highland Green Party meetings are the first Saturday of every month, same day as the farmers' market, stall in the morning at the market on the High Street and meeting 2-4pm at the Dunbar Centre, Church Street, Inverness. Next meeting: Sat 6th September
.................
Orkney Branch SSP Meeting Tuesday 9th September in Stromness Academy at 8.00 pm.
...............
Justice not War planning meeting: Wednesday 10th September, 7.30pm, Spectrum Centre, Inverness
Come along to plan our visit to Charles Kennedy MP, other ideas, our SNP conference stall and what action we should take on the 27th September.
..............
Request from Munlochy Vigil:
On 11th September, the Agriculture Committee of the European Parliament is
meeting to discuss GM coexistence and liability. In part of this discussion the topic of GM contamination thresholds for Organic agriculture will be raised.
At present, under EU law, GMOs are totally prohibited from organic produce and this position must be maintained. It is important therefore to lobby the Committee to this end.
Please e-mail the secretariat, and request that your views are circulated to the Committee.
Public pressure is vital here, so please encourage as many others as possible to do the same.
We are not specifically representing the organic movement here, but as the law presently stands, organic foods will be the only foods available that will be 100% free of GM.
To contact the secretariat:
e-mail Mrs Valerie Vende:
vvende@europarl.eu.int or Mr Gerhard Kalb:
gkalb@europarl.eu.int You could also take this opportunity to make the Committee aware of your views on:
1. Seed purity: request a 0.1% threshold level as in operation in Austria
2. Gene flow: your views on cross-pollination, and the possibility of co-existence between GM and other forms of agriculture
3. Liability: strict liability must be in place before any commercial growing of GM crops in Europe
...................
ATTENTION POSTIES!: Postal workers are voting in a national strike ballot over pay, which began last week and will run to 17 September. Special issue of the rank and file paper POST WORKER now available. Includes all the arguments you need to win a Yes vote in the pay ballot. Order your copy from InfoNet or phone 07904 157 779.
................
Boycott Coca Cola Saturday 13th Sept, 1pm
Inflict corporate collateral damage!
GLASGOW St Enochs Square DUNDEE city square EDINBURGH Bristo Square
....................
September 10-14 Protest. The World Trade Organisation is meeting in the holiday resort of Cancun, Mexico.
....................
Tuesday 16th September, St Clair Hotel, Thurso, 7.30pm
Caithness SSP Branch Meeting. Slide show on 'The Life & Times of John Maclean' followed by a discussion on the relevance of his politics today. John Maclean was an early advocate of an independent Scottish republic
....................
Tuesday 16th September Moray SSP Branch Meeting, Bishopmill Community Hall 7.30pm
...................
ONE-DAY CONFERENCE OF WORKERS & TRADE UNIONISTS
Saturday Sept 20th 10.30am onwards
in the Renfield St Stephens Church Centre, Bath St, Glasgow
Bob Crow of the RMT has agreed to be one of the speakers.
This significant conference is aimed at militant trade unionists who want to raise issues such as the minimum wage, political affiliation, rank-and-file organisation etc. Transport available from the Highlands. For further details contact InfoNet.
.................
Go to www.stopwar.org.uk for details of the national UK demonstration against the occupation of Iraq (September 27th, London, called by the Stop the War Coalition).
...................
Scotland Protest, Edinburgh Saturday 27th September:
The Scottish Coalition for Justice Not War
"No more Lies, No more Lives - End the Occupation of Iraq"
..................
September 24th - 27th, Eden Court, Inverness SNP Conference
Fringe meetings (open to the public) will be listed when known.
Justice Not War group appeals for help at their stall. Phone 01309 676926
....................
October 1st: Jonny Barton, is living and working on an organic farm in Nairnshire. He will be cycling from Inverness on 1st October to London - for a national Rally on the 13th - and will be pulling a coffin behind him. This is a symbol of the seriousness of the Genetically Modified farming - the death of organic farming, and the death of the democratic right to choose safe food, death of more British biodiversity, the risk of environmental biohazards, the risk of public health hazards from eating GM foods. He needs money to help with equipment, standby accommodation, repairs etc.
InfoNet invites persons willing to sponsor Jonny to contact him directly on 01667 454554.
.................
Thursday 2nd October 7.30pm - Public Meeting
'The road to peace in Palestine must be built on foundations of justice'
Come and hear Mick Napier's eye witness account from the West Bank
Spectrum Centre, by the bus station, Inverness
Admission Free, Everyone Welcome
Organised by Scottish Coalition for Justice Not War
Email:
jnw.highland@btopenworld.com Phone 01309 676926 ...................
Highland Green Party meetings: First Saturday of every month, same day as the farmers' market, stall in the morning at the market on the High Street and meeting 2-4 at the Dunbar Centre, Church Street, Inverness.
October meeting: Sat 4th October
................
Orkney SSP Branch AGM Tuesday 7th October in Kirkwall Community Centre at 8.00 pm.
...................
Sunday 12th October: Star Wars and the U.S. drive to global domination
Scottish CND Conference: Woodside Hall, Clarendon Street, off Maryhill Road, Glasgow.
For more details and to book places (£3 / £5) contact Scottish CND Tel: 0141 423 1222
scnd@banthebomb.org ...................
October: Pensions - the facts, not scare stories. The STUC is organising a Pensions Crisis Day School.
Friday 17th October, 10am, STUC, 353 Woodlands Rd, Glasgow. If you have a specialised knowledge of this area, or would like to attend, contact InfoNet or the STUC.
...................
October 17-19, Glasgow. SOCIALISM 2003
A weekend of debate, workshops and discussions organised by the SSP.
Free accommodation, entertainment, crèche and assisted Transport from the Highlands.
ssphiregion@tiscali.co.uk ...................
The Peoples Party, Glasgow, will be from Friday 31st October until Monday 3rd November.
...................
Saturday 8th November Scottish CND AGM, Edinburgh.
...................
Another World Is Possible:
The European Social Forum (ESF) will take place this year in St. Denis, Paris from November 12-16.
Simultaneous translation facilities. Extensive accommodation and evening entertainment arrangements.
Local Contact: Luke 01463 248853 or Email InfoNet
TRANSPORT to European Social Forum, PARIS: Coach £60 return
leaving Glasgow 9am Wed 12 November leaving Paris 4pm Sunday 16 November
Call Angela 07791403646 For information about ESF
http://www.fse-esf.org ...................
New Publication: DSEi 2003 International Arms Market
Available in print or to download at www.caat.org.uk
A guide to the issues, main companies exhibiting and some of the countries attending the UK government's arms exhibition.
....................
Hutton Enquiry: Now we have seen how New Labour lied, cheated and murdered in their cynical crusade alongside Bush. Instead of every demand being made of the Security Services to check and double-check their information, Blair and his gang twisted and manipulated the 'facts' to fit their rotten agenda.
InfoNet readers may be interested in the pre-war opinions of our Scottish Parliamentary representatives.
http://www.mspwatch.org.uk/ The site is to be updated shortly, but its current content is of some interest.
If you've got several hours to spare, try visiting
www.the-hutton-inquiry.org.uk
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