The films

The talks

Saturday Night Cabaret

Some Extra Projects and Projections

Location of the Festival and Accommodation details

For more info, check the website!  http://www.projectile.org.uk

THE FILMS

The running order is as follows – note ‘The Cockettes’ has replaced
‘Resist’, and ‘The Take’ has been added to the programme. For details of the films see the website – we are all pant-wettingly excited about what we’ve got to show!

Friday 11th February

7.15 pm Red Years, Black Years: Spanish Civil War prologue - introduced by Stuart Christie

7.25 pm Aurora de Esperanza ( Dawn of Hope ) - UK premiere!

11.30 pm Can Dialectics Break Bricks? - situationist kungfu

Saturday 12th February

10.30 am Well Done. Now Sod Off. – the Chumbawamba film

12.30 pm De Toda la Vida – the anarchist women of Spain

2.30 pm An Injury to One – Stylish film about the murder of an IWW organiser

3.30 pm The Take – Argentina’s workers take over the factory, introduced by Stevphen Shuktakis

6 pm The Cockettes – transvestite stageshow of the ‘Philosophy of Free’

Sunday 13th February

11 am Emma Goldman: An Exceedingly Dangerous Woman

1 pm 10 Days that Shook the World – premiere of the footage from the
‘Anarchy in the UK’ festival

THE TALKS

Friday 11th February 8.30 – 10.30 p.m. - Stuart Christie

In July 1964 Stuart Christie, an 18-year-old Glaswegian anarchist, left London for Paris and Madrid on a mission to deliver explosives to kill the hated fascist dictator, General Francisco Franco.

Tonight, he’ll be talking to us about the next 40 years of his life,
which, after a three-year Spanish prison term, has included helping to found the Anarchist Black Cross and Black Flag, writing a three-part memoir that chronicles the UK anarchist milieu as well as his own life, and publishing many books on Spain, anarchism, and insurrection. One of his latest projects is a documentary film series on the Spanish Civil War and Revolution, “Red Years, Black Years,” which will be previewed at Projectile earlier in the evening.

Saturday 12th February

11.00 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. – Anarchism and Direct Action (Alex Plows and Ben Franks)

The notion of ‘direct action’ has long been at the centre of anarchist thinking and strategy – and also was at the heart of the black/green alliances of the 1990s (from roads protests through to campaigns against Blair’s many wars). The relationship, however, between eco-action and class based libertarian politics has not always been an easy or simple one. These tensions and possibilities are the discussed here by Alex Plows and Ben Franks. Alex has been a direct activist for over a decade and was involved with the Donga Tribe at Twyford Down. She has published in a range of publications on green and libertarian themes. Ben has written widely on anarchism and his new book Rebel Alliances: The means and ends of contemporary British anarchisms, is published by AK Press later this year.

12.30 – 1.30 p.m. – Perspectives on Anarchism

In this session, all of Projectile’s speakers – Stuart Christie, Stewart Home, Alex Plows, Ben Franks, Dave Douglass, and Tom Jennings - have been invited to do a 5 minute presentation on ‘what anarchism means to me’ – followed by discussion. We plan to film this and show it at Projectile 2006.

2.30 – 3.30 p.m. – Art and Politics ( Stewart Home )

“In Stewart Home's novels, you never have to concern yourself overly with the characters; they exist for us readers merely as a bit of light entertainment, and for Home, the writer, as a frame on which to hang his political, artistic and literary prejudices.” — Bill Drummond

Stewart Home’s “fiction” includes Pure Mania, Defiant Pose, No Pity, Red London, 69 Things to Do with a Dead Princess, Cunt and, most recently, Down and Out in Shoreditch and Hoxton. A well-known prankster and provocateur, he’s done all sorts, from setting up The Art Strike 1990-93 to sending up the Booker Prize by inviting London street people for “free booze, nosh, and strippers” at the award ceremony. He is also responsible for The Assault On Culture, about 20th century art movements, and Cranked Up Really High, about punk, among other things.

3.30 – 5.30 p.m. – Anarchism and Industrial Action ( Dave Douglass )

Dave Douglass worked for 30 years as a miner and has, since 1979, been the NUM Branch Delegate for Hatfield Main. He is associated with the Miners Community Advice Centre in Stainforth which he opened in 1994. Politically Dave describes himself as ‘a revolutionary Marxist on the Anarchist left’ and is a member of Class War. In a lifetime of struggle he has written a number of books including ‘All Power to the Imagination’ and the autobiographical ‘Geordies – Wa Mental’

6.00 – 7.00 p.m. – The Prison Industrial Complex ( Mark Barnsley )

Mark has been an anarchist activist since the seventies. After being
attacked by a group of students he was fitted up with a 12 year sentence.
As well as protesting his innocence, while inside, he fought against
worsening conditions, hence minister Paul Boateng described him as ‘a
major ringleader for prisoners unrest’. Since his release, Mark has
remained in prison solidarity work and the struggle for a free world.

Sunday 13th February

12 Noon – 1.00 p.m – Workers Self management and mutual aid (Stevphen Shuktakis )

Following on from Saturday’s showing of ‘The Take’, this workshop provides an opportunity to explore forms of workers control and self management.

Stevphen Shuktakis is a member of the Ever Reviled Records Workers
Collective and recently edited the Greenpepper Magazine’s issue on ‘Life Beyond the Market’. He is currently writing a comparative history of workers self management ( Between Sisyphus and Self Management: the continuing releveance of autonomous organisation in an era of global capital )

4.00 – 5.00 p.m. – Organising for the future

Have you been inspired by Projectile? If so, this session gives you the chance to get involved in setting things up for the future – events, actions, whatever you want.

SATURDAY NIGHT PROJECTILE CABARET ( at the Bridge Hotel )

8pm Dave Douglass sings!

8.30 Stewart Home reads something filthy  http://www.stewarthomesociety.org/

9.10 Intermission

9.20 Bob Boynton, stand-up storyteller, reads excerpts from his
critically acclaimed working class play  http://www.baconbills.co.uk/

10 Comic poetry

10.20 Andy Hardie and the Free Radicals

Compere for the evening: Jez from Home Cooking

There will also be projections by Laura Maragoudaki, stalls and plenty of beer.

More Information on Bob Boynton:

Bob's stand up comedy lead the Sunday Times to describe him as 'One of the Best with Something to Say', Teddy Taylor M.P. to describe him as a 'Sick Marxist comic' and The Scotsman to call him 'The Joe Orton of Alternative Comedy.' He was also a founder member of The Comedy Store's Cutting Edge show.

‘Stand up storyteller’ Bob Boynton has won critical acclaim for his latest production 'Stories From Mean Street' ( with Mark Thomas ). The Guardian gave it four stars and called it 'excellent' and The Independent said that the tales of contemporary working class life 'resonated with authenticity.'

Since the mid 90's Bob has concentrated on performing and writing for the theatre. His last production 'Stories From Mean Street', with Mark Thomas, was critically acclaimed by both The Guardian who gave it four stars and called it 'excellent' and The Independent who said that the tales of contemporary working class life 'resonated with authenticity.'

Here he will present segments of this work as part of the Projectile
festival of anarchist film and ideas.

SOME EXTRA PROJECTS AND PROJECTIONS

Various side-projects have emerged out of the Projectile festival, and will feature as works-in-progress during the 2004 event.

One of these is the mapping and photographing of local ( north-east )
sites of radical and anarchist interest, ranging from the anarchist
commune at Forest Hall to the town moor where the people of Newcastle
trounced the British Union of Fascists.

Another project is the editing of activist videos and amateur footage of political protest in the North East. Both of these will feature as
projections during the Saturday night cabaret.

LOCATION

All talks and films are being held at the side cinema.
 http://www.sidecinema.com
Side Cinema
5/9 Side,Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE1 3JE, UK
Side Cinema Office: 0191 2610066
A map of how to get there is provided on the website.

The Saturday night cabaret is being held at the Bridge Hotel, a short
stagger up the hill from the Side, in Castle Square.

ACCOMMODATION

If you plan to stay over in Newcastle, you can either:
1. Kip on one of our floors. If you want to do this you must contact us at least a week before the event on  info@projectile.org.uk bring your own sleeping bag and let us know about any dietary requirements you may need.

2. Go to the nearest youth hostel (Jesmond) - contactable at -
 http://www.yha.org.uk/hostel/hostelpages/69.html

3. Try one of the local B & Bs. For example, have a look at
 http://northumbria.ac.uk/static/5007/hotels.pdf

Newcastle's Quayside is full of pubs, restaurants and takeaways. Best of all is Bob Trollopes (pub) which serves only veggie food - and is a couple of doors down from the Side Cinema. There will be limited food ( probably vegan pizza ) available at Projectile also.

Provision for Children
Unfortunately we are unable to offer any creche facilities, but do let us know if you are bringing children so that adequate provision can be made for them.

Projectile Collective
 http://www.projectile.org.uk