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Programme for Veggie Pride UK

Midlands Vegan Campaigns | 14.05.2009 18:41 | Animal Liberation | Climate Chaos | Free Spaces | Birmingham

The following programme can also be found in pdf format on our website  http://www.veggiepride.org.uk

This is a FREE event - come join the party!!

Details of the After Party/benefit gig can be found here  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/birmingham/2009/05/429988.html and on Facebook  http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=115555684408

See you there!
MVC


10:00 Welcome by compere Rakhee Thakrar

Welcome to the first ever Veggie Pride in the UK!

10:10 - Deadmoney Duo - musicians

Folk, acoustic &celtic music by father & son team from Worcester

10:50 - Kate Fowler, Animal Aid

Campaigns against all animal abuse & promotes cruelty-free living

11:00 - Yasus Afari - Reggae Artiste

Conquering poverty, ignorance & injustice with positive vibrations

11:00 - Magic Show with Kristoff the Clown

Lots of fun & laughter for all ages at this magnificent magic show

11:20 - Belly Dancers

Watch the Birmingham Belly Dancers, and join in if you want!

11:50 - The Big 2 Minute Freeze

Spread out round the city centre & freeze at precisely 11.50am

12:00 - Juliet Gellatley, Viva!

Founder of Europe`s largest vegetarian campaigning organisation

12:00 - Sikh Warrior Demonstration

Awesome display of swordfighting & martial arts!

12:30 - Mama Matrix - band

Birmingham 5 piece band playing Balkan gypsy music

12:40 - Bloco Louco Samba Band

Dance to the infectious sound of Brazilian beats in Victoria Square

12:50 - Prepare & Line Up for the Carnival Procession

Get ready for the UK`s first ever parade celebrating & promoting veg*nism!

13:00 - Carnival Procession

Our vibrant & colourful parade led by Bloco Louco will last up to an hour

13:10 - Yasus Afari - Reggae Artiste

Deeply rooted in his Rastafarian beliefs - a Jamaican national treasure

13:20 - Belly dancers

Belly dance is fun and fantastic for fitness, join in if you want!

13:40 - Poetry, Lorraine Parker

The cruelty & injustice to animals through Radical welsh Poetry

14:00 - Welcome back

We hope you enjoyed the carnival procession!

14:10 - Kevin White, Midlands Vegan Campaigns

MVC`s founder will talk about the group & vegan campaigning

14:20 - Lorraine Parker, Animals Count

A political party to help create a better world for people & animals

14:30 - Yoga Demonstration

Cope better with the challenges of daily life - take up yoga!

14:40 - Best Costume/Banner Competition

Prizes will be awarded for the best costumes & banners

15:00 - 10 O'clock horses - band

Acoustic, folk rock music from a local Birmingham band

15:20 - The Big 2 Minute Freeze (see 11:50)

15:20 - Macka B - Reggae Artiste

Has a strong world wide following spanning many continents

15:30 - Magic Show with Kristoff the Clown (see 11:00)

15:30 - Martin the Livewire

Vegan hip hop raising awareness of the ills inflicted on our society

15:30 - Visit The Pitman Vegetarian Hotel Building

Meet at BVV stall. Walk to UKs first veggie hotel/health food shop

15:50 - Sue Baumgardt, Green Party

Social/environmental justice via campaigns, direct action, elections

16:00 - Alex Claridge, Vegan Society

Promote ways of living free from animal products

16:20 - Chris Butler - singer/guitarist

Protest folk singer - a poitically motivated songwriter from Derby

16:30 - Yoga Demonstration (see 14:30)

16:50 - Nitin Mehta, Young Indian Vegetarians

For a 21st century where humans finally make peace with animals

17:20 - Circadia - band

Brummie band who mould together electronics & live instruments

17:50 - Close - Goodbye

Midlands Vegan Campaigns
- Homepage: http://www.veggiepride.org.uk

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Still not got it ?

15.05.2009 07:46

We don't want to know about your stupid corporate sponsored middle class Rupert and Fiona event. Veganism is about respecting animals and changing your eating for ever not having a couple of hours in the sun listening to corporate advertising and feeling good about yourself.

Indymedia is not the place for this event, I suggest an advert in The Lady is your market

Radical Vegan


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Radical? HAHAHA

15.05.2009 08:29

Who the hell do you think you are? YOU might not like this event and you have the right to say so but please as you are so bloody superior would you like to suggest something else? Here is an idea YOU spend a year or so slogging your guts out on a "radical" event and we will all do our best to undermine it,in fact if I thought an event or action was not a good idea I would just not go and not publicly slag off activists who do more than I.
So "radical vegan" what qualifies you to dictate how everyone else should behave and to judge activists who have campaigned hard for animals for decades?
I fail to see why anyone who is genuine animal rights activist would whine so much about something that they could actually stay away from and do something else instead!
You are either an armchair critic, a fool,or something more sinister.

Lynn Sawyer


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This is great news

15.05.2009 08:52

Brilliant a radical vegan. We have been doing some demos against Peter Jolly's circus who are now just outside Warwick. Because we are all frightfully middle class the oiks have been very violent and said some rude words and thrown things at us and shown us lots of weapons (screwdrivers, iron bars etc). They even spit! can you imagine Jeremy's distress when one of them defiled his Barbour?

We are really pleased to hear that there are real, proper animal rights people who will be far better than us at dealing with this riffraff. Just a suggestion, it would mean so much if we could relinquish responsibility for these protests and be led by you your radicalness.

We are probably going on Sunday 15-00-17.00 will you honour us with your presence and show us the true way of radical vegan protest? Can you bring some pals who like you are radical and vegan? Saturday is out of course because we are all going to Veggie Pride then that well known hive of Bourgeois poshness the Waggon and Horses.

WARN
mail e-mail: warn@riseup.net


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Lynn Sawyer / WARN / nectuwatch and the rest

15.05.2009 09:08

So now Lynn and the WARN group are here to once again tell us what we must be doing, which event we must attend, who to listen too.

The cause of animal rights has been set back a decade by this gang of no it alls and their approach to the cause. The laughing stock that S.H.A.C. became is being continued by them and their use of the same failed tactics. Lynn having met you once I am sure your heart was once in the right place but after all that has gone in over the past two years you are in no way the voice of AR that you maybe once were. Far to many people know about what you did to trust you again and your behaviour at the time of Sean's arrest was too much for many of us.

If you trully do want to help the cause and individual animals then I suggest you stop your involvement with nectuwatch and Chris, think long and hard about your relationship with Dave Hill of the Guardian and find another way to help the animals.

And please, please do not accuse me of being Steve Discombe or some other cop, this is now your standard response to every post where you are mentioned and it's getting tiresome.

Alison
mail e-mail: AR-now@riseup.net


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Veggie pride

15.05.2009 10:01

Of course Lynn and Chris are tlaking this fucking stupid event up, its their friends who have organised it.

waste of bloody time of you ask me but I suppose it might do some good. I wont be bothering.

There was a comment the lat time this event was on Indy saying that veggie events are getting like gay pride stuff, nice safe company sponsors, bring the kids, face painting and all that while making sure nothing radical goes off. I agrre with that thought. Makes me wonder if there is some money being made by somebody

Non attender


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A general consensus has been reached

15.05.2009 11:22

Don't like it? then don't go
Do not feed the trolls, they'll only get obese.

troll watcher


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Pathetic bitching (can i say that or am i offending female dogs & speciesist)

15.05.2009 11:57

Radical (Ha!) vegan...

In what way does Veggie Pride say this is the only way forward?
In what way is Veggie Pride middle class?
In what way is Veggie Pride corporate?
Where in the programme does it say now a word from our sponsers?
Are ther any corporations involved in Veggie Pride cos i can't see any on the website?
Please tell what veganism is all about cos we've only been doing it for about 25 years and we're still confused?
RADICAL VEGAN YOU HAVE ISSUES MATE. SERIOUS ONES. ROUTINELY KICKING OFF DOES NOT MAKE YOU RADICAL. YOU HAVE TO START THINKING BEFORE YOU CAN BECOME RADICAL AND YOU CLEARLY DO NOT THINK VERY MUCH.

Non attendee...

As for your comment wondering if someone is making any money out of it, that's so stupid it's laughable. It's a free event so exactly where would the money come from? Mind boggling eh.

Wadical Wupert


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Middle Class wankers

15.05.2009 13:25

What is this shit doing on Indymedia newswire. Since when do we care about some bunch of middle class nobs getting together for a 'veggie for the day' feel good event.

Hide this crap please admins

Les


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Thanks for clearing that up

15.05.2009 14:21

O I see now, so if somebody doesn't want to see the Vegan and Veggie movement being diluted by money making events of this kind and chooses to post on that then they must be trolls.

Thanks for clearing that up for us.

Must be a troll then


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Oh yes you are trolls

15.05.2009 15:18

but I'm not going to feed you!

troll watcher


Other postings and discussion

15.05.2009 18:54

2 benefit gigs for Veggie Pride UK:  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/05/429988.html

Veggie Pride UK press release (22+ comments):  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/05/429924.html?c=on#comments

Live bands & performers at Veggie Pride UK:  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/05/429316.html

Indymedian


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