As usual, our friends at ACE in Edinburgh have come up with another very interesting array of events. So mark your diary and if you are in or around Edinburgh on these dates do drop in.
WOMENS HEALTH PROJECTS AND AUTONOMOUS HEALTH CARE IN CHIAPAS,
MEXICO
6pm Monday 12th December
At Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh
Join us for a talk and discussion on Womens Health Projects and
Zapatista autonomous health care in Chiapas, Mexico. Lisa
Sanderson-Fox, who worked in the Zapatista Autonomous Zones of
Chiapas from 2000-2004 and has made numerous trips since, will be speaking about community health worker projects with an emphasis
on Women's health. Community Health Workers are an essential part of insuring
dignified health care in remote indigenous communities. Come hear
stories and participate in a discussion about the role of
international solidarity in developing sustainable health care access
in revolutionary Mayan commmunities of Chiapas.Lisa has worked with Community Health Workers in Chiapas since
2000, providing trainings for hundreds of people and accompanying
multiple clinics in the process of developing autonomous health
services appropriate for their communities and culture.
Organised, in conjunction with ACE, by Edinburgh Chiapas
Solidarity
Group
Followed by talk and discussion on Detroit:
DETROIT: FUTURE CITY?
8pm Monday 12th December
At Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh.
Join us for a talk and discussion on Detroit: Future City?
The US city of Detroit had a population in the region of 1.8
million in the 1950s but automation and the flight of big business,
particularly in the automotive industry, led to massive redundancies,
foreclosures and the displacement of millions. The population now
stands at less than 700,000, the lowest it has been for a century. In the midst of this neo-liberal catastrophe and the associated
withdrawal of public services, residents have banded together to
create their own solutions including food networks, community safety
patrols, free schools and neighbourhood housing projects. However,
these pioneering Detroiters are faced with an onslaught of further
privatisation, dissolution of democratic control of local government,
the removal collective bargaining and raids on pension funds. These
competing models of the 'future city' will have ramifications not
just in the US but worldwide. Sarah Coffey, a longtime Detroit
resident, community organiser and a co-founder of the Midnight
Special Law Collective has been closely involved with autonomous
communities in the city.
Organised by ACE
ACE MONTHLY MEETING
Tuesday 13 December 6pm
All welcome
We hope all groups involved with ACE will send at least one
delegate The monthly meetings are now the second Tuesday each month
at 6pm
EDINBURGH COALITION AGAINST POVERTY WORKING SESSION
Thursday 15 December 6pm - 8pm
Updating our website, writing new articles, leaflets etc
All interested very welcome
ECAP www.edinburghagainstpoverty.org.uk
EDINBURGH COALITION AGAINST POVERTY TRAINING
Friday 16 December 11am - 1pm/1.30pm
Informal training for supporting people over benefits problems
At ACE No experience necessary - all interested very welcome
THE BLACK PANTHERS IN LONDON
Talk and discussion at ACE with Carlus Hudson
Saturday 17 December 7pm
The Black Panthers are one of the most pivotal organisations in
the histories of radicalism and anti-racism in the United States, and
their ideas have had an enormous impact on activists who have come
after them. Far less famous, but by no means less significant, was
the Black Panther Movement in Britain. Active in the late 60s and
early 70s, its history touches on the fight within the anti-racist
movement in Britain between its liberal and radical wings, and the
internationalisation of struggles against colonialism,
neo-colonialism and the Vietnam War. Focusing on the Black Panthers
based in London, this talk will tell their story before delving
deeper into the development of the movement’s culture and
organisational models. The talk will examine the Black Panthers from
the perspective of intersectional anarchism, and show its
shortcomings in terms of gender, class, and political hierarchy. Carlus Hudson is a PhD student at the University of Portsmouth
researching student anti-racism in the UK in the 1970s'
Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh, 17 West Montgomery Place EH7 5HA
ACE is open Sats 12-4pm, Tues 12-3pm, Thursday 6 - 8pm
Advice and solidarity on benefits, debt, housing etc on Tuesdays.
The Info Shop, Scottish Radical Library and free broadband available
all 3 days. Open monthly meetings second Tuesday of the month, 6pm at
ACE 0131 557 6242
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