University Strike, Glasgow-Dumfries.

        The strike at UK universities goes on from strength to strength. To those who have shown solidarity with the strike, there is still a need to continue, and those who have not yet, should get behind the  strikers, as the action has moved nearer a successful conclusion, but it isn't there yet, solidarity can win the day. Some further info on what is happening at Glasgow University, Dumfries.

       Just a bit of information about the 4 days of industrial action planned this week at the University of Glasgow in Dumfries.
       1) First, the strike has been broadly successful. Employers' have been brought to the negotiating table - and talks begin tomorrow, something the union has long been asking for, but only got through industrial action. However, nothing has been decided and it is important the campaign stays as strong as possible to put as much pressure as possible on the employers representatives.
       2) We plan to have a picket on each day of the strike outside the main University of Glasgow buildings on the Crichton Campus. Please do op by and say hello.
        3) There will be a TEACH OUT at the Theatre Royal, Dumfries (Tuesday and Thursday), with talks and discussion away from the strictures of the University. If you want to run a session do let me know. Do come along and please let others know. It is free. There's also tea and coffee.
        4) Please use social media and your networks to let people know about the industrial action and the TEACH OUT.
 All the very best

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RIB On The Move.

     RIB is on the move, Glasgow's own, longstanding, Radical Independent Bookfair is on the move, reaching into the far distant nether regions of the borders and will be in Dumfries in April. However, you can enjoy this  pop-up event right here in Glasgow also in April at Kinning Park Complex.

    Home and Away -

    Two April events from the Glasgow's Radical Independent Bookfair project...

HOME

Sunday 13-20 April

Kinning Park Complex

43 Cornwall street

Glasgow.

RiB - Black BOX

       Glasgow's Radical Independent Bookfair project presents 'black box'… (physically in the form of a black fold out booth and visually as a recorder of recent and past radical events…) this week long stand will have an array of materials squeezed into it including… new titles from AK Press, Angry Artworks t-shirts, Govanhill Baths' bags, second hand Unity books, Feral Trade coffee as well as old publications to swap, Document dvds to watch, customised stickers for kids and of course an array of other free materials.

       This stall will be part of a Broth Mix Cafe event organised by the Open Jar collective. A week long event where the main hall of Kinning Park Complex will be transformed into a cafe providing homemade soup and bread along with a series of free workshops, talks and performances.

The stall is open for the duration of the Broth Mix event - detail of all these related free events click here.

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Stall open at these times...

sun 13th - 12-7pm

mon 14th - 12-5pm

tues 15th - 12-8pm

wed 16th - 12-5pm

thur 17th - 12-8pm

fri 18th - 12-5pm

sat 19th - 12-5pm

sun 20th - 12-6pm

AWAY

Wednesday 9 April

11am-5pm

University of Glasgow, Crichton Campus.

Dumfries.

RiB - travelling stall.

      Contemporary Anarchist Theory and Practice: Critical Perspectives School of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Glasgow, Rutherford McCowan Building, Crichton Campus Bankend Road, Dumfries, DG1 4ZL (campus is approximately 2.5 miles from Dumfries train station)

     For the first time ever - we will be doing a stall outside of the Glasgow area! Trundling down to Dumfries with a small stall at this mini conference. The mini-conference/get-together is an opportunity to share research and critical practice. With ‘critical’ playing multiple roles, meaning either important, relevant/vital, analytical, supportive, evaluative or from opposing traditions.

I'm a better anarchist than you.

Speakers include:

Morgan Gibson (Queensland University)

Vicente Ordóñez Roig (Jaume I University, Castellón, Spain)

David Lamb (Hon Reader in Bioethics, Univ. Birmingham, Council member of

the Companion Animal Wel-fare Council)

Angela McClanahan (Edinburgh University)

Dek Keenan (Independent Labour Researcher)

Hartwig Pautz (Spirit of Revolt and University of the West of Scotland)

John Crossan (University of Glasgow)

Sotiris Frantzanas (University of Glasgow)

Hamish Kallin (University of Edinburgh)

Friend RiB on facebook here...

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www.ribproject.org

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A Date For Your Diary.

     On Wednesday 9th April 2014 to coincide with the visits of Morgan Gibson (Queensland) and Vicente Ordóñez Roig (Jaume I University, Castellón, Spain) to the Dumfries campus of the University of Glasgow there will be a symposium (or perhaps something similar with a slightly less pompous sounding title)  on the theme: “Contemporary Anarchist Theory and Practice: Critical perspectives”. With ‘critical’ playing multiple roles, meaning either important, relevant/vital, analytical, supportive, evaluative or from opposing traditions. 

      The venue will be in the School of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Glasgow, Rutherford McCowan Building, Crichton Campus Bankend Road, Dumfries (it is about 2.5 miles from the train station to the Campus). It  will start at 11am and finish formally at 5pm, so that those travelling on the day by public transport from Glasgow, Stirling, Edinburgh and Carlisle, Newcastle and Lancaster can attend without missing any of the formal event.  

        If you wish to travel from further afar and need to stay over, some colleagues/friends/comrades up in Glasgow have offered accommodation and something might be available in Dumfries too. Please let me know ASAP. 

      As well as Vicente and Morgan, there is a strong line-up of activists and academics contributing (a brief line up will be available soon). We also inviting other contributions – it can be a formal presentation/paper or something different - so if you are interested, please send an abstract or a description and a title by Wednesday  19th March., though please let us know sooner if possible. The deadline for submitting completed papers, if you wish to have them circulated beforehand is Wednesday 26th March (this is by no means compulsory).

       The deadline for confirming attendance (for those not formally contributing) is also Wednesday 26th March (just so I know what size rooms to book and see if I can get any catering). 

      The event will be free for anyone to attend, however, I have not been able (as yet) to raise funds to subsidise travel.  

        For those not in a hurry back, there are some good pubs and reasonable eateries around Dumfries town centre, and so something in the evening might spontaneously arise. 

       If you have any questions, suggestions or advice, on any detail of the plan for this symposium (colloquium, gathering…), please let me know. 

All the very best 

Benjamin 

Dr Benjamin Franks,

Lecturer in Social and Political Philosophy,

School of Interdisciplinary Studies,

University of Glasgow,

Rutherford McCowan Building,

Crichton Campus,

Bankend Road,

Dumfries, DG1 4ZL

0 (044) 1387 702055

www.gla.ac.uk/schools/interdisciplinary/​staff/benjaminfranks

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