Glasgow Diary Date.

      A date for your diary, Brendan McLaughlin, the man that helped make the Scotia Bar, Glasgow, what it became, an institution, a mecca for poets, writers, singers, song writers, musicians, laughter, patter, political banter, an oasis of friendliness in a big city, is launching his latest album and single on March 22. A must if you know and love Glasgow.

The Glad Cafe, 1006A Pollokshaws Road Glasgow G41 2HG

Welcomes You. To the Launch of Brendan McLaughlin's The Album 'The Lucky Ones' & The Single 'Independence' With extra special guests Quirky Jade
(A cappeiia) Telemann Ensemble (String Quartet: Oboe & Flute) Umbongo
Nambarrie (Reggae if Ska)

Saturday 22nd 8:00pm.

No charge at door just the promise that you will vote in the referendum

bbmclaughlin@btinternet.com
www.brendan-mclaughlin.com

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Events In Edinburgh.

SOME UPCOMING EVENTS IN ACE AND IN EDINBURGH

Plus NEWS FROM ACE

SUMMARY OF EVENTS

More info below the summary…

Friday 14 March

Panda parade at Scottish Tory Conference 11.30am International Conference

Centre, Morrison St

One endangered species greets another!

Saturday 15 March

MARCH AND RALLY:

Assemble 11.00am at THE MOUND PRECINCT

Set off at 11.30am

March past the Scottish Tory Party Conference

Rally in FESTIVAL SQUARE

Sunday 16 March

THE ALTERNATIVE CONFERENCE

Workshops, Debate, Forums

12noon – 5.30pm

TEVIOT ROW HOUSE, BRISTO SQUARE

ACE CINEMA EVENTS

The screenings are on sundays at 18.30, free entry

In ACE, 17 West Montgomery Place EH7 5HA

16/3 ''There will be blood'' (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007)

23/3 ''Daisies'' (Vera Chytilova, 1966)

6/4 ''Cinema Paradiso'' (Giuseppe Tornatore, 1988)

13/4 ''Oldboy'' (Park Chan-wook, 2003)

Social Factory Cinema at ACE

Sunday 30th March, A.C.E. from 6.00pm

one day event byob and food

During this event we will show two original films inspired by Autonomia in

Italy

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The Price Of Bread!!!

       Nine months ago a 15 year old boy, Berkin Elvan, goes out to buy some bread, there is a demonstration going on, the young boy is hit on the head by a police fired teargas canister. His life is over, he didn't die then, but spent 9 months in a coma and died on Tuesday. The simple action of going to buy bread brought 9 months of hell and torment for his friends and family and a slow death to a youth. Shades of 6 December 2008 when Greek police in Athens, shot 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos.

      Berkin Elvan's funeral has sparked massive protest across Turkey, and rightly so, teargas, rubber bullets, baton charges, can all kill. The state is well aware of that fact, and is prepare to accept deaths from their actions, in an attempt to intimidate, and crush dissent among the people.

 

 Mourners follow Berkin Elvan's coffin in Istanbul. Photograph: Osman Orsal/Reuters

       Tens of thousands of people have turned out for the funeral of a Turkish boy who died nine months after being hit by a police teargas canister during anti-government protests.
The death on Tuesday of 15-year-old Berkin Elvan after a long coma sparked violent clashes between protesters and riot police across the country.
     Police were bracing for further clashes as thousands converged in Istanbul calling for the prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, to resign.
     Berkin was hit on the head by a teargas canister after going out to buy bread during the demonstrations last year.

Read the full article HERE:   English.   Spanish.

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East Is East And West Is West!

      As a football pundit once said, "Football is a game of two halves", to me a non-football guy, I thought that was obvious, I always  miss the subtleties of the "beautiful game". However it could also be said that Glasgow is a city of two halves, the West End and the East End, and according to the Mafia in George Square, East is East and West is West, and ne'r the twain shall meet. This divide is obvious to all our senses, visit each End and the difference startles and baffles all those senses. On visiting these "ends" the first impact is visual, the West End, busy shops, cafes, bistros, pubs, restaurants and the smell of affluence, visit the East End, closed shops, derelict buildings, empty spaces, poor housing and the smell of poverty. The difference is not just apparent to our senses, it is embedded in the lives of those who live in each of these two "Ends". The life expectancy in parts of the East End are as low as 53.9 years, while a short (but expensive) bus journey across the city, and in parts of the West End, life expectancy can be as high as 82 years. 

      Now we know that it is not a genetic difference between the species that live in these two ends of our city, the root cause is that first visual appearance, affluence and poverty. Quality of life governs length of life, and in this society that is decided on affluence and poverty. We also know that poverty is not an accident, it is caused and prolonged by policies, and policies are made and carried out by people. It therefore follows that those people are directly responsible for the poverty, deprivation, short life expectancy, and the criminal plunder of the future of all those children who are born into those policy created conditions.

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