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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The Land Grab and Genocide Goes On.

    Can anybody explain to me why the world is not up in arms against this savage, brutal, genocidal act? How can the world manage to look the other way for so long? A village that has been on the same site for decades before the illegal Israeli occupation is illegal!!!

This from Middle East Monitor:

     Bulldozers of the Israeli Land Authority, protected by a large number of occupation forces, destroyed the Arab Palestinian village Al-Araqeeb in Negev for the 66th time yesterday.
        Despite heavy rains and windy weather in the area, local sources and witnesses said the Palestinian Arabs remained in the open air after the destruction of their homes. The village residents called this a "crime against humanity".
      The village was destroyed two days after special forces from the Ministry of the Interior and the Israeli Land Authority, protected by Israeli police, invaded the Islamic cemetery in the village and took photos of all buildings there.
     Villagers were left with no other place to protect themselves from the heavy rains and winds except tombs.
     Though the Arabic Palestinian village has been in this location for decades before the occupation however, based on an Israeli judaisation Prawer Plan, the village is illegal and it must be erased.

See more:

• Bedouin village destroyed by Israelis for 61st time
• Israeli forces destroy Palestinian village for the 48th time
• Israel demolishes Bedouin village for the 42nd time

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The Right To Self Defence.

        We are all exploited and repressed wage slaves, or unemployed victims of an oppressive and exploitative system. However, the "system" is not something immutable, written in tablets of stone, handed down from on high, it is an economic system created by men, designed to enrich the few at the expense of the many. What men have created men can pull asunder, we have the right to self defence.

   “Violence is only justifiable when it is necessary to defend oneself and others against violence […] The slave is always in a state of legitimate self-defence and so his violence against the boss, against the oppressor, is always morally justifiable and should only be adjusted by the criterion of utility and economy of human effort and human suffering”

Enrico Malatesta, «Umanità Nova»
25th of August 1921

   

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The Snooping Society.

       Facebook, that friendly social network, that handy tool to arrange get-togethers, an easy way to keep in touch! Well we should always be alive to the fact that it is a segment of the Big Brother surveillance society. It notes your ever key-push, whether you want it to be known or not. In this society there is, "virtually" no place to hid, delete it, too late, it has been recorded.
This from watchdog.net:

      We spend a lot of time debating what to post on Facebook. We type out a message, then we rewrite it. Sometimes we erase it all together. 

      But the code that powers Facebook has been recording everything we type on screen, even if we don't hit publish — and it wants to know why we aren't sharing.

    Turns out, Facebook has been monitoring, tracking and interpreting our unposted notes, comments and statuses this entire time, using even what we don't say as metadata to pass on to spy agencies like the NSA or advertisers from Groupon to Mastercard. 

     Choosing not to share is supposed to be what little still protects us from governments and corporations that can hack our emails, bug our phones and turn on our webcams without our knowledge.Please, join us in demanding Facebook stop logging and storing this data, and start protecting our right not to publish!

PETITION TO FACEBOOK: 

      Respect our right to remain private, and stop storing information about what we type in drafts for Facebook comments, notes and statuses to share with spies and sellers.

Click here to sign -- it just takes a second.

Thanks,
-- The folks at Watchdog.net

P.S. If the other links aren't working for you, please go here to sign: http://act.watchdog.net/petitions/4119?n=60736786.P1VoI4

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Glasgow's Private Parks!!!

    We pay them our tax money to dream up this shit, we must be mad. Every avenue of your life must be under their control. You're photographed everywhere you go, but that's not enough, you have to be under strict control when you are not being photographed. Rampant authoritarianism, control freaks at the helm, society gone insane.

Please join this campaign: http://chn.ge/1oHE3iL

      Glasgow City Council is proposing to bring in rules relating to the Parks and public spaces of Glasgow. While it is important to preserve the outdoor spaces of Glasgow for future generations, the proposed Park Management Rules would give the council the right to refuse entry to the parks of some of the most prolific users of Glasgow's open spaces. These proposed rules include: 

     No groups of more than 20 people  being able to gather in the park without the written authorisation of the Director. If you wanted to play football, hold a fitness club, walking club or children's group forget it.  

    Dogs to be kept on a lead no more than 2m, and no one is allowed to excercise any more than 3 dogs. If you own 4 or more dogs, go to dog obedience classes or want to exercise your dog off the lead, forget it. 

   All vehicles in parks require the prior written consent of the Director. If you want to drive to the rowing clubs at Glasgow Green, you'll need written consent.

Some other activities they want to outlaw are:

     Play or practice any organised sport - I thought we were encouraging this? What will the Commonwealth Games legacy be? 

     No person shall, except with the prior written consent of the Director, operate any Radio - don't want you enjoying music during the 2 days of sunshine we have.  

      Any person or organisation seeking to use any park or park building for outdoor educational provision, child care provision, nursery or kindergarten - don't want those kids getting any fresh air now. 

     The parks have always been self policed and have survived for over 100 years. Please let common sense prevail on this one and object to Glasgow City Council curbing our enjoyment of our open spaces.

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