Scoop August 2011
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- | + | ==Pride this Saturday, 30th July== | |
+ | Norwich Pride 30th July 2011: 4 days to go... Listen to Pride Live! on Future Radio 107.8 FM Mondays @ 6 pm for the latest on Norwich Pride 2011: | ||
+ | www.futureradio.co.uk/listenlive / Click for the 18 July podcast / Official Pride Single 2011 | ||
+ | Click here for more info about the day | ||
+ | What is Norwich Pride?: visit our FAQs page to find out | ||
+ | Contact us: info@norwichpride.org.uk | ||
+ | Find out about stewarding opportunities @ Norwich Pride, 30 July on Facebook | ||
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==Bloggers of note== | ==Bloggers of note== | ||
CO2 9NU | CO2 9NU | ||
+ | ==DALE FARM SOLIDARITY - First they came for the Gypsies== | ||
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+ | The date for eviction looms heavy. Dale Farm family homes are liable to bulldozing from midnight on 31st August. Dale Farm residents are devastated. Meantime, Saturday activity days at Dale Farm are growing in strength each week. Supporters from across the UK are visiting Dale Farm each Saturday, spending time with residents, taking part in legal observer training sessions, helping with practical logistics for the site, meeting with experts from Essex University Human Rights Clinic, and joining a growing network of committed solidarity workers preparing for resistance through civil disobedience. There’s a huge amount of work to be done, but each week brings new faces, ingenuity, thoughtfulness, energy, and hope. | ||
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+ | 1. Attend the next solidarity activity day at Dale Farm on Saturday, 30th July | ||
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+ | Come to Dale Farm this Saturday, 30th July, 11am. Another briefing for later arrivals at 1pm. See http://dalefarm.wordpress.com/activity for details. We're only 30 mins from London Liverpool St. and can pick you up from the station http://dalefarm.wordpress.com/contact | ||
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+ | 2. Sign up to join ‘Camp Constant’, opening 27th August | ||
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+ | To sign up to a txt alert in case of eviction, or to spend a night at Dale Farm so that we have a constant presence there, visit https://smsalerts.tachanka.org/dalefarm/ . Please send this link to your friends and share it on social networking sites. | ||
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+ | 3. Dale Farm Solidarity Demo – demo callout, Saturday, 10th Sept: | ||
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+ | Dale Farm Solidarity together with numerous other groups (including No One is Illegal, London No Borders, Unite Against Fascism) has called a demonstration starting at 1pm on Saturday, Sept 10th or earlier if the eviction starts before then. Join us at Wickford Train Station, just 30 minutes by train from London Liverpool Street Station. The march will then proceed to Dale Farm and Camp Constant, a base at Dale Farm for human rights monitors and those who will engage in civil disobedience to stop the bulldozing. Buses will also be available. Please share the link http://dalefarm.wordpress.com/2011/07/27/demo/ or use this callout to spread the word. Please invite your friends to the facebook event here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=245406565483199 | ||
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+ | 4. Sign and send a letter to Kenneth Clarke, Secretary of State for Justice expressing your concern that the Legal Aid Bill as currently formulated which will disproportionately impact on Travellers and Gypsies. This Bill threatens to remove Gypsies and Travellers access to legal support, and as a consequence seriously undermines the protection under the law of their rights. Here’s a letter written by members of the Essex Human Rights Clinic, which can be printed out and signed; just add your name and address, and put it in the post, or you can email a copy to: office@rushcliffeconservatives.com . You can also sign the petition here: http://www.petitiononline.co.uk/petition/no-mad-laws/3062 | ||
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+ | Contact savedalefarm@gmail.com | ||
==Badger petition== | ==Badger petition== | ||
This is a reflective event, starting with silence, where anyone who feels moved to is welcome to speak. | This is a reflective event, starting with silence, where anyone who feels moved to is welcome to speak. | ||
+ | CND invites us all to gather at the Peace Pillar in Chapelfield Garden onat 3pm to lay some flowers | ||
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+ | ==EarthFirst Summer Gathering, 10-15th August, Woolsey Farm, near Diss== | ||
+ | Great workshops for activists, great place to camp, most of all lovely people. | ||
+ | Check it out at http://www.earthfirstgathering.org.uk | ||
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+ | ==Harlequin Fayre, 12th to 14th August== | ||
+ | Harlequin Fayre (previously known as Green Man Fayre) is billed as a mini green gathering at a secret site near Norwich in East Anglia. The event expands to a four day event running from Friday 12th to Sunday 14th August 2011 on a farm in Suffolk with camping for a limited number of people. | ||
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+ | Line-up | ||
+ | King Porter Stomp, Sam And The Womp, Henry Brothers, Madam Laycock and her Dabeno Pleasures, Headspace, Flutatious, Loose Leaf Drifters, Andy Kirkham, Feral Mouth, Slightly Offensive Steve, Swingball, The Boot Lagoon, UNiX, Lapis Lazuli, Panic Dance, Tsigayner, Tilly the Talespinner, Coamhe, I Am Tim, Dandelion and the Rockets, Ginger Snaps, Dolly go Tightly, Compered by Liam Carroll, and many other acts to be confirmed. | ||
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+ | Tickets | ||
+ | An adult weekend ticket is priced at £60, a teen (aged 13-17 years) ticket is priced at £19, a child (aged 0-12 years) is priced at £8, a car pass is £8, and a campervan pass is priced at £20, and a caravan pass £12. Harlequin Fayre will remain an 'advance ticket only' event and it is expected to sell out so please book your tickets in good time. To buy tickets click here. | ||
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+ | Green ethos | ||
+ | The weekend is entirely powered by the sun, wind and peddle power as the focus is on all things green - how to lessen your impact and still have a great life! It has already been likened to the Albion Fairs of old with music, crafts, and stalls. | ||
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+ | It's very child friendly, and there's plenty for the adults too - from organic beers to some good bands. Tickets are expected to be by advance purchase only. | ||
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+ | Entertainment | ||
+ | Entertainments will include bands, poetry, cabaret, speakers, comedy, cinema, walkabout theatre and more. | ||
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+ | There is a good amount of activities for children of all ages, in a dedicated kids area which will be bigger and very central and the new site allows for the Healing Area to occupy it's own wooded glade. | ||
+ | Camping | ||
+ | Camping is within the perimeter of the event, the location of the site will be sent to ticket-holders some days before the event. | ||
- | + | More information will be here when available. | |