(south) SCUM DINE WITH ME ! thursday 8th december
7.30pm
2 EVELYN ST. next to MacDonalds, close to Surrey Quays.
knock on 3rd window past wooden gate
Wednesday, 7 December 2011
Tuesday, 6 December 2011
ALLEY CATS THIS SATURDAY 10TH, 6PM NATIONAL THEATRE
- MEAT AT SOUTHBANK OUTSIDE NT AT 6PM ON SAT
- EACH GANG NEEDS TO BE DISTINGUISHBLE, MAKE YUSELFS DISTINGUISHED.
- OBVS U NEED 2 BRING BIKE.
- THEN WE FIND OUT WHUR THE FIRSS LOCATION IS , GET WITH UR GANG AND GO THUR. AT EACH CHECKPOINT WE FIND WHER THE NEX 1 IS, UNTIL IT IS THE END.
LUK AFTER UR CREW, THEY R MOST IMPORTANT THING. BEST BRING LITES, BRING CRASH HAT AND SAFE GOGGLES.
PASS IT ON. MAY WORST SQUATTERS WIN
p.s if youdont lik biks / cant sikle whatev meat at 6pm stil at southbank or call squattastic fone for detels of final locaton whur we burn things drink win. fone is 07757009150. rit now it is lost but we hop found by sateday.
pps ALSO if u want to hilp on a chekpont/ do a chikpint email squattastic@gmail.com SOON, asap, ta thank y bye. x
from UP AGAINST THE WALL MOTHERFUCKERS:
Affinity groups exist within revolutionary organisation, but cannot be organised. A few people come together out of the kind of friendship and trust that maximises security on every level. Relying on each other, the individuals in an affinity group increase their potential for action and decrease the dangers of isolation and/or infiltration. The necessity for these relationships should be obvious at this stage of our struggle … Affinity groups are not cliques – they are created for the purposes of security and activity, not simply for the exclusion of other people . Affinity groups are formed for both specific and general purposes, and will find both the needs and means for working together with other affinity groups within their own collectives and locals.
from CALL//TIQUINN:
We are not afraid of forming gangs; and can only laugh at those who will decry us as a mafia.
…
From now on all friendship is political Friday, 2 December 2011
Solidarity with the Edinburgh Squatters!
A diverse group of autonomous people are currently squatting(1) 3 Bristo Place in central Edinburgh. The 3-storey building has stood empty and unused for over 3 months since August 31st 2011. The non-hierarchical group are taking direct action to reclaim this space for use by the community. See the website: http://peoplescafe.noflag.org.uk/
The squatting of the building began yesterday afternoon with more than 100 people including families occupying the space, cleaning, organising a kitchen area and discussing how the building could be used for the benefit of the community. Banners were painted including 'The Peoples' Cafe' and displayed in the front windows.
3 Bristo Place has previously been utilised by The Forest Cafe as a volunteer-run, collectively-owned, free arts and events space. After Edinburgh University Settlement the owners of the building went bankrupt(2), it was appropriated by Price Waterhouse Coopers to administrate and The Forest Cafe were forced to vacate on 31st August 2011 despite a high profile and popular campaign to retain the space(3). Those currently squatting the building are not directly affiliated with The Forest Cafe but recognise that its closure is part of an ongoing eradication of free, non-corporate spaces in Edinburgh City Centre. Direct action has been taken to ensure that the space is not left unused but can be reopened for the benefit of the local community.
The action deliberately coincided with the November 30th UK-wide strikes over pensions. Amy Douglas, a 32 year old youth worker from Edinburgh who has been in the building since yesterday said, “While massive cuts are being made to public services and workers bear the brunt of these through much diminished pensions, the banks responsible for the financial crisis continue to profit. Cuts to public services also threaten community spaces and the same banking system is responsible for the detrimental impact this has had on communities across the country(4). By squatting and reopening 3 Bristo Place we resist the banks' continued profiting at the expense of those who are already suffering from the cuts.”
Today there will be meetings to organise a programme of participatory events which will be open to the public. It is hoped that the building can be used as an organising space for community projects.
For Access Call: 07799737995
(1)While there is no legal right to squat in Scotland, squatting in this context means to settle on or occupy property, especially otherwise unoccupied property, without any title, right, or payment of rent.
(2)Edinburgh University Settlement were declared bankrupt and forced into administration in October 2010.
(3)http://blog.theforest.org.uk/savetheforest
(4)For more information on the impact of cuts-related community centre closures see http://www.guardian.co.uk/edinburgh/2010/may/18/edinburgh-community-centres-saved-gorgie-mem-colinton-mains-longstone-council and http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/mar/25/public-sector-cuts?intcmp=239
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