Benefits / Events

from email, 21 October 2008: Southwark & Lambeth Anarchists meeting: Saturday 25th October 2008, from 2-6pm @ The Library House +++ This is an experiment to see if we can mix the practical with our irregular information and organizing meeting... Have you thought of getting together with a group of people to buy food in bulk? Come and meet other folks who'd like to do the same, to find out more and start planning your food-buying group. Cheaper food, autonomous organising, stronger links within our community, and no more supermarkets... more

from email, updated 7 October 2008: Antifa - Cable Street Anniversary Gig 2008, 11 October, ::: Don't miss this year's Cable Street Anniversary gig in London ::: Chat's Palace, 42-44 Brooksby's Walk, Homerton, Hackney, London E9 6DF :: with: radical dance faction, dipsomaniacs, bottlejob, i vermi, axis of evil, liberty, moonstomp.

The Battle of Cable Street or Cable Street Riot took place on Sunday October 4, 1936 in Cable Street in the East End of London. It was a clash between the police, overseeing a legal march by the British Union of Fascists (led by Oswald Mosley) on one side, and anti-fascists including local Jewish, socialist, Irish and communist groups on the other. more

from void, updated 31 August 2008: This is far from finished, accurate or exhaustive but this is a work in progress that will sit up at the top of the page so check back. Here’s your 2008 guide to free events in London this 'summer'... more

from email, 7 April 2008: CIPO-RFM are a pressure group campaining for the rights of indiginous people in Oaxaca which is Mexico's poorest state. They were part of the APPO uprising in 2006 and have a long history of struggle against the corrupt Mexican political establishment. As a result of their work many of their activists are in prison on false and trumped up charges. Nowhere is the state repression of CIPO-RFM more acutely felt than in the remote village of San Isidro Aloapam where men and women have been murdered by paramilitaries supporting an American logging company who are trying to cut down their local forest. Benefit at The Grosvenor, 17 Sidney Road, Stockwell. more

from email 3 April,2008: We are in the building, come on down to 105 Wellington Road, Portslade. THS building on the corner of Church Road and Seafront Road: bring your artwork early to grab a space. more

from hsc, 25 March 2008: Behind Bars VIII: On Saturday 29th March, HSC will host a queer benefit night of music, DJs and VJs to raise money for the IUSW. Live bands & acts:, Juha, Spiritwo, Skitzopolis, Prolapse, Villain, Roc Roc it, Husbands, Rouge et Noir VJs, Oskur, Monogaze, Filippo DJs, Fake Face, Foll@nes, PJ, Sturamsey, Cheeky Half, Lakuti, Amila, Stay B. 10pm - 8am, with donations on the door. more

from email, 19 March 2008: This is a one-off event in a new venue which will form part of the April days of international action in support of autonomous spaces. A weekend-long social centre in London in an occupied space to coincide with the Europe-wide days of action in defence of free spaces and for an anti-capitalist popular culture. more

from hackney, 12 March 2008: Active solidarity resisting immigration controls - what way forward? from 6.30pm: Talks, films and workshops by no borders activists, migrants and asylum seekers, followed by an open discussion. Bands, singers/songwriters and DJs from 9.30pm: 52 Commercial Road, Camilla Cancantata, The Carbon Town Cryer. Vegan food by the social centre.  more

from email, 5 March 2008: Occupied London is celebrating its first year (yeah, almost!) and our good friends at Last Hours are holding a benefit gig for us... Come to support Occupied London and to celebrate with us. March 10th @ The Cross Kings (126 York Way, nr Kings Cross tube). 7pm. £5. more

from email, 5 March 2008: A workplace organising day and a benefit night, both from London Coalition Against Poverty. Details of both events follow, see you there! more

Despite eviction threats and court dates, Rampart Social Centre is still alive! We celebrate the struggle for social spaces and for freedom of movement with another NoBorders benefit party. Refreshments, films, info stall, and - of course - music, featuring DJ Shorty, x/rat's & more!

Rampart Social Centre @ 15 -17 Rampart Street, London E1 2LA , near Whitechapel, off Commercial Rd more

from various sources, 28 February 2008: Friday 29 February Tongues on Fire! Cafe + Open Mike evening. Bring poetry, instruments, friends. 7.30 - midnight. PLUS Saturday March 1st 11am - 24 hour Playwriting Festival! Calling all artists, writers, actors! In 24 hours we'll get together and produce as many one-act plays, ballads, poems as possible, around the theme of "resistance". 231 Lower Clapton Rd, Hackney E5, former Chimes nightclub.  more

from email, updated 10 March 2008: List of the ongoing No! G8 Action Japan infotour dates for presentation on the mobilisation against the G8 summit in Japan in 2008: 13 Mar. Nijmegen (Netherlands), 13 Mar. (Greece), 14 Mar. Amsterdam (Netherlands), 14 Mar. (Greece), 15 Mar. Antwerp (Belgium), 15.Mar. (Greece), 16 Mar. Liege (Belgium), 16 Mar. (Greece), 18 Mar. Koln (Germany), 18 Mar. Ljubljana (Slovenia), 19 Mar. Freiburg (Germany), 19 Mar. Vicenza (Italy), 21 Mar. Bern (Switzerland), Reithalle, Neubrückstrasse, 21 Mar. Bologna (Italy)... + provisional US dates. more

from email, 26 January 2008: TAAs are free, open access art exhibitions that take place in disused and reclaimed spaces throughout the UK. Next meeting at the [Brighton] Cowley Club on 5th March. Come along and find out a bit more about TAA's and offer your skills and experience. Get involved! more

from ainfos, 20 January 2008: The 2007 london bookfair was one of the best yet. The appeal below has been sent out this week by the organisers. If you can assist, please contact them via their website. "Well we are not the widows of recently deceased finance ministers of obscure African countries with large fortunes languishing unclaimed in Swiss bank accounts... But yes, this is an email wanting your money..." more

31-12-2007: The rampART social center is finally facing eviction after almost 4 years of providing a non-commercial venue for a wide range of activities... The rampART collective will be hosting what might be the last big event at the social center... "Fuck The Bailiffs! Smash The Borders!" - a New Years Eve extravaganza of roots music, conscious hip-hop, mcs, djs and good times

8pm til latepm @ RampART Social Centre, 15-17 Rampart Street, Whitechapel, E1 2LA (nearest tube: Whitechapel/Aldgate East) more

from email, 19 November 2007: It's our first ever benefit gig and looks like it's going to be a winner! Come to this gig! ... it's an Occupied London benefit nite.

With hip-hop, ska, punk + Terra Audio DJs and more, on Saturday 1st December, this is our big night: @ rampARTS social centre, 15 Rampart Street, London E1. more

Saturday 27 October 2007: Here's the location and some details of another 2007 London Anarchist Bookfair After-party @ Dame Colet House, Ben Jonson Rd, Stepney. 6 till very late. £5/£3 door. Bar and cafe. Live bands include Headjam, Ras Simeon Judah. Djs include Siren DJs, Rowan (Megabitch), Terra Audio + more! more

from email, 24 October 2007: MAYDAY Magazine is a newly published anarchist journal. It was formed out of the need to develop political and practical ideas around the movements we are involved in. From anti-fascism, social centres, migrant and no border struggles to the legacies and histories of class struggle in the UK . The intention is to bring together all our experiences and bring radical anti-capitalist and anarchist ideas to a wider audience. more

Offering something of a break in tradition, the noborders / rampART benefit party after the anarchist book fair is an alternative to hanging out in the pub.

Open from 6pm it's a chance to hang out with friends while supporting grassroots campaigns and a rare opportunity to listen to conscious hip-hop and rap with acts from the USA, Greece, Scarborough, Manchester, Bristol and London.

Suggested donation £5. @ Rampart Social Centre 15 Rampart Street E1 2LA more