Social Movements then and now: 20 years on, global cooperation and anti-capitalism

Short notice of two events

Social Movements then and now: 20 years on global cooperation

Sunday June 16^th 2019

  7pm to 930pm

    Limehouse Town Hall 

646 Commercial Road
London   E14 7HA

On Eventbrite  and on the antiuniversity programme

Plus a newly minted PGA Oral History Project Facebook page 

and an event page. https://www.facebook.com/events/1785504294929703/ 

available for liking and sharing, 

Tweets- ecology

In 1999, twenty years ago, the anti-globalization movement opposing unfair trade imposition 

on the world’s peoples went from disconnected protests on different continents to linking up resistance

and calling the very first, simultaneous action happening all around the world.  

Today the cooperation of social movements from around the world is well established.  

In this evening event we will hear from speakers and then have discussion.

   Part 1 Speaker from the original global days of action #Friedericke Habermann: 

Why and how did we do what we did?  What was the Peoples' Global Action network?

   Part 2 Speakers from social movements now #Rising Tide, Extinction Rebellion, Reclaim the Power:

 Why and how are we building the climate justice movement today? 

           Speakers Zoey, Liam, Saartje #Land Workers Alliance: 

Where does the UK fit within the global movement for food, farming and environmental justice? 

           Speaker Sara

   

  Part 3 Questions and Discussion #Everyone: 

 What can we learn from our movement histories to help us today? 

         #facilitator Michael Reinsborough, Peoples' Global Action Oral History project          

             

Event organized by http://pgaoralhistory.net/ in collaboration with http://antiuniversity.org/

• Here is about Friedericke 
• And a bit about some of her press role 
• Rising Tide https://www.risingtide.org.uk/
• Reclaim the Power https://reclaimthepower.org.uk/
• Extinction Rebellion https://rebellion.earth/
• Land Workers Alliance https://landworkersalliance.org.uk/

Friedericke is confirmed to speak on global action days

Zoey confirmed as speaker from Rising Tide

Saartje confirmed as speaker for Reclaim the power

Liam confirmed as speaker for Extinction Rebellion

Sara  confirmed to speak for Land Workers Alliance 

    The schedule will look something like this…

7.00 brief introduction (Five minute remarks: the PGA oral history project and 
     why talk about social movements then and now)

• 7.05 People's Global Action – what began the global days of action? 
• -why and how did we do what we did?

7.30 Five minute remarks:  reclaim the streets J18 carnival against capitalism in 1999

• 7.35 Social Movements now -why and how are we building movement today?
• – (10 min) comments from rising tide,
• and (10 min) reclaim the power: Call out for Drax Power Station action
• (25 min) extinction rebellion.

8.25 Five minute remarks: the Captain Swing rebellion 1830s land workers 

   Note we are looking for someone(s) who can talk about/help research/make suggestions 
re Captain Swing Rebellion 1830s Sussex county agricultural workers at advent of the 

 harvester machine - please get in touch.

8.30 Food, farming and environment -Land Workers Alliance 

– where does the UK fit within the global movement for food sovereignty and land work?

• 8.45 Questions, discussion

9.30 end  

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20 years since J18 // Carnival Against Capital

June 18 @ 6:30 am - 9:30 pm

There will be a discussion on Tuesday 18 June on ‘20 Years since J18’ 

- looking back at the June 1999 anti-capitalist demo/festival/riot in the City of London

  and related issues.  

It’s at the Mayday Rooms, 88 Fleet Street London EC4Y 1DH

6.30-9.30pm 

.. reminiscences, images, analysis promised...

It's listed on their calendar: 

June 18 1999 saw an eruption of protests around the world. But amongst many demonstrations it was the tumult that took place in the City of London that offered a new model for revolts that tore through many cities. That day inaugurated a global anti-capitalist movement, which lasted into the mid-2000s. The actions combined riot with theatre, and brought together activists from a range of single-issue campaigns, from rave to anti-roads, from student movements to radical unions, from hunt sabs to anti-globalisation activists, alongside all sorts of people who had never been involved in protest before. In the subsequent years similar actions took place in many cities, most often around global government summits.

This year marks 20 years since the Carnival against Capital. So on June 18 this year we are planning an event that will bring together people who played a part in these histories and those who want to learn about it. The event will let us combine people’s memories with material traces from the protest movements of that time, to look back and to reflect on what happened then from the context of today’s struggles and social movements. We will be finding ways to contextualise what happened in 1999 by thinking about the social movements and protests that led up to it, and the subsequent wave of struggles that grew from it. And we will be unearthing and presenting our multimedia archive, and opening conversations in order to collectively think through, criticise, and celebrate a riotous day in the city.

Bristol Radical History Festival (12 Oct): Call out for stallholders and contributors

Advance notice and invitation to participate, from email

Bristol Radical History Group (BRHG) are writing to invite [kindred groups] to take part in the third Radical History Festival (BRHF) in Bristol on Saturday 12th October 2019. The all-day  event (10.30am-4.30pm) will include history walks, talks, performance, bookstalls and displays and is taking place on several floors and galleries in the M Shed Museum. 

This year’s Festival follows two successful Radical History Festivals run at the M Shed in 2017 and 2018. This year’s themes are 1919 and environmental history. On the centenary of 1919, we are working closely with the Remembering the Real WWI Group to explore the tumultuous events and revolutionary spirit of that year. 1919 saw major industrial unrest in the UK and the outbreak of the Irish War of Independence as well as revolutions in Germany, Egypt, Hungary and Mexico. Our environmental history programme will look at a broader sweep of history, from previous centuries through to a consideration of the current wave of green activism in a historical context.  Do let us know if your group can contribute (e.g. to deliver a talk, share ideas or experiences in a panel discussion or participate in the performance space) related to either of these themes. 

This year, subject to confirmation with the Museum, we are planning to set up all stalls in the busy Level 1 area. This may result in a slightly smaller number of stalls than previously, so book now to avoid disappointment. Full or half trestle tables (6ft x 2.5ft) will be available. The cost will be £15 per full table (£7.50 half). As space is limited, we will only guarantee one table for now, but depending on demand we may be able to give you more space. There are two meeting rooms which will have history talks throughout the day and there is also gallery space for performance. 

We had many fantastic contributions at our 2017-2018 events. As previously, BRHG are keen on your group bringing history publications but also visual displays of your projects, research and the history your group has brought to life. The RHF will be taking place on a normal day in the museum, with members of the public visiting galleries and wandering through the bookstalls. So if you have 'pop up' displays, banners, display boards or interactive media (projectors/lap tops) please bring them along.

The BRHF aims to bring radical hidden histories and histories from below into the public domain through various media and to link these to contemporary movements and struggles.

Please let us know before Wednesday 31st July answers to the following questions:

1. If you would like to take part in the Bristol Radical History Festival
2. If you would like 1/2 or 1 table (or more)
3. If you will be bringing display material
4. If you need electrical sockets/power/wifi
5. If you have any other ideas for taking part in the event

More information to follow. We look forward to seeing you on Saturday 12^th October.

Note: If you are travelling from outside of Bristol and arriving the night before, please let us know if you need somewhere to stay.

... for Bristol Radical History Group 

Special 'News from Nowhere' talk on 8 June and other June events

The Challenges of Migration of Caribbean Women to Britain    

Speaker: Dr Elaine Arnold

"The mass migration to Britain occurred without adequate preparation of the migrants and of the indigenous people. Nothing was done to help the latter to examine their stereotypical views of black people and to be less hostile to their presence. The migrants could not have anticipated the devastating effects that their experiences of broken attachments, separation and loss of all that was familiar would have upon them. Neither did they envisage the level of hostility based on prejudice & racial discrimination from every level of the communities in which they tried to settle. These experiences deepened their sense of isolation and loss and very often led to irrational behaviour. The intergenerational patterns of avoidant or disorganised attachments seem to be factors contributing to some of the current anti-social behaviour problems of many of the young people of African Caribbean origin."

Dr Arnold has worked as a teacher, lecturer, counsellor and psychiatric social worker in Child Guidance; has taught Masters of Social Work students at Goldsmiths College and Sussex University and was a founder member and Director of Training at Nafsiyat (Intercultural Therapy Centre). She researched the adverse effects of separation, loss and sometimes traumatic reunions due to immigration from the West Indies to Britain among some families of African Caribbean origin. This led to the publication of Working with Families of African Caribbean Origin: Understanding Issues around Immigration and Attachment.  The mass migration to Britain occurred without adequate preparation of the migrants and of the indigenous people.  Nothing was done to help the latter to examine their stereotypical views of black people and to be less hostile to their presence.  The migrants could not have anticipated the devastating effects that their experiences of broken attachments, separation and loss of all that was familiar would have upon them. Neither did they envisage the level of hostility based on prejudice and racial discrimination from every level of the communities in which they tried to settle. These experiences deepened their sense of isolation and loss and very often led to irrational behaviour. The intergenerational patterns of avoidant or disorganised attachments seem to be factors contributing to some of the current anti-social behaviour problems of many of the young people of African Caribbean origin.  Currently Dr Arnold is Director of Supporting Relationships and Families. She also continues to lecture at various colleges and voluntary groups on the theory of attachment, separation and loss and its applicability to practice in the caring professions.

Buffet 7.30pm

Talk 8pm

Epicentre, West St E11 4LJ

Enquiries 0208 555 5248

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Tangentially Related News from Medact - 

[1]

Save the date: 20th June Refugee Day

We will be hosting a joint event with Medact, MSF and others to mark and celebrate World Refugee Day on 20th June, from 6.30pm.

It will include speakers from each group, and possibly a short film, and a chance to meet others in the group in a cool co-operative space, Newspeak House. Full details to be announced separately, but for now here's the address and time. 

6.30pm
Newspeak House
133 Bethnal Green Rd,
London, E2 7DG

UPDATE:
Join us on 20th June for an evening of short films and discussion to celebrate World Refugee Day.

Thursday 20th June
6:30pm
Newspeak House, Bethanl Green, E2 7DG 

We will be showing a selection of shorts exploring the themes of identity and inclusion. We are delighted to be joined by the Directors Caroline, Laura, and Adeyemi who will introduce their films and join us in a discussion exploring people's experience of migration and the impact of the Hostile Environment on migrant communities.

There will also be an opportunity to hear about what Migrant Solidarity Group, Medact, the MSF Take Action Group and Docs not cops are doing and to meet other folk from the group.

The event is free to all, no one will be turned away. The venue is accessible.

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[2]

As part of Medact’s work on peace, security and health, we are beginning a new piece of research into the impacts and use of counter-terrorism policies in the NHS. In particular, we are interested in the Prevent duty – a strand of UK counter-terror strategy that asks public sector workers, such as NHS staff, teachers and social workers, to identify those deemed to be at risk of radicalisation.

Are you interested in taking part in a 1-hour small focus group on this issue where we will explore experiences, knowledge and opinions on the Prevent duty in the NHS? Could you help organise a focus group in your area? No prior knowledge is needed to participate in this and responses will be anonymised.

Wherever you are in the UK we would love to hear from you, and are particularly keen to connect with people in Birmingham, Leicester, Manchester, Bradford and Luton. 

Please e-mail me, reemabuhayyeh@medact.org for more information, and you can find read more about the Prevent Duty in this [Medact] blog.

Peace and Security Campaigner 

See also Migration & Health on Medact website. 

Other local groups at www.medact.org/groups

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And just in from Liberty (3-6-19. 11.38 a.m.)

US President Donald Trump landed safely at Stansted Airport this morning for his three-day state visit – but his time here doesn’t have to be smooth sailing.

We’ll be at the Stop Trump protest tomorrow, not just to demonstrate against his anti-migrant rhetoric and rights-abusing policies, but to highlight how they are replicated here in the UK.

Our Government is the only one in Europe which sanctions locking up migrants – including survivors of torture, rape and human trafficking – without release dates. 

The ‘hostile environment’ has left people too afraid to seek medical care, report crimes to the police or send their children to school in case it results in detention and deportation.

And Northern Ireland has some of the strictest and most dangerous anti-abortion laws in the western world.

If you’re protesting in London tomorrow, come and say hi, or feel free to join us from 11am at Trafalgar Square. We’ll be in the Migrants’ Rights Zone by the entrance to the National Gallery.

Tomorrow thousands of people will stand up to power and send a clear message that human rights are universal and we won’t let anyone take them from us.

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