Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism! 220 April/May 2011
London
Every Thursday 6-8pm
Demonstrate for Palestine! Boycott M&S
Outside M&S, Oxford Street WC1
Nearest tube March Arch
Every Saturday
Street actions against the cuts
For further details call 020 7837 1688
or email [email protected]
Saturday 2 April 3.30pm
Public meeting: No Cuts! Full Stop!
Jointly organised by London RATB and Latin Americans organising against the cuts
SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square WC1H 0XG
Nearest tube Russell Square
Saturday 2 April 7.30pm
Rebel Music presents Latin beats and revolutionary rhythms fund-raising party
£3 on the door
The Three Kings, 7 Clerkenwell Close EC1R 0DY
Nearest tube Farringdon
Sunday 3 April 7pm
Film showing: 638 ways to kill Castro (2006) – documenting the numerous attempts to kill Fidel Castro since 1959
Upstairs at The Compass, corner of Penton Street/ Chapel Market N1
Nearest tube Angel
Sunday 8 May 7pm
Film showing: The day diplomacy died (2010) –
about the 75 people arrested in 2003 and their real motives in Cuba
Upstairs at The Compass, as above
For further details call 020 7837 1688 or
email [email protected]
www.ratb.org.uk
MANCHESTER
Wednesday 30 March 7.30pm
Public meeting: Cuts or socialism?
Upstairs at The Lass O’Gowrie pub,
Charles St M1 7DB
Tuesday 19 April 7:30pm
FRFI Readers Group: Imperialist hands off the
Middle East! Hands off Libya!
Upstairs at The Lass O’Gowrie, as above
For more information about the regular
FRFI Readers Groups at The Lass O’Gowrie,
street stalls and campaigns
call 07519 427 093
or email [email protected]
NEWCASTLE
Saturday 9 April 1-4pm
Tyneside Community Action Against Racism (TCAR) general meeting
All anti-racists are welcome to come and plan action in the north east
St Thomas Church, Haymarket
Tuesday 12 April 7pm
Film showing: The power of the community –
how Cuba survived peak oil
Bar Kollo, 22 Leazes Park Rd NE1 4PG
Tuesday 10 May 7pm
Film showing: Red oil – documentary detailing the struggle over Venezuela’s oil and how it is driving the Bolivarian Revolution
Bar Kollo, as above
In Newcastle each Thursday we hold political discussions on articles from FRFI. We have street actions in Newcastle and Sunderland every week
For details call 07858 346 276 or email [email protected]
GLASGOW
Thursdays 31 March, 14 April, 28 April, 12 May,
26 May 4.30-6.30pm
Demonstrate for Palestine! Victory to the Intifada!
Outside M&S, Sauchiehall Street
Saturday 2 April 1-3pm
Speak out against the cuts
Outside RBS Gordon Street
Followed by street rallies against the cuts on Saturdays 16 April, 30 April, 14 May and 28 May
Wednesdays 6 April, 20 April, 4 May, 18 May, 1 June 7.30-9.30pm
RCG education programme
Langside Halls, 1 Langside Avenue, Shawlands
Thursday 7 April 7.30-9.30pm
Glasgow launch of the new pamphlet
No Cuts – Full Stop!
Free Hetherington Club, University of Glasgow, off University Avenue
Tuesday 24 May 7.30-9.30pm
Southside launch of the new pamphlet
No Cuts – Full Stop!
Daisy Street Community Centre, Govanhill
http://glasgowdefencecampaign.blogspot.com/
DUNDEE
Friday 29 April 11am
No Cuts! Full Stop! Join our May Day march contingent
Assemble Hilltown Park
Friday 29 April 1pm
Off with their heads! Anti-Royal garden party
Reading Rooms
Saturday 30 April 12-2pm
Speak out against the cuts – street protest
All welcome. Open mic. Bring banners.
Murraygate
Saturday 30 April 3-5pm
Public meeting: Organise against the cuts –
launch of the pamphlet No Cuts – Full Stop!
Conference Room, Central Library
Bay of Pigs anniversary
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the defeat of the US-backed mercenary invasion at the Bay of Pigs and the declaration of the socialist character of the Cuban Revolution, Rock around the Blockade is holding events in Glasgow, Newcastle, Manchester and London.
Details below and at www.ratb.org.uk:
Newcastle: Saturday 2 April, 3pm
St John’s Church Hall, Grainger Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 5JG
Speakers: Hannah Caller – National Committee RATB and hospital doctor; Sam McGill – RATB activist
Contact: [email protected] / 07858 346 276
Glasgow: Sunday 10 April, 4pm
Main Hall, Garnethill Multicultural Centre. 21 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RE (up from the GFT cinema)
Speakers: Helen Yaffe, author of Che Guevara: the Economics of Revolution; RATB and other activists
Contact: [email protected] / 07734 348 065
Manchester: Sunday 17 April, 2pm
Cross Street Unitarian Chapel, Cross Street, Manchester M2 1NL.
Speakers: Rafael Sardiña González – Counsellor Cuban Embassy; activist from Rock around the Blockade
Contact: [email protected] / 07519 427 093
London: Friday 6 May, 7pm
Bolivar Hall, 54 Grafton Way, London W1T 5DL (nearest tube Warren Street)
Speakers: Esther Armenteros – Cuban ambassador; Representative from the Venezuelan embassy; Tony Kapcia – Director of the Centre for Research on Cuba, Nottingham University; Steve Ludlam – Lecturer in Politics,
University of Sheffield; Helen Yaffe – RATB activist. Contact: [email protected] / 020 7837 1688
