Diary June-July 2005

JUNE
4 Road Block National Networking Conference, Birmingham. For those fighting road schemes, donation £10, 01803 847649.

4 Launch of A Oes Heddwch? The Welsh Peace Project. Supporting peace campaigners and sharing experiences. 10.30 - 4.30 Organised by Cynefin y Werin. 029 2082 1055.

4 Launch of the Quilt for Peace & Justice in Palestine. Songs, cabaret, food & talks from those recently returned from Palestine. Friends Meeting House, Brighton. 7:30pm, Sussex Action for Peace.

4 Gwent Anarchists G8 info night. Films about the upcoming G8 summit & previous protests. Free info and cheap books; music by Spanner, Da Capo & Rejected, 8pm, Le Pub, Clacton Place, Newport.

4-12 Stop the Arms Trade Week. Organised by Campaign Against Arms Trade 020 7281 0297.
5 Camden Green Fair, London Green, Regents Park 12pm-8pm FREE 020 7974 2192.

7 Local and global campaigning - Cynefin y Werin dayschool. Tetra mast seminar; G8 Summit organising workshop. FREE/donation, 10.30 - 4.30 Methodist Church Hall, Back Lane, Newtown 029 2082 1055.

9-18 Art Not Oil Institute for Autonomy, 76-78 Gower Street, W1 www.artnotoil.org.uk/

9 Benefit gig for local anti-nuke groups. Attila the Stockbroker, and David Rovics, £8/£5 concs. 8 pm Ferryboat Inn, King St, Norwich.

9 'Localise It' Local Sustainability Public Meeting. Find out about the Sustainable Communities Bill and how to end community decline; 7pm Charles Dickens School, Lant St, SE1 1QP (entrance on Toulmin St) 020 7833 9898.

9-12 'Technopolis - unravelling the net of technological domination'- Explore new technologies of control and resitance to them. Leeds, West Yorkshire 07913 216260.

10-12 Weekend Of Resistance For Jeff Luers June 2005 marks the five-year anniversary of the imprisonment of our friend and comrade, Oregon environmental political prisoner, Jeff 'Free' Luers.

11 Manchester G8 day of info. The Basement, 24 lever street; 12-5pm, films, speakers, workshops. 7pm comedian Rob Newman + bands www.dosummat.org.uk g8@dosummat.org.uk

11 Norwich's 2nd annual anarchist bookfair. 10 am to 7pm 07941 657485.

11 Reclaim The Future III Party with your politics: Live bands, Sound Systems, Cabaret, Cinema, 8pm till very late.
11 Pride in Canterbury. The first ever gay pride parade and party in Canterbury Kent. (darkest Toryland). Assemble 12 noon Westgate Gnds for Parade, then picnic/stalls in the Dane John Gdns.

11 National Demo at EDO. Defend the right to protest and the right of Iraqis not to be bombed. 12 noon The Level, Brighton.

11 Critical Mass ON the Streets! Off Sheffield 8:30am meet Devonshire Green, to join the Anti War Demo on the same day www.sheffield.dissent.org.uk

12 Wandle Valley Festival. Ecology and heritage activities for all ages at sites along the Wandle, Wandsworth, Merton and Sutton: 0870 714 0750 www.wandlevalleyfestival.org.uk

14 In support of Refugee Week and Slough's refugee community. Benefit gig, Ozric Tentacles, 8pm-Midnight, Vikram's Occasions Palace, 15 - 23 Church Street, Slough, Berkshire SL1 1PL 07910 332684

18 Community Action Gathering. Oxford House, Bethnal Green Rd., London E2 12 noon-6pm 0208 374 5027 info@hackneyindependent.org

18 Realfood - The Heart of England Vegan Festival. Stalls, food, speakers. 9.30am - 5pm. Birmingham Acadamy, FREE. 0845 458 0146, info@veganfestivals.org.uk, www.veganfestivals.org.uk

18-19 Leamington Peace Festivalwww.peacefestival.org.uk

29 'Iraqi Petroleum Conference: Corporate Pirates have called a day of action outside this conference.

JULY
2-8 anti-G8 protests, across Scotland. See page 12 for full details.

4 Big Blockade at Faslane nuclear submarine base. www.tridentploughshares.org

15-18 International Animal Rights Gathering 2005. AR2005, BM Box 2248, London WC1N 3XX.

23 The Freedom March and Rally to oppose monkey vivisection laboratory Meet at 12 noon, Oxpens Park, Oxpens Rd, Oxford, OX1 1RX. 07906 497 317 www.speakcampaigns.org.uk Speak PO Box 6712

29-31 Hazards 2005 Campaigning & building workplace organisation. Build a mass campaign for better regulation, tougher enforcement, corporate responsibility and strong worker’s organisation. University of Leeds 0161 953 4037 www.hazardscampaign.org.uk