Diary February/March 2006

1 Bury My Heart in Palestine and Schnews movies: Brighton. Benefit night for SchNEWS and Smash EDO campaign; 6.30 pm Duke of York cinema, London Rd. 01273 602503 www.picturehouses.co.uk

3-5 Hack the Knowledge Lab: Lancaster. Weekend gathering on technology, creativity and social organisation. Institute for Advanced Studies, University of North West England, Lancaster. Participation is limited to 100 people; children are welcome, but please let us know ASAP n.moeller@lancaster.ac.uk

3 Peace Not War Live Music Room: London. A five-room spectacular at the Synergy Project, SeOne Club, with a diverse showcase of positive anti-war musicians. Contact sarah@peace.fm or 07905 514049. See also www.peace-not-war.org.

4 Northern Anarchist Network Conference: Bolton. Speakers include Dennis Pye on syndicalism, with reference to Tom Mann and Bolton. There will also be a discussion on commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Spanish Revolution. Wood Street Socialist Club, Bolton 10am-5pm.

8 Save Council Housing - Mass Lobby and rally: London. Noon, Central Hall, Westminster, 020 7987 9989 www.defendcouncilhousing.org.uk

11-18 No Sweat/Students Against Sweatshops, Week Of Action & Zanon Speaker Tour: UK wide. Actions, discussions, film shows, alternative fashion events and speaker tours during a national week of action against sweatshops. Speaker tours will include a representative of the workers' committee which runs the occupied Zanon factory in Argentina plus film showings of Naomi Klein's The Take (about the factory occupation movement in Argentina). www.nosweat.org.uk

12 Seedy Sunday community seed swap: Hove. Old Market, Upper Market Street, Hove 10am - 5pm, £1; tel 01273 381 686 www.seedysunday.org

12 ZineFest: Manchester. 'A festival of zines, anti-corporate artwork, and diy publications'. Basement Bookshop, 24 Lever St. manchesterzines@riseup.net

14 Bell-ringing demo at EDO arms factory: Brighton. 6pm at EDO MBM, Home Farm Rd, Moulsecoomb, Brighton. Bring bells to toll. Call 07891405923 or email smashedo@hotmail.com for more details. www.smashedo.org.uk

17-19 Homes for Good: Taunton. Sustainable homes exhibition at Somerset College of Arts and Technology; www.sustainablehousing.org.uk/h4g.html

18 Anti-war Action Forum: London. A monthly open space for people who want to organise (and take part in) actions related to the so-called 'war on terror'. An initiative of the Corporate Pirates, Iraq Occupation Focus, Justice Not Vengeance, Peace Not War, Rhythms of Resistance and Voices in the Wilderness UK. The Forum will have no fixed membership or agreed platform and no actions will be organised under the name of the 'Anti-war Action Forum'. 2-5pm, London Action Resource Centre, 62 Fieldgate Street, Whitechapel, London E1 1ES (nearest tube Aldgate East). www.londonarc.org For more info 0845 458 2564, e-mail voices@voicesuk.org www.voicesuk.org 18 Unite Against Fascism national conference: London. TUC Conference Centre, Great Russell Street, London WC1; www.uaf.org.uk; unite@natfhe.org.uk; 020 7833 4916 / 020 7837 4522

22 - March 20 No M66 Campaign, ten year anniversary exhibition: Manchester. Basement Social Centre, Lever Street, Manchester.

23 The Radical History of Cycling: London. The subversive nature of bikes, trikes and penny farthings revealed by London Radical History Group. 56a INFO SHOP 56 Crampton St, London, SE17 (Elephant & Castle tube) mudlark@macunlimited.net

25 SPEAK monthly demo against monkey laboratory: Oxford. Noon, Carfax Tower, corner of Cornmarket and Queen St; 08453 307985/07986 559012 info@speakcampaigns.org.uk www.speakcampaigns.org.uk

3-4 Dublin Anarchist Bookfair. Books, ideas, revolution in the air, radical films all day, meetings on Social Centres, Radical Republicanism, and Workplace Organising. If you are interested in having a stall at the bookfair please email wsm_ireland@yahoo.com before Valentine's Day.

18 Stop the War Demonstration: London. Mobilise for international demonstrations on March 18-19 2006, the third anniversary of the war and invasion, calling for the immediate withdrawal of troops and an end to the occupation. CENTRAL LONDON

19 Sixth Annual Anarchist Theory Conference: California. University of California, Berkeley campus, 10am to 6pm. Panel discussion on 'The New Anarchisms' plus a Spelling Bee. Please submit workshop proposals for any topic in anarchist theory. Workshop proposals are available online at http://sfbay-anarchists.org/conference.

24 SPEAK monthly demo against monkey laboratory: Oxford. Noon, Carfax Tower, corner of Cornmarket and Queen St; 08453 307985/07986 559012 info@speakcampaigns.org.uk www.speakcampaigns.org.uk