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Diary August/Semptember 2006
August 2006
1 Demonstration against the destruction of Dale farm. Basildon. Make a final plea to Malcolm Buckley to call off the destruction of Dale Farm. Basildon Centre, 11am. dale.farm@ntlworld.com
2-6 The Big Green Gathering, Somerset. Green festival/fair, including Corporate Watch talks and stall. £95 www.big-green-gathering.com
5 Brighton Pride. The biggest gay festival in the UK. 11am parade from Madeira Drive, festival in Preston Park until 8pm www.brightonpride.org
5 - The Incredible Veggie Roadshow, Swansea. Food, talks, stalls, information and campaign news. Free. 10.30am-4.30pm, The Grand Theatre, Singleton Street, Swansea. www.viva.org.uk/roadshows06 0117 944 1000
6 Peace Cycle Ride, London. Mass cycle ride from Embankment Gardens to Greenwich as send off for the Peace Cycle across Europe and the Middle East to Jerusalem. Starts 1pm, music, speakers and middle eastern food www.thepeacecycle.org
16-20 Earth First! Summer Gathering, West Wales. Gathering for anyone interested in direct action for people and planet. £15 for running costs plus meal tickets for £4 a day. There will be talks and stalls, including from Corporate Watch. No dogs. www.earthfirstgathering.org.uk email efgathering@aktivix.org phone 0845 223 5254
17-20 Northern Green Gathering, Lancs/Yorks border. Music, campaigns area, crafts, organic vegan food, kids area, healing area, etc. £35, £5 kids. www.nggonline.org.uk.
19-3 September: Fourth Peoples' Global Action Conference in Europe. For sharing common struggles and practices, in accordance with various anticapitalist and anti-authoritarian principles www.pgaconference.org
26-4 September: The Camp for Climate Action, Yorkshire. A place for ideas and activity against climate change. Box 10, c/o Oxford Action Resource Centre, E.O.C.C., 44b Princes Street, Oxford OX4 1HU www.climatecamp.org.uk
September 2006
3 - The Incredible Veggie Roadshow, Bath. Food, talks, stalls, information and campaign news. Free. 10.30am-4.30pm. 0117 944 1000The Guildhall, High St, Bath. www.viva.org.uk/roadshows06
10 – Festival Of Life & London Vegan Festival. Food, stalls and music. 10am-10pm, Kensington Town Hall, Hornton St, London (tube High St Kensington), £1.50/donation, under 16s free. 0870-7344-888. www.festivaloflife.net
19-21 IMF/World Bank Monetary meeting, Singapore. Singapore's Home Affairs ministers said protests may "attract severe punishment, including caning", ouch! www.targetwto.revolt.org/node/307
22 Bicycle Ballet, Brighton. For Car Free Day there will be a choreographed bike spectacular 1-6pm, Madeira Drive, Brighton. Contact Karen on 01273 502965. Email info@bicycleballet.co.uk Web www.bicycleballet.co.uk
23 'No Trident Replacement, Don't Attack Iran', Manchester. Demonstration on eve of Labour Party conference, called by CND and Stop the War Coalition. 1pm, Albert Square, Manchester. www.stopwar.org.uk/new/events/TimetoGo.htm
30 The 10th European Hazards Conference,Latvia. 'Workers finding a voice in a new Europe'. Full details of the conference and booking arrangements are held on the Hazards Campaign website at www.hazardscampaign.org.uk/docs/riga.htm