DIARY

Friday, 31 October: Bail Out People Not Banks! Hallowe'en protest. Assemble 5pm, Nye Bevan Statue, Queen Street, Cardiff. Capitalism is bad black magic. Torch-lit march from bank to bank, exorcising the ghouls and ghosts of the free market and stamping our claim on our banks!

Wednesday, 29 October – Sunday, 2 November: 12th Edinburgh Independent Radical Bookfair – in Out of the Blue Drill Hall, 30-38 Dalmeny Street, Edinburgh, EH6 8RG.

Thursday, 30 October: Protest outside the Amey offices in Colindale. Meet 12.30pm at Colindale Tube station on the Northern Line. Bring banners, placards and lots of noise!

Thursday, 30 October: Halloween Noise Demo against Raytheon. Unit 510, Bristol Business Park, Frenchay (opposite UWE Campus) 3pm.

Friday, 31 October: Bail Out People Not Banks! Hallowe'en protest. Assemble 5pm, Nye Bevan Statue, Queen Street, Cardiff. Capitalism is bad black magic. Torch-lit march from bank to bank, exorcising the ghouls and ghosts of the free market and stamping our claim on our banks!

- Dancing on the Grave of Capitalism! Assemble outside Lehman Brothers HQ, 25 Bank Street, London, E14 5LE. Bring magic wands. http://graveyard.at

- Halloween demo at Sequani, the vivisection lab, Ledbury, Herefordshire, 4pm- http://sequani.wordpress.com

Saturday, 1 November: Nevermind The Bankers - where's our share? With huge amounts of money going from govt coffers to prop up the banks, what about cuts to public services, pensions, repossessions and job losses. Assemble 12 noon Churchill Square, march to The Level, Brighton.

- Building the anti-prison movement in the UK. London Activist Resource Centre (LARC), 62 Fieldgate Street, E1 5ES. Nearest tube: Whitechapel.
This preliminary strategy meeting aims to identify broadly shared goals, develop plans for action and begin outreach strategies that will work towards the goal of eliminating the violence, harm and injustice of prisons. We want to build a broader movement to end incarceration and detention, and create healthy communities built on social justice. For more info email: building.safe.communities@gmail.com

- Class, Climate Change and Clean Coal - The Climate Campers and The unions. Organised by IWW Tyne and Wear in conjunction with the NUM and consultation with RMT and the ‘Green’ movement. Speakers include Arthur Scargill, Bob Crow, Paul Morrison & Rachel Whittaker. 11.30-5.30pm, followed by live bands from 7.30pm, the Upstairs Lounge, The Bridge Hotel, Castle Garth, Newcastle Upon Tyne- www.rinf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3129

Sunday, 2 November: Resisting Regenicide: Struggles in the City- 7pm-9.30pm, The Forum, ACE, 17 West Montgomery Place, Edinburgh, EH7 5HA, http://forumcollective.wordpress.com
Free discussions bringing together representatives of community & activist groups – including local groups from Glasgow, Edinburgh, London and Manchester – to share their experiences of community-based engagement in the planning processes of urban regeneration and the built environment.

Monday 3rd November - Join us for a memorable evening in the heart of Brixton, to listen first hand to the stories of former Black Panthers from the US and the UK, and to view an exhibition of Black Panther’s original artwork and photographs. 7.00pm, Karibu Education Centre, 7 Gresham Road, London, SW9. Nearest Tube: Brixton.

Wednesday, 5 November: Class War - Burn A Politician" Bonfire Party. Bring effigies of politicians and any loathed figures of authority. Get into the festive rebellious tradition and bring along fireworks and booze. 7pm London Fields, Hackney, London.

8 and 9 November: No Borders Network-wide Gathering, Sat 9am-6pm, Sun 10am-2pm, in Newcastle. No Borders is a network of groups struggling for the freedom of movement for all and an end to all migration controls. The Gathering will be a chance to discuss, network and plan. Email for more info, location, and if you would like to suggest items for discussion or get involved. Accommodation will be available – email whydontyou@post.com. Website: www.noborders.org.uk

Monday, 10 November: Picket of Heckler & Koch arms dealers, Easter Park, Lenton Lane, Nottingham, from 4pm.

Tuesday, 18 November: Sumac Debates 3 - Alternatives not Agitation. 7.30pm. To look at models and ideas for alternative, cooperative and sustainable living. Sumac Centre, 245 Gladstone Street, Nottingham NG7 6HX.

Wednesday, 19 November: Symposium On Prison Abolition with mini papers plus open discussion, organised by London Anarchist Forum. Rampart Social Centre, 15 -17 Rampart Street, London E1 2LA .

Saturday, 22 November: Reclaim the Night. Assemble 6pm, Whitehall Place, Central London. Women-only march.

29 & 30 November: National Anti-Militarist Gathering, the Societies Centre, 60 The Pleasance, Edinburgh. A gathering of reflection and planning for a new anti-militarist movement.