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LAUNCH
FOR PEACE-NOT-WAR VOLUME TWO (not available on general release
until October) The anti-war CD to top all anti-war CDs.
(Except for maybe P-N-W Vol 1) • First EXCLUSIVE chance
to check out the grassroots, anti-war CD and see how they
do it live....But wait! Hold your horses! Before we get
into all of that....In association with www.peace-not-war.org
and uniteddiversity.com,
europeancreativeforum.org
are bringing you another day packed with films, workshops,
discussions, talks, exhibitions and live performances.....
The day will start with a performance from RHYTHMS OF
RESISTANCE at 1pm, so make sure you're there good and early,
or you'll be missing out on an excellent performance (which
will get us all warmed-up for a nice bit of visionary thinking...)
Then we move into the assembly - a chance for everyone to
offer an activity. As ever, we come together under the banner
of 'Visions of Another World' and this time we're asking
everyone to consider the question 'How will we create the
world we want?'. ECF operates by self-organisation, so you
can offer something at any time, right up until the assembly,
and we just work together to fit it all in. Listed below
are the workshops and discussions which have been proposed
already. Please contact becca@europeancreativeforum.org
if you would like to offer an activity or just turn up on
the day and between us we'll be able to sort it out. So....what
have we got?
UNITED DIVERSITY - TOOLS FOR CHANGE
This workshop looks at free software, land trusts, open
co-ops, currencies, renewable energy, community wireless/broadband,
ecological building, permaculture design, ecovillages, city
farms, community gardens, infoshops and social centres etc...All
the tools we need to build a global network of sustainably
managed commons.
NB: 2 FREE CDs for everyone who attends this workshop. -
Tools for Change: packed full of everything you could ever
need to know. - The Open CD: packed full of quality free
software - check www.uniteddiversity.com
PARADOX - Performance Poet, Earth Wizard and Galactic
Federation Agent - Inspiring, Informing and Empowering through
Poetic Dreamspells, Matrix Decoding and Telepathy Workshops
PACHAMERICANA (non-colonial word for America South
of California) - Proper Propaganda with Coca-Killa and funky
Gandhi printing on lovely, organic t-shirts and more Bolivarian
banner-painting for October's many demonstrations...
REPROGRAMMING
THE DESENSITISED - Some proper news. And news about
the news. Dicussing today's mainstream and alternative media.
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RISING
TIDE - Information about climate change from the lovely
Tim.
SUBVERTISE
- These guys are planning something very creative and very
subversive. Say no more...(but do check them out on the
day. Will be a chance to see the results of your creativity
being put to good use. Intrigued? You should be...these
guys have got something huge planned, but we can't go into
detail online...)
SOCIAL CENTRES - Info about reclaiming and recycling
spaces.
WOMEN'S GLOBAL STRIKE - Information and discussions
about their action - Venezuela: a 21st Century Revolution
MOBILE CARNIVAL PLANNING MEETING - A chance to get
involved in our outrageous and spectacular plans for the
ESF, 14th - 17th October. Discussing possible routes and
strategies.
CREATING THE WORLD WE WANT - Replacing traditional
government with new organisational models plus plus plus
loads of participatory activites. banner making, puppet
making, networking and more and more and more!
There will also be a big ol' bunch o'films, discussions
and presentations to educate and entertain us in the cinema
space....oooh....let me tell you about the films....(seemingly
film makers are currently being particularly inspired by
the actions of our friends in pachamericana....!)
THE VACUUM CLEANER - 'VIDEO THAT SUCK' - Before the
Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination hits the streets
of London during ESF ¶ here‚s a chance to taste what‚s
to come. A one hour tour through British, American and Europe
works of art activism. Cheeky, to the point yet always fun,
works will include, reverend billy and the stop shopping
gospel choir (USA) - re-tag/re-code.com (USA) - yomango
(Spain) n.a.t.o (uk) space hijackers (uk) my dads strip
club (uk) ourselves (nomads) and much more.
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VENEZUELA
BOLIVARIANA - PEOPLE AND STRUGGLE OF THE 4TH WORLD WAR
- free dvd available of this seminal documentary about Venezuela's
democratic revolution
BOLIVARIAN SOLIDARITY (short)
CREATIVE DOCUMENTARY ABOUT DEATH ROW - "I saw some
graffiti on the street and I just wanted to check out who
wrote down these words"
VOCES ARGENTINAS
STEPHANIE BLACK - LIFE PLUS DEBTS - A documentary
about the effect of economic globalization in Jamaica.
ART
EXHIBITIONS will, as ever, be going on throughout the
building. The whole space will be filled with creative expressions
of various peoples visions, so if you would like to contribute
please contact emma@europeancreativeforum.org.
Emma's email has been playing up, so if you've tried to
contact her and she hasn't responded, please do try again!
The
LIVE STAGE will start at 7pm and is bursting with Peace-Not-War
musicians, including GERTRUDE (who just confirmed after
the success of the gig at rampART last Saturday), CARPETFACE
(feat. Freefall Collective) (tbc...he's been very busy in
America and has only just returned, so let's hope he's not
too jet lagged!) UNPEOPLE, ROBB JOHNSON, DUTTI HAIRY, ANGEL,
THE RUB, PARADOX, DISORIENTALIST, FUNDAMENTAL.
And for the hardcore, there's all manner of exciting things
going on into the wee hours. EARTH CIRCUS will be
performing early in the day. We know of two after parties
(till dawn), but you'll have to be at rampART to find out
secret locations. Workshops might even continue elsewhere
on the 12th (any offers, contact becca@europeancreativeforum.org)...
But that's a whole other story that takes place in a whole
other space.. .(ooooh! details announced sat 11th at 9pm)
FOOD on the day will be provided by rampARTS. (excellent
website - www.rampart.co.nr)
And we'll have organic beer too. Any offers of help with
anything are always gratefully received. Do you want to
help us set up? Clear up? Cook? Help out with the bar? Help
on the door? Contact shane@europeancreativeforum.org,
or becca@europeancreativeforum.org.
Joining in these tasks provides even more opportunity to
network and have a laugh at the same time.
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