REEL NEWS SCREENINGS AND BENEFITS
"SYSTEM CHANGE NOT CLIMATE CHANGE!"
Copenhagen looks like it's going to be remembered for two things: one, exposing the COP process of "climate talks" for what they really are - the WTO under another guise, trying to push forward the neoliberal agenda of free trade, privatisation and slashing public spending, whatever the cost to the people and the planet.
But while they were busy drawing up licences to pollute, privatising the air, buying up the rainforests and reaffirming their addiction to fossil fuels, in the streets an exciting shift was taking place as an environmental movement turned into a movement for social justice, led by the powerful social movements of the Global South. This looks like it could be the moment where movements against climate change, war, attacks on workers' terms and conditions and attacks on the public sector all begin to come together to fight the common enemy - but it depends on what we all do now.
POST COPENHAGEN SCREENINGS AND DISCUSSIONS (so far - contact us if you want to arrange a screening in your area)
Films on the Copenhagen mobilisations including the enormous Saturday demo; delegations from movements in the Global South; La Via Campesina protests, agribusiness and food sovereignty; tar sands, peak oil and energy sovereignty; and the joint CJA/CJN "Reclaim Power" action, the people's assembly, green jobs and building a mass movement.
PLUS The Fujitsu strike, and whatever key workers struggles have happened by then - there's a lot of potential candidates! We'll be taking collections for strike funds at every event.
WITH HACKNEY SOLIDARITY NETWORK: COMMUNITY ORGANISING
Sunday February 14th, HACKNEY 7pm General Browning MOTH Club, cnr of Morning Lane and Vallette street, opp. Hackney Empire
Films on the Black Panthers, Haringey Independence Day, American style community organising and Movimiento Por Justicia en el Barrio, and community activists speaking. This is a regular monthly event on the Second Sunday of every month with a different theme each time.
REEL NEWS BENEFITS
We'll probably be doing a few of these this year - as well as all the usual costs we have and never cover, we need to pay back £3,000 by the end of the year that we borrowed to get Reel News started! Please consider taking out a standing order if you haven't already - you can download one from the website by clicking on subs/donations, where you can also make a cash donation. In the meantime, here's the first two benefits of the year:
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 13TH, TOTTENHAM CHANCES, 8PM - LATE 399 High Road Tottenham N17 6QN (10 min walk from Seven Sisters tube) Fliss's BirthdayBlues for Reel News! Live music from The Rosinators, Brixton 49ers, the Velvet Underpants with djs Tattoo John, the Nine Stone Cowboy and Mick Vespre, plus more tbc! £3/donation, cheap bar.
SUNDAY APRIL 25TH @ ACOUSTIC INSURGENCY, STOCKWELL The regular monthly night on the last Sunday of every month at the Grosvenor, 17 Sidney Road, London SW9 0TP - Brixton or Stockwell tube, acts tbc.