Festival of Alternatives: Timetable

Events so far - still loads more to come, so keep checking:

The WOMBLES are having a pre-Mayday public meeting.
We will be discussing the WOMBLE 7 trial, what the WOMBLES will be up to this Mayday as well as some legal advice and a look at the Whiteoverall/padded tactic.
There will also be people speaking from the Mayday Collective (including Festival of Alternatives) and many other exciting things.
All are welcome. Please spread the news far and wide.
Love 'n' Rage 'n' all that!
Venue: Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, WC1. Nearest tube: Holborn. 3pm.
why are the Wombles on trial?>>>

Daytime:
Picket for Paul Robinson - 2pm, University College of London, Gower St, WC1.
Paul Robinson was imprisoned in Sweden for 8 months following the EU protests in Gothenberg, in June 2001. His job as a library attendant at UCL was kept open for him during his absence. 2 days after returning to the UK, he was sacked following a disciplinary hearing, for 'gross misconduct'. This decision is thought to be entirely political. Paul's appeal takes place at 2pm - please come along and support him.

Evening:
London-wide Critical Mass bike ride, themed around No Borders, meeting at Waterloo at 6pm.

After: Balkan/Roma gig featuring Tragic Roundabout, ROMANI RAD, Empty Hat Orchestra & Tarot Magik DJs. The starting extravaganza of the Mayday Festival of Alternatives with food, visuals and dancers. Speakers and stalls by refugee support groups welcome (contact nlmaydayfestival@lycos.co.uk).
From 7.30pm till 1pm at Chats Palace, 42-44 Brooksby's Walk, Homerton, E8. Nearest train station: Homerton on Silverlink line (change at Highbury Islington)
Entry: 5 quid/3.50 quid cons (3 quid for Critical Mass peeps)

London Anarchist Forum meeting - 8pm, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1.

Daytime:
Day of workshops and discussions on the theme of social centres, squats & how to set them up. The aim of the day is to transform a disused building into a vibrant social centre, and to learn & share new skills.
Workshops on plumbing, electricity, finding a good building & legal advice. Speakers from London Social Centres Network & Advisory Service for Squatters. There will also be talks from collectives who have set up both permanent & reclaimed social centres. Cleaning & decorating will go on all day, so please come down and lend a hand.

Squat electronics - 10.30am
Get the electricity connected without frying yourself.

Practical Plumbing - 12pm
Hands-on session covering elementary fix-it skills relating to whatever needs doing in the particular reclaimed space we'll be working in.

Lock-changing, securing a building & fire escapes - 1pm

Carpentry - 2pm
Learn to make your own bookshelves, tables etc.

Advisory Service for Squatters talk - 3pm
Help and legal advice for squatters.

London Social Centres Network talk - 5.30pm

The dutch experience of squatting - 7pm
Differences in law, police repression, defence, activist community mobilisation and cultural representation of the scene.

Venue for all of the above social centre workshops: Temporary social centre - phone: 07786 716 335 on Friday 26th April for details.

Workshop: Anarchy, Anarchism and the Anarchists - 2pm
An informal talk on history, anthropology, psychology and ideology with special reference to the movements of the working class and disinherited, plus reflections on the anti-capitalist movement and the future. (Followed by open ended discussion, if so desired).
Venue: Temporary social centre - phone: 07786 716 335 on Friday 26th April for details.

Stalls in Wood Green/leafletting for 'Vote Nobody' anti-election campaign (Haringey Solidarity Group).
Find out more about 'Vote nobody'>>>
Find out more about 'Mayweek in Haringey'>>>

radicalyoga - free yoga classes with opportunities for discussion, practice and meditation. You will be very welcome to participate…wearing loose clothing, bring a happy heart, an empty stomach and an open mind. 3pm-6pm – Diorama One (Movement Room 1st floor), 34 Osnaburgh Street, NW1

Evening:
The Mayfest Village Fayre!
The Fayre for Queers of all Sexualities - 7.30 - 1am
Venue: Chat's Palace, Brooksby's Walk, Homerton E9
Flaming Queers bring you the Mayfest Village Fayre - May Queens, fertility rites and sexy spring abandon! Join us for maypole dancing, apple bobbing, panata smashing, DJs, bawdy Mayfest cabaret and all the fun of the fayre.

Fancy Dress: lusty wenches, willing farm hands, virgins and fair maidens, Green men, village idiots, mayflies, shepherds and other country folk, or just dazzle us with your glamour and escape the small no-costume surcharge!

DJs confirmed: Megabitch, Offshore and SexyRubberSoles
Dancing: join in with maypole dancing, learn to dance the gay gordon. Can you be a caller?
Stalls: apple bobbing, cakes, kissing booth, brantub.
A Benefit to support future LaDiDah productions:
Free before 8pm, £4 concessions, £5 full price, with a £1 surcharge for anyone not making at least a gesture towards fancy dress. Attitude's more important than attire, of course.
For info./to offer a cabaret act: 07949 976 016

Daytime:
Haringey Critical Mass Bike Ride - Meeting 12 Noon at Manor House.
A festive ride reclaiming the streets of Haringey from traffic and pollution, showing how much safer and pleasanter our streets can be. We will be highlighting local road safety campaigns and protesting in support of cycle lanes, bus lanes, free public transport and eco-friendly transport solutions. The ride ends in Chestnuts Park (Black Boy Lane, N15) at 3pm with a picnic and party.
Find out more about 'Mayweek in Haringey'>>>

All welcome - bikes, wheelchairs, pedestrians, skateboards, rollerskates; and anything with wheels and no engine.
Bring music, food, drink, costumes, games, balloons and come and enjoy the ride...

Women's Football Skills workshop - meet 12pm Clissold Park, Stoke Newington. (bottom side of park, near lake, behind tennis courts. A chance to brush up on tackling, headers etc for the Looney Left footie tournament on Sunday 5th May.

New Cross & Deptford Radical History Walk — from the peasants revolt to punk rock!
Meet New Cross Gate tube 3.00pm.
This corner of south-east London has a rich revolutionary history. Home turf of pioneering punk band Alternative TV, its past spans the peasants revolt, anti-fascist riots and the New Cross fire campaign that signalled the uprisings of 1981. And "The Red Flag" - originally written to honour the Haymarket martyrs - was written in New Cross Gate!
Peasants revolt 1381 -
Cornish uprising 1487-
Christopher Marlowe 1593 -
demonic possession in Deptford 1684 -
Deptford Bread Riot 1867 -
New Cross 'bomb outrage' 1884 -
Gas workers strike 1889 -
General Strike 1926 -
V2 attack 1944 -
Malcolm McClaren and the Goldsmiths Free Festival 1969 -
Jah Shaka and the Moonlight Club 1970s -
anti-National Front march 1977 -
Alternative TV and Deptford punk 1977 -
New Cross Fire 1981 - Slavery, Slaughteryard and Shipbuilding and more...

Indymedia Event - 2-5pm
Venue: Rio Cinema, 107 Kingsland High St, Dalston, E8. Tel 0207 241 9410
featuring: (times are approximate)

2pm Globalisation and the Media - Undercurrents 2001 - 40 mins -
This documentary explores the role of the media in this corporate led take over of the Planets natural resources. It explores how the media is involved in shaping public opinion during the ‘War on Terrorism’ - and offers a wide range of viewpoints from broadcasters, journalists, computer hackers, media activists, and news editors. It also investigate the bias of Television news during the protest blockades of the IMF and the G8 summits. From Nigeria to Britain the film reports on the violent suppression of alternative media and how new technology, such as the internet and camcorders, is challenging the role of the traditional news gatherer.

Includes Interviews with:
Chris Cramer- President CNN International news
George Monbiot- Investigative reporter
Katharine Ainger- Editor New Internationalist
Mark Covell + others - Indymedia network
Sonali Fernadez- Media Workers against the War
Danny Schecter- Director Mediachannel.org
Emmanuel Goldstein – Editor of 2600 The Hackers Quarterly
Amy Goodman- Producer Democracy Now in Exile

3pm Genoa Zona Rossa - IMC Global Mix - World Premiere - indymedia 2001 - 80 mins -
The 2001 G8 protests in Genoa Italy flashed across television screens worldwide - 300,000 people taking to the streets, the shooting dead of protestor Carlo Guiliani, the unseen levels of violence and police brutality culminating in the bloody attack of sleeping protestors at the Diaz school during the midnight raids on the Genoa Social Forum and Indymedia Italia. This film pulls together over 200 hours of footage shot by around 50 alternative media camera crews (individuals and collectives), to put the shocking events into their true context.

At the same time inspirational and shocking, the film deals with the background and preparations for the protests from the repressive security arrangements to the opening of alternative spaces, through the several days of demonstrations where various themes are explored, from the political issues to street tactics.

Over 20 films have now been made about the protests, but no single portrayal can do justice to the complexity and confusion that reigned in Italy during the 'genoa days'. This film will give the viewer a taste of the joy and sorrow experienced during those days, but it is also an ongoing story - and includes the struggle for justice in Italy as enquiries and prosecutions continue to send shockwaves throughout the political spectrum - while across the world, following the September 11th attacks in America, social movements and anti-globalisation protestors face an increasing level of repression as governments seek to criminalise dissent and widen the definitions of 'terrorism'.

5pm IMC Argentina Film - about the recent crisis - from the start - subtitled eng - - 30 mins
With time for discussion between each film.
£5 entry

London Reclaim the Streets will host a 'Free Market' - 10 to 4pm
Running up to Mayday, it will be a practical alternative to the apparently never-ending, sad story of our throwaway society. The idea is simple: we can create a thriving market without money! Come and have a look for something you want and then take it for free. And you are most welcome to donate and bring along anything that's cluttering up your closet, whether its books, clothes, music, board games. Just leave your wallet at home! 'Free Markets' are common for example in Argentina where the current crisis has deprived so many who through the collective and cooperative exchange markets have found new ways of getting their basic needs: even hair dressers or tailors are common on such exchange markets!
London Reclaim the Streets: 020 7281 4621; email: rts@gn.apc.org; http://www.reclaimthestreets.net
Venue: London Action Resource Centre: 62 Fieldgate St., corner of Parfett St.,
London E1.
LARC Tel: 020 7377 9088
LARC Email: fieldgate@gn.apc.org

Workshops - A series of workshops with a focus on useful skills for mass actions:
Legal workshop on 'dealing with public order situations', including 'Section 60'. Essential if you're going to Mayday. (2 1-hour workshops from 2-3pm and 5-6pm).
Medical workshop: 2-5pm 'First Aid on demonstrations'. (3 one-hour basic first aid sessions from 2-3pm, 3-4pm, 4-5pm).
Banner-making workshop - 12pm onwards

Circus skills workshops - come along & join the 'Anarchist Travelling Circus'
Juggling & juggling-ball making - 11am - make your own juggling balls & learn to use them.
Poi Spinning & poi-making - 1pm
Marching band - 3pm - bring a drum, tambourine, flute, trumpet, rice shaker or other portable instrument.

'Gender & women-only spaces' - all genders are welcome. 4pm.

'The War on Terrorism' - discussion hosted by Anarchist Youth Network- 6pm

Venue for all of the above workshops: Social Centre - phone: 07786 716 335 on Friday 26th April for details of venue.

Evening:
Café in Social Centre - phone: 07786 716 335 on Friday 26th April for details of venue.

Daytime:
Beginning of week-long WOMBLES Trial, Horseferry Road - demo outside with 'We are all Wombles' theme. Wear a white overall.
Why are the Wombles on trial?>>>

Margaret Jones completes her sponsored walk for peace at 10 Downing Street, 11am, where she arrives with 'a letter addressed to Blair, Bradshaw, Straw, and all the other Blur Blah Blah bullshit quisling sellouts'.

On April 21, Margaret Jones begins a sponsored walk from Bristol to london to raise money for two Palestinian clinics - Al-Awda Hospital in Gaza, and the Centre for Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture, in Ramallah.

The 120-mile walk concludes on April 29th at 10 Downing Street, to mark the vote of the British War Cabinet in 1917 that supported Foreign Minister Arthur Balfour in his colonialist move to give away Arab lands in Palestine to Jewish settlers, without the consent of the people already living there. 'Successive British governments, in their support for US policies uncritical of Israel's human rights violations, are directly responsible for the horrors currently endured by the Palestinian people.' she says.

Banner-making workshop - 12pm onwards.
Self-defense - 2pm
Costume-making - 3pm onwards. Make a carnival costume for Mayday - bring material, sequins, ribbons, glitter etc.
Venue: Social Centre - phone: 07786 716 335 on Friday 26th April for details of venue.

Evening:
Palestine - a talk from women who have been to Palestine as part of a 'human shield' international peace mission. - 7pm
Venue: Social Centre - phone: 07786 716 335 on Friday 26th April for details of venue.

Choke On It! Action organised by M'AM (movement Against the Monarchy), against dinner by the 5 living Prime Ministers and the Queen. Downing Street - 6pm.

followed by:
M'AM film showing of: "an anti royal documentary that was screened on Channel 4 two years ago that we helped to make. The producer will be there to talk/answer questions and talk about the forthcoming anti Jubilee film we're making."
Venue: Social Centre - phone: 07786 716 335 on Friday 26th April for details of venue.
9pm.

Daytime:
Making Websites Easy-Peasy - 11am - 2 hours
How to guide to making a website for campaigns, protests or just news and comment. You don't need your own computer, expensive software or years of computer training. This will help you make a site, publicity, images, domain names, email and all the other stuff you need to know. Recomended for beginners to the internet as well as those who know a little more. A Hand-out with all the info provided.
Venue: tba
Run by media activists group Pop Star Liberation Front: http://www.popstarliberationfront.org

Workshop: Outlaw Women - 1pm
From the Chinese straits, Mediterranian, Atlantic and Caribbean, to the streets of Philly, Bonn, Delhi and London, this workshop charts the rise and fall of gender-bending pirates, radical black eco-warriors, gun slinging bandit queens, freedom fighters and beatnik bomb girls - critically.
Venue: Social Centre - phone: 07786 716 335 on Friday 26th April for details of venue.

Post-revolution and post-capitalist visions - 4pm
An brief history of counter-revolution and insurrectionary failures; including 1930s Spain, France 1968, English Civil war and beyond, followed by group discussion amd simulated scenario outlines, focusing on post-capitalist social organisation, culture, and the shape and scope of counter-revolutionary elements; How could we be recuperated?What will we do about police, paedophilia, politicians with secret weapon stockpiles, us with weapons stockpiles?, food production, industry, work, religion. Could it happen here? And what would it look like if it did? If we cannot make it here, where will it smoulder first? What about the concept of an anarchist Permanent Revolution?
Venue: Social Centre - phone: 07786 716 335 on Friday 26th April for details of venue.

London Reclaim the Streets will host a 'Free Market' - 4 to 8pm
Running up to Mayday, it will be a practical alternative to the apparently never-ending, sad story of our throwaway society. The idea is simple: we can create a thriving market without money! Come and have a look for something you want and then take it for free. And you are most welcome to donate and bring along anything that's cluttering up your closet, whether its books, clothes, music, board games. Just leave your wallet at home! 'Free Markets' are common for example in Argentina where the current crisis has deprived so many who through the collective and cooperative exchange markets have found new ways of getting their basic needs: even hair dressers or tailors are common on such exchange markets!
London Reclaim the Streets: 020 7281 4621; email: rts@gn.apc.org; http://www.reclaimthestreets.net
Venue: London Action Resource Centre: 62 Fieldgate St., corner of Parfett St.,
London E1.
LARC Tel: 020 7377 9088
LARC Email: fieldgate@gn.apc.org

Evening:
Why is Hackney up for Sale?
Come to an open meeting of the Hackney NOT 4 Sale group for a discussion on how Hackney got into the mess it is in and what alternatives there are for the future.
7pm at The Old Firestation, Corner of Brooke Road and Leswin Road, Stoke Newington, N16

Talk from Ex-Black Panther, Robert King Wilkerson. 7pm. Venue tba.
Robert King Wilkerson was held in solitary confinement in Angola maximum security prison, Louisiana, for 27 years for a crime he didn't commit. He was framed because of his political organising at the prison as a member of the Black Panther party. Released in February 2001 after a long campaign, he's now spending his time doing speaking tours around the world to raise awareness of the brutality, corruption, racism and injustice of the Louisiana criminal justice system. His co-accused, Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace, are still in prison and entering their thirtieth year of solitary confinement.

Protest against Channel Four's censorship of 'Injustice' - 9.00pm
Injustice is a radical feature length film about the struggles for justice by the families of people that have died in police custody. On its release a year ago the police tried to censor the film by threatening cinemas. Months of fighting, by the film makers & families in the film, ended in victory with the police backing off and the film on release in cinemas across the UK & internationally. But Channel Four still refuse to broadcast the film because they won't take on the Police Federation. C4 are not only banning the film they are telling the police 'It's ok to kill, we won't turn our cameras on you'. Protest against the ban - since C4 won't screen Injustice then we are going to screen it on C4!

Organised by 'Friends of Injustice' as part of the Mayday Festival of Alternatives.
Venue: Channel Four Television, 124 Horseferry Road, London, SW1P. Tube:
St. James Park.
For full details see: http://www.injusticefilm.org.uk

Daytime:
7.30am - Critical Mass
South Ride - Camberwell Green
North Ride - Camden Town Tube
Ride For Your Life!
Calling all bikes, skates, boards, wheelchairs, and anything on wheels with no engine…
see critical mass page for more details>>>

9am - B.A.R.F. (Breakfast Against Routine Fit-ups): W.O.M.B.L.E.S. Protest
A demonstration of solidarity outside the trial of the Womble 7. Wear white overalls.
Don't let the Wombles fight alone.
Horseferry Road Magistrates Court, London SW1. (nearest tubes: Victoria, Westminter).
see Autonomous Actions page for more details>>>
see Womble 7 page to find out about the trial>>>

12pm - Mayday Mayhem Against The Fur Trade.
London Animal Action protest against Phillip Hockley Furs, 20 Conduit Street, W1 (off Regent Street).
see Autonomous Actions page for more details>>>

12pm - Trade Unions March
Held every year, this traditional march starts from Clerkenwell Green.
See: http://www.glatuc.org.uk/mayday.html for details.

1pm - Mass Action: Mayday in Mayfair
Mayday in Mayfair will be a fluid, spontaneous and exciting return to the Mayfayre, happening everywhere at once, without a fixed starting point or finish. Four separate but intertwined elements of Ye Olde May Day will take place. These are: The Travelling Circus, Carniball, Wake for Capitalism and Critical Mass.
see 'Mayday in Mayfair' page for more details>>>

5pm - Soho Carnival Parade - Mayday Event called by Sex Workers Pride
Supported by International Union of Sex Workers and GMB London No.1 Region.
Assemble: 5pm Old Compton St., London W1
see Autonomous Actions page for more details>>>

Go to 'Mayday in Mayfair' page>>>
Go to 'Mayday Autonomous Actions' page>>>

Evening:
Comedy and Magic night.
featuring; Rob Newman, Ian Cognito, Smile & Subvert and Tony Allen (compere).
a mad bad bunch of anarchist comix to help relieve the stress of the day!
With Vegan food available from the Emmaz cafe crew.
Venue: Chats Palace, 42 Brooksby's Walk, Homerton, E8. Nearest train station: Homerton on Silverlink line.
£3.99 / £2.99 concs entry. (A benefit for Our Mayday)

The Documentary Filmmakers Group is hosting a special event for Mayday.
The evening will include screenings of activist video shot earlier in the day as well as completed Direct Action documentaries. This will all be followed by a panel discussion with speakers from Media Workers Against War, Undercurrents and Indymedia.
£3 on the door
7:00pm - Late
Arrive early for seats (120 seater cinema)
Venue: London Film School, 24 Shelton Street (nearest tube Covent Garden)
more details at: http://www.dfglondon.com

Daytime:
Council Elections - 'Vote For Nobody' campaign.
Find out more about 'Vote nobody>>>

'Health & healing' day
Central to Anarchism is the belief in self-empowerment and the notion that we, the community, should control our lives as much as we possibly can. One way we can do this is through looking after both our own health and that of the wider community. We are holding an alternative health and healing day in order to learn more about how our bodies work, their relationship with the earth, and how we can help one another in the community to cut out the state (doctors) and capital (pharmaceuticals) as much as we can.

The day will feature: Shiatsu workshop, massage, herbal treatments, Yoga, discussion on mental health. A chance to relax and unwind after the stresses and strains of Mayday, and try out alternative health treatments for free.
Venue : London Action Resource Centre, 62 Fieldgate Street, E1.
Details below (further details tba):

Sports massage - 5pm

radicalyoga - free yoga classes with opportunities for discussion, practice and meditation. You will be very welcome to participate…wearing loose clothing, bring a happy heart, an empty stomach and an open mind. 4:30pm-7pm – London Action Resource Centre, 62 Fieldgate Street, E1

Evening:
Films: Showing of a documentary film (Spanish, no subtitles) of the SINTRAEMCALI trade union occupation of the Emcali tower in Cali, Columbia. On Christmas Day last year, 800 workers occupied the nerve-centre of the state-owned municapal company which runs water, electricity and telecoms, for over three weeks,and won their fight to stop essential resources being privatised. A talk by Carlos Gonzales, member of Sintraemcali and participant in the occupation plus a member of the Colombia Solidarity Campaign, follows.

followed by:
The destruction of Tabaco: This Spanish language film is made up of simple and shocking footage of the destruction of a small farming village in Colombia by employees of Intercor, a coal mining company then owned 100% by Exxon, the largest energy company on Earth.

The residents of Tabaco - mostly of African and Indigenous descent - were facing relocation so that the coal strip mine of El Cerrejon Norte in the northern Colombian province of La Guajira could expand. They demanded a decent resettlement arrangement so that the whole community could stay together, move to a new site and carry on farming.

Intercor claimed it couldn't afford to meet the community's demands and told the people to leave. They stayed. So Intercor employees came to the village on August 9th last year with bulldozers, accompanied by 200 armed police and 500 soldiers, to confront 100 unarmed villagers and destroy their homes. The film shows the preparations for destruction, the efforts of the community's lawyer, Armando Perez, to get a local judge to call off the operations, and the aftermath of the demolitions. There are interviews with some of the residents.

It is a roughly produced film and won't make the cinema. It never made the news either. Even some progressive publications in Britain refused to cover it because there were not enough victims to make it newsworthy. So the campesinos and their Indigenous cousins in this forgotten corner of a forgotten country can be shafted by the world's leading energy company because their injuries weren't bad enough and none of them got killed that day - despite houses being demolished with people still in them.

Now the mine has been bought out by companies based in London. Come and see
what they are profiting from. Afterwards you might wish to be in touch with them....

Venue: The Union Tavern, Camberwell New Rd, nearest tube Oval or BR Vauxhall, in the luvly back room called The Latin Palace.

Daytime:
Campaign Against The Arms Trade: Protest ouside BAE Systems AGM
Venue: QE2 Conference Centre, SW1
Morning: time tba
BAE Systems, the world's largest arms company are holding their AGM on 3rd May. BAE are notorious in
their disregard of human rights and regularly sell arms and equipment that is used in repression and
conflict around the world. Come and disrupt the people who fuel and profit from conflict around the world.
contact for protest: action@caat.demon.co.uk
http://www.caat.org.uk
http://www.baesystems.com

Prisoner Resistance! - 11am.
Introduction to the UK prison system, reform, revolt and how life has changed for prisoners over the years. The Parkhurst riots (1969), Grisley Risley victory (1989) and Strangeways uprising (1990) plus the shape of future resistance (i.e Detention centre uprisings Yarl's Wood,UK and Woomera, Australia) are all explored and their origins and impact on prison life evaluated.
Venue: tba

MILLION MIND MARCH
Serving Notice to Quit - St Paul’s Cathedral, London - 12pm
Meet at Monument to proceed via the London Stone to the Stone circle atop Ludgate Hill whereupon ‘Notice to Quit’ will be served on the Bishop of London to vacate the carbuncle known as St Paul’s Cathedral by June 3rd to enable its demolition in accordance with good healthy and safety practice.
Reclaim The Stones.

We invite u to join us in an experiment to use our collective psychic powers to take the cathedral back in time to that of the Fire of London. All the while, simultaneosly, taking it forward into the future. Then the ancient Stone Circle atop Ludgate Hill will reappear, where we will issue a Decleration of Independence from Great Britain.

To help us we shall be resurrecting the dead to raise generations of rebels - from Sylvia Pankhurst to Boadicca, from Watt Tyler to Paul Cuffee - and, of course, thousands and thousands of unknown rebels whose names were never recorded in the history books of the bourgeoisie.
Join us and BRING YOUR ANCESTORS - YOU KNOW IT MAKES SENSE

Rising Tide: Workshop on Climate Change - 2pm
We know climate change is happening, so it’s time to take action for climate justice!
Rising Tide UK is a new rapidly growing grassroots network. It supports community initiatives and local protest against climate change, and for climate justice. It’s also a part of the international Rising Tide network.
For more info see: http://www.risingtide.org.uk
Venue: London Action Resource Centre, 62 Fieldgate Street, E1

Workshop/discussion: Feminism 101 - an introduction to feminist arguments for men. time & venue tbc.

Evening:
West London Anarchist & Radical History Walk in Hammersmith
William Morris's connections with Hammersmith are well known, but but there is much more to our radical history than just Morris. Join us for a tour through the past finishing with a drink at one (or more) of Hammersmith's finest pubs. Children welcome.
Meet at Hammersmith Tube, Hammersmith & City Line, 6.15pm.

Late night films at the Rio Cinema, 107 Kingsland High St, Dalston. E8 Tel 0207 241 9410
11.15 pm - Black Box BRD (Black Box Germany) Dir Andres Veiel - 2001
Black Box Germany is a powerful documentary film by the award-winning director Andres Veiel. It steps back into German history and portrays the Federal Republic of Germany during the 70s and 80s. The country is polarized due to the power struggle of the German state and the "Red Army Faction", and thus on a constant brink of civil war. Society is torn; the fronts are irreconcilable.
The life stories of both Wolfgang Grams and Alfred Herrhausen are linked to this era, though in a tragic way. Grams is the one who takes up arms for moral rigor; Herrhausen however seizes power and dies in power. Their curricula vitae lead through the enemy camps of the Federal Republic, through opposing worlds that have had no dialogue and incomprehensible to each other until now. The fight is over, but the wounds are still open.
The film, reconstruction of a true story, has won acclaim in Germany since its release this summer.

followed by:
Asurot (Detained) - Dir Anat Even and Ada Ushpiz - 2001.
Three Palestinian widows, live with their 11 children in a house in Hebron that lies on the border; the front is under Israeli occupation, the Palestinian authority controls the back. At the entrance to the house a military post, on the roof the Israeli army has placed a watch point over Palestinian Hebron. Three women, trapped in the middle, constantly surrounded by Israeli soldiers, carry on their difficult lives in a perverse situation: the occupation becomes a routine. This is the story of an occupation that extends to the house. This is an internal prison, the external one is the ongoing occupation. As Israeli Women directors, tired of the cumulative effects of oppression in the occupied territories in our own society, we wished to present the arbitrariness of the occupation as seen via the barred windows of an occupied house, in order to show the thin line between a smile and a gun shot.

Daytime:
"Jayday" Legalise Cannabis day in Brockwell Park - visit the Schnews marquee, Indymedia marquee, and Mayday marquee for infostalls, vegan food, music & movie projections.

‘Urban redecoration’ - details tba.

Evening:
A political punk rock event
featuring; Seein Red (legendary Dutch Hard core lefties of the DIY scene), Whizzwood (Singalong angry punk stuff with humour from Hull), Shakari (Noisey kids of Holland), Freaks Union (more Hull based punk rock that rips and swings!), Scalplock (Londons grindcoredoomnoisemerchants).
£4 in 4 all!
An Active Event, Benefit for Emmaz Social Centre.
With Vegan food available from the Emmaz cafe crew.
Venue: Chats Palace, 44 Brooksby's Walk, Homerton, E5 Tel 0208 533 0227

Daytime:
Looney Left Mayday Footie Tournament & 'Hackney Not 4 Sale' Picnic 2002:
'Hackney Not 4 Sale' Picnic
This year’s Radical Picnic is to take place in Clissold park, Stoke Newington, Hackney, from 12 noon onwards.

Hackney NOT 4 Sale are putting out a big shout for people to bring along; loads of food to share, theirs and other peoples kids, friends and parents, so that we can all take part in a big radical picnic alongside the Looney Left Football tournament that is taking place there on the same day as part of the Mayday Festival of Alternatives.

Who are Hackney NOT 4 Sale?
HN4S are a small group of people who live and/or work in Hackney. Many of us have been involved in grassroots politics and community campaigns in Hackney for many years, though we have no political party affiliations. The group formed last summer after squatting a council owned shop and turning it into a spoof Nelson Bakewell estate agent “selling off community property to the rich and powerful”. Over 50 buildings were shown to be in danger of having funding cut or being sold off by Hackney council. We have since called for protests both inside and outside auctions, as well as joining with striking council workers and worked with other community groups resisting the cuts and sell offs in Hackney. We also produce a free newsletter as well as an email information list in order to get information out to as many people as possible around Hackney and beyond.

So back to the picnic...
Clissold Park has been on the receiving end of various attacks including the recent closure of it’s café, bowling green and the children’s paddling pool. In the past year park workers borough-wide have also suffered cuts in pay and conditions. As if that was not enough, Clissold Park’s much needed and much loved 1 o’clock club, used by parents, carers and children, is now fighting closure (along with all the other 1 o’clock clubs) in the borough, and there are still threats to the popular deer enclosure. Clissold Park is an example of what is happening to community resources all over Hackney and in many cases beyond.

It is for these reasons that Hackney NOT 4 Sale will be at the picnic on 5th May with more information about the closure and selling off of other community resources and other threats such as privatisation and gentrification in and around Hackney. We will also have ideas for what people can do to resist these threats both here and elsewhere. Why not bring along campaign stalls or displays that you might have, as well as any practical information and creative ideas for social centres, workers co-ops, community gardens etc…

We are also hoping to encourage the local 'talent' (that hopefully includes you!); comedians, musicians, magicians, jugglers, hip-hop, poets… to come along and entertain us and each other. There will also be workshops and games for kids including samba instrument workshops and puppet making. This as well as a seed give away and an alternative health area with information on alternative therapies such as herbal medicine, homeopathy etc.

For more info, ideas and offers of entertainment please email: hackneyNOT4sale@yahoo.com or call: 07950 539 254

Looney Left Mayday Footie Tournament - 2002
Calling all footie Loons. Great footballing events do not rely on great footballers, this is the Looney Left ethos. In fact the Loonier you are the more we reclaim the game from the corporations who dominate what has now become a multi-million pound industry. We want to make this event a class act where we organise our own games, which are inclusive and fun, on a day of historical significance. We want to create an autonomous football space where we are uncontainable, uncheckable and uncontrollable. So if you agree with most of the above put in a team, or just turn up for a game, also kids game and if you’d rather try a non-competitive version of the game dreamt up by some other Looney, then join in the 3 sided footie event and put it to the test. With enough people a mass game is planned, so bring your own football. There will be other festivities at the venue including music and picnic, but bring along your own contributions, food, music, games etc.

Venue: Clissold Park, Stoke Newington.
Kick off for main tournament: 12pm
3 sided event: whenever we feel like it!
Kids game: before tounament final

Very few women have participated in the tournament in recent years, this year we are trying to put in a women's team, it doesn’t matter if you don’t play regularly, get involved and experience playing with other women!

There will also be the Looney Left World Cup / Jubilee Tournament in early June. Date yet to be confirmed.

Mayday Tournament teams need to send £20 to Looney Left Collective c/o PO Box 32, 136 Kingsland High St., Dalston, E8. Cheques payable to ‘Between the Lines’, or send £30 to enter both the May and June tournaments. Money goes to covering costs, goals, printing etc. You should also send in team names, shirt colours and team contact no.
For queries & futher info. Email: looneyleftcollective@hotmail.com or ring 07786 720 146
to read about the radical history of football, go to the Carniball page>>>

Evening:
Introduction to D10 and anti-Militarist direct action - 7pm
D10 is a anti militarist group made up of a diverse collection of autonomous activists from many different backgrounds. We have chosen to define ourselves by our actions. Recent actions have included blockades at Northwood and throwing paint bombs at a military presentation. This workshop explains the philosophy behind D10, lends insight into anti-militarist action in the UK and offers people a chance to get involved.
Venue: tba

Bass-heavy punky reggae bash with the Restarts, Nomadix Roots, One Style + DJ Dave (Zion Train). The return of the local punk & roots warriors.
8pm till 2am at Arsenal Tavern, 175 Blackstock Road, N4 (Arsenal, Finsbury Park tubes.)
Entry: 5 quid/3.50 quid
Contact for gig: nlmaydayfestival@lycos.co.uk

Daytime:
Anarchist Bookfair - 10am to 5pm
with stalls from Active Distribution, Ak Press, Anarchist Federation, Haven Distribution, Freedom Press, London Animal Action., H.S.G., Stair, and many more.
Get the latest books, magazines, leaflts, t-shirts, badges, videos, posters etc.
With Vegan food available from the Emmaz cafe crew.
Venue: The Exchange Community Centre, Sebbon Street, Islington, N1. (off Upper Street, behind Islington Town Hall). Nearest tube: Highbury & Islington.
If you would like a stall at the bookfair please email: festivalofalternatives@yahoo.com

Workshop: Food Autonomy - 4pm.
A one to one-and-a-half hour talk plus gorgeous slide show featuring images of diverse agriculture and grass roots resistance to corporate control of the food chain. Workshop also includes updates from the Resistance is Fertile (www.resistanceisfertile.com/english/) actions in Den Haag April 8 - 19 against the Sixth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (phew! - aka Cop6) which looks at the commodification and privatisation of 'genetic resources'- plants, ecosystems, land, agriculture, and knowledge.
Venue: London Action Resource Centre, 62 Fieldgate Street, E1 (corner of Fieldgate St & Parfett St). Nearest tube: Aldgate East or Whitechapel.

Haringay: Mayday at the Markfield: A celebration of independence and interdependence of our communities, (Speak outs, festive stuff, discussions, videos, displays) at the Markfield Project, Tottenham.
Find out more about 'Mayweek in Haringey'>>>

Evening:
Film: Incitement to riot - 6pm; followed by a followed by a discussion about how police tactics during public order situations have changed over the past few decades.
"Incitement To Riot" is an hour long video that does just what it says on the box! Packed with footage from all the best riots of the past, and a hard hitting soundtrack, from Gil Scott Heron to Conflict!
followed by:
Film: New Kids on the Black Block.
Venue: London Action Resource Centre, 62 Fieldgate Street, E1 (corner of Fieldgate St & Parfett St). Nearest tube: Aldgate East or Whitechapel.

Simon Jones Campaign: talk & film - 8pm. venue & details tba.

Vote For Nobody Campaign
Leafleting and campaigning using the Vote For Nobody idea, against the Council Elections on Thursday 2nd May.
more about 'Vote nobody'>>>

WOMBLES on trial - the Womble 7 are on trial from Monday 29th April - Friday 3rd May, at Horseferry Rd Magistrates Court, SW1. There will be demos outside the court all week. Please come down and show your support for their fight against political repression.
more about the Wombles trial>>>

A temporary week-long Social Centre, with Infoshop, workshops, discussions, vegan cafe, art exhibition, film showings. Phone: 07786 716 335 on Friday 26th April for details of venue.
more about Social Centres>>>

Mayweek in Haringey
People associated with Haringey Solidarity Group are organising local events around the time of Mayday - from Friday April 26th to Tuesday May 7th - to communicate the fact that there is a radical and realistic anti-capitalist/anti-authoritarian alternative to the current system.
more about 'Mayweek in Haringey'>>>

More workshops and events are planned for the Mayday Festival of Alternatives. Keep checking this timetable for updates.