Workshop

Notes / Description

Asylum: experiences and action

A participatory workshop looking at the experience of seeking asylum and exploring constructive actions we can take.

Asylum: the role play

Positive parenting/ homeschooling

How to protect your child’s rights in an adult centred society and save them from the system

Passifism and conflict resolution

Edinburgh-Chiapas Solidarity Group and Glasgow Zapatista Solidarity

Nukewatch: Tracking and stopping nuclear convoys.

Info on nuclear convoys, how to get more involved in Nukewatch, tracking and NVA against convoys.

Indigenous Sovereigntist struggle in Canada

The genocide against indigenous people of the Americas continues, hidden from the broader world. This presentation focuses on this struggle in British Columbia and particularily the present case of John Graham.

Introduction for activists to Scots law

Covering the basics of subject areas (such as police powers and criminal law) that may be useful to those who will be involved in anti-G8 activity next year

"Resistance to the G8"

Forum to discuss

'anarchist-communism/class struggle anarchism',

The Scots language and its implications for progressive activists

A scots language taster

Indymedia

a short introduction to the alternative news resource and how to contribute

Faslane Peace Camp - Putting a Spanner in the War Machine

Discussion of anti-war direct action in Scotland, facilitated by a resident of Faslane Peace Camp

Love, Sex & Radical Politics

With a focus on relationships, we will explore the connections between the personal and political, from one night stands to global systems of domination and resistance.

What's Wrong with Gender?

Questioning the value of gender, we will talk about the problems with being defined and judged in terms of men vs women and masculine vs feminine.

G8 history and why oppose it

G8 and climate change

G8 War and Oil

consensus/non-hierarchical decision-making

consensus in large groups

how to set up and run legal support teams

staying safe on (mass) actions

G8 and ecological direct action

Climbing

Revolution disguised as gardening

Permaculture: what is it and why growing food is important.

How to use your MSP

The Scottish parliament, how it works and how to get the most from your MSP.

militarism in Scotland

'Fortress Scotland' pamphlet then - a detailed look at most military installations in Scotland.