21st June 2012 What’s On

Friday 22nd June

Discharge with Hated Til Proven and Swinelord
7.30pm Star and Garter, £10 Advance

Robb Johnson with Chris Butler
Queens Head, Belper, Derbyshire
7.30pm £6 on door

Black Star Dub Collective, The Autonomads, The Vermin Suicides and Systematics
Mello Mello, Liverpool
£4 on the door

Monday 25th June

Anarchist Federation Meeting on St Imier

In August 2012 anarchists from all over the world will be gathering in St Imier, Switzerland for a week of events to mark the 140th anniversary of the founding of the Anarchist International- a major split with the authoritarian international of Karl Marx.

This split represents a fundamental divide between those who believe that communism can be imposed from above, and those who believe that we can only have true communism if we have freedom as well. How we get where we want to go is as important as where we want to go.

As part of the process of building up to the summer event, the Anarchist Federation is hosting a series of meetings around the country. The theme of the meetings is the struggle against authoritarianism- from St Imier to today. The following issues will be discussed:

• The background to St Imier and what was involved in the split
• How the struggle against authoritarianism continued in key revolutions such as Russia and Spain
• The debate about human ‘nature’ and why humans do not need authority to flourish
• The role of authoritarian tendencies in struggles today eg the cuts movement, the strikes in the public sector, the student movement and within the anarchist movement itself

7.30pm Kings Arms, Bloom Street, Salford

Tuesday 26th June

Manchester Film Co-operative emergency summit!

After over 4 years Manchester Film Co-operative has hit a cross roads.

The core group of people who have been organising the screenings over the last 4 years are keen to step back and see a new group take over the organising and relaunch the film screenings in a new format in September.

This is an excellent opportunity for a new group of people to revitalise what is already a bit of a Manchester institution, bringing in some new ideas and energy.

A new group of organisers will need to cover areas like programming, sourcing films, working with the Kings Arms, publiclity and thinking about the new format. The existing organisers will still attend and provide support at the outset but would like to see other people giving the co-operative new direction etc.

Please do come along to the emergency summit on Tuesday 26 June if you’re interested in where the film co-operative goes next. If nobody comes to be part of the core group then, well, that’s probably it for the co-operative!

7.45 at the Kings Arms, Bloom Street, Salford

Thursday 28th June

ALL FM Tenth Birthday and Fundraiser
Dislocation Dance, The 99s, The Matt Wolff Band and Denise Morgan
£5.50 on the Door
7.30pm Ruby Lounge

Wednesday 18th July