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Protest against Edinburgh City Council's funding cuts
About seventy people attended the Edinburgh City Council meeting on Thursday 18th Dec 2008 in protest of the unfair distribution of the ”Fairer Scotland Fund", which would hit Edinburgh's most deprived area hardest, relative to previous regeneration funding. A banner was dropped and calls were made for Elaine Morris, the incompetent representative for the Forth area and chair of the finance meeting, to resign.
Amongst the groups and initiatives threatened with closure are new buildings costing millions - which are now left with no funding to staff and open the resources to the public.
However, 1.8m of the money allocated to Edinburgh under the grant scheme is still unaccounted for. Yet seventeen projects in the North Edinburgh area from Youth Groups to Elderly Project to Anti-racist initiatives and support networks for abused women are now threatened with closure.
Coal rail terminal shut down by local residents and Climate campaigners
On Monday thirty campaigners from Coal Action Scotland together with local residents peacefully blockaded the entrance to the Scottish Coal-operated Ravenstruther coal rail terminal in South Lanarkshire. Having stopped its reopening after the weekend, the action prevented the delivery of thousands of tonnes of coal to power stations across Scotland.
200 attend Wednesday's Greek solidarity march in Edinburgh
On Wednesday 10th, over two hundred people attended a march through Edinburgh city centre, in a vibrant protest against the murder of 16 year old Alexis Grigoropoulos.
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Anti-Militarist Gathering, 29th & 30th Nov, details and agenda call-out
ANTI-MILITARIST GATHERING – 29th & 30th NOVEMBER – EDINBURGH
The end of November will see anti-war, anti-militarist and peace activists from across the UK and beyond meet in Edinburgh. In these times of instability, it is vital that resistance to war and the military is as strong as possible. Edinburgh Anti-Militarists has spent over a month inviting a diverse range of groups and campaigns from across the anti-war movement past and present to come and discuss where the anti-war movement is, where it should be going, and how we’re going to get there.
ID Cards, Non-EU Students, and Seeds of Resistance at Edinburgh Universtiy
ID Cards, Non-EU Students and the Seeds of Resistance: a look at the Governments plans to bring in ID cards for non-EU students and what is being done about it.
Dual Anti-Racism Demonstrations In Glasgow
Glasgow Anarchists call on all to attend twin demonstrations in Glasgow.
- Tuesday 25th November - Defy the introduction of ID Cards, outside Brand Street Immigration Centre at 12:00 noon.
- Saturday 29th November - Anti-Rascism and Fascism Demo, St Andrew off the Square 10:00a.m.
Edinburgh city finance committee disrupted
Members of the community group Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty disrupted the Finance and Resources Committee meeting at the City Chambers on Tuesday 11th November, after the committee agreed to the second phase of the aggressive collection of council tax arrears, which the group argue is unjust. Angry protests from the public benches forced the Councillors to temporarily abandon the City of Edinburgh Council meeting.
