[Imc-cambridge] Fwd: Re: imc at esf

[levin at riseup.net]

A forward for those not on the network list....

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Hi anna,

dave here - hey would be great if you would come :)

yep lot's to do - we will send out infos next week we promise ;)
including to imc - europe list

plus a feature on the esf / autonomous esf which we will ask
imc's around europe to put on their frontpages.

imc folks in london have some capacity for indy people to stay with them
in their homes, but not that many people...
(we will prioritise indy folks from outside of the UK, as uk imc'istas
should
be able to arrange places with their own contacts).

yes there will also be communal spaces for people to stay in but no details
until much closer to the time

re creche - there is no space for a creche at the camden centre where we
will
house the main indy co-ordination - however there may be one at Conway Hall
which is a few tube stops away.

there will also be some imc facilities and media stuff in another location,

this may
have a creche.

you're right this is something we need to work on more.

yes of course london is expensive :) there is still an ongoing negotiation 
from the
ESF and GLA about getting free travelcards if people buy tickets for the 
actual
official ESF - but we do not know when this will be finaly decided.

A bus pass is £2.50 per day by the way (we'll sort all this kind of info
soon)

How much money to survive in london....?? well of course it depends - there

should
be several spaces to get cheap food. I reckon £10 per day would be enough, 
though
that's not including beers.

things are being discussed on this uk network email list
but we really need to get going now on the co-ordination.
http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/listinfo/imc-uk-network

and there is some info on the uk wiki at:
http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Local/UkImcEsf
(but this needs updating)

Yep would be good for some people to come over a bit earlier, like a few
days
before, to help with final co-ordination, getting computers ready and
helping
other spaces sort out their facilities - more to follow on this :)

hope thats helps :)

ciao,
dave

ps below are some paragraphs about some of the autonomous spaces for the
esf
this is not agreed text so don't use it for anything yet - a proper text 
will be confirmed
on monday

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Call for Autonomous Spaces During the ESF in London, 13-17th October 2004.

We are a loose network of individuals, groups, organisations and grass 
roots communities and who act, think and struggle for another world beyond 
capitalism. We want to create open spaces for networking, exchanges, 
celebration,thinking, and action. We believe our ways of organising and 
acting should reflect our political visions, and are united in standing for

grassroots self-organisation, horizontality, for diversity and inclusion, 
for direct democracy, and collective decision making based upon consensus.

We do not have, nor represent, one single unified position on the ESF.

We are however, all united in the knowledge of the ESF UK organising 
process as un-transparent, non-participatory, and exclusionary. The UK ESF 
organising process has essentially been controlled by the hierarchical and 
authoritarian Socialist Workers Party, Socialist Action, and through the 
central involvement of Mayor Ken Livingstone's Greater London Authority. 
Because the organising process and methodology both in the UK and at the 
European level has not reflected the values and charters which the ESF 
aspires to, the ESF process is politically bankrupt.

Some of us believe that it is possible to rebuild the ESF to make it closer

to the ideals it claims, others believe this is simply not possible. Some 
of us wish to go further and say that the entire basis of the ESF is 
fundamentally illegitimate, that it only represents a space for the 
co-option of struggles, and that as such, it should be opposed. We all 
however are united in our diversity and in our desire to act together in 
ways that respect these differences.

- we invite you to join us...

Following an international autonomous spaces meeting in Berlin in June, 
where 70 individuals from 45 groups and networks came together, discussions

and planning has continued in London. There are now several self organised 
and autonomous spaces under construction - they range from legally hired 
venues to squatted social centres.

An alternative programme of events will cover areas such as precarious 
work(ers), asylum and migrant issues, community organising, anti-war 
campaigns, environment, gender issues, alternative media, and technologies 
of control - from copyright to biometric ID cards, the the G8 - which comes

to the UK next year in 2005, and more... There will be film screenings, 
alternative media centres, street theatre, parties, creative actions and 
protests...

We invite you to participate in the autonomous spaces, to help shape them, 
to organise workshops, discussions, creative interventions, and practical 
alternatives.

See www.altspaces.net

To get involved contact: autospace at yahoo.co.uk

See you in London!

Unofficial "open" esf website: http://esf2004.net (see "Parallel Projects")

Official ESF website: http://www.fse-esf.org


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Spaces and Initiatives
All invite participation and proposals for events

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BEYOND ESF - Wednesday 13th - Sunday 17th October

We want to continue the radicalisation that we have seen during the recent 
mobilisations against the WTO, G8, IMF and World Bank summits through 
BEYOND ESF - a self-organised, radically different space. We invite 
participation in discussion and direct action around specific themes: 
surveillance & control : social centres : precarious work : no borders : 
zapatismo : G8 Scotland 2005. BEYOND ESF will be based at a large legal 
venue, with provision for cheap food, meeting space, indymedia and alt 
media facilities, and evening entertainment (*also possible simultaneous 
translation).

For more information: www.wombles.org.uk/auto
Contact: wombles at hushmail.com

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European Forum On Communication Rights / MCCRN / Indymedia / Schnews
Thursday 14th - Sunday 17th October

The Camden Centre in central London will house an ongoing Indymedia Centre,

with bar and cheap food. Thursday will see the Communication Rights Forum 
with a range of communications and media networks participating, with 
events on the other days dealing with themes such as Surveillance and the 
Security State, Biometric ID Cards, Migrants and Noborders, Gender, 
Intellectual Property, Copyright, Creative Commons, Corporate media and 
Alternative media etc. Saturday will see a one day event from 
www.schnews.org.uk

see www.efcr2004.net
contacts: info at efcr2004.net
imc contact: imc-uk-network at lists.indymedia.org

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The Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination

This open and autonomous initiative will function as a hub for those whose 
activities fall outside of and in between the spaces of culture and 
politics; whose actions exist between resistance and creativity. We are 
calling on groups and individuals from around Europe to propose actions, 
events and tool/tactic sharing workshops. Themes include, reclaiming 
contested spaces, surveillance and consumption and the brand.

Find out more: www.labofii.net

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Life Despite Capitalism - Saturday 16th October

A one day event outside the ESF on "Commons and Communities", to be held at

a central london university (LSE) with two strands: "ROOTS" - Discussion of

visions, understanding, struggles, successes and difficulties around 
experiences of commons and of reclaiming our powers and communities 
(commons at work, traditional/indigenous commons, creative commons, 
alternative spaces, public services, and migrant and precarious workers). 
"SWARM" - will see the people working on "single issues" in the previous 
workshops, mixed up randomly to cross-pollinate and contaminate each other.

See: http://esf2004.net/en/tiki-index.php?page=LifeDespiteCapitalism
Contact: m.deangelis at ntlworld.com

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UK LETS / Solidarity Village - 13th-17th October

Join us in creating a space for co-operative projects in response to social

inequalities due to the capitalist (neoliberal) system. We want to create a

dynamic and participative “Open Space” to provide information about 
practical projects. We present options towards a sustainable economy at the

service of humanity, answering to human rights and environmental needs, not

the profit motive. If you think that another world is possible, know that 
another economy is already happening! The village will be based at Conway 
Hall and other venues and will include a Cafe, Wellbeing Space and Creche.

www.solidarityvillage.org
admin at solidarityvillage.org

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There are several other initiatives including the European Creative Forum, 
Carnival Interventions, Noborders and other Migrant Events, a Schnews 10th 
birthday party on saturday night and more - keep checking www.altspaces.net

for more. There are also some other spaces available including for 
accomodation - for more details send proposals to: autospace at yahoo.co.uk