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One Eye on the Road – Windsor to the Beanfields and Beyond

Now a long time Nottingham resident and social activist, Alan Lodge, ‘Tash’ comes from a free festival and traveller background. Living in old buses, trucks and caravans, he drove around the country on ‘the circuit’ with his family and friends.

Since the late 1970’s he has been photographing events and the people around him, with One Eye on the Road and always another on the response of the police.

Join us at Sumac Centre on the early evening of Saturday 7th June for a display of Tash’s photos, and a discussion with Tash about free festivals and wider issues of Policing and Protest.

This will no doubt include his activism in Nottingham from Critical Mass to Heckler & Koch, from Nottm Indymedia to the Green Festival.

There will be snacks from Veggies and a social at Sumac’s Forest Fields Social Club bar afterwards.

40 years ago, Molesworth peace camp, part of a campaign organised from Nottingham Rainbow Centre, was evicted by thousands of police and army, in one of the most expensive evictions in British history. Many of those evicted formed a ‘Peace Convoy’.

On 1st June 1985 Tash documented the prearranged police ambush of the Peace Convoy, travelling though Wiltshire for the annual Fee Festival at Stonehenge. This has been been dubbed the Battle of the Beanfield.

 

Five Leaves Bookshop will also be  holding an illustrated talk with Alan Lodge Tash at 4.45 on Sunday 1st June.

Whilst the Sumac Centre event will travel with Tash from the 1970’s to today, the Five Leaves event focuses his lens on the 40th Anniviversary of the Battle of the Beanfield.

A short history of the People’s Free Festival – from Windsor to the Beanfield

with stills photography by Alan Lodge ‘Tash’.

20th Israeli-Palestinian Joint Memorial Day ceremony

Join us in Nottingham on 29 April

Notts Friends of Standing Together will host a screening of the Joint Memorial Day Ceremony, organised annually by Combatants for Peace and the Parents Circle.

Live stream of a powerful act of defiance against the forces that seek to divide us. Now in its 20th year, this ceremony serves as a beacon of hope, reminding the world that even in the face of unimaginable loss, we can come together in solidarity. Broadcast from Tel Aviv-Jaffa, the event is organised by bi-national (Palestinian and Israeli) anti-Occupation groups Combatants for Peace and Bereaved Families Forum.

Please share the posts from  UK Friends of Standing Together on facebook and  from instagram

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Please share and display the PDF poster and the posts via  Mastodon social.coop/@Veggies/UK Friends of Standing Together on facebookinstagram and Bluesky.

 

 

More screenings worldwide may be seen at https://www.cfpeace.org/memorial-screenings

 

Palestine Action fundraiser and film screening: Punishment Park

Palistine Action fundraiser.

A meal, film screening and social evening in solidarity with a member of our local community.

All proceedings go to helping fund a Palestine Action activist’s legal fees in their struggle fighting against the occupation of Palestine.

A vegan meal is included in the price of a ticket and will be served from 6:30pm. Film screening will start at 7:00pm.

Ticket for this event at https://wegottickets.com/event/639226/

More details of fundraising campaign: https://chuffed.org/project/115069-help-me-fight-genocide-enablers

Film screening

We invite you to join us for a special, approved screening of a stark allegory for contemporary politics and an underrated classic from the American underground

Punishment Park

Distorted Vision presets a screening of Peter Watkin’s radical PUNISHMENT PARK. A deeply political film about dissent, insurrection and American imperialism set in the burning deserts of 1970s California.

 

Palestine Action fundraiser and film screening: Punishment Park

Palistine Action fundraiser.

A meal, film screening and social evening in solidarity with a member of our local community raising funds to defend his actions against genocide in Palestine.

https://chuffed.org/project/115069-help-me-fight-genocide-enablers

Film screening

We invite you to join us for a special, approved screening of a stark allegory for contemporary politics and an underrated classic from the American underground

Punishment Park

 

Sí als bous film screening + Brinsley Fundraiser

Director Jusep Moreno introduces “Sí als bous” (Yes to the bulls) at a special 5.30pm film screening at Sumac Centre, before the Brinsley Animal Rescue fundraising People’s Kitchen meal.

Catalonia banned the traditional bullfight in 2010, but at the same time, the government protected other types of bullfighting, known as correbous, where the bulls are not killed in the arena. “Sí als bous” (Yes to bulls) is a new documentary about these remaining types of bullfighting, the first one ever made in defense of bulls and against correbous, putting the focus of attention on the bulls and their experiences during those events.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director.

*Content warning*
This films contains scenes of violence and animal abuse that some audiences might find distressing.

With thanks to Mammoth – the Climate Action Cinema, who are also supporting this campaigning documentary with a screening on Sunday 10th November, at 5pm.
Trailer:

 

The Spies Who Ruined Our Lives

The long running Undercover Policing Inquiry (#Spycops) has restarted with opening statements on Monday 14th October. This ‘tranche’ will cover the animal rights (AR) movement in 1980’s.

Opening statements at https://www.youtube.com/live/7QZ3LXAki5g?feature=shared&t=1524, reveal exposure of outrageous activities by spycops.

Veggies Catering Campaign had a central role in coordinating  300 autonomous local AR groups in the 1980’s & 1990’s. This work supported the Animal Rights Coalition and Coordinating Animal Welfare. Our Animal Contacts Directory networked over 7000 animal rights & welfare, human rights & environmental contacts. Our Animal Rights Calendar also fulfilled a central role in supporting campaigns.

Mclibel screening & campaign reunion

In 1984, Tom and Clare, Veggies founders, presented the manager of a local McDonalds with a huge veggieburger. It represented an ethical alternative to the products of death and destruction sold there. Following active distribution of the leaflet that became the subject of the McLibel Trial, McDonalds threatened legal action against Veggies. (nb ‘1954’ in this document should say ‘1984’) in 1987. Therefore Nottingham McLibel Support Campaign, made up of Veggies volunteers, actively supported the McLibel Campaign from the start of the epic 15-year legal battle by Helen Steel and Dave Morris. The case involved a libel trial, an appeal, a European court ruling and a change in UK law.

A McLibel reunion will be held at 2pm on Saturday 19th October at Nottingham’s Sumac Centre as part of #Veggies40Years Anniversary Celebrations.

We are delighted to welcome co-defendant  Dave Morris to join us to discuss extracts of the the McLibel Documentary, produced by Franny Armstrong of Spanner Films. We are particularly grateful for Dave to find the time to join us as two days later he will be giving evidence to the Spycops inquiry about the infiltration of the London Greenpeace Group and the McLibel Campaign. Follow live coverage of the inquiry by Tom Fowler.

This, and the following film, bookmark Veggies 40 years history as Vegan Campaign Caterers.

Since 1984 dozens of Veggies Volunteers have supported hundreds of campaigns at thousands of events for peace, human rights, animal rights, veganism, environmental and social justice. We now find that many of these groups are amongst the estimated 1000 groups directly spied upon by a state-sponsored secret undercover political policing.

The Spies Who Ruined Our Lives.

This 2024 documentary will see its exclusive Nottingham premier, following the McLibel screening on Saturday 19th October.

The film gives, in their own words, the story of the fightback for justice by those affected by the #Spycops scandal. It is being screened at the Sumac Centre, where much of the story unfolded and where the exposure of embedded spycop Mark Stone/Kennedy lead directly to the wide public condemnation of the role of these secret police, as detailed in the 2024 BBC Podcast ‘Undercover: The Spycops‘.

A Q&A with those involved in the film & the wider issues, will follow the film.

“The Spies Who Ruined Our Lives” is a not-for-profit feature length documentary film, produced, directed and edited by Justyn Jones and Madoc Roberts with Jason Kirkpatrick as associate producer . It has been made to raise awareness and give a comprehensive and historical perspective of the Spycops scandal.

Watch the trailer and join us on Saturday 19th October to view the full documentary, followed by Q&As.

If you are unable to join us for this screening, look our for a possible future screening at Mammoth, Nottingham’s Climate Action Cinema. Contact us for details.

Veggies 40th Anniversary

A full weekend of activities to celebrate Veggies 40th Anniversary!

Fri 18th Oct: Veggies Crew Reunion

Sat 19th Oct:

2pm . Highlights from the #McLibel

3pm . Nottingham premier of The Spies who Ruined our Lives

6pm: People’s Kitchen Dinner

7pm: Celebration gig with Cheap Dirty Horse 🐴 and Muddy Summers and the Dirty Field whores. For gig tickets  book here. Only £12, including 6pm meal (+ fixr fee).

Sun 20th Oct: Acoustic Garden Party (free).

Click through for full 40th Anniversary Festival Weekend details

Common Ground – celebrating Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp

We are excited to bring this touring event series, Common Ground, to the Sumac Centre.

Common Ground is a series of events celebrating Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp.
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The tour is part of a Heritage Lottery Funded project exploring the effect of the Peace Camp on the communities that Greenham Women returned to.
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Activities may include a pop-up exhibition, craftivism workshops, memory sharing, book talk, film screenings and more.
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11am – 2pm
– Veggies brunch
– Greenham Pop-up exhibits and memory sharing
– Drop-in craft activities.
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From 2pm we will have time to host some talks.

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“From our end, we can give a talk about Greenham and possibly introduce the book ‘Out of the Darkness’ which is a collection of the testimonies we’ve collected through the project.”

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“It would be amazing if anyone from Nottingham CND would be up for giving a talk on the work that you do, or if anyone wants to give a talk about a specific topic that would also be very welcome. It would be great to have talks which mix looking backwards at the history of peace movements as well as looking at where we are now.”

I imagine the Sumac would have a really engaged community for this event and would be a great place to collect testimonies from people who went to the Peace Camp!

We’d also love to invite activists and campaign groups that are still working on the issues that Greenham Women explored, so really glad to hear about your connections with CND and we’d love to be put in touch with anyone else you think might like to contribute!

A mock up of a tent made up of images from Greenham Women's Peace Camp

 

 

 

See more at greenham-women-everywhere from https://scarylittlegirls.co.uk

#Scalarama at Sumac: Working Slowly (Radio Alice) – Film Screening

For this year’s @Scalarama, the Sumac Centre offers three film screenings, free and open to all.

All films chosen are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution.

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Sunday 27th September, 8pm: Working Slowly (Radio Alice), Guido Chiesa / Wu Ming Collective, 2004, 111mins

Revisiting the Italy of the radical Seventies and its obsessions with class struggle, creative anarchy and macrame ponchos, Working Slowly (Radio Alice) provides a fascinating glimpse of a time of protest.
In a working-class district on the outskirts of Bologna, Sgualo and Pelo hang out at the local cafe, allergic to gainful employment. They don’t mind the occasional shady job for local hood Marangon, but they’re convinced there’s little future whichever way they turn.

The international title is “Radio Alice”, but the movie is originally called “Lavorare con lentezza” [Work Slowly], after a 1970’s song by Italian folk-singer Enzo Del Re: “Work slowly / And effortlessly / Work may hurt you / And send you to the hospital / Where there’s no bed left / And you may even die. / Work slowly / And effortlessly / Health is priceless.”

WHAT WAS RADIO ALICE?
Continue reading here: http://www.wumingfoundation.com/english/giap/ukscreenings.htm

Find out more about Scalarama and Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/

 

#Scalarama at Sumac: Sita Sings the Blues – Film Screening

For this year’s @Scalarama, the Sumac Centre offers three film screenings, free and open to all.

All films chosen are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution.

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Sunday 27th September, 3pm: Sita Sings the Blues (Animated film)

In the Indian legend, Sita is given to Prince Rama in marriage after Rama conquers the other princely suitors for her hand. No sooner is Rama appointed crown prince than he falls victim of a plot that sends him into banishment for fourteen years. Sita accompanies her husband, but is abducted shortly afterwards. With the aid of friendly gods, Rama sets off in pursuit and, following a dangerous struggle, succeeds in freeing her. Rama and Sita return to their home where Rama is made king. But soon after this Rama begins to doubt his wife’s fidelity and casts her out. Sita undergoes a fire test to prove her steadfastness, survives unscathed and returns to Rama.

Summary: 2008 · 1 hr 22 min · Music / Animation

This is a family friendly screening

Find out more about Scalarama and Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/

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