November 2014 - The Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh

Up Against the State: the battle for broughton st. unemployed workers centre

Posted on November 23, 2014 by Ale

Join us for an evening of music, history and poetry. In 1992 the unemployed and claimant users took control of the Edinburgh Unemployed Workers Centre to stop its closure. In 1994 they resisted the imminent eviction of the Broughton … Continue reading →

From Yes to Action – Joint statement on post-referendum organising

Posted on November 21, 2014 by samcollins

FROM YES TO ACTION – JOINT STATEMENT ON POST-REFERENDUM ORGANISING LET’S MAKE AUSTERITY UNWORKABLE IN SCOTLAND View the full statement via the Edinburgh Anarchist Federation’s website: http://edinburghanarchists.noflag.org.uk/2014/11/from-yes-to-action-joint-statement-on-post-referendum-organising/ Or view text below: —————————– From Yes to Action | Joint statement on … Continue reading →

Universal Credit #StopAndScrap

Sunny Leith & a great Ace stall

On a beautiful sunny gala day, people came en masse to browse the sea of marquees and wonky wallpaper tables splayed out over Leith Links – and Ace had a fantastic spot. The people next to us didn’t turn up so it became an unofficial entry point meaning we got a [more]

Ace at the Meadows Festival

The Meadows Festival is a great chance for Ace to promote the groups that meet there and sell stuff to plump up scarce funds. But what it can be is a way to talk to people, or rather people talk to us about what's been happening to them and what [more]

ACE Open Day

The intent of our open day was to invite people along, to relax, browse our space and ask any questions they might have. Our colourful premises have been noticed by many but not everyone has been able to come in and say hello. Importantly, we wanted to let people know [more]

Action Against Austerity

The 3rd Action Against Austerity conference was held in Edinburgh today. 10 groups involved in the fight against austerity contributed to a serious take, on where we go from here regarding the fightback against the austerity agenda. We see serious flaws in the current political system, Westminster is a mess and [more]

New zines in Info Shop

A few new zines have recently been added to the Info Shop. Keep your eyes peeled for more zines being drip-fed into the shop... Thanks go to the Infotheek and the Anarchief at AC Gent Dangerous Spaces: Violent Resistance, Self-Defense, & Insurrectional Struggle Against Gender Untorelli Press - can be downloaded from http://untorellipress.noblogs.org/catalog/ Anarchy & [more]

Victory! Edinburgh Charity Shop Pulls Out of Workfare

VICTORY - EDINBURGH CHARITY SHOP PULLS OUT OF WORKFARE Tuesday, June 30, 2015 Anti workfare demonstrators have won a victory in Edinburgh as the Hospices of Hope charity shop in Stockbridge has withdrawn from workfare. Protestors converged on the shop in Deanhaugh Street on the morning of 29th June, following reports [more]

B&M Blockaded!

B and M BLOCKADED! Tuesday, June 30, 2015 Anti workfare demonstrators blockaded B and M Bargains in Musselburgh by Edinburgh on 27 June. Demonstrators denounced that the Jobcentre threatens claimants with sanctions to force people to work for their benefits for employers like B and M. Many shoppers turned away when it [more]

Info Shop Sale!

For your radical Christmas presents we have new stock in the infoshop directly from AK Press and from last London Anarchist book fair... also for this week we'll be holding some special sales on our old stock including titles from Dave Douglass, Darren Johnson and others! In our new stock you can also find [more]

Up Against the State: the battle for broughton st. unemployed workers centre

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