Some upcoming events and solidarity updates from ACE.

The Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh is not able to open as normal during the Covid pandemic but activity and resistance continues! 

1) HOW TO STOP A MEGA PROJECT

Speakers from the direct action struggles against the “Maya Train” in Mexico and HS2 in Britain.

7.30pm Sat 14 November

Online event https://zoom.us/j/98779755858

Register https://cop26coalition.org/global-gathering-programme/

More info at end of this post.

2) PROTEST THE DEATH OF LOCAL SERVICES 9AM THURSDAY 19 NOVEMBER AT CITY CHAMBERS, ROYAL MILE

“During these times when the city and its people needs the most care and investment Edinburgh services are under attack yet again. It’s up to us to show that these cuts are killing Edinburgh. Come along and show the city officials that we will not stand for this by joining Another Edinburgh is Possible in our socially distanced “die-in” to protest the cuts to our people and our vital services.”

3) NOT YOUR FAULT, based at ACE, are currently holding online meetings, next meeting 3 December

Not Your Fault is a peer-led support group for all men (trans, cis, & otherwise) and all non-binary people (or any/no gender) who have experienced sexual violence.

4)MORE EVENTS

on ACE facebook https://www.facebook.com/AutEdinburgh and on the calendar on at www.autonomous.org.uk

5) FOOD SOLIDARITY

• Oficina Precaria / PIE, based in ACE, have opened a Resources/ food bank. Go to https://piescotland.org/en/ At time of writing this is open as an emergency service on Thursdays from 11am at ACE.
• Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty, also based in ACE, have a supply of tinned and dry food and toiletries / sanitary products available free. Email ecap@lists.riseup.net to arrange an appointment on a Tuesday morning to pick up your supplies.
• Mutual Aid Edinburgh
• Mutual Aid Trans Edinburgh

6) SUPPORT AND ADVICE FROM OFICINA PRECARIA / PIE

Oficina Precaria give support and advice on the following:

• Legal – Labour counselling – Migration law, labor law, labor disputes and legal advice. Tenants rights. Migration right. Families. Nationality. Brexit. Home Office advice.
• Social: Welfare & Benefits – Advice on welfare and social resources. Rates and Inland Revenue. Rent/Tenant advice. Taxes.
• Training and Labor Orientation (Freire)Training workshops and labor empowerment. Workshops of alternative work options to the precarious.
• Support and Personal Development (Health, Empowerment, Emotional)See https://piescotland.org/en/advisory-topics-services-we-offer/

Contact Oficina Precaria for an appointment https://piescotland.org/en/contact/

Website is in both Spanish https://piescotland.org/es/ and English https://piescotland.org/en/ Also on Facebook

7) ECAP TUESDAY SUPPORT SESSIONS AT ACE

Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty run a free support and solidarity session every Tuesday at ACE, for benefit hassles, debt, housing problems etc.

Isolated, claimants can be bullied and harassed. With the backing of a group we are much stronger.

We are not paid professionals or lawyers. We are all volunteers and almost all claimants ourselves. We are independent of all authorities and are totally on the side of the claimant.

To keep people safe in the Covid pandemic the Tuesday sessions are now strictly appointment-only. If you need solidarity on a benefits or poverty-related issue we’re asking people to email ecap@lists.riseup.net , Facebook private message or leave a message at 0131 557 6242, to organise an appointment. You can also now phone us between 12 and 3pm on a Tuesday and one of us will be able to talk to you. More info.

ECAP see our activity as part of an anti-capitalist struggle for social justice through revolutionary change. www.edinburghagainstpoverty.org.uk On facebook and twitter.

8) GROUPS BASED AT ACE

See here for our groups based at ACE. Plus we recommend the tenants union LIVING RENT

More Information on….

HOW TO STOP A MEGA PROJECT

Speakers from the direct action struggles against the “Maya Train” in Mexico and HS2 in Britain.

Hosted by COP26 Coalition, Red Universitaria Anticapitalista and London Mexico Solidarity

7.30pm Sat 14 November

Online event https://zoom.us/j/98779755858

Register ( this registers you for the full COP 26 programme) https://cop26coalition.org/global-gathering-programme/

Speakers are Ángel Sulub of the National Indigenous Congress, Diana Itzu of the Ajmaq Network of Resistance and Rebellion, both from Mexico, and Rowen, campaigner against the HS2. The Maya Train (Tren Maya) is a very destructive capitalist megaproject in Mexico aiming to build a railway from Cancun to Palenque, Chiapas. This will require not only the expansion of the fossil fuel economy and the destruction of vast wildlife areas and expansion of irrational urbanization, but also the dispossession and exploitation of indigenous Mayan lands and culture. The Zapatistas and the National Indigenous Congress are among those pledged to resist.

More info

EDINBURGH CHIAPAS SOLIDARITY GROUP

Find more info on their Facebook page.

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