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Edinburgh Book Fringe

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:28:13 +0300

Start: 03/08/2008 - 11:30

End: 25/08/2008 - 15:23

Edinburgh Book Fringe 2008

The Edinburgh Book Fringe will take place from Sunday 3 to Monday 25 August 2008 at Word Power Books, 43-45 West Nicolson Street, Edinburgh EH8 9DB, Scotland, UK

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MURRAY PITTOCK speaks on The Road to Independence? Scotland Since the Sixties at the Edinburgh Book Fringe 2008
7/8/2008 13:00

The Road to Scotland's Independence - talk at Edinburgh Book Fringe

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:39:31 +0300

Start: 07/08/2008 - 13:00

End: 07/08/2008 - 13:00

MURRAY PITTOCK speaks on The Road to Independence? Scotland Since the Sixties at the Edinburgh Book Fringe 2008

Thursday 7 August 2008 at 1.00pm

Venue:
Word Power Books
43-45 West Nicolson Street
Edinburgh

Camp For Climate Action

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:14:27 +0300

Start: 03/08/2008 - 09:00

End: 11/08/2008 - 23:00

Low-impact living // education // high-impact direct action

Open Source software: Ubuntu and Open Office at The Forest

Wed, 28 May 2008 18:03:15 +0300

Start: 15/07/2008 - 18:15

End: 15/07/2008 - 18:15

Tuesday 15th July
Ubuntu operating system (replaces Microsoft Windows)
Open Office (replaces Microsoft Office)

The Forest introduces Open Source software: A series of talks

These days, Open Source Software is becoming more and more mainstream.
Favoured by technical people for decades (did you know most websites are
hosted on Open Source software?) it is now so easy to use that normal
people everywhere are discovering its benefits.

The benefits? This is software you can download legally for free - but
best of all, it's free in more ways than that. As in anyone has the
legal right to change it, use it and distribute in many ways.

This takes the position of power away from faceless corporations and
returns it to ordinary people. Microsoft, a company which has been
convicted of abusing its monopoly position on two continents, can never
again dictate to you how you will or won't use your computer.

You can set it up to require less computing power than Microsoft
Windows, and thus you can rescue old computers and put them to use
again. Or you can unlock the power in your new computer.

The Forest ( http://theforest.org.uk/ ) is hosting a series of practical
introduction talks for those wanting to find out more. 6:15 to 8pm,
upstairs, at 3 Bristo Pl, Edinburgh.

Tuesday 3rd June
Firefox web browsing
Thunderbird and encrypted email
Encrypted file systems

Tuesday 17th June
Working with Graphics and desktop publishing - The Gimp, Inkscape and
Scribus

Tuesday 1st July
TBA (maybe audio and video editing if we can find a presenter!)

Tuesday 15th July
Ubuntu operating system (replaces Microsoft Windows)
Open Office (replaces Microsoft Office)

If you are planning on coming, please drop a quick note to us at
opensource@theforest.org.uk so we know how many to expect.

Thanks,
The Forest people.

DIGITAL DESPERADOS

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:31:29 +0300

Start: 30/06/2008 - 11:00

End: 01/08/2008 - 18:00

Welcome to DIGITAL DESPERADOS - the free DIY short film-making course for young black, asian, roma, latino, native american, aboriginal, mixed-race, middle eastern & south asian women aged 16 - 25.

The course runs from the 30th June to 1st August and there will be public screenings afterwards.

Application deadlines are the 11th & 22nd June

Everybody gets an interview.

Please contact us at digitaldesperados(at)yahoo.co.uk

or leave a message at 0131-557-6242

For more information please go to:

http://digitaldesperados.wordpress.com

Subversives' Sunday Social (Glasgow)

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:33:54 +0300

Start: 13/07/2008 - 18:00

End: 13/07/2008 - 18:00

Now a regular event. Second Sunday of the month.

Upstairs at the Junction Bar, George St (near Queen Station)

Music, food, films and a friendly introduction to campaigns in Glasgow.

Think that the most productive part of meetings is the informal chat afterwards?
Want to get involved in making Glasgow better but don't know where to start?
Got a project you need help with?
Or just nothing to do on a Sunday now the football season's finished?

Then join us this Sunday for an informal get-together with fellow subversives. We're planning to show films, play music and have speakers introduce some of the projects they're involved in. Leave dogma at the door, and let's discuss what we can do.

More details later...

The Big Tent

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:56:04 +0300

Start: 26/07/2008 - 20:46

End: 28/07/2008 - 20:46

Come along to Scotlands biggest eco festival, with camping for the first time this year, two days of talks, workshops and discussion - and Transition Towns Scotland Gathering on the Friday.

For more - indeed all the information on how to get there and what's on - go to: www.bigtentfestival.co.uk