We have already amazingly weird litigation laws in the UK - on top of that we will soon be presented with an irrational RIP Bill, and an outrageous Terrorism Bill. So forget about sueing us.

September

22/08-10/09 (UK)
Bombing People is not always beautiful
Play set during the Cuban Missile Crisis showing Jermyn St. Theatre, London 020 72872875

28/08-04/09 (US)
Burning Man Festival
Black Rock Desert, 120 miles north of Reno, Nevada, US. An annual experiment in temporary community dedicated to radical self-expression and radical self-reliance. It is a commerce-free event with only coffee and ice sold. Before you think about going, you're advised to read their Survival Guide Tickets $185 from Burning Man, P.O. Box 884688, San Francisco, CA 94188-4688. www.burningman.com

01/09 (UK)
Party to remember Simon Jones
"The 1^st september would have seen Simon Jones celebrating his 27^th birthday if he hadn't been killed by the profits-before-everything economy he hated so much. Simon always enjoyed a good party. Let's give him one" (for full story see SchNEWS 271) Meet 1pm, steps of St.Paul's Cathedral. Transport from Brighton, tickets available from the Peace and Environment Centre 3pounds/1 Simon Jones Memorial Campaign, PO Box 2600, Brighton, BN2 2DX 01273 685913 www.simonjones.org.uk

01/09 (UK)
Movie Night: Benefit for Prague
at the Rio cinema 107 Kingsland High Road, Hackney, E8; 3pounds/2conc. 11.30pm - 1.30 am: 'Capital's Ill' new film about the April 16th IMF/WB protests in Washington; followed by 'POOF' - A new tense dark comedy about homosexuality and bigotry set in the pressure cooker of a commuter train.

01/09 (UK)
Demo outside Balfour Beatty
to protest against their involvement with the Ilisu Dam construction. Meet Crombie Road, Aberdeen 7.45am -9 am to leaflet workers Contact Grampian Earth First! PO Box 248, Aberdeen, AB25 1JE grampianearthfirst@hotmail.com

01-03/09 (UK)
Somewhere in Norfolk "No K Limits" Tecknival
Bring a Sound System Party!

01-03/09 (UK)
Off The Tracks
'eclectic roots, fusion and head music' Park Farmhouse, Isley Walton nr. Castle Donnington 01332 384518/ 833673 Weekend tickets 30pounds in advance. Day tickets on the gate www.offthetracks.freeserve.co.uk

02/09 (UK)
Worthing Green Fair
Field of Hope, Beach House Green, Sea Front. 12 noon -10pm. FREE 01903 210351 greenfair@worthing.eco-action.org The event is not being funded by Friends of the Earth this year, and the organisers are asking for support/donations in order to keep this event independent. Cheques payable to "Worthing Green Fair" to P.O. Box 4144, Worthing, E.Sussex BN14 7NZ

02/09 (UK)
Health aspects of Aspartame
talk by Betty Martini Evening: Shrewsbury Music Hall Contact: 01743 281281 (Box Office - open til 7 pm)

03/09 (UK)
Burston Strike School Rally, Norfolk
Annual event celebrating the longest strike in history. March round the village, stalls, info, speakers and entertainment. Organised by Education for Tomorrow. 020 8843 9591

03/09 (UK)
No Borders meeting
at the Lido, London Fields, E8 6pm NOBORDER@eGroups.com

03/09 (UK)
Tortoise Day
If you want to adopt a tortoise or already have one go to the annual get together of British Association of Tortoise Keepers. 12noon-4pm Ryton Organic Gardens, Coventry. 024-76303517. web: www.hdra.org.uk

04/09 (UK)
Dumping the Pumps for Good
Mass Cycle Rides 7.30am from North London: Highbury Fields (near Highbury Corner); East London: London Fields, Hackney (by Hackney Town Hall); South East London: Peckham High Street, opposite northern end of Peckham Rye; South West London: Clapham Common (south side, next to Windmill Inn); West London: Shepherds Bush Green. Converging on Trafalgar Square 8.15-8.30am http://come.to/londoncm/

04/09 (UK)
i-Contact Video Network
evening at the Hat & Feather pub, Walcot Street, Bath. 8pm All the films centre on The World Bank, The International Monetery Fund and the World Trade Organisation. Admission rate 1pound suggested, although no one will be turned away due to lack of fund www.videonetwork.org

04-10/09 (UK)
Landmine Action Week
020 7820 0222

05/09 (UK)
Save Health Services public meeting
at the West Green Community Centre, West Green Drive, Crawley 7.45pm Speakers from Kidderminster - Health Concern, London Health Emergency and Dudley Hospital Workers (see SchNEWS 271 for full story) Tel 01293 548150 

05/09 (UK)
Colchester-Prague collective benifit gig
to raise money for a minibus to Prague. Local bands and poets will be performing at the Oliver Twist, 8pm #3 (Anybody wanting to go to Prague from Ipswich, Colchester, Chelmsford Area should contact boundforglory@hotbot.com. Tickets are 70pounds)

06/09 (UK)
Save your Own Seed
Learn how to save your own vegetable seeds! Run by Henry Doubleday Research Association at Ryton Organic Gardens, Coventry 024 76303517 www.hdra.org.uk

06/09 (UK)
Health aspects of Aspartame!
Talk by Betty Martini founder of Mission Impossible International. 2-4.30pm, Friends Meeting House, Euston Road, London (opposite Euston Tube). Tickets 6/4pounds in advance only, send SAE with cheque payable to: The Green Network Charitable Trust, 27 Armond Road, Witham, Essex, CM8 2HD Contact T/F 01376 519847 www.green-network.organics.org

06-08/09 (US)
A Coalition has formed to organize a massive people's presence at the United Nations Millennium Summit in New York City
This is the largest gathering of heads of state in history, and it demands the energetic attention of all those fighting against the continued path of the globalization, militarization and de-democratization of the world. To join discussion group send blank e-mail to S8-Mob-subscribe@topica.com

07/09 (UK)
Anarchist/activist poetry
7-11pm: The Cock Tavern, 23 Phoenix Road, Somerstown, Euston, London - come early to sign up snacks, music at 9pm Anarchist/activist poetry and all creative works welcome. 3 pounds/2 unwaged

08/09 (UK)
Norwich Street Party Benefit Night
at the Hog in Armour, St Andrews Street, Norwich DJ's from ReadyBreak, Suspect Sound System, Millenium Bug, Loose Booty, E-Flex, Rebel Lion and Backroom Beats. Tax on the door - donation.

10/09 (UK)
Exodus Free the Spirit Festival, Luton
Usually the best festival of the summer - just like the old days 01582 508936 e-mail exoduscollective@csi.com

09/09 (UK)
Safe Fest
All day Hardcore/punk benefit show for SAFE (saving animals from exploitation). Three Horseshoes Barn at Scottow near Norwich. 5pounds. Vegan food, info stalls, record stalls.

09/09 (UK)
Taking Control 2000
Find out how to set up your own business, housing co-ops, or credit unions. Hangleton Community Centre, Harmsworth Crescent, Hove. 10am - 4pm Free lunch - Free creche. 01273 556843 www.gn.apc.org/ss/upstart/tc

09/09 (UK)
Justice for Mark Barnsley
see SchNEWS 252/169. Sheffield Info stall starts 11.30am Fargate. Public meeting 6.30pm Broomspring Centre, Broomspring Lane, Broomfield. Help needed call 07944-522001.

09/09 (UK)
Demo outside Firgrove Farm (Harlan UK)
Cross-in-Hand, Heathfield, E.Sussex Meet 12 noon. Contact Close Harlan UK, PO ox 257, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 1PN 01795 558406 www.geocities.com/chuk2000_uk

09-10/09 (UK)
Energy 2000
A Free three day festival celebrating renewable energy @ Western Park, Leicester Tel 0116 222 0222 www.environ.org.uk

09-10/09 (UK)
Nottingham Pride (formally PINKlace)
Gay and Lesbian Celebration, Nottingham Castle 0115 8471032 0r 0115 8419096 www.nottinghampride.org

11/09 (UK)
Trash Trident Trail
Manchester Crown Court. Come and support the two women charged with causing 25,000 pounds damage to Britain9s Trident nuclear submarine, HMS Vengeance. Tel 07808 553778 www.gn.apc.org/tp2000

11-12/09 (UK)
Cider and Perry Festival
Brogdale Horticultural Trust, Brogdale Road, Faversham, Kent. 9.30-5.30, Tickets 2.50 pounds/2 conc. 01795-535286/535462

11-13/09 (AUS)
Asia-Pacific Economic Summit at Melbourne's Crown Casino
10 heads of state, 800 Chief Executive Officiers... Join the people9s pre-Olympic festival outside Crown Casino. More details Anarchist Media Institute, PO Box 20, Parkville, Vic. 3052, Australia www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/3879 www.S11.org

11-18/09 (UK)
National Speakout week!
"If you want to help tackle homelessness and poverty by putting people with first-hand experience of it the centre, get involved." Contact Groundswell, 5-15 Cromer St., London, WC1H 8LS Tel 020 7713 2880 www.oneworld.org/groundswell/events

13-15/09 (UK)
Judicial Review at the High Court in the Strand of the Environment Agency's decision to allow radioactive discharges from AWE Aldermaston
Support welcomed. Contact Nuclear Action Group, 8 Langborough Rd., Wokingham, Berks RG40 2BT

13-16/09 (UK)
International Conference of Community Gardening
at the University of Nottingham, UK. 'Community Day' on Sat 16^th with talks on community gardening internationally. Presentations, exhibitions and displays by various grassroots orgs. Plus international expert guest speakers. Cost for 1 day inc. lunch pounds50/pounds30 conc. Saturday is pounds7.50. www.nottingham.ac.uk/sociology/gardens/communitygardens.htm

15/09 (UK)
PGA benefit
West Indian Cultural Centre, 9 Clarendon Road, London, N8.
Comedy 7-9pm: Rob Newman; The League against tedium
Bands 9-12pm: Earth Tribe, Nomadix Roots, Headjam
DJs 12-2am: Megabitch
plus performers, films, projections, stalls and more to be announced. Doors open 6pm, bar and veggie food. 5 pounds / 3 conc. Turnpike Lane Tube - 5 min walk; buses: 41, 144 and N91; T 020 88815881. come out and bring all your friends!

15-16/09 (UK)
The Civil Rights Caravan
in solidarity with asylum seekers and victims of racism will be visiting Coventry, Birmingham, Leicester. Contact CARF, 020-7837-1450, BM BOX 8784, London WC1N 3XX info@carf.demon.co.uk

15-17/09 (UK)
Barbed Wire Europe: Conference Against Immigration Detention
Ruskin College, Oxford, UK Organised by the Campaign to Close Campsfield Tel 01865 558145http://users.ox.ac.uk/~asylum

16/09 (UK)
Radical Karaoke
benefit for Solidarity Federation from 7pm at Arsenal Tavern, Blackstock Road, London (Finsbury Park tube)

16/09 (UK)
Norwich Street Party
meet outside city hall 1.30 pm.

16/09 (UK)
Open Day at Abbey Wood!
Europe's biggest office complex housing the MOD's 'Weapons Procurement Executive' opens its doors on National Heritage day Tel: 0117 9130668

16/09 (UK)
Big Green Roadshow
Solar and wind powered Big Top entertainment, activities and stalls. 10am-6pm, Manor Heath Park, Halifax. For details contact Gill Dennett at Calderdale Council, 01422 392336.

17/09 (UK)
Glasgow-Prague benefit night
at the 13th Note Club, Clyde St, Glasgow. Line up to be confirmed globalactionscotland@egroups.com

17/09 (UK)
National Vegan Food and Drink Festival
10am - 5pm at Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London, WC1 Contact CALF, BM 8889, London, WC1N 3XX email calf@alrob.freeserve.co.uk

17/09 (UK)
The Civil Rights Caravan
in solidarity with asylum seekers and victims of racism will be visiting Oxford Contact CARF, 020-7837-1450, BM BOX 8784, London WC1N 3XX info@carf.demon.co.uk

17/09 (UK)
Palestinian Refugees march, London
To demand an end to ethnic cleansing of Palestinians by Israeli armed forces, and to demand that Palestinian refugees expelled from their towns and villages since 1948 to go home. March starts 11am Tothill Street (opposite Westminster Abbey, SW1) followed by rally in Trafalgar Square. Tel 020-723-73317 (evenings) www.ataha.com/londonrally/. Alternative contact: London-rally@al-awda.org, Phone: 0870-127-7537, Fax: 0870-169-7792

17/09 (UK)
Grand finale of the Coin Street Community Festival
with music and fireworks. at Oxo Tower Wharf, Bernie Spain Gardens, Gabriel's Wharf, Riverside walkway. Tel 020 7928 0960 www.jazzservices.org.uk/fest/festc/CoinStreetFestival.htm

20/09 (UK)
Anti-capitalist film night
Showing MayDay, June 18^th, Big Rattle in Seattle and Capitals Ill - protests at the World Bank in Washington. Two showings : 8pm and 10pm at Cinematique, 9-12 Middle St., Brighton pounds2/1.50conc 01273 384300

21/09 (CZ)
World Car Free Day
Contact CAR BUSTERS, Kratka 26, 100 00 Praha 10, Czech Republic Tel: +(420) 2-781-08-49 ; Fax: +(420) 2-781-67-27 www.carbusters.ecn.cz

22/09 (UK)
John Zerzan writer/activist will be speaking about the green anarchist movement
in the US, the recent anti-WTO protest in Seattle and the growing international opposition 'to the totality of civilization', 7:30pm, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London. For info contact BCM 1715 London, Wc1N 3XX Tel: 0836 22646

22/09 (UK)
European Car Free Day
Anyone interested in organising initiatives in the UK should contact Richard Evans of the Environmental Transport Association at 29 Somerset Ave., London SW20 0BJ Tel 0208 9460912 www.eta.co.uk www.22/09.org

22-24/09 (UK)
The Civil Rights Caravan
in solidarity with asylum seekers and victims of racism will be visiting Dover, Margate, Brighton Contact CARF,020-7837-1450, BM BOX 8784, London WC1N 3XX info@carf.demon.co.uk

22-23/09 (UK)
22-23 Autumn Equinox party and action at Faslane Peace Camp
Dunbartonshire, Scotland - home of trident nuclear submarines. 01436 820901 email faslanepeacecamp@hotmail.com

23/09 (UK)
Sat 23 National Protest Rally in Brighton against New Labour conference
meet 1pm Preston Park (A23).

23/09 (UK)
National day of action against nuclear trains
at train stations along their route. Contact CND 020 7700 2393

23/09 (UK)
Smokey Bears Picnic
Hyde Park, London 1pm www.schmoo.co.uk/harvest.htm

24-28/09 (CZ)
CESTA, Cultural Exchange Station in Tabor, Czech Republic
Sixth annual Arts Festival of performance, exhibition and workshops www.cesta.cz

26/09 (UK)
Leicester Radical Alliance Meeting
Secular Hall. 7.30pm www.plebs.com/leicester-radical/

26/09 (CZ)
IMF/Word Bank Day of Action. The International Monetary Fund and World Bank are meeting in Prague this September.
Prague 2000, S26 is the next big mobilisation against global capitalism. Mass protests and a festival of political arts and culture are planned for this historic city, with groups co-ordinating internationally (see below), continuing the ethos of 'resistance as transnational as capital'.

Since taking the IMF/World Bank dollar in 1990, the Czech Republic has been feeling the repercussions. The Czech group Initiative Against Economic Globalisation spoke of the "inaccessibility of health care and education, sharp increases in living costs, unemployment, the destruction of local eco-systems and the curtailment of union rights". The World Bank and IMF are basically global loansharks, lending governments' money with no real democracy or justice for affected communities. But as resistance grows so does spending on PR (see Schnews 253 'Corruption of all Knowledge Bank'), and also the fears of the authorities. While a demonstration will now be permitted on the 26^th September, Czech police have announced that streets will be evacuated, schools closed and 30,000 residents moved out to give the 20,000 delegates a 'protective ring' of 11,000 police. In the UK there will be a series of workshops over the summer to discuss what might happen in Prague and why. A full on 'teach-in' is planned for early September, and simultaneous actions in the UK would be welcome on S26. The September 26^th collective was formed by London-based activists after A16 and an international meeting in April in Prague. Co-ordination and mass mobilisation to Prague needs active individuals and groups around the country. Seeya there!
Info: Send a blank e-mail to /0926collective-subscribe@egroups.com. For a fortnightly bulletin, contact michael_bakunin@hotmail.com or 07941 355 508.

Sites:
www.amp2000.cz website of the local organisers, lots of local info.
prague.indymedia.org
www.s26.org
www.whirledbank.org A pisstake site, what's wrong with the Bank.

Events:

• 24^th-27^th: Public forum on activities of IMF/WB. Jubilee 2000 of the Czech Republic/Friends of the Earth. Contact lenka.maskova@ecn.cez
• 25^th-28^th, 'Global solidarity against global capital'. Initiative against Economic Globalisation.
• 25^th legal demonstration in Prague.
• 26^th-28^th, IMF/World Bank annual meetings.

26/09-01/10 (UK)
The Cornwall Convergence
This is the third Cornwall Convergence which aims "to bring together people from all over Cornwall involved, or would like to be involved in, local environmental & social justice campaigning, direct action, permaculture & organic growing, alternative. education, land rights, low impact living etc. More details c/o PO Box 19, Penzance, TR18 2XY.

29/09-01/10 (UK)
The Civil Rights Caravan
in solidarity with asylum seekers and victims of racism will be visiting Sheffield, Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle upon Tyne, Liverpool Contact CARF,020-7837-1450, BM BOX 8784, London WC1N 3XX info@carf.demon.co.uk

29/09 (UK)
Crunch, Benefit night in reaction to increase in racist attacks in Leicester
8pm-2am at "Y" (opposite Leicester Railway Station). Reggae, Ska and Hip-Hop bands, with sound systems. Tickets available now from "Y" for pounds2.50/pounds4

30/09 (UK)
Conference on the Private Finance Initiative
see SchNEWS 210. Organised by the Welsh Socialist Alliance 02920 830029

30/09 (UK)
12 hour vigil to mark 14^th anniversary of Mordechai Vanunu's kidnapping
by Israeli secret police for spilling the beans on the country's nuclear weapons. He has spent 14 years in solitary confinement. 020 7378 9324

30/09 (UK)
Piano recital by Peter Katin in aid of Chernobyl Children's Project
at St. Peter's Church, St.Peter's Rd., Croydon pounds10/8conc; 020 8654 9446

30/09 (UK)
Alternatives in Education Fair
at Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London, WC1 (nearest tube Holborn) organised by Human Scale Education 01275 332516

30/09 (UK)
Demonstrate against Wickham Animal Research Laboratories
Meet at the bandstand, West St., Fareham Town Centre 12 noon - followed by vivist to the labs at 3pm 023 92588516

Regular Events

Every Monday (UK)
Vigil outside Foreign Office
Whitehall (corner of King Charles St., SW1) calling for lifting of sanctions against Iraq 5.30 - 7pm

1^st Monday of the month(UK)
Give Midland Expressway Ltd a call
Midland Expressway are the builders of the Birmingham Northern Relief Road - 9am to 1pm 0121 709 6400. For more on the campaign contact ATOM 07818 687742 actionagainstthetoolmotorway@hotmail.com

Tuesdays (UK)
Reclaim the Streets London Meeting
7pm - Cock Tavern pub, Phoenix Road, London; (Euston or Kings X tube). new site,old site Tel 020 7281 4621

Tuesdays (UK)
Alternative film makers Undercurrents
are broadcasting a weekly netcast hosted by PirateTV.net from 9pm - 3am.

First Tuesday of the month (UK)
Riotous Assembly
Direct Action get together in the Manchester area 7:30 pm, Yard Theatre (opposite Junction pub) 41, Old Birley Street, Hulme. 0161-226 6814 loombreaker@nematode.freeserve.co.uk

Wednesdays (UK)
Vigil for free Tibet
6-8pm outside the Chinese Embassy , Portland Place.

* (UK)
Vigil for lifting of Iraqi and Yugoslav sanctions
in St.Peter's Square, Manchester. 12.30 - 1pm Contact Salford CND 01942 894862

* (UK)
Picket outside Downing Street Street, 1-2 pm in support of Global Women's Strike
Demands: the recognition of caring work and wages and benefits for caring work; pay equity; abolition of Third World debt; accessible water, housing and transport; non-polluting technology; and asylum from rape and protection from all violence. Organised by Wages for Housework Campaign, Crossroads Women's Centre 230a Kentish Town Rd London NW5 2AB, Tel: 020-7482 2496 http://womenstrike8m.server101.com

* (UK)
Women in Black Vigils
Weekly women9s protest calling for an end to sanctions in Iraq. Wear black, meet 6pm Edith Cavell Statue, St Martin's Place opposite National Portrait Gallery, London. Contact Women in Black c/o The Maypole Fund, Box 14072, London N16 5WB

1st Saturday in every month(UK)
Campaign against the Birmingham Northern Relief Road
meet 12 noon brownhills ATOM 07818 687742 email actionagainstthetoolmotorway@hotmail.com

Every Friday, London Anarchist Forum, 8-10pm Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London, WC1R 4RL (tube Holborn) www.trak.to/LAF

Saturday * every week (UK)
Vigil for release of Vanunu
in solitary confinement in Israeli prison for 14 years for revealing countries nuclear secrets. 12noon - till 2pm Kensington High St., opp.end of Palace Green W5 near Israeli Embassy. Contact Campaign to Free Vanunu 020 7378 9324

Every Saturday (UK)
Vigil against Iraqi sanctions
outside Guildhall in Market Place, Cambridge Tel 01954 719644

Last Saturday of the month (UK)
Demo outside Campsfield refugee detention centre
Oxfordshire. Tel 01865 558145

2^nd full weekend each month (UK)
Women's Peace Camp outside Aldemaston Atomic weapons base
at Falcon Gate Tel 0117 939 3746 (next camps 8-10 Sept./ 6-8 Oct)

CRITICAL MASS bike rides
Pedal power against the car!

• First Thursday of the month
  Newcastle
  5.15 pm outside St.Thomas Church, Haymarket
  
• First Friday of every month
  Bradford Centenery Square
  5.15pm
  
• Last Friday of the month
  Leeds City Square
  5.15pm
  London
  Meet 6pm South Bank Under Waterloo Bridge
  Bristol
  Meet 5.30 pm at the Arnolfini

FOR MORE PARTY AND PROTEST DATES CHECK OUT

Guilfin's Something For the Weekend - a weekly info-burst, keeping you up to date with the latest festival, party, gigs dates, and all the upcoming campaigns. www.guilfin.org

London Free List if full of events and attractions in London that are either free or no more than pounds3 to get in. www.londonfreelist.com

To find out what's happening in the North West check out the Networking Newsletter Project 6 Mount St., Manchester, M2 5NS http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/town/terrace/gdn22/NNP

To find out whats going on in Scotland contact Global Action Scotland: a new forum for discussion and networking for direct action, non-heirarchical community in Scotland, with particular emphasis on organising solidarity action with the Prague events in September www.egroups.com/invite/globalactionscotland

To find out what9s happening in the Leeds area contact the GreenScene Directory, 16 Sholebroke Ave., Leeds, LS7 3HB www.cornerstone.ukf.net/crc/greenevents/

For info on parties and teknivals call United Systems party line: 0208 959 7525. Or www.partyvibe.com/freeparties.htm http://cobalt.freetekno.org

For a list of seriously hippy rainbow gathering type festivals (like Diamond Yoga Intensive Weekend, sweetlodge weekenders and experimental astrology) send an SAE to Campscene Directory, Cirenor, Wells in the Field, Whitchurch, Hants, RG28 7NG or http://bobo.realitycom.com/spiritnet

For information on a wide range of weekend courses on renewable energy and sustainable development contact Centre for Alternative Technology Machynlleth, Powys, SY10 9AZ Tel: 01654 703743 www.cat.org.uk

For more festival dates send pounds3 + A4 SAE for a copy of Festival Eye, BCM 2002, London, WC1 3XX www.festivaleye.com