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Weekly Newsletter : Aberdeen Social Centre : Thu 28-Aug-2025

by Aberdeen Social Centre - Newsletter

ASC WEEKLY NEWSLETTER ------------------------- News from Thu 28-Aug-2025 We ave another weekend of racist protest and counter protests by AAFA and affiliated groups this time at the Double tree at the beech at 2pm where the Cafe will be in attendance. We also have doors open day next weekend with an extended cafe along with Stop Rosebank day of action. we also have a monthly meeting on Friday by Food not Bombs, Love Food, Hate Bombs, Mutual aid gets the goods. Please share. ------------------------- UPCOMING EVENTS: Events for the next two weeks, for more info check out our Website [1]. ------------------------- MOURN THE DEAD, FIGHT FOR THE LIVING! External HEALTH CARE WORKERS 4 PALESTINE Friday August 29th 18:00-19:00 BST Aberdeen HCW for Peace urge you to act NOW to save our colleagues in Gaza and the starving, homeless population they serve. Outside the Suttie Centre, Foresterhill Health Campus. Aberdeen, AB25 2ZN FOOD NOT BOMBS Meeting Room FOOD NOT BOMBS Friday August 29th 19:00-20:00 BST Food Not Bombs monthly meeting DEMONSTRATION FOR GAZA External SCOTTISH PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN Saturday August 30th 11:00-13:00 BST Weekly Demonstration in Support of Palestine, fighting ethnic-cleansing, apartheid, genocide and colonialism. the location will be called in the week before each Saturday. RADICAL CAFE External ABERDEEN SOCIAL CENTRE Saturday August 30th 14:00-16:00 BST Due to a Relentless Racist Right-Wing Ruse we will be On Tour this week the beach, and a little later. starting at 2pm. We will have music and dancing. Feel free to come by and show Aberdeen is better then bigotry. We are also Saddened to hear of the passing of Steven from the Vegan Bay Bakery who supported us so well with cakes every week, our hearts go out to his family, and we'll greatly miss the butteries. So until we source a new supply the cafe will be asking for home-bakes, you can bring butteries, cakes or whatever else you can rustle up for the overworked activists of Aberdeen. ABERDEEN WELCOMES REFUGEES, NOT RACISM External ABERDEEN ANTI-FASCIST ALLIANCE Saturday August 30th 14:00-16:00 BST Aberdeen welcomes refugees not racism. LIVING RENT Meeting Room LIVING RENT Tuesday September 2nd 19:00-20:30 BST Living Rent Aberdeen Group's regular meetings to discuss any necessary order of business, and to strategise. SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY Meeting Room Online SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY Thursday September 4th 18:00-19:00 BST Weekly Meeting AS YET UNNAMED CLIMATE JUSTICE COALITION Meeting Room UNNAMED CLIMATE JUSTICE GROUP Thursday September 4th 18:30-20:00 BST This unnamed climate group looks towards local climate activism in the north-east. MOURN THE DEAD, FIGHT FOR THE LIVING! External HEALTH CARE WORKERS 4 PALESTINE Friday September 5th 18:00-19:00 BST Aberdeen HCW for Peace urge you to act NOW to save our colleagues in Gaza and the starving, homeless population they serve. Outside the Suttie Centre, Foresterhill Health Campus. Aberdeen, AB25 2ZN ABERDEEN BUTCH CLUB Meeting Room ABERDEEN BUTCH CLUB Friday September 5th 18:00-20:00 BST Build kinship and solidarity with other butch lesbians (age 18+) DOORS OPEN DAY Meeting Room Middle Room ABERDEEN TRADE UNION COUNCIL Saturday September 6th 10:00-16:00 BST Affiliated trade union branches and organisations. The Council was formed in 1868 and is still going strong, playing an important role as it continues to support workers in these challenging times. The space is also home to Aberdeen Social Centre which is an activist support and networking hub. The aim of the Centre is to build the capacity of and the connections between grassroots community activism. For Doors Open Days a range of historical artefacts will be on display, providing a fascinating insight into the history of trade unionism in Aberdeen. RADICAL CAFE Meeting Room ABERDEEN SOCIAL CENTRE Saturday September 6th 10:00-16:00 BST The ATUC will be open to the public all day as part of Doors open day, with ATUC history and a display of the Museum Of GreenWashing as it is also day of action for Stop Rosebank. We will have a slow cafe, there will be tees, coffees and cakes for 10-16 drop by is you are around. Our weekly Radical Cafe, a space to meet and build those connections with local activists, come along for convivial chat, a look at the new books in the swap and shop, and meet other people active in the city. We are also Saddened to hear of the passing of Steven from the Vegan Bay Bakery who supported us so well with cakes every week, our hearts go out to his family, and we'll greatly miss the butteries. So until we source a new supply the cafe will be asking for home-bakes, you can bring butteries, cakes or whatever else you can rustle up for the overworked activists of Aberdeen. DEMONSTRATION FOR GAZA External SCOTTISH PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN Saturday September 6th 11:00-13:00 BST Weekly Demonstration in Support of Palestine, fighting ethnic-cleansing, apartheid, genocide and colonialism. the location will be called in the week before each Saturday. STOP ROSEBANK, DEMONSTRATION External UNNAMED CLIMATE JUSTICE GROUP Saturday September 6th 12:30-13:30 BST A Demonstration in Support of the Stop_Rosebank_-_Day Of Action [2] we will have a literal red line around the North Sea Transition Authority, as we have to draw a line over new oil and gas exploitation. There are many reasons this Rosebank must be stopped come by and find out why. TRANS GRAMPIAN Meeting Room TRANS GRAMPIAN Sunday September 7th 12:00-17:00 BST Support and social space by and for trans people, all ages 18 and over are welcome! READING GROUP Meeting Room Online THE MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT UNION Sunday September 7th 19:00-20:30 BST A reading group collectively selecting short text to read and discuss, the reading could be anything from a news article, blog post, pamphlet to a short play. The names comes from a similar reading group from the 19th century with the intention to educate the community on socialism and understanding the modern world. SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY Meeting Room Online SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY Thursday September 11th 18:00-19:00 BST Weekly Meeting ------------------------- Peace and Rowies, The Aberdeen Social Centre Links: ------ [1] https://aberdeensocialcentre.org/ [2] https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/stop-rosebank-day-of-action

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Weekly Newsletter : Aberdeen Social Centre : Wed 20-Aug-2025

by Aberdeen Social Centre - Newsletter

ASC WEEKLY NEWSLETTER ------------------------- News from Wed 20-Aug-2025 Hello Friends. We have another busy weekend with another refugee hotel protest planned by the far-right, in Westhill at 5pm this week, see below, if you are in Westhill or connected with communities there please share. It is also the Celebrate Aberdeen parade and SPSC will have a presence outside the art gallery from 11am. Between the two events there will be the cafe with Home-bakes, if you can supply some, they would be greatly appreciated, tea and Zapatista Coffee to keep us all going. We will also have a store cleaning day this Sunday from 2pm so groups come by and we can make the store a little more usable. Peace and Rowies - ASC ------------------------- UPCOMING EVENTS: Events for the next two weeks, for more info check out our Website [1]. ------------------------- MOURN THE DEAD, FIGHT FOR THE LIVING! External HEALTH CARE WORKERS 4 PALESTINE Friday August 22nd 18:00-19:00 BST Aberdeen HCW for Peace urge you to act NOW to save our colleagues in Gaza and the starving, homeless population they serve. Outside the Suttie Centre, Foresterhill Health Campus. Aberdeen, AB25 2ZN SOLIDARITY WITH REFUGEES AND VICTIMS OF IMPERIALISM External SCOTTISH PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN Saturday August 23rd 11:00-13:00 BST Weekly Demonstration in Support of Palestine, fighting ethnic-cleansing, apartheid, genocide and colonialism. This week it will start outside the Art Gallery and move to Belmont Street after the parade. RADICAL CAFE Meeting Room ABERDEEN SOCIAL CENTRE Saturday August 23rd 13:00-15:00 BST Our weekly Radical Cafe, a space to meet and build those connections with local activists, come along for convivial chat, a look at the new books in the swap and shop, and meet other people active in the city. We are also Saddened to hear of the passing of Steven from the Vegan Bay Bakery who supported us so well with cakes every week, our hearts go out to his family, and we'll greatly miss the butteries. **So until we source a new supply the cafe will be asking for home-bakes, you can bring butteries, cakes or whatever else you can rustle up for the overworked activists of Aberdeen. Any leftovers will be taken to Westhill to be distributed there. WESTHILL WELCOMES REFUGEES, NOT RACISM! External ABERDEEN ANTI-FASCIST ALLIANCE Saturday August 23rd 17:00-19:00 BST Community groups and local residents are gathering on Saturday 23 August, from 5-7pm, for a peaceful event outside the Hampton Hotel on Straik Road, Westhill. There will be food, music, colourful banners and messages of hope for the refugees living there. Why Now? Throughout August, angry protesters have targeted people seeking asylum across the UK, standing outside their homes and shouting threats and abuse. This has happened at two hotels in Aberdeen. Westhill is their next target. These protesters - often bussed in from all over Scotland - say it's about local concerns. So why are they targeting vulnerable people who have nothing to do with government cuts to public services? Protesters have zero evidence for their accusations about hotel residents, who are stuck here while the Home Office deals with a backlog of paperwork, and who volunteered to clear our parks after Storm Floris. Imagine fleeing your home, leaving everything behind to escape war or persecution, and suddenly finding yourself not only alone in a new country, but unable to go outside because a terrifying mob is threatening your life. This is _our_ community and we cannot let our neighbours be treated this way. If you're thinking, "plenty of folk will be there, I'll go if they turn up again," please note: Saturday will be the fifth such demonstration in our area in just three weeks - it is vital we stand together NOW and reject this message of hate! Please join us in a spirit of friendship and compassion to say "Our Community Cares." Westhill welcomes refugees, not racism! SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY Meeting Room Online SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY Thursday August 28th 18:00-19:00 BST Weekly Meeting MOURN THE DEAD, FIGHT FOR THE LIVING! External HEALTH CARE WORKERS 4 PALESTINE Friday August 29th 18:00-19:00 BST Aberdeen HCW for Peace urge you to act NOW to save our colleagues in Gaza and the starving, homeless population they serve. Outside the Suttie Centre, Foresterhill Health Campus. Aberdeen, AB25 2ZN FOOD NOT BOMBS Meeting Room FOOD NOT BOMBS Friday August 29th 19:00-20:00 BST Food Not Bombs monthly meeting DEMONSTRATION FOR GAZA External SCOTTISH PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN Saturday August 30th 11:00-13:00 BST Weekly Demonstration in Support of Palestine, fighting ethnic-cleansing, apartheid, genocide and colonialism. the location will be called in the week before each Saturday. RADICAL CAFE Meeting Room ABERDEEN SOCIAL CENTRE Saturday August 30th 13:00-15:00 BST Our weekly Radical Cafe, a space to meet and build those connections with local activists, come along for convivial chat, a look at the new books in the swap and shop, and meet other people active in the city. We are also Saddened to hear of the passing of Steven from the Vegan Bay Bakery who supported us so well with cakes every week, our hearts go out to his family, and we'll greatly miss the butteries. So until we source a new supply the cafe will be asking for home-bakes, you can bring butteries, cakes or whatever else you can rustle up for the overworked activists of Aberdeen. LIVING RENT Meeting Room LIVING RENT Tuesday September 2nd 19:00-20:30 BST Living Rent Aberdeen Group's regular meetings to discuss any necessary order of business, and to strategise. ------------------------- Peace and Rowies, The Aberdeen Social Centre Links: ------ [1] https://aberdeensocialcentre.org/

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Weekly Newsletter : Aberdeen Social Centre : Wed 13-Aug-2025

by Aberdeen Social Centre - Newsletter

ASC WEEKLY NEWSLETTER ------------------------- News from Wed 13-Aug-2025 We have another week where hatred of immigrants is being stoked in Aberdeen. So lets get this straight, we are all aware that people are being squeezed. Real terms wages have not increased since 2005 yet inflation has ballooned, the cost of food, energy and the basic necessities, almost 3 times more expensive over the last 30 years. Average house prices 4.6 times more expensive, with most of that happening in the 2000s. We are all feeling it, but some of us want to blame the people who just got here, not the successive governments who have put private profit before the well-being of the people in the UK. We are calling on everyone to share this and get people out to the Lang Stacht this Saturday at 5:30 to send a message. Refugees are welcome here, we are all in the same boat, lets target the people with their hand on the tiller. The Radical Cafe will also be back this Saturday, we will not have Vegan Bay to provide us with delicious rowies, so please bring home bakes if you can. ------------------------- UPCOMING EVENTS: Events for the next two weeks, for more info check out our Website [1]. ------------------------- SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY Meeting Room Online SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY Thursday August 14th 18:00-19:00 BST Weekly meeting ABERDEEN BUTCH CLUB CANCELLED Meeting Room ABERDEEN BUTCH CLUB Friday August 15th 18:00-20:00 BST Build kinship and solidarity with other butch lesbians (age 18+) MOURN THE DEAD, FIGHT FOR THE LIVING! External HEALTH CARE WORKERS 4 PALESTINE Friday August 15th 18:00-19:00 BST Aberdeen HCW for Peace urge you to act NOW to save our colleagues in Gaza and the starving, homeless population they serve. Outside the Suttie Centre, Foresterhill Health Campus. Aberdeen, AB25 2ZN DEMONSTRATION FOR GAZA External SCOTTISH PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN Saturday August 16th 11:00-13:00 BST Weekly Demonstration in Support of Palestine, fighting ethnic-cleansing, apartheid, genocide and colonialism. the location will be called in the week before each Saturday. RADICAL CAFE Meeting Room ABERDEEN SOCIAL CENTRE Saturday August 16th 13:00-15:00 BST Our weekly Radical Cafe, a space to meet and build those connections with local activists, come along for convivial chat, a look at the new books in the swap and shop, and meet other people active in the city. We are also Saddened to hear of the passing of Steven from the Vegan Bay Bakery who supported us so well with cakes every week, our hearts go out to his family, and we'll greatly miss the butteries. If you are attending. and can, please bring some homebakes, until we sort out a new cake and rowie supplier. REFUGEES ARE WELCOME HERE! External ABERDEEN ANTI-FASCIST ALLIANCE Saturday August 16th 17:30-21:00 BST For the past two weeks there has been racist hatred stoked up in this city with protests outside the refugee Hotel at the beech, this week they have moved their target to the Sure Hotel on the Lang Stracht. This is how fascism starts, cynically using 'protection of women and children' to attack the most vulnerable in our society, migrants who have no control over their life . Please share this, and be there. Show that Aberdonians will not tolerate bigotry or racism in our communities. ASC MONTHLY MEETING Meeting Room Online ABERDEEN SOCIAL CENTRE Sunday August 17th 14:00-16:00 BST Our monthly ASC organising meeting, where we discuss operations and any issues we need to collectively address. Open to anyone interested in participating in the community. RADICAL FILM CLUB Meeting Room RADICAL FILM CLUB Wednesday August 20th 18:30-21:00 BST We select and watch documentaries and films, mostly political and socially conscious. SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY Meeting Room Online SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY Thursday August 21st 18:00-19:00 BST Weekly meeting MOURN THE DEAD, FIGHT FOR THE LIVING! External HEALTH CARE WORKERS 4 PALESTINE Friday August 22nd 18:00-19:00 BST Aberdeen HCW for Peace urge you to act NOW to save our colleagues in Gaza and the starving, homeless population they serve. Outside the Suttie Centre, Foresterhill Health Campus. Aberdeen, AB25 2ZN DEMONSTRATION FOR GAZA External SCOTTISH PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN Saturday August 23rd 11:00-13:00 BST Weekly Demonstration in Support of Palestine, fighting ethnic-cleansing, apartheid, genocide and colonialism. the location will be called in the week before each Saturday. RADICAL CAFE Meeting Room ABERDEEN SOCIAL CENTRE Saturday August 23rd 13:00-15:00 BST Our weekly Radical Cafe, a space to meet and build those connections with local activists, come along for convivial chat, a look at the new books in the swap and shop, and meet other people active in the city. We are also Saddened to hear of the passing of Steven from the Vegan Bay Bakery who supported us so well with cakes every week, our hearts go out to his family, and we'll greatly miss the butteries. ------------------------- Peace and Rowies, The Aberdeen Social Centre Links: ------ [1] https://aberdeensocialcentre.org/

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Weekly Newsletter : CALL TO ACTION!!! : ASC : Wed 06-Aug-2025

by Aberdeen Social Centre - Newsletter

ASC WEEKLY NEWSLETTER ------------------------- News from Wed 06-Aug-2025 Well what a week!, and we still have this weekend to attend to. If you are not aware, there was a far-rIght racist protest last Saturday intent on attacking a hotel at the beach housing refugees. There was a counter protest by local anti-fascists, they were outnumbered but the protest didn't get to the hotel. They intend to be back this weekend, there is also a rally in Peterhead, and counter protests arranged, so: CALL TO ACTION! Share the two 'ALL OUT' events below with everyone who knows racism will not be tolerated in the North-East, and come along to the protest, we need numbers to send the message that racism will not pass. We also have the 18th anniversary of Hiroshima and CND have a film showing and Vigil on Friday and Saturday see the event below. Nuclear weapons are a blight on humanity. Peace and Rowies. ------------------------- UPCOMING EVENTS: Events for the next two weeks, for more info check out our Website [1]. ------------------------- AS YET UNNAMED CLIMATE JUSTICE COALITION Meeting Room UNNAMED CLIMATE JUSTICE GROUP Thursday August 7th 18:30-20:00 BST This unnamed climate group looks towards local climate activism in the north-east. MOURN THE DEAD, FIGHT FOR THE LIVING! External HEALTH CARE WORKERS 4 PALESTINE Friday August 8th 18:00-19:00 BST Aberdeen HCW for Peace urge you to act NOW to save our colleagues in Gaza and the starving, homeless population they serve. Outside the Suttie Centre, Foresterhill Health Campus. Aberdeen, AB25 2ZN CND FILM NIGHT Meeting Room CND Friday August 8th 19:00-22:00 BST Planned film night for the commemoration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki for the 50th anniversary. ALL OUT IN PETERHEAD External ABERDEEN TRADE UNION COUNCIL & DISABLED PEOPLE AGAINST THE CUTS Saturday August 9th 12:00-14:00 BST URGENT CALL TO ACTION Protest the far right in Peterhead [2] Aberdeen Trades Union Council is making an URGENT CALL TO ACTION to all our delegates, trade union members and associates. We have learned that the far right will be holding demonstrations in Peterhead AND Aberdeen this Saturday 9 August, both at 12 noon. It is imperative that we mobilise against them and challenge their narrative of hate and racism. In Peterhead, the so-called Peterhead United has organised a "family friendly" event. They will be condemning council cuts as do we, but will be turning their hatred on the wrong people. We need to turn out in force to tell them and their supporters that it is not the fault of immigrants and other marginalised groups. It is the rich amassing more and more of the wealth that are to blame. Please join our counter protest in Peterhead and show the far right that we stand united and steadfast to condemn racism in Scotland and across the world. Their rhetoric is designed to justify exploitative economies and attacks on the most vulnerable and we will oppose them at every turn. ALL OUT IN ABERDEEN External SCOTTISH PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN & ABERDEEN ANTI-FASCIST ALLIANCE Saturday August 9th 12:00-15:00 BST ALL OUT THIS SATURDAY TO STAND AGAINST HATE, RACISM AND LIES. Regretfully Aberdeen, as the rest of Scotland, has too been plagued by the scourge of organised bigots and fascists who seek to divide our communities at the advantage of the ruling class. In a great show of cowardice, 100 of said individuals gathered last Saturday to threaten asylum seekers hosted in a hotel in Aberdeen. This hateful presence went unchallenged by Police Scotland and was not met by a sufficiently large number of citizens who reject this rhetoric of hate. This same group will be gathering again at the Links Road Hotel on Saturday 9th August at 12noon, attempting to spread the same lies about migrants and marginalised groups within our communities. We need your help more than ever to counter this hateful presence. We stand united and steadfast to condemn racism in Scotland and across the world. We condemn the racist, state-sponsored demonisation of brown people, and the associated colonial rhetoric. This rhetoric is designed to justify exploitative economies and attacks on the most vulnerable as well as imperialist projects across the world, not least the monstrous settler colonial project in Palestine. CND HIROSHIMA MEMORIAL External CND Saturday August 9th 15:30-17:00 BST Nagasaki and Hiroshima 89 Second to Midnight Vigil. Speeches, music and poetry with guest speaker Yu Aoki. On the grass area outside Marischal College. Please note change from original time advertised. ABERDEEN BUTCH CLUB External ABERDEEN BUTCH CLUB Sunday August 10th 12:00-14:00 BST Build kinship and solidarity with other butch lesbians (age 18+) SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY Meeting Room Online SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY Thursday August 14th 18:00-19:00 BST Weekly meeting MOURN THE DEAD, FIGHT FOR THE LIVING! External HEALTH CARE WORKERS 4 PALESTINE Friday August 15th 18:00-19:00 BST Aberdeen HCW for Peace urge you to act NOW to save our colleagues in Gaza and the starving, homeless population they serve. Outside the Suttie Centre, Foresterhill Health Campus. Aberdeen, AB25 2ZN ABERDEEN BUTCH CLUB Meeting Room ABERDEEN BUTCH CLUB Friday August 15th 18:00-20:00 BST Build kinship and solidarity with other butch lesbians (age 18+) DEMONSTRATION FOR GAZA External SCOTTISH PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN Saturday August 16th 11:00-13:00 BST Weekly Demonstration in Support of Palestine, fighting ethnic-cleansing, apartheid, genocide and colonialism. the location will be called in the week before each Saturday. RADICAL CAFE Meeting Room ABERDEEN SOCIAL CENTRE Saturday August 16th 13:00-15:00 BST Our weekly Radical Cafe, a space to meet and build those connections with local activists, come along for convivial chat, a look at the new books in the swap and shop, and meet other people active in the city. We are also Saddened to hear of the passing of Steven from the Vegan Bay Bakery who supported us so well with cakes every week, our hearts go out to his family, and wel greatly miss the butteries. ASC MONTHLY MEETING Meeting Room Online ABERDEEN SOCIAL CENTRE Sunday August 17th 14:00-16:00 BST Our monthly ASC organising meeting, where we discuss operations and any issues we need to collectively address. Open to anyone interested in participating in the community. RADICAL FILM CLUB Meeting Room RADICAL FILM CLUB Wednesday August 20th 18:30-21:00 BST We select and watch documentaries and films, mostly political and socially conscious. ------------------------- Peace and Rowies, The Aberdeen Social Centre Links: ------ [1] https://aberdeensocialcentre.org/ [2] https://www.atuc.org.uk/2025/08/urgent-call-to-action-protest-far-right.html

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