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Weekly Newsletter : Aberdeen Social Centre : Thu 29-Jan-2026

by Aberdeen Social Centre - Newsletter

ASC WEEKLY NEWSLETTER ------------------------- News from Thu 29-Jan-2026 ok it is miserable outside dodging rain and the fash - but we fight on. Lots on this weekend - so get oot yer hoose and get active!!!! ------------------------- 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 January 29th 18:00-19:00 GMT Weekly Meeting FOOD NOT BOMBS Meeting Room FOOD NOT BOMBS Friday January 30th 19:00-20:00 GMT Food Not Bombs monthly meeting HOME BARGAINS DEMO External SCOTTISH PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN Saturday January 31st 12:30-14:00 GMT Continuing our Don't Buy Into Genocide campaign with engagement and disruption outside Home Bargains. RADICAL CAFE Meeting Room ABERDEEN SOCIAL CENTRE Saturday January 31st 13:00-15:00 GMT 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. Please bring along home-bakes, you can bring butteries, cakes or whatever else you can rustle up for the overworked activists of Aberdeen. PALESTINE SOLIDARITY BUFFET External MARA CO-OP & ABERDEEN SPSC Saturday January 31st 18:00-22:00 GMT We've come together in solidarity with Aberdeen SPSC and the Palestinian people for this Palestine Solidarity Buffet. Come along to: * Discuss housing issues in Palestine & Scotland * Eat some delicious locally-made Palestinian food (includes vegan options) * Socialise, connect, and support your local movements while supporting the fight for a free Palestine. All surplus will go to organisations that support the struggle for a free Palestine. TRANS GRAMPIAN Meeting Room TRANS GRAMPIAN Sunday February 1st 12:00-17:00 GMT Support and social space by and for trans people, all ages 18 and over are welcome! ANTI FASCIST COUNTER DEMO External ABERDEEN ANTI FASCIST ALLIANCE Sunday February 1st 14:00-16:00 GMT Counter demo READING GROUP Meeting Room Online THE MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT UNION Sunday February 1st 19:00-20:30 GMT 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. LIVING RENT Meeting Room LIVING RENT Tuesday February 3rd 19:00-20:30 GMT 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 February 5th 18:00-19:00 GMT Weekly Meeting AS YET UNNAMED CLIMATE JUSTICE COALITION Meeting Room UNNAMED CLIMATE JUSTICE GROUP Thursday February 5th 18:30-20:00 GMT This unnamed climate group looks towards local climate activism in the north-east. ABERDEEN BUTCH CLUB Meeting Room ABERDEEN BUTCH CLUB Friday February 6th 18:00-20:00 GMT Build kinship and solidarity with other butch lesbians (age 18+) DEMONSTRATION FOR GAZA External SCOTTISH PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN Saturday February 7th 11:00-13:00 GMT 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 February 7th 13:00-15:00 GMT 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. Please bring along home-bakes, you can bring butteries, cakes or whatever else you can rustle up for the overworked activists of Aberdeen. ABERDEEN BUTCH CLUB External ABERDEEN BUTCH CLUB Sunday February 8th 12:00-14:00 GMT Build kinship and solidarity with other butch lesbians (age 18+) CND Meeting Room Online CND Sunday February 8th 19:00-20:30 GMT Monthly meeting of local CND group. ☮️ YOUR PARTY BRANCH MEETING Meeting Room Online AMC Tuesday February 10th 19:00-21:00 GMT AMC hosting YP. ------------------------- Peace and Rowies, The Aberdeen Social Centre Links: ------ [1] https://aberdeensocialcentre.org/

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Weekly Newsletter : Aberdeen Social Centre : Thu 22-Jan-2026

by Aberdeen Social Centre - Newsletter

ASC WEEKLY NEWSLETTER ------------------------- News from Thu 22-Jan-2026 Other event coming up is AGM on Sunday February 15th, 2-4. Also group affiliation fees for 2026/2027 due before 1st April..... ------------------------- UPCOMING EVENTS: Events for the next two weeks, for more info check out our Website [1]. RADICAL CAFE Meeting Room ABERDEEN SOCIAL CENTRE Saturday January 24th 13:00-15:00 GMT 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. Please bring along home-bakes, you can bring butteries, cakes or whatever else you can rustle up for the overworked activists of Aberdeen. SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY Meeting Room Online SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY Thursday January 29th 18:00-19:00 GMT Weekly Meeting FOOD NOT BOMBS Meeting Room FOOD NOT BOMBS Friday January 30th 19:00-20:00 GMT Food Not Bombs monthly meeting DEMONSTRATION FOR GAZA External SCOTTISH PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN Saturday January 31st 11:00-13:00 GMT 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 January 31st 13:00-15:00 GMT 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. Please bring along home-bakes, you can bring butteries, cakes or whatever else you can rustle up for the overworked activists of Aberdeen. TRANS GRAMPIAN Meeting Room TRANS GRAMPIAN Sunday February 1st 12:00-17:00 GMT 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 February 1st 19:00-20:30 GMT 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. LIVING RENT Meeting Room LIVING RENT Tuesday February 3rd 19:00-20:30 GMT 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 : Fri 09-Jan-2026

by Aberdeen Social Centre - Newsletter

ASC WEEKLY NEWSLETTER ------------------------- News from Fri 09-Jan-2026 Happy New Year you lovely people. New Year - Old Problems, and we have already seen fash on our streets and a rogue US state. 1st big event of the year is this Saturday organised by SPSC & CND: Hands off Venezuela! Hands off Gaza! US imperialism becomes more brazen by the day. The 'ceasefire' imposed on Palestinians, aimed at serving US strategic, military and business interests, followed by the kidnapping of a state leader in Venezuela, with no hiding the fact that this was about control of resources and securing the profits of oil companies. Join as we stand against a world order driven by greed, profit and aggression. Rally at 12 noon outside Union Square/Aberdeen Train Station ------------------------- UPCOMING EVENTS: Events for the next two weeks, for more info check out our Website [1]. SAY NO TO IMPERIALISM External SCOTTISH PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN / CND Saturday January 10th 12:00-14:00 GMT Hands off Venezuela! Hands off Gaza! US imperialism becomes more brazen by the day. The 'ceasefire' imposed on Palestinians, aimed at serving US strategic, military and business interests, followed by the kidnapping of a state leader in Venezuela, with no hiding the fact that this was about control of resources and securing the profits of oil companies. Join as we stand against a world order driven by greed, profit and aggression. Rally at 12 noon outside Union Square/Aberdeen Train Station. RADICAL CAFE Meeting Room ABERDEEN SOCIAL CENTRE Saturday January 10th 13:00-15:00 GMT 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. Please bring along home-bakes, you can bring butteries, cakes or whatever else you can rustle up for the overworked activists of Aberdeen. ABERDEEN BUTCH CLUB External ABERDEEN BUTCH CLUB Sunday January 11th 12:00-14:00 GMT Build kinship and solidarity with other butch lesbians (age 18+) CND PUBLIC MEETING-PEACE AND SECURITY NOT WARFARE Meeting Room Online CND Sunday January 11th 17:30-20:30 GMT Alex Gordon, vice chair of the Alternative Defence Review and former RMT president, will share the ADR. Challenging the dominant war narrative and military industrial complex exposed by our political elite and mainstream media. The ADR by contrast is a new vision for peace justice and security. This will be followed by the monthly meeting of local CND group. ☮️ YOUR PARTY BRANCH MEETING Meeting Room Online AMC Tuesday January 13th 19:00-21:00 GMT Come and help develop your branch here in aberdeen. And discuss what we want from the Scottish conference, which is in Dundee on the seventh and eighth of February. SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY Meeting Room Online SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY Thursday January 15th 18:00-19:00 GMT Weekly Meeting ABERDEEN BUTCH CLUB Meeting Room ABERDEEN BUTCH CLUB Friday January 16th 18:00-20:00 GMT Build kinship and solidarity with other butch lesbians (age 18+) DEMONSTRATION FOR GAZA External SCOTTISH PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN Saturday January 17th 11:00-13:00 GMT 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 January 17th 13:00-15:00 GMT 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. Please bring along home-bakes, you can bring butteries, cakes or whatever else you can rustle up for the overworked activists of Aberdeen. CND PUBLIC ZOOM MEETING-STOP THE ILLEGAL US ATTACK ON VENEZUELA Online CND Sunday January 18th 18:45-20:45 GMT Tim Young of Venezuelan Solidarity Campaign executive will look at the background, the current actions of the US government and it's effect on Venezuelan people. And how they and their government are resisting the imperialist US push for war. ------------------------- Peace and Rowies, The Aberdeen Social Centre Links: ------ [1] https://aberdeensocialcentre.org/

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