[ASC] Weekly Newsletter : Aberdeen Social Centre : Fri 18-Jul-2025

ASC WEEKLY NEWSLETTER ------------------------- News from Fri 18-Jul-2025 Is everyone is ready for the Tall Boats, we are having redecoration of the ATUC Building, painted and some repairs, so there will be limited access to the space for the next fortnight, then back with a shiny new space. There will still be protests like SPSC this Saturday at 11am at Union Terrace Gardens (below), who are protesting the military village, The RAF fly regular surveillance flights over Gaza and there is no transparency over the sharing of this information with the genocidal Israeli government Declassified UK - UK defence secretary walks away from gaza spy flight questions [1]. There is also news that the Supreme leader of the US will be coming to Aberdeen It is worth looking at the situation there, not only their support for the Genocide in Palestine, but the actions of ICE Rumeysa Ozturk on 'life' in ICE Detention [2]. There is organising happening to protest Trumps visit, keep an eye on social media for updates. ------------------------- UPCOMING EVENTS: Events for the next two weeks, for more info check out our Website [3]. ------------------------- NO MILITARY IN OUR GARDENS External SCOTTISH PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN Saturday July 19th 11:00-13:00 BST We reject the military village descending on UnionTerrace Gardens during the Tall Ships. Public space is for people not prapaganda Meet at the Union Street end of UTG at 11am CAFE ERROR External ABERDEEN SOCIAL CENTRE Saturday July 19th 13:00-14:00 BST The Cafe and other meetings in the ASC will be postponed for two weeks as the ATUC will be decorating and doing maintenance on the building, We will be back to a newly refurbished space after that. MOURN THE DEAD, FIGHT FOR THE LIVING! External HEALTH CARE WORKERS 4 PALESTINE Friday July 25th 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 July 26th 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. CAFE ERROR External ABERDEEN SOCIAL CENTRE Saturday July 26th 13:00-14:00 BST The Cafe and other meetings in the ASC will be postponed for two weeks as the ATUC will be decorating and doing maintenance on the building, We will be back to a newly refurbished space after that. SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY Meeting Room Online SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY Thursday July 31st 18:00-19:00 BST Weekly meeting ------------------------- Peace and Rowies, The Aberdeen Social Centre Links: ------ [1] https://www.declassifieduk.org/uk-defence-secretary-walks-away-from-gaza-sp… [2] https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/rumeysa-ozturk-what-i-witnessed-insid… [3] https://aberdeensocialcentre.org/