ASC WEEKLY NEWSLETTER ------------------------- News from Friday 06-Jun-2025 Lots on at Aberdeen's Radical Hub. This weekend the Radical Cafe will be on tour at DIY Pride at Union Terrace Gardens. ------------------------- 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 June 6th 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 PRIDE PROTEST BLOC External FOSSIL FREE PRIDE ABERDEEN Saturday June 7th 10:00-13:00 BST 🔻GRAMPIAN PRIDE: QUEERS AGAINST BP PROTEST BLOC 📍 Join us! At 10am we will be gathering at the corner of Albyn Place and Rubislaw Place in Aberdeen to form a loud and vibrant bloc as part of Grampian Pride and we want you with us. 💖 Bring friends, Palestine flags and queer joy. ✊ Pride is our day. We will not have it stained by the presence of genocide enablers and climate wreckers without dissent and resistance. 🖕 Not gay as in happy, queer as in fuck BP and free Palestine! RADICAL CAFE External ABERDEEN SOCIAL CENTRE Saturday June 7th 13:00-16:00 BST This week we will have the Radical Cafe on tour visiting DIY Pride at Union Terrace Gardens. Depending on the weather we may not have the usual hot drink selection, we do however look forward to plotting in the sun! Every week we have our 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. Vegan treats will be provided from Vegan Bay Bakery! DIY PRIDE External ABERDEEN BUTCH CLUB Saturday June 7th 13:00-16:00 BST The Queer Community in Aberdeen can have a Pride without BP and Shell. We can come together in the name of queer liberation, climate justice and a free Palestine. After the Pride March at 1pm in Union Terrace Gardens. * Catering by Food not bombs, Featuring Treat from Bandit and Vegan Bay Bakeries. * Live performances. * Book Signing for authors of "Fierce Salvage" and "The Light and Shade of Ellen Swithin". * Craft corner featuring make-your-own felt bardges, key rings, and bag charms. * Queer book swap and free zines, * Wellbeing stall providing suncream, water and leaflets. * Playlist of queer and pro-Palestinian anthems. SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY Meeting Room Online SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY Thursday June 12th 18:00-19:00 BST Weekly meeting MOURN THE DEAD, FIGHT FOR THE LIVING! External HEALTH CARE WORKERS 4 PALESTINE Friday June 13th 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 June 14th 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 June 14th 13:00-15:00 BST Every week we have our 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. Vegan treats will be provided from Vegan Bay Bakery! Also we regularly have Zapatista Coffee. PEOPLE POWERED MOVEMENT TO CHANGE MATERIAL USE FOR GOOD! - WORKSHOP External UNNAMED CLIMATE JUSTICE GROUP Sunday June 15th 13:00-17:00 BST Building a people powered movement to change material use for good! 1-5pm, Sunday 15th June at the Station Hotel [2], 78 Guild Street, Aberdeen AB11 6GN Join Friends of the Earth Scotland for a Resource Justice workshop, lunch provided. From plastic packaging to fast fashion and mobile phones, people are trapped in a throw away society and Government is failing to hold big business to account, causing harm to people and nature. Friends of the Earth Scotland is gathering people and communities to discuss how to use our collective power to create real change. Everyone coming to the workshop should bring an item which tells a story about the throwaway society or resource justice. It could be a product you wish wasn't single use or something you've made yourself. Reserve your place by emailing kpratt(a)foe.scot ------------------------- Peace and Rowies, The Aberdeen Social Centre Links: ------ [1] https://aberdeensocialcentre.org/ [2] https://www.stationhotelaberdeen.com/