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