<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[the commune]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://thecommune.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[internationalcommunist]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://thecommune.wordpress.com/author/internationalcommunist/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[the commune&#8217;s activities around britain, september&nbsp;2009]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>&#8211; London: The Commune are at most major demonstrations in the capital and also have our own activities. We are running a new series of <a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2009/08/16/schools-for-communism-reading-group-on-trade-unionism-and-workplace-organising/">reading groups on the theory of trade unionism and workplace organising this autumn</a>, as well as our monthly forums, the next of which will be on the rise of the Tories (September 21st &#8211; more details to follow).<br />
Join our email announcements list at <a href="https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/thecommune-london">https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/thecommune-london</a>. Phone David on 07595 245494 for more info.</p>
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<p>&#8211; Bristol: The first meeting our network has held in the city will be a workshop at the Saturday September 12th anarchist bookfair, and is on the subject of &#8216;The spirit of utopia today&#8217;.<br />
The event takes place at The Island, Bridewell St, Bristol, 10.30am to 6pm. Our session is from 5pm in Room 2 (first floor).<!--more--></p>
<p>&#8211; West Midlands: we participate in the Coventry Radical Network and will also be initiating a meeting on local organising work. If you&#8217;re interested in the meeting or our network, call Dave on 02476 450027.</p>
<p>&#8211; Wrexham: we are planning a series of meetings around the title “Storming the heavens—alternatives to capitalism”. Paper sales will also be launched in and around the town centre.</p>
<p>&#8211; North-West: if you&#8217;re in Blackpool, Preston or the surrounding area, contact uncaptiveminds@gmail.com. We will also have a stall outside the Manchester Anarchist Bookfair on September 26th (Jabez Clegg, 2 Portsmouth Street, near Manchester University Students&#8217; Union) and a meeting on Latin America in the evening (more details to follow).</p>
<p>&#8211; South Yorkshire-based activists interested in The Commune should get in touch with Barry in Sheffield on 07543 652629.</p>
<p>&#8211; The Commune also have a Facebook group. You can sign up for news and debate at <a href="http://facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=100975860952">http://facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=100975860952</a></p>
<p>&#8211; Get in touch via email— uncaptiveminds@gmail.com</p>
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