Climate Struggle Is Class Struggle
Love the planet and hate the system that is destroying it? Think we can't trust politicians and corporations to give us anything other than empty promises? Then this might just be the meeting for you! GAF isn't just a single group, we encourage attendance by folks from across the radical environmental movement and beyond! If … Continue reading "Bristol Monthly GAF Meet Up"
Greta Thunberg was right to insist at Davos that the problem actor to be confronted is the fossil fuel industry. Rather than just the 1% usually cited, the UK is actually responsible for around 7-8% of global warming emissions. The principal culprits are the big oil and mining companies that operate across the entire planet, … Continue reading "Global Britain’s real climate changers: Big Oil and Big Mining must be taken down with the London Mining Network"
From heatstroke, to panic attacks, to baton injuries, join QueerCare first aiders for a practical skillshare on how we can look out for each other's physical and mental health during protests. (Please note that this is not a certified first aid course.) QueerCare is a transfeminist autonomous care organisation, providing training, support and advocacy for … Continue reading "Protest first aid with Queercare"
What are the links between climate change and migration? During this workshop we will be tackling the following questions: How does climate change influence migration? What areas are affected? What is the new UN definition of climate refugee and is it useful? What has the state response been to mass migration? What is the difference … Continue reading "What are the links between climate change and migration?"
Have you attended a GAF Week of Action event or do you just want to get involved? This will be an open assembly including an introduction to GAF, planning sessions and how to get further involved with GAF to organise future actions and events over the summer and beyond. Location: GRASS, 9 Eden Grove (The … Continue reading "GAF Open Assembly: Get Involved with GAF!"
GAF is reacting to the Covid-19 lockdown and enforced social distancing, by moving online. We will be doing a series of lifestreams about a variety of subjects that we hope will provide food for constructive discussion. Episode 1: Disaster Capitalism What do the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the 2004 East Asian tsunami, and the COVID-19 … Continue reading "The Green Anticapitalist Front does Lockdown – Livestream: Disaster Capitalism"
Please join for our first online reading and discussion group meeting. Our aim is to discuss different subjects each time so it is not necessary to have joined a previous session to participate. Before each meeting we will share a variety of readings of different lengths to give some background information on the subject to … Continue reading "GAF Lockdown Reading Group discusses: Disaster Capitalism"
GAF is reacting to the Covid-19 lockdown and enforced social distancing, by moving online. We will be doing a series of lifestreams about a variety of subjects that we hope will provide food for constructive discussion. Episode 2: Bookchin and Covid-19: what can social ecology reveal about our crisis? How does the Coronavirus relate to … Continue reading "The Green Anticapitalist Front does Lockdown – Livestream: Bookchin and Covid-19: What can social ecology reveal about our crisis?"
This Mayday is unlike any previous Maydays. There will be no marches in the streets and no public speeches. Yet, now more than ever, we need to show that we are still here, still angry and still fighting. GAF is calling for an autonomous day of action on the 1st of May. We can’t demonstrate, … Continue reading "Mayday Revolt Call Out"
After our first successful online reading and discussion group meeting, we are happy to invite you to our second one. Our aim with these meetings is to discuss different subjects each time so it is not necessary to have joined a previous session to participate. Before each meeting we will share a variety of readings … Continue reading "GAF Lockdown Reading Group discusses: Social Ecology"
