Leaflet - Public Service Announcement
Object
Flyer
Production date
18/06/1998
Object number
2015.23
Physical Description
A flyer for a public meeting resisting cultural and political censorship in Hackney, and a public benefit for the Green Anarchist Three/ London Gandalf Campaign.
Public Service Announcement organised political fundraisers for campaigns including Asylum Seekers, Reclaim the Streets, McLibel, the Zapatista and Bougainville Liberation Movements, and the Advisory Service for Squatters.
Public Service Announcement organised political fundraisers for campaigns including Asylum Seekers, Reclaim the Streets, McLibel, the Zapatista and Bougainville Liberation Movements, and the Advisory Service for Squatters.
Material
Paper
Dimension
Width: 148mm
Height: 105mm
Height: 105mm
On display?
No
Inscription
Public Service Announcement
Striking a Chord: No issue is single
E-mail: publica@tarakan.demon.co.uk
Resist Cultural and Political Censorship in Hackney
For the third time, Hackney Council has banned one of our political benefit concerts at short notice, exploiting legal loopholes to close down venues. Usually the council threatens landlords of pubs and venues with fines and court cases the day before a concert is due to happen, making it impossible for the organisers to find an alternative venue. The strategy is to scare off landlords and make it impossible to put on non-commercial gigs. This amounts to a form of censorship. Hackney Council is trying to promote itself as a music-friendly borough by spending millions of pounds on the conversion of Central Hall to a corporate music venue. At the same time, it is cracking down on the already existing vibrant music scene by preventing concerts from happening. Environmental health regulations meant to protect residents from regular noise violations are also increasingly being used to stop one-off community events. In some cases, the rights of one or a few residents are given more weight than the rights of the many people who go to these events. Public Service Announcement has been organising political fundraising events since September last year on a non-sectarian grassroots basis for campaigns such as Asylum Seekers, Reclaim the Streets, McLibel, the Zapatista and Bougainville Liberation Movements, the Advisory Service for Squatters and others. However, over the last few months, our endeavours to organise community events have several times been thwarted by last-minute interference from Hackney Council. NO PASARAN
Have you experienced a similar form of harassment? Are you interested in the whole issue? Have you got any ideas of how to proceed?
PUPLIC MEETING
Thursday, 17 June, 7pm
At the Brownswood Library, Brownswood Rd, London N4
Tube: Finsbury Park, Buses, 106, 236, 141, 171a
Public Service Announcement
Thurs, 18 June 98:
The Farcical Freedom of Speech and Pre-Solstice Party
Benefit for the Green Anarchist
Three/London GANDALF
Support Campaign
Revolutionary Dub Warriors
Ruby Throat
Baghdaddies
At the Garage,
20-22 Highbury Corner,
London N5
Tel. 0171 607 1818
Tube/BR: Highbury Islington
Doors open 7.30pm; £5/£4 (cons)
Includes free entry into Club IT (11pm-2am)
The best way to fight for our liberties is to exercise them.
The Witch Hunt Continues...
Striking a Chord - No Issue is Single
e-mail:publica@tarakan.demon.co.uk
Striking a Chord: No issue is single
E-mail: publica@tarakan.demon.co.uk
Resist Cultural and Political Censorship in Hackney
For the third time, Hackney Council has banned one of our political benefit concerts at short notice, exploiting legal loopholes to close down venues. Usually the council threatens landlords of pubs and venues with fines and court cases the day before a concert is due to happen, making it impossible for the organisers to find an alternative venue. The strategy is to scare off landlords and make it impossible to put on non-commercial gigs. This amounts to a form of censorship. Hackney Council is trying to promote itself as a music-friendly borough by spending millions of pounds on the conversion of Central Hall to a corporate music venue. At the same time, it is cracking down on the already existing vibrant music scene by preventing concerts from happening. Environmental health regulations meant to protect residents from regular noise violations are also increasingly being used to stop one-off community events. In some cases, the rights of one or a few residents are given more weight than the rights of the many people who go to these events. Public Service Announcement has been organising political fundraising events since September last year on a non-sectarian grassroots basis for campaigns such as Asylum Seekers, Reclaim the Streets, McLibel, the Zapatista and Bougainville Liberation Movements, the Advisory Service for Squatters and others. However, over the last few months, our endeavours to organise community events have several times been thwarted by last-minute interference from Hackney Council. NO PASARAN
Have you experienced a similar form of harassment? Are you interested in the whole issue? Have you got any ideas of how to proceed?
PUPLIC MEETING
Thursday, 17 June, 7pm
At the Brownswood Library, Brownswood Rd, London N4
Tube: Finsbury Park, Buses, 106, 236, 141, 171a
Public Service Announcement
Thurs, 18 June 98:
The Farcical Freedom of Speech and Pre-Solstice Party
Benefit for the Green Anarchist
Three/London GANDALF
Support Campaign
Revolutionary Dub Warriors
Ruby Throat
Baghdaddies
At the Garage,
20-22 Highbury Corner,
London N5
Tel. 0171 607 1818
Tube/BR: Highbury Islington
Doors open 7.30pm; £5/£4 (cons)
Includes free entry into Club IT (11pm-2am)
The best way to fight for our liberties is to exercise them.
The Witch Hunt Continues...
Striking a Chord - No Issue is Single
e-mail:publica@tarakan.demon.co.uk
