Anarcho-Bicyclist Conference Manchester April 2011

A weekend of discussions, workshops, rides and activities from Friday 8th April to Sunday 10th April, 2011. We invite people to share skills, information and ideas.

Open to both individuals and people from grassroots and anarchist bike projects from everywhere in the UK.

REGISTER HERE: http://ibikemcr.org.uk/?q=node/5455

Vague timetable:

Friday Evening
Arrivals
6pm: Bike MCR! Taking in some bike related sights of Manchester and some nice off road routes.
Vegan Meal + Bike Movie

Saturday
10am: Introductions
10.30am: WS: Trailer Building
12.30pm: D: The corporate takeover of the Bicycle.
There appears, on some level, to be a bicycle revolution, but are anarchists invited?
1.30pm: Lunch
2pm: D How different groups communicate and what they find effective
3pm: WS:Leading a bike ride, risk assessing and touring with all ages (Bike needed)
4.30pm D: "Beauty" + The Bike. Is the bike lane the new catwalk?
5.30pm: WS: Hands off bike repair teaching
7-11.30pm: Dinner + party
Midnight: Midnight Ride

Sunday
10am: WS: Encouraging participation with young people and others!
11am: D: Bikes + Gender in the workshop
12.30pm:WS:
1.30pm: Lunch
2.15pm: WS:
3.15pm: D Critical Mass: practicalities, promotion, politics
4.15pm: WS: Bike Polo (with adults + kids)
5.30pm: Food + Films

Food shall be kindly prepared by Manchester Food Not Bombs. It will all be vegan and tasty and yours for a small donation.

All topics discussed and workshops include simply what people have suggested, offered or requested. If you would like to facilitate a discussion or workshop please get in touch, we have left available lots of space so that participants can choose what we do. THIS TIMETABLE IS ONLY A LOOSE GUIDE AT THE MOMENT.

For more information please email nes@pedalmcr.org.uk

Places are LIMITED due to space and MUST be booked in advance

REGISTER HERE: http://ibikemcr.org.uk/?q=node/5455

(reposted from the general topic section because the 'bikes and gender in the workshop' discussion on sunday might be relevant to your interests)

A weekend of discussions, workshops, rides and activities from Friday 8th April to Sunday 10th April, 2011. We invite people to share skills, information and ideas.

Open to both individuals and people from grassroots and anarchist bike projects from everywhere in the UK.

REGISTER HERE: http://ibikemcr.org.uk/?q=node/5455

Vague timetable:

Friday Evening
Arrivals
6pm: Bike MCR! Taking in some bike related sights of Manchester and some nice off road routes.
Vegan Meal + Bike Movie

Saturday
10am: Introductions
10.30am: WS: Trailer Building
12.30pm: D: The corporate takeover of the Bicycle.
There appears, on some level, to be a bicycle revolution, but are anarchists invited?
1.30pm: Lunch
2pm: D How different groups communicate and what they find effective
3pm: WS:Leading a bike ride, risk assessing and touring with all ages (Bike needed)
4.30pm D: "Beauty" + The Bike. Is the bike lane the new catwalk?
5.30pm: WS: Hands off bike repair teaching
7-11.30pm: Dinner + party
Midnight: Midnight Ride

Sunday
10am: WS: Encouraging participation with young people and others!
11am: D: Bikes + Gender in the workshop
12.30pm:WS:
1.30pm: Lunch
2.15pm: WS:
3.15pm: D Critical Mass: practicalities, promotion, politics
4.15pm: WS: Bike Polo (with adults + kids)
5.30pm: Food + Films

Food shall be kindly prepared by Manchester Food Not Bombs. It will all be vegan and tasty and yours for a small donation.

All topics discussed and workshops include simply what people have suggested, offered or requested. If you would like to facilitate a discussion or workshop please get in touch, we have left available lots of space so that participants can choose what we do. THIS TIMETABLE IS ONLY A LOOSE GUIDE AT THE MOMENT.

For more information please email nes@pedalmcr.org.uk

Places are LIMITED due to space and MUST be booked in advance

REGISTER HERE: http://ibikemcr.org.uk/?q=node/5455

Merged because dupe threads are still dupes even when on topic in both forums.

This topic was too serious for ladies' forum which should be kept lighthearted. And the end of the day, it's about politics, not puppies, little children and knitting patterns.

Merged because dupe threads are still dupes even when on topic in both forums.

Rules are rules and without rules what would we have?

Zimbabwe

This sounds like something I'd like to see, but Manchester is a bit of a trek. Hmm.

Rules are rules and without rules what would we have?

Cairo

Ftfy

you just couldnt resist being on a thread with this title could you ;-)

PS. Dov you really love baiting the lefties doncha.

Pps. weirdly when I type 'lefties' in my phone, it tries to make it say 'lecture'... Spooky.

worst invention ever, lefties, fail!

This sounds interesting...

Mf To misquote HG Wells: 'When I see a fixed-drivetrain focussed interweb forum used to publicise anarchist seminars, I have hope for humanity'

"There appears, on some level, to be a bicycle revolution, but are anarchists invited?"

surely the beauty of the bicycle is that you don't need an invite you just ride?

"There appears, on some level, to be a bicycle revolution, but are anarchists invited?"

surely the beauty of anarchism is that you don't need an invite you just turn up?

Yes, that.

I like the idea of invitations for anarchist movements. They'd be embossed and a little glitter would fall out of the envelope when you opened it.

Yes, that.

then why do you need to use the interweb* to confirm your attendance?

*you know that communication thing owned by bill gates and steve jobs that you pay a monthly subscription for.

To whit: Since when have anarchists needed an invitation to anything? Would they go if they were invited? And what would they wear?

this sounds suspiciously like the agenda to my last club meeting, except we didn't need a political framework to justify it!

that said, I always liked the sound of the old / still going vegan and vegetarian bike club (though I wouldn't like to be riding close behind that wheel)

Or badly-spelled graffiti.

Ahh, and there was me thinking it'd be written on a housebrick and carefully tossed through your front window.

I must be thinking of some other anarchists.

That would be the Kindred of the Kibbo Kith.

Since when have anarchists needed an invitation to anything? Would they go if they were invited? And what would they wear?

that's what anarchy is - fucking shit up, doing what you want and wearing what you want.

(aimed at entire thread, not anyone in particular)

While I accept that serving vegan food caters for just about everyone, why is being vegan seemingly a sine qua non for being an anarchist? Why does a political movement that encompasses and occasionally encourages, political assassination not accept the slaughter of animals for sustenance?

That would be the Kindred of the Kibbo Kith.

Never thought I'd hear of them on here ... Blue Skies.

Does it really need spelling out?

Vegan = nonviolent against innocent.
Anarchist = nonviolent against innocent. Assasinating the ruling class is fine.

Veganism and anarchism can coincide in a person's actions and they're in no way mutally exclusive. I imagine.

Btw, Veganism turns into Befallen on my phone.