Programme 2011
A PDF for the full programme and schedule, with details of all workshops and sessions, can be downloaded: PN_Camp_PROGRAMME2011web
THURSDAY
8.30: Breakfast
9.30 – 10.15: Meeting
10.30 – 12.30: Set-up – collectively putting up structures and preparing the camp
12.30 – 14.00: Lunch
14.00 – 16.00: Workshops
- Mental Health, Humanitarian Law and the Long-term Effects of War – Pennie Quinton
- Chomsky’s Politics Today – Milan Rai
- DSEi 2011: resisting the worlds largest arms fair – CAAT
- Grounding the Drones – Chris Cole
16.30 – 18.30: Workshops
- Using Indymedia – Genny Bove
- Eyewitness Afghanistan: A Radical Photographer Reports – Guy Smallman
- Going Viral: Growing UK Uncut – UK Uncut
- Poo to Postmodernism! – Emily Johns and Diana Marquand
19.00: Supper
20.00 – 22.00: Entertainment: Clarion Singers (tbc)
FRIDAY
8.30 Breakfast
9.30 – 10.15: Meeting & Welcome to the Gathering
10.30 – 12.30: Whole Camp Discussion: Cuts and Community Organising – Seeds
12.30 – 14.00: Lunch
14.00 – 16.00: Workshops:
- It’ll Make a Man Out of You: Masculinity, Militarism, Martyrdom and All That Malarkey (Men’s Meeting)
- Feminism – Women’s Meeting
- Cake Making – Veggies
16.30 – 18.30: Workshops:
- Everything you (n)ever wanted to know about biofuels (& biomass) but were afraid to ask – Biofuelwatch
- Al-Qa’eda – Milan Rai
- What Can People Do Where They Live To Change The World? – Haringey Solidarity Group
- Mobilising Communities Against The Nuclear Menace - Yorkshire CND
- Resistance in Harry Potter – Susan Clarkson
20.00 – 22.00: Entertainment: Seize the Day, Tracey Curtis & the Carbon Town Cryer
SATURDAY
8.30 Breakfast
9.30 – 10.15: Meeting
10.30 – 12.30: Workshops:
- Uprooting War – Milan Rai
- We Come to Bury Trident, Not to Replace It – Tim Street
- Taking Environmental Activism to the Next Level – Derek Wall and Huntingdon Lane
- Peace Activities in Wales – Bilingual Session – Cymdeithas y Cymod
- Frontline Nonviolence: Action in Palestine – Andrew Muncie / John
12.30 – 14.00: Lunch
14.00 – 16.00: Workshops:
- Smash EDO 2012: Summer of Resistance – SmashEDO
- Introduction to Consensus – Seeds for Change
- Violence and Economics – Derek Wall
- Ending Britain’s Dodgy Deals – Jonathan Stevenson
- Solidarity Forever: Unionising Migrant and Casualised Workers – Ewa Jasiewicz
16.30 – 18.30: Workshops:
- Revolutions in Egypt and Beyond – Alex Nunns
- Introduction to Facilitation – Seeds for Change
- Chronicle of Protest with Q&A – Michael Channan
- Singing Politics – Penny Stone, Leslie and Sian
- Fuel on the Fire: Lessons from Iraq on Oil and Occupation – Greg Muttitt
20.00 – 22.00: Entertainment: Emma Goldman Play
SUNDAY
8.30 Breakfast
9.30 – 10.15: Meeting
10.30 – 12.30: Workshops:
- Cars, Carbon, Calories, & Conflict – Patrick Nicholson
- Afghanistan: Activists’ Pub Quiz – Gabriel Carlyle / Libya – Stop the War
- Taking Control: Home Education – Leslie Barson
- Kettles Are For Cuppas, Not Coppers – Stop Kettling Our Kids
- Hinkley Blockade – Nikki (tbc)
12.30 – 14.00: Lunch
14.00 – 16.00: Workshop
- Community and Environmentalism – John Stewart
- How to be a Citizen Reporter – visionOntv
- Advanced Facilitation – Seeds for Change
- Standing Your Ground: Public Speaking – Rhizome
- Security for Activists – Bob Nichols
16.30 – 18.30: Workshops:
- Building Secure Bases for Resistance – Radical Routes
- UKYCC Training – UK Youth Climate Coalition
- Advanced Consensus – Seeds for Change
- Putting Your Body Where Your Heart Is: Training for Nonviolent Direct Action – Rhizome
- Solsbury Hill: Chronicle of a Road Protest – Adrian Arbib
20.00 – 22.00 Entertainment: Talent Show: Everyone brings out their hidden talents!
MONDAY
8.30 Breakfast
9.30 – 10: Meeting
10.00 – 12.00: Whole Camp Discussion: People Power – Rhizome
12.30 – 13.30: Lunch
13.30 – 14.00: Take-down of large structures
14.30 – 15.00: Closing Circle
Entertainment
In addition to all the other (particpatory) entertainment, we are really happy to announce that Seize the Day, Tracey Curtis and the Carbon Town Cryer will be playing at the camp.
Seize The Day are a radical English acoustic band with global roots. We write songs to celebrate, inspire and support the liberation of life.” www.seizetheday.org
Tracey Curtis – “contemporary singersongwriter with the ability to present the human faces behind political issues”. www.myspace.com/traceycurtis
The Carbon Town Cryer – sweet revolutionary sounds. www.myspace.com/carbontowncryer
