Rise Up Quines - Aberdeen's newest Festival celebrating women 12-18 Nov 2018

Please get along if you can to some of the amazing events at a brand new festival for Aberdeen, Rise Up Quines!

The Festival takes place between 12-18 November  2018 at various venues across Aberdeen.

It marks the centenary of (some) women winning the right to vote. It will seek to celebrate women in politics and leadership, past, present and future.

It includes a range of events such as workshops, panel discussions, films, exhibitions and performances, and aims to inspire women and girls to become politically engaged and lay the foundations for them to become future activists and leaders.

ATUC delegates, Fiona Napier and Kate Ramsden will facilitate a Unions Into Schools Workshop on Wed 14th November with a focus on women's rights and challenging sexual harassment and discrimination.

Find out more at the Rise Up Quines webpage. 

Click here for a Festival Programme

Living Rent is coming to Aberdeen! Get along to the first meeting on 8th November.

All Aberdeen Trade Union Council delegates, associates and friends are invited to attend the Living Rent, Aberdeen first meeting on 8th November 2018 from 7 - 8.30pm in the Unite Office, 42-44 King Street, Aberdeen AB24 5TJ.

This will be an opportunity to hear about the campaign and talk about how together we can fight for tenants' rights in Aberdeen. Come along and find out how you can get involved.

The meeting will last approximately 90 minutes, and the venue is wheelchair accessible.

If you have any questions about the event, the campaign or the venue, please don't hesitate to drop the organisers a message via their Facebook page.

Launch event - Plea for Anarchist Communism

 Aberdeen Anarchist Group and Aberdeen Trade Union Council are hosting a Launch Event - A Plea for Anarchist Communism on Sunday 7th October 2-4pm in 22a Adelphi.

This launch event follows on from the recent (re)publication of the ''Plea for Anarchist Communism'' by H.H. Duncan (1893).

A member of the Aberdeen Anarchist Group along with another comrade will present the pamphlet and will talk about its political significance, the historical context surrounding its composition as well as H.H. Duncan himself. There will be a Q&A after the presentation and the pamphlet will be available for purchase on a donation basis.

All are welcome to attend.

See more on the Facebook event

Evening of celebration for Aberdeen Brigaders on 28th September All welcome!

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Nae Pasaran showing at the Belmont Cinema, Aberdeen Sat 15th Sept

Please get along to the Belmont Cinema on Saturday 15th September at 6pm and see Nae Pasaran - a wonderful, moving and inspiring film.

We are looking forward to welcoming both the director of the film and a special guest from the film itself. There is a 2-for-1 ticket offer that you are most welcome to use and to share with friends and family.

Use the code NAE (all caps) either in person at box office, online (http://bit.ly/NaePasaranQA) or on the phone (01224 343 500) to get 2-for-1 tickets to this screening.

With unprecedented access and research, NAE PASARAN reveals for the first time the incredible impact made by Scottish factory workers 40 years ago against one of the most repressive dictatorships of the 20th century.

40 years after their defiant stand in protest against Pinochet's Air Force in Chile, Scottish pensioners discover the dramatic consequences of their solidarity.

1974, Scotland. Bob Fulton, a Rolls-Royce engine inspector, returns to his section, upset and anxious. He's just told his colleagues that a Chilean Air Force jet engine has arrived in the factory for maintenance and he's refusing to let it go through, in protest against the recent military coup of General Pinochet.

He's seen the images of people packed into football stadiums and the Chilean Air Force jets bombing Santiago, and now one of the engines from those very same planes is right there, waiting for inspection.

He can see his supervisors approaching, he knows he's about to be fired, yet he feels a responsibility...

Aberdeen Trades Union Council opens its doors on our rich history

In its 150th anniversary year, Aberdeen Trades Union Council will welcome visitors to its premises at 22a Adelphi, Aberdeen as part of Doors Open Day on Saturday 8th September.

Visitors will be able to view art and artefacts collected over the course of our 150 year history, relating to significant historical events including the Spanish Civil War.

The doors will be open from 10am to 3pm and all are welcome to participate in this unique opportunity to witness the wealth of historical artefacts of Aberdeen's trade union and labour movement, and our activities in the current day.

Please come along if you can for what will be a fascinating look at our rich trade union history.

Hiroshima Memorial Service. Lest we forget. All welcome to attend

The 2018 Hiroshima Memorial Service will be held on Sunday 5th August 12noon until 2pm in Union Terrace, Aberdeen. All are welcome to attend.

The Atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6th in 1945. It was much smaller than the Atomic bombs we have now but its effects were still devastating.

The event has been organised by Aberdeen Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND). They organise an annual memorial to remember those who were killed and injured by the Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and the one that took place two days later in Nagasaki.

The event is also held to remind us all of the potential horrors of nuclear war. A CND peace sign will be created from flowers and there will be speeches, music and poetry.

ATUC has always supported this memorial event. Please get along if you can.

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