Sunday 16 Oct 2011
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Film: Uranium - Is It A Country, Film And Debate 2-5pm (2011)
16 Oct 2011, 2 p.m.
Film and debate about the pros and cons of nuclear energy. The film shows the dirty side of so-called 'clean' nuclear energy. Where uranium comes from,where it goes to and what is left behind. The film takes us to Australia to the world's largest uranium mine and to Europe where this source of 'clean energy' is a gold mine for the energy corporations. The film will be followed by speakers for and against nuclear power. Organised by Medact, an organisation of health professionals tackling the roots of conflict.
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Event: Canny Little Library
16 Oct 2011, 3 p.m.
The Canny Little Library is the best library in the star and shadow/ city / uk for books, zines and pamphlets with a focus on titles with a more critical stance towards the society we live in and not available in most regular libraries/ bookshops. The collection includes graphic novels, art, feminism, queer, gender, lgbt, politics, sex, health, relationships, DIY, anarchism, philosophy, global struggles, science, nature and environment, worker's struggles, history, prison struggles, cookery, anti-racism and information for action. All titles are available to browse and borrow for free. The Star and Shadow also houses a large collection of film, photography and theatre books available for browsing and reference. The library can be contacted at cannylittlelibrary@gmail.com
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Film: Greed + Live Organ Accompaniment! (1924)
16 Oct 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Directed by the phoney Count, Eric von Stroheim, Greed is one the great films of the silent era. It's an epic movie that takes on the spectacle of that first era of mass consumerism, the Roaring 20s. PLUS Live organ accompaniement!!