[Gllug] Fwd: [Freedomlab] Media Hacklab work days and benefit

[North London John]

FYI, free software (h)activism in East London.

John

Begin forwarded message:

> A new Media Hacklab is getting started in the east end of London.
> Based at the Freedom Press bookshop and social centre, it will
> be an open access computer lab with internet access. Going
> beyond the preponderance of internet cafes, a Hacklab is a
> political space used for alternative media, the use and
> development of free software and other emancepatory techologies,
> skill sharing and collective learning, community projects and
> anything else we can organise. The projects that happen there
> will depend on the commitment of those involved.
>
> At the last open meeting on Saturday the 10th we discussed what
> we need to do to get the Hacklab off the ground. Two work
> weekends and a benefit are now planned:
>
> * Saturday 17th Jan: Hardware reception/collection and room work.
> Between 1 and 6pm there will be people in the lab able to take
> reception of donated hardware. So if you have any old PCs,
> monitors, hard drives or any other spare computers or parts to
> give away, please bring them on this day. If you don't have
> hardware to donate, please pass the message on. Help from
> techies and non-techies alike is needed this on this day. If you
> are in the London area and can not drop hardware off, please let
> us know (contact details below) and we will try to arange
> someone to collect them on the day. We will also be using this
> day to finish off work on the infastructure of the room: tables,
> shelves etc. So anyone with DIY skills is also welcome!
>
> * Sunday 18th Jan: Benefit film night, cafe and bar, at new
> social centre: 93 Fortess Rd, Kentish Town, NW5. Starts 8pm
> (please come at 4pm if you want to help organise). Two min. walk
> from Kentish Town Tube, Bus 134.
>
> Films:
> * Fourth World War (an epic tale about the global emancipatory
> movement)
> * Richard Stallman: "Freedom and Technology"
> * Indymedia Euro Newsreal
> * PLUS... Cartoons!
>
> There will also be food, Cuban Rum cocktails, a cheap bar and
> Zapatista coffee.
>
> Admission: Free/Donation. Or donate a computer or some hardware.
>
> * Sat and Sun 24/25th Jan, 1-6pm. Installation and networking
> weekend. Bring tools, CDs, etc. We should have working internet
> access by this time. Anyone interested in learning computer
> setup, OS installation, networking etc. should come along and
> make themselves known and we can make it a time of skill
> sharing.
>
> Media Hacklab at Freedom Press Bookshop
> http://www.freedompress.org.uk
> Angel Alley, 84b Whitechapel High Street, London E1 7QX.
> The alley is next to the KFC near Aldgate East tube, Whitechapel
> Art allery exit.
>
> http://www.hacklabs.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Freedom_Hacklab
> http://www.wombles.org.uk/mediahacklab/mediahacklab.php
>
> Contact us on the mailing list: freedomlab at sinroot.net
>
> Or subscribe: http://sindormir.net/mailman/listinfo/freedomlab
>
> Please circulate widely.
>
>
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