2006-06-21T14:11:18+01:00 http://www.matilda.aktivix.org/.cgi/forum Lussumo Vanilla http://www.matilda.aktivix.org/.cgi/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=13 2006-06-21T14:11:18+01:00 2006-06-21T14:11:18+01:00 deadly http://www.matilda.aktivix.org/.cgi/forum/account.php?u=20

well known sheffield independant artist "steve withington" under one of his many rumoured alias' and yes he is a friend of the artist formerly known as mozaz now known as "0742" currently a star of the matilda building sit in/squat wrote the following blog yesterday on his site at http://barcode.deedah.org/ Today's Nazis posted by Carlos Barcode: 20 Jun 2006, 02:04 Every age and every place spawns mindless extremists who are too lazy to think for themselves. In England in 2006 the new Nazis are generally middle-class soap-dodgers who claim to be vegan and anti- racist etc etc. This evening two such stormtroopers of unreason informed me that I am a murderer because I eat meat, and also that the life of a fly is worth as much as the life of a human child. They also informed me that eating meat is akin to racism as it is speciesism. The really sad thing was that they were completely serious. These people are not mere lunatics. They are the fascists of the future. If this shit is what lies at the heart of the counterculture then give me the mainstream anyday. YES STEVE WITHINGTON FOLKS ANOTHER TRUE FREE THINKER WHO LIKES TO KICK AGAINST THE PRICKS. come on england deadly derek underwood

of his many rumoured alias' and yes he is a friend of the artist
formerly known as mozaz now known as "0742" currently a star of the
matilda building sit in/squat wrote the following blog yesterday on
his site at
http://barcode.deedah.org/

Today's Nazis
posted by Carlos Barcode: 20 Jun 2006, 02:04

Every age and every place spawns mindless extremists who are too
lazy to think for themselves. In England in 2006 the new Nazis are
generally middle-class soap-dodgers who claim to be vegan and anti-
racist etc etc.

This evening two such stormtroopers of unreason informed me that I
am a murderer because I eat meat, and also that the life of a fly is
worth as much as the life of a human child. They also informed me
that eating meat is akin to racism as it is speciesism.

The really sad thing was that they were completely serious.

These people are not mere lunatics. They are the fascists of the
future.

If this shit is what lies at the heart of the counterculture then
give me the mainstream anyday.

YES STEVE WITHINGTON FOLKS ANOTHER TRUE FREE THINKER WHO LIKES TO
KICK AGAINST THE PRICKS.
come on england
deadly derek underwood]]> http://www.matilda.aktivix.org/.cgi/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12 2006-06-21T14:10:38+01:00 2006-06-21T14:10:38+01:00 deadly http://www.matilda.aktivix.org/.cgi/forum/account.php?u=20

well known sheffield independant artist "steve withington" under one of his many rumoured alias' and yes he is a friend of the artist formerly known as mozaz now known as "0742" currently a star of the matilda building sit in/squat wrote the following blog yesterday on his site at http://barcode.deedah.org/ Today's Nazis posted by Carlos Barcode: 20 Jun 2006, 02:04 Every age and every place spawns mindless extremists who are too lazy to think for themselves. In England in 2006 the new Nazis are generally middle-class soap-dodgers who claim to be vegan and anti- racist etc etc. This evening two such stormtroopers of unreason informed me that I am a murderer because I eat meat, and also that the life of a fly is worth as much as the life of a human child. They also informed me that eating meat is akin to racism as it is speciesism. The really sad thing was that they were completely serious. These people are not mere lunatics. They are the fascists of the future. If this shit is what lies at the heart of the counterculture then give me the mainstream anyday. YES STEVE WITHINGTON FOLKS ANOTHER TRUE FREE THINKER WHO LIKES TO KICK AGAINST THE PRICKS. come on england deadly derek underwood

of his many rumoured alias' and yes he is a friend of the artist
formerly known as mozaz now known as "0742" currently a star of the
matilda building sit in/squat wrote the following blog yesterday on
his site at
http://barcode.deedah.org/

Today's Nazis
posted by Carlos Barcode: 20 Jun 2006, 02:04

Every age and every place spawns mindless extremists who are too
lazy to think for themselves. In England in 2006 the new Nazis are
generally middle-class soap-dodgers who claim to be vegan and anti-
racist etc etc.

This evening two such stormtroopers of unreason informed me that I
am a murderer because I eat meat, and also that the life of a fly is
worth as much as the life of a human child. They also informed me
that eating meat is akin to racism as it is speciesism.

The really sad thing was that they were completely serious.

These people are not mere lunatics. They are the fascists of the
future.

If this shit is what lies at the heart of the counterculture then
give me the mainstream anyday.

YES STEVE WITHINGTON FOLKS ANOTHER TRUE FREE THINKER WHO LIKES TO
KICK AGAINST THE PRICKS.
come on england
deadly derek underwood]]> http://www.matilda.aktivix.org/.cgi/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=11 2006-06-07T15:24:42+01:00 2006-06-07T15:24:42+01:00 boneidol http://www.matilda.aktivix.org/.cgi/forum/account.php?u=2

comment on http://www.matilda.aktivix.org/press/sheffield-indymedia-feature-may-2006/ here

here]]> http://www.matilda.aktivix.org/.cgi/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=10 2006-06-07T13:57:38+01:00 2006-06-07T13:57:38+01:00 boneidol http://www.matilda.aktivix.org/.cgi/forum/account.php?u=2

You can discuss the GO Magazine in article ( available on the MATILDA Web site at http://www.matilda.aktivix.org/press/go-zine-dead-spaces-june-2006/ ) here.

http://www.matilda.aktivix.org/.cgi/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9 2006-03-25T17:37:48+00:00 2006-03-25T17:37:48+00:00 northern green pixie http://www.matilda.aktivix.org/.cgi/forum/account.php?u=17

Hello Matilda, Hello Sheffield Some of you might remember the Northern Green Gathering - we haven't organised one for a couple of years as we didn't jhave a site - but it looks like we will fort his year. So we are looking for new people to join the organising team. We are having the NGG AGM on Sunday 2nd April, in Leeds at the Wrens pub at 5.30pm. There will be a veggie buffet, and chance to chat about the event we want to put on. We would love it if some of you would like to come along and get involved. Have a look at the website - www.nggonline.org.uk. If you want to come it would be good if you let us know spo we can make sure there is enough food to go round! Hope to see you there!!

Some of you might remember the Northern Green Gathering - we haven't organised one for a couple of years as we didn't jhave a site - but it looks like we will fort his year. So we are looking for new people to join the organising team.

We are having the NGG AGM on Sunday 2nd April, in Leeds at the Wrens pub at 5.30pm. There will be a veggie buffet, and chance to chat about the event we want to put on. We would love it if some of you would like to come along and get involved.

Have a look at the website - www.nggonline.org.uk.

If you want to come it would be good if you let us know spo we can make sure there is enough food to go round!

Hope to see you there!!]]> http://www.matilda.aktivix.org/.cgi/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=8 2006-02-21T11:55:35+00:00 2006-03-20T18:40:54+00:00 steve http://www.matilda.aktivix.org/.cgi/forum/account.php?u=5

Matilda was first used as a base for action against the G8 summit. Since then interests have shifted, almost entirely, away from political activism to art based activities. I use the word 'art' in the loose sense of the word. Activities are driven more by people's creative impulses rather than political motives. This includes everything from art displays, music events, and film shows, to cooking, building repairs and web design. This is not to say these creative activities are not political. They definitely are. One could say that most, if not all, art has a political dimension one way or another. However it does seem that the spirit of defiance and the will for confrontation has evaporated. Little direct action type stuff has been organised in Matilda since the G8 and what there has been has usually come from outside groups like the Dissent network or Saving Iceland. Most political activist stuff in Sheffield is centred outside Matilda. Local activist issues such as We Want Our Buses Back, asylum seekers' evictions, anti war, nuclear weapons & US bases, Mohammad Arian and incapacity benefit cuts are all based elsewhere. This is not intended to be a criticism either. There's nothing wrong with creativity and it's a lot more worthwhile than being a pointless cog in a corporate machine. I'm involved in this process as much as anyone else and enjoy creative activities. They're not only more fun and rewarding but they're a good deal less stressful than political confrontations. However this does raise some interesting questions. We've become kind of temporary property owners, or at least custodians of the building. How much influence does the building and this position exert over what we do? If there was another event like the G8 summit would we, or could we, agree that Matilda should be used as a convergence space? Or would the risks entailed be seen as too great? Would people fear that a multitude of other, often longer term, Matilda projects might be jeopardised by the obvious dangers of such a one off event? If people are given the time, space and freedom to be creative is the motivation for the political activities automatically diminished? Has this phenomenon been repeated at other social centres in the country? Is dispossession a useful or even essential prerequisite for radical political activism?

However it does seem that the spirit of defiance and the will for confrontation has evaporated. Little direct action type stuff has been organised in Matilda since the G8 and what there has been has usually come from outside groups like the Dissent network or Saving Iceland. Most political activist stuff in Sheffield is centred outside Matilda. Local activist issues such as We Want Our Buses Back, asylum seekers' evictions, anti war, nuclear weapons & US bases, Mohammad Arian and incapacity benefit cuts are all based elsewhere.

This is not intended to be a criticism either. There's nothing wrong with creativity and it's a lot more worthwhile than being a pointless cog in a corporate machine. I'm involved in this process as much as anyone else and enjoy creative activities. They're not only more fun and rewarding but they're a good deal less stressful than political confrontations.

However this does raise some interesting questions.

We've become kind of temporary property owners, or at least custodians of the building.

How much influence does the building and this position exert over what we do?

If there was another event like the G8 summit would we, or could we, agree that Matilda should be used as a convergence space? Or would the risks entailed be seen as too great? Would people fear that a multitude of other, often longer term, Matilda projects might be jeopardised by the obvious dangers of such a one off event?

If people are given the time, space and freedom to be creative is the motivation for the political activities automatically diminished?

Has this phenomenon been repeated at other social centres in the country?

Is dispossession a useful or even essential prerequisite for radical political activism?]]> http://www.matilda.aktivix.org/.cgi/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1 2005-11-27T00:55:06+00:00 2006-02-18T23:04:39+00:00 boneidol http://www.matilda.aktivix.org/.cgi/forum/account.php?u=2

Some forums to do discussion in are here. Now.. how are they going to be moderated etc ?

Now.. how are they going to be moderated etc ?]]> http://www.matilda.aktivix.org/.cgi/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=3 2005-12-04T18:30:45+00:00 2006-01-13T21:29:40+00:00 steve http://www.matilda.aktivix.org/.cgi/forum/account.php?u=5

We've already entered a collision course with capitalism's biggest festival of the year. The shops are gonna be filled with miserable shoppers buying millions of pounds worth of pointless goods and all done from a sense of guilt. Most people don't even know what Christmas is about or why its celebrated. Sheep-like these ordinary folk will get poorer as the festival gets closer whilst the capitalists get richer by the minute. But making money is not the primary aim of Christmas. Christmas is about children. A CEO once said if you can get them hooked on your product by the age of two and keep them hooked till eight you'll have a customer for life. Applied to capitalism as a whole it becomes clear that the most important part about Christmas is its potential to condition or brainwash the young. Get them hooked whilst young and you'll have good little consumer citizens for life. And best thing is they'll teach their kids the same thing. Jesus never celebrated Christmas and neither did his diciples. Why should we? So the only question that remains now is what are we gonna do about it?

The shops are gonna be filled with miserable shoppers buying millions of pounds worth of pointless goods and all done from a sense of guilt. Most people don't even know what Christmas is about or why its celebrated.

Sheep-like these ordinary folk will get poorer as the festival gets closer whilst the capitalists get richer by the minute.

But making money is not the primary aim of Christmas. Christmas is about children. A CEO once said if you can get them hooked on your product by the age of two and keep them hooked till eight you'll have a customer for life. Applied to capitalism as a whole it becomes clear that the most important part about Christmas is its potential to condition or brainwash the young. Get them hooked whilst young and you'll have good little consumer citizens for life. And best thing is they'll teach their kids the same thing.

Jesus never celebrated Christmas and neither did his diciples. Why should we?

So the only question that remains now is what are we gonna do about it?]]> http://www.matilda.aktivix.org/.cgi/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=7 2005-12-08T15:40:54+00:00 2005-12-08T15:40:54+00:00 chris http://www.matilda.aktivix.org/.cgi/forum/account.php?u=9

Harold Pinter – Nobel Lecture Art, Truth & Politics Read More; http://nobelprize.org/cgi-bin/print?from=/literature/laureates/2005/pinter-lecture-e.html Chris

Art, Truth & Politics

Read More;

http://nobelprize.org/cgi-bin/print?from=/literature/laureates/2005/pinter-lecture-e.html

Chris]]> http://www.matilda.aktivix.org/.cgi/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=6 2005-12-07T23:43:54+00:00 2005-12-07T23:43:54+00:00 boneidol http://www.matilda.aktivix.org/.cgi/forum/account.php?u=2

We've already had to hide a thread on here, and its only been going a few days The post in question was titled in a way that could have been seen to be threatening an individual. I propose that no posts should use threatening or abusive language in them particulary if aimed at other forum users.

The post in question was titled in a way that could have been seen to be threatening an individual.

I propose that no posts should use threatening or abusive language in them particulary if aimed at other forum users.]]> http://www.matilda.aktivix.org/.cgi/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=5 2005-12-07T19:17:45+00:00 2005-12-07T19:17:45+00:00 goagoa http://www.matilda.aktivix.org/.cgi/forum/account.php?u=10

I wonder how many characters can you enter in the box... so this is a test and you may find it short(ened). Dear fellows & colleagues at Matilda, Have you read athe ongoing poll results?? Wondering also whether you'd be interested in providing some feedback on this proposal/question/idea: to become "shareholders" in this highly lucrative site. Is this feasible or strictly Utopian in the colloquial sense? Given the legal framework, I mean. Can the premises (the set of rooms/chambers/cellars/square meters) that could be rented/leased/hired (for a 1,000 pound donation per month, say) be used at all, in any profitable way, by any potential sub-tenants/lessees/occupiers? How could they make their investment/donations helpful in a financial way ? With this in mind, would you make a proposal/tentative offer to someone you trusted well? Could a contract be made even if Matilda premises has no legal owner? (Perhaps a poll on this could be made, but currently i will be working at the art collective pages) Thank you Amp

Dear fellows & colleagues at Matilda,

Have you read athe ongoing poll results??
Wondering also whether you'd be interested in providing some feedback on this proposal/question/idea:

to become "shareholders" in this highly lucrative site. Is this feasible or strictly Utopian in the colloquial sense? Given the legal framework, I mean. Can the premises (the set of rooms/chambers/cellars/square meters) that could be rented/leased/hired (for a 1,000 pound donation per month, say) be used at all, in any profitable way, by any potential sub-tenants/lessees/occupiers?

How could they make their investment/donations helpful in a financial way ?
With this in mind, would you make a proposal/tentative offer to someone you trusted well?
Could a contract be made even if Matilda premises has no legal owner?

(Perhaps a poll on this could be made, but currently i will be working at the art collective pages)

Thank you

Amp]]> http://www.matilda.aktivix.org/.cgi/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=2 2005-12-04T11:37:48+00:00 2005-12-04T12:16:36+00:00 boneidol http://www.matilda.aktivix.org/.cgi/forum/account.php?u=2

There seems to be only one category. What would be good categories for discussions here ? Then lets get them created.

What would be good categories for discussions here ? Then lets get them created.]]>