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From: Andy N Pryke
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 00:00

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Hi,

You may be interested in a screening of "undercurrents",
issue 8. "undercurrents" is a video news service which reports the
news which you don't see on T.V. 

              "Compelling viewing" - The Independent

         "The news you don't see on the news." - Time Out 

    "Compulsory viewing for those who write off the grassroots green
         movement as a bunch of unthinking anarcho drop-outs "
                       - BBC Wildlife Magazine

             "undercurrents has become a vital part of the 
                  protest scene in Britain today"
                             - Peace News


Venue: Meeting Room,
       Friends of the Earth Warehouse,
       54 Allison Street,
       Digbeth,
       Birmingham.
       (Off Digbeth High St, where the coach station is)

Time: 7:30pm, Thursday 18th December 1997


Cost: FREE! 
      (Donations to cover cost of hiring the meeting room are welcome.)

More details: http://www.undercurrents.org/
              http://www.robndina.demon.co.uk/


       "you can only be more possible than they can powerfully imagine"

                   ------------------------------

Contents of undercurrents 8:

                            Part 1

Street News (5 mins) - An update of protests from around the UK.

Gandalf Trial (7.5 mins) - A frightening insight into the threat posed
                           to grassroots publications.


Leyla Zana (7.5 mins) - First Kurdish woman to become MP in Turkey is
                        jailed for 15 years.

Timber (3 mins) - A musical journey through the world of
                  deforestation.

New Labour New Arms (7.5 mins) - What Robin Cook and his friends are
                                 really up to.

                          Intermission
        (watch the subverts and make yourself a cup of tea.....)


                            Part 2

Global News (6 mins) - Campaigns from around the world.

Pig Brother (10 mins) - If you thought you were safe from the eager
                        eye of the police, think again!

Pumpkin TV (7 mins) - Are we really seeing valuable stories 
                      on local news?

Wyndham Hill (5 mins) - Residents stop developers building a
                        superstore on local beauty spot.

Hunt Etiquette (1.5 mins) - Also includes Activist Poetry and 
                            Hen House Rock.

Running Time:  67 minutes

                   ------------------------------

Andy


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From: anp@cs.bham.ac.uk (Andy N Pryke)
Subject: undercurrents showing 18/12/97
Date: 1997/12/10
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Summary: undercurrents - the news you don't see on TV, see it for free in Birmingham
Organization: School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham, UK
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