The building can be found at 161 Commercial Street, E1 2DA, near the Shoreditch High Street junction. Nearest tube station Liverpool Street. Buses 8, 26, 35, 42, 47, 48, 67, 78, 135, 149, 242, 344, 388.
Come by anytime from 10am Friday 19th June.. see below for more info…
Check it out regularly, very likely to be modified and also some new stuff will be added! Work on the building (e.g. plumbing, electricity, building stuff…) will run as a continuous skillshare throughout the weekend. so drop by whenever you can and get involved 
FREE SCHOOL SLEEP OVER — participants in the free school can crash at the space. Visit the space and speak to organisers to make arrangements.
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Friday 19th June
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Saturday 20th June
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Sunday 21st June
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Other workshops to be confirmed…
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Special theme on housing, squatting and gentrification
A weekend of workshops, discussions and skillsharing to promote free, community organised learning
The London FreeSchool is planning another event for late June which will be completely free and open to all willing to respect the ideals of the freeschool and each other. In order for this to be successful we need a timetable and for that we need you! So, if there’s something you always wanted to learn, a skill you are willing to share or a topic for discussion you think is important we would love to hear from you.. drop us a line:
deschooling_society [at] lists [dot] riseup [dot] net.
This session will have a special theme: housing, squatting and gentrification.
We already have some confirmed workshops:
- a talk from someone involved in “Save Queens Market” campaign on Saturday 20th afternoon. http://www.friendsofqueensmarket.org.uk/index2.html
- Claiming housing benefit – Friday evening
- DCH occupying council flats – Saturday afternoon
- Housing co-ops
- Planning session for squats and autonomous days of action
- practical skill sharing on electricity, plumbing…
- open discussion on resisting eviction
And some other workshops that we hope will be confirmed. Plenty more coming!
- law and history of squatting
- mobile sound system/DJ Freeze – Cat and James to contact Mike
- Feminism and housing
- setting up a PA
London FreeSchool aims to confront the hierarchy and inequality that dominates learning. It stems from a belief that the control and institutionalisation of education is wrong and as communities we need to reclaim knowledge in order to develop self reliance. It is a collectively run project open to all, in fact we are actively seeking new bodies who want to get involved and help organise similar events to this. If you are up for this then please get in contact (deschooling_society [at] lists [dot] riseup [dot] net).
Check the website http://londonfreeschool.wordpress.com from now onwards for more information on what is planned for the weekend. We hope to have all the descriptions for workshops up as soon as possible and the full timetable will be posted later.
Sign up to our newsletter at https://lists.riseup.net/www/subscribe/londonfreeschool for irregular updates on upcoming events in London.
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Friday 20th February 2009 at rampART, 15-17 rampart street, E1 2LA
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4-6pm Clothes Making
4-6pm Drumming Workshop
4:30-6pm Getting rid of ‘Education’
6pm Radical Theory Reading Group
9-10pm Dissident Island Broadcast
10pm-2am Benefit Party for rampART
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Saturday 21st Febraury 2009 at the Culture Centre, 2a Belgrade Road, Dalston, Hackney, N16 8DJ
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Ground Floor
14:00–15:30 Theory and Practise 1
16:00–17:30 Theory and Practise 2
18:00-19:00 Samba Dancing
19:00-20:00 Music Workshop
20:00-late Jam Session/Open Mike
First Floor
16:00-18:00 1st Round-Table-Samosa-Making Discussion on Rethinking Ecology
(see http://www.londoncriticalecologyforum.wordpress.com)
18:00-19:00 Here We Are! A Map for Autonomous Spaces
19:00-late Café
Second Floor
13:00-15:00 Life Drawing
15:00-16:00 English as Foreign Language and French (separate classes)
16:00-17:00 Portugese and Arabic (Separate classes)
17:00-18:00 Bellydancing
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Sunday 22nd February 2009 at the Library House, 52 Knatchbull Road, Camberwell, SE5
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1-3pm Basic Internet Security & Encryption for Beginners
1-3pm Pinhole Photography
3-5pm Flour and Water
3-5pm Knitting
3-5pm Spanish
20th – 22nd February!
A weekend of free workshops and discussions to promote community organised skill-sharing.
The London FreeSchool is planning an event for mid February which will be completely free and open to all willing to respect the ideals of the freeschool and of each other. Topics for workshops already planned are as follows;
Very Basic Internet Security & Encryption for Beginners
Flour & Water
Clothes Making (please get in contact if you can get hold of any spare sewing machines for this!)
The Radical Theory Reading Group
Pinhole Photography
Deschooling Society
Drumming
Knitting
Here we are! A map for autonomous spaces
Capoeira
Languages – Palestinian, Lebanese, Syrian and Portuguese
Food & Environmentalism
And there’s still room for more so if there is something you always wanted to learn, a skill you are willing to share or a topic for discussion you think is important we would love to hear from you.. drop us a line: deschooling_society [at] lists [dot] riseup [dot] net. The deadline for the weekender is 11th February to allow enough time to finalise and publicise the timetable.
If you would like to get involved in organising or helping out at this or similar events, please get in contact via the email above. Alternatively you could come along to our next meeting which will be held from 7pm on Tuesday 10th February at rampART Social Centre in Whitechapel. See http://www.rampart.co.nr for directions.
Keep checking this website from now onwards for more information on what is planned for the weekend. We hope to have all the descriptions for workshops up as soon as possible and the full timetable will be posted around the 13th February.
Sign up to our newsletter at https://lists.riseup.net/www/subscribe/londonfreeschool for irregular updates on upcoming events in London.
A bit short notice as it has already begun, but a lovely bunch are holding a week of free workshops and the such like in mayfair starting today until the 11th January. The timetable of events can be viewed on their website (http://www.temporaryschool.org/) and will be updated throughout the week. If you want to get involved, help out, organise a workshop or something then contact them on 07532072087, persons_unknown [at] hotmail.co.uk or just head down to 39A Clarges Mews, Mayfair where it’s taking place…
Also, the London FreeSchool will be holding a meeting this Wednesday evening from 5pm at rampART Social Centre (http://www.rampart.co.nr) to discuss 2009 and future projects so if you want to get involved come along!
21st – 23rd November 2008
A weekend of free workshops promoting community learning and skill-sharing
Timetable of Events…
Friday 21st November @ rampART Social Centre (see below for venue details)
3-5pm ReFuse: Recycled Glass Fusing
5-6pm Welcome Meal: Come along, meet each other and enjoy some free vegan food
6-8pm Clothes Making*
6-8pm Radical Theory Reading Group
9pm Crisis in the Credit System film screening
Saturday 22nd November @ various locations
12-2pm Publicising Events @ LARC
1-3pm Computers @ rampART
2-4pm Safer Spaces Workshop @ the Library House
2-4pm DIY/Zine Publishing @ LARC
2-4pm Self Defense @ freedom
3-5pm Free Expression Art @ rampART
4-6pm Screen Printing @ rampART
4-6pm Workshop of Nothing @ LARC
5pm Theatre of the Oppressed @ the Library House
6-8pm Clothes Making*
6-8pm Self-Education meeting @ LARC
Sunday 23rd November @ the Library House
1-3pm Nomadic Kiln Construction
1-2pm Class Politics & Climate Change
2-3pm Gender & Autonomous Spaces
3-5pm Open Discussion on Permaculture
* this workshop is dependent upon us getting hold of enough sewing machines, so if you know of where we can or are able to bring your own, please let us know!
It is possible the timetable will change so please do keep checking this website! Also, a description for each specific workshop can be found on the left hand side of this page, under ‘themes’.
VENUE DETAILS!
rampART Social Centre: http://www.rampart.co.nr 5 -17 Rampart Street, London E1 2LA, off Commercial Road
London Action and Resource Centre (LARC): http://www.londonarc.org/ 62 Fieldgate Street in Whitechapel
The Library House: http://thelibraryhouse.wordpress.com/ 52 Knatchbull Road, SE5 9QY behind Minet library in Camberwell/Brixton
Freedom Bookshop: http://www.freedompress.org.uk/ 84b Whitechapel High Street, London E1 7QX
November 21st – 23rd 2008
The London FreeSchool is planning another event for November to include free workshops, skill-sharing and discussion on various topics.
Workshops that have already been suggested are as follows;
Class Politics and Climate Change
Art
Clothes Making
Workshop of Nothing continued
Gender and Autonomous Spaces continued
Fanzine / DIY publishing
Drama
Urban Permaculture
If you would like to go to or help facilitate any of the above then please email us (deschooling_society@lists.riseup.net) so we have an idea of numbers. Only the ones that people have expressed interest in will go ahead. Also, email us if you would like to organise a workshop or discussion with a brief description, how long you think you will need, if you require any special equipment/tools etc.
Keep checking the website from now onwards for more information on what is planned for the weekend and sign up to the newsletter at https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/londonfreeschool to receive updates.
my dear friends, after a very successful first london freeschool week, 1st – 7th september at the rampART, we are planning another weekend of nonhierarchical skillsharing, learning and practicing together with the emphasis on equality, respect and trust. since the freeschool is, as it implies, free, we need to raise some funds. so we were thinking of organising a big benefit event on the 27th of september, from 8 pm to 2 am, with live poetry and spoken word, featuring niall spooner, live music with no mas nada, 52 commercial road and paul hawkins and the awkward silencers, dj sets by fe_bac, little miss moonshine, startx and the dissident island radio crew, film screening, capoeira, juggling and clowning and many more treats, like splendid vegan food & drink…
If you want to go skipping please be at 9am sharp at the entrance of
Vauxhall tube station. We’ll go skipping and will go back to rampart to
cook at about 11am.
by bus tube or bike just bring a bag! it’s fun and empowering!
timetable:
9am: skipping. Meeting at the entrance of Vauxhall tube station
11am: cooking at rampart
3pm: serving food outside probably Altab Ali park
6pm: cleaning!!!
