After months of mobilising and planning today the NATO Welcoming Committee set up the Smash NATO Convergence Space in Edinburgh. The space will act as a base for activists resisting the NATO Parliamentary Assembly meeting in the city from Friday.
It was a busy day of sorting but now the space is ready. It will open again tomorrow at 10am and has legal support, a medics space, an Indymedia Centre, information regarding Fridays mass demo and there will be food.
The Convergence Space is in Bristo Hall, upstairs from the Forest Cafe. See here for more information and maps.
For people coming from out of town who need accommodation turn up at the convergence centre or email or phone us (07500163480). As much notice as possible is preferable!
All of this work is in preparation for NATO's Parliamentary Assembly. Friday will see a mass demo aiming to get to the militarist meeting or a list of other targets released on a map. For details of the demo and the targets map see the NATO Welcoming Committee website.
NATO Welcoming Committee
natowc [at] noflag.org.uk
pics - Smash NATO Convergence Centre open!
Here is a rather ghostly pic of the convergence centre entrance:
and here a little pic of the banner inside the old church: