Why a blog?

This blog aims to collect some of the various material produced to promote the events organised to celebrate this important anniversary. The Upper Clyde Shipbuilders' work in of 1971-2, was organised and run by the Shop Stewards Co-ordinating Committee on the four yards earmarked for closure by the then Tory government. The workforce refused to accept this fate and took over the yards - continuing to work on the ships ordered.

The lessons for workers and communities facing the current Tory government and its attack on people's services and jobs are clear.

Friday 11 May 2012

Ann Guedes, a remarkable woman who made remarkable films


Following on the film screenings of Cinema Action’s two films as part of the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders’ 40th Anniversary Screenings, and a piece on the arts pages of the Morning Star last month, two other journals have published material on the screenings, and a further showing of the longer docunentary film - Class Struggle, film from the Clyde - is planned next week as part of Glasgow’s South Side Film Festival.

Ann Guedes, co-founder of Cinema Action,
who came to Glasgow in March for the UCS
Anniversary screenings of her films.
The prestigious Scottish Review has marked the film screenings with an interview with Ann Guedes here, and Scottish Left Review has a review of the film screenings in its latest here. As both these articles were written by me, albeit from different perspectives, I must apologise for any duplication.
The Showing of Class Struggle as part of the South Side film Festival will be in Govan’s Pearce Institute, appropriately enough, on Saturday 19 May at 3.00pm. The programme for the festival is here. Tickets for this screening are free, and available on the door. They are also available in advance from Young’s Interesting Books.
As Class Struggle hadn’t been seen in Scotland for many years prior to its screening in March, it is well worth  this second opportunity to see.

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