This Friday, May 23rd, the legendary Dutch singer Armand will play a concert in Kaffi Hljómalind, with Captain Tobias Hume.

Armand, who is known as the Dutch Bob Dylan, is a big supporter of Saving Iceland and has played several times for the group in Europe. This will be his first concert in Iceland, where he will play couple of new songs that he has composed specially about and for Saving Iceland.

Captain Tobias Hume is a baroque hippy and a double bass player. When he is not busy playing with the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra he puts on the pirate suit and plays and sings music which is impossible to describe in words... you just got to be there. Tobias has played in the last two Saving Iceland protest camps.

Admission is free but Armand and Tobias suggest that guests give a little donation to Saving Iceland.

The concert starts at 22:00 in Kaffi Hljómalind, Laugarvegur 23, Reykjavík.

Also... for those who can not make it to the concert on Friday, Armand will play on the weekly Food Not Bombs event in Reykjavík, this Saturday, May 24th. FNB takes place at Lækjartorg square and starts at 14:00.

Saving Iceland
April 2008

The Summer is coming, and its not too far till the Camp is starting the 12th July on Iceland. So the time is right to collect some money for our Campaign. In the Rote Flora, a famous old Social center in Hamburg, we will show info material and films to inform people in a relaxed Party Atmosphere. On two Music floors German as well as Icelandic artists will show their solidarity by playing for the campaign.

Edinburgh

Vegan Banquet, Raffle and Music - Friday 9th May - 7pm - Old St Pauls Hall (opposite waverly station) - £7 (waged) / £5 (unwaged/low income) including banquet and desert! - Proceeds to buy Scottish Van and towards Saving Iceland Camp!

If you are in or around Scotland between the 9th of April 2008 and the 28th, please come.... and spread the word around interested groups and individuals! This will be the final official set of SI talks in the UK before the 2008 Protest Camp

For updated information on venues and times that have not yet been confirmed and to download posters check: Indymedia Scotland

Email savingicelandscotland[at]riseup.net for more info.

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Help Stop the Annihilation of Iceland's Great Wilderness by Heavy Industry

A Saving Iceland fundraising gig with seven fantastic bands, cheap tasty food, the Icelandic rotten shark, a raffle with special contributions from the bands, face painting and other surprises.

The lineup is:
Stuart Lee / Jacob's Stories
Sons of Noel and Adrian
Caroline Weeks
A Scandal in Bohemia
Spoono
The Great Park
Kopek

Sunday March 2nd, 4pm-10:30pm.
Westhill Hall, Compton Avenue, Seven Dials, Brighton, UK. £5 entry,
Bring your own alcohol!

Monday, March 3, 6:30 pm.
Scandinavia House
58 Park Avenue at 38th Street, New York City
$10 ($8 ASF members, students with ID free)

Icelandic author Andri Snær Magnason will speak about Iceland as a political, economic, and sociological microcosm of the world, arguing that Iceland as an island can be used as a model to understand issues of conflict, interest, influence, war, independence, and dependency around the globe. Drawing on his recent bestseller, Dreamland: Self Help for a Frightened Nation, Mr. Magnason will use local topics to help understand complex global issues like the military industrial complex, the exploitation of natural resources, globalization, corporations, and democracy. The New York Times calls Dreamland, which was awarded both the Icelandic Literary Award and the Icelandic Bookseller Prize in 2006, “a devastating polemic that puts Iceland's environmental issues into a global perspective.”

Tilkynningin á íslensku er hér.

Crane climbing and Kleinur, Saving Iceland´s monthly coffee evening will take place Sunday the 2nd of March in the new Café Hljómalind, Laugarvegur 23.

This time farmers affected by the damming of Þjórsá river will come and tell us their story about their fight with Landsvirkjun, the national power company.

Saving Iceland
10 February 2007

Icelandic musician 'My Summer as a Salvation Soldier' - also known as 'Þórir', has just released his third solo album entitled 'Activism' on the 12 Tonar label.

The folk/post punk musician said in an an interview with newspaper Fréttabladid that the title referred to his strong sense of solidarity with Saving Iceland and his anger about the recent slander campaigns waged against Saving Iceland in the Icelandic media. He added that he had taken part in Saving Iceland actions and that he had done benefit gigs to raise money for Saving Iceland.

Nottingham and Iceland are both home to pink footed geese
and dark-green activists ;-)

A day of talks and film showings to pass on information about the on-going international campaign and the current situation in Iceland

Friday 22nd February 2008, Sumac Centre, Nottingham