There are also RoR associated bands in Barcelona, Mexico City, Oberhausen, Istanbul and Tel Aviv, but we don't have any contact information for them. (If you can help with this, please drop us an e-mail)

Other bands

Barking Bateria

http://www.barkingbateria.co.uk/

One of the oldest and best samba groups in the UK - BOP's grandparent band.

Sol Samba

http://www.solsamba.co.uk/

Oxford's other samba band

Calnevistas - Calne, Wiltshire

http://www.calnevalistas.co.uk/

Not part of the RoR network, but loud, funky and rather good.

Samba York

http://www.myspace.com/sambayork

Norwich Samba

http://www.norwichsamba.org/

Horns of Plenty

http://www.hornsofplenty.co.uk/

Oxford's funky brass/ reed/ percussion street band. We love 'em!!!

Taru Samba Junk Band

http://www.tarubrazil.com/

London based community arts project. Have a samba band that uses instruments made from junk.

INTERNATIONAL

Rhythm Workers Union (US)

http://www.rhythmworkersunion.org/index.html

Hungry March Band

http://www.hungrymarchband.com/

One of the greatest march bands of all time, coming out of Brooklyn, NY. They play "to save firehouses, free community gardens and entertain dogs".

SambAttac

http://www.attac.at/sambattac.html

Austrian samba bateria

OTHER STUFF

Sambistas

http://www.sambistas.org.uk/

List of all the samba bands in the UK/ NI

World Samba

http://www.worldsamba.org/main/

World Samba's comprehensive list of Samba terminology

Drums on demonstrations

http://puppetista.org/drums/

A word about Surdos

http://members.cox.net/drum/surdos01.htm

DIY Surdo mallets

http://members.cox.net/drum/surdos10.htm

DIY Bucket drums

http://puppetista.org/drums/bucketdrums.html

DIY Tamborim sticks

http://www.instructables.com/id/Tamborim-Beater/

SHOPPING

Knock on wood

http://www.knockonwood.co.uk/

TDSounds

http://www.tdsounds.co.uk/

Samba Supplies

http://www.sambasupplies.com/index.php

One Voice Music

http://www.ovm.co.uk/shop/

Newcastle drum centre

http://www.newcastledrum.co.uk/samba/

Newcastle Drum Centre have a massive range of samba percussion and offer a free quote service for samba bands of any size.

PROTEST

We can’t beat these resources, so we won’t try...

Urban 75 Activist Database

http://www.urban75.com/Links/contacts.html

Schnews Activist list

http://www.schnews.org.uk/links/index.htm

Schnews - Party and Protest

http://www.schnews.org.uk/pap/guide.php

What's on and where

YourRights.org

http://www.yourrights.org.uk/

Liberty's brilliant guide to your Human rights. Can't be beaten for everything you need to know about your rights to peaceful protest, privacy, rights if you're arrested...

Activists Legal project

http://www.activistslegalproject.org.uk/

The Activists' Legal Project is a non-profit collective that provides information about the law to a wide range of grassroots social activists. They have oodles of info about legal issues that may affect activists.

Indymedia UK

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/

Independent news network

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