Just a quick heads-up for the latest uploads to the Bristol Trade Union Forum website - http://bristolforum.wordpress.com/ ... read full story / add a comment

Freepost Against Fascism! ... read full story / add a comment

MOVEMENT is the new free monthly newsletter covering updates from the No Borders Network and beyond. ... read full story / add a comment

As survival packs are distributed in Calais, migrants and solidarity groups
call for human rights for all and an end to police repression.

Today packs including blankets, ponchos, tarpaulins and hygiene packs were
distributed to more than 200 people by Médecins du Monde [1] in central
Calais. British, French and Italian activists from Calais Migrant Solidarity
[2] and No Borders [3] joined the event with an exhibition of recent police
repression in and around Calais, a banner was hung from the church saying
‘To Migrate is to Resist’ and leaflets were distributed. ... read full story / add a comment

The Bristol Branch of Amnesty International is looking for donations of good quality art to be sold in a fundraising auction at the Watershed on 5 December to raise money for its campaigns and local charities. The auctioneer will be Ed Rising from Sotheby's. More details are available here: http://bristol.amnesty.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=727 or by emailing the auction team: amnestyartauction@googlemail.com ... read full story / add a comment

Guy Fawkes Night or Bonfire Night is an annual celebration on the evening of 5 November. It marks the downfall of the Gunpowder Plot of 5 November 1605, in which a number of Catholic conspirators, including Guy Fawkes, attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament, in London, United Kingdom.

We need 'Bristol Guy / Effigy suggestions urgently!

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Bristol Trade Union Forum has been created as a grassroots one-stop resource for local labour movement activists and campaigners. ... read full story / add a comment

Bristol 'most unhygenic city in the country.' ... read full story / add a comment

"Everyday, everywhere, through spontaneous and planned actions, people are changing the world, together. These everyday actions come from the growing desire to do it ourselves – plant vegetables, organise a community day to get people involved in improving where we live, expose exploitative firms, take responsibility for our health, make cups of tea in a social centre, figure out how to install a shower powered by the sun, make a banner, support strikers, pull a prank to make someone laugh, as well as think", (Do It Yourself, A Handbook for Changing our World.) ... read full story / add a comment

The weather has turned in the last few days - by day the winds are chilling and by night the first frosts creep in. In Calais, since the camps nicknamed the 'Jungle' have been destroyed, large numbers of those waiting to seek asylum in the UK are being forced to sleep on the streets, without shelter or blankets. Finding this far beyond the realms of reason, groups from Bristol are gathering blankets, warm clothes and other essentials to respond to this urgent humanitarian crisis.

HUMANITARIAN CRISIS, CLOSE TO HOME?

Children as young as ten are sleeping under bridges. If found taking shelter or sleeping out, peoples' few possessions are removed, their blankets sprayed with chemicals and their temporary refuges destroyed or evicted. These are people from Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Eritrea and other zones of conflict, whose situation the UK and other western governments have been instrumental in worsening. French immigration policy, voiced by minister Eric Besson, has chosen however to ignore its complicity in these broader issues, calling (like the UK Border Agency) for stricter border controls and the use of state power to break up any signs of their existence.

BLANKET APPEAL, YOU CAN HELP!

We don't think that this is acceptable. Thousands of people attempting to move across Europe to seek asylum or a new life are stranded as a result. The associations and charities of Calais cannot cope with such a humanitarian catastrophe, and as an act of solidarity we would like to collectively respond by transporting aid there from Bristol. If you would like to join us in expressing your indignation or support, please help us collect for the two 'convoys' which will leave Bristol on November the 6th and November the 26th.
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We, two adults and three children, will take up residence in Bristol to set up a homemade activist cell so that we can take action against Carbon, Climate Chaos and Capitalism. Join us for daily actions, performances, and events during our half-term holiday, Tues 27th October - Sun 1st November. ... read full story / add a comment

Kernow Action Now! (KAN!) is a new Cornwall-based activist group. KAN! supports, promotes and encourages all forms of direct action that aim to confront, stop and eventually reverse the destruction of our communities and our planet. We oppose all forms of oppression including racism, sexism and homophobia. ... read full story / add a comment

UNCHOSEN FILM FESTIVAL
Through award-winning films, with talks by the Directors, live performances and hand-out information, Unchosen campaigns to raise awareness of Human trafficking and human rights issues in Bristol. The five films are being shown across the four Fridays in November. Further information about Unchosen can be found at www.unchosen.org.uk.

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The MOD up north Bristol must have red faces after this one.
The Ministery of WAR have often been targetted for their part in
the endless wars of occupation waged by the UK's sick,war-mongering
government.

MoD’s internal guide to preventing leaks - is leaked on the internetMichael Evans ... read full story / add a comment

Cinema Klandestino brings you an eye-opening evening all about Britain's favourite fruit. With two films (Bonita: Ugly Bananas & Pura Vida) and discussions with the director!

Sun 11th Oct at 7.30pm
£4/3
Cube Cinema ... read full story / add a comment

Animal Liberation ... read full story / add a comment

A good read.
With many MANY accounts of resistance from the south-west including the decomissioners.
Worth downloading. ... read full story / add a comment

Bristol Animal Rights Collective website unsafe by hosting dangerous software. ... read full story / add a comment

David Cameron is due to be having a chin wag with some Bath tories tomorrow evening. ... read full story / add a comment

Date: Monday 28th September

Time: 6.00pm to 8.30pm

Venue: The Council House, College Green, Bristol, BS1 5TR

Speakers: Mr. Ibrahim Beshtawi, Palestinian General Delegation to the UK + local speakers ... read full story / add a comment