Talk: EDF sues Bristol Resident for £5million

Hamilton House 12/03/13 7:30-9pm

A Bristol resident is being sued for £5million by energy giant EDF for his
part in a week long occupation that shut down the company's newest gas fired
power station in October of last year .He, along with 20 others, were
protesting against the government's plans for up to 40 new gas power stations,
as part of the campaign group No Dash for Gas.

There is to be a public talk at Hamilton House on Tuesday 12th March 7.30-9 pm
where Daniel Quiggin, the Bristol resident being sued by EDF will discuss with
others the implications on the right the protest and how the lawsuit is
affecting him. The discussion will involve campaigners from various energy
groups from around Bristol and Somerset. The move by Government and the Big
Six Energy Companies towards extreme energy can be succesfully challenged if
we act collectively, this lawsuit affects all of our attempts to speak out
against those with the power!

See this video from Naomi Klein: "I am no dash for gas!" -www.youtube.com/
watch?v=xRvSjaz5PWg

A Bristol-based community project says, ‘Thank you’ to the people of Knowle West and Bedminster as it prepares to close its doors. Now that the Artspace Lifespace College Project is coming to an end at its current location, the project team are looking for new spaces to move its many exciting artist-led community activities to.

The project is set to end on April 1, 2013, when the old college facilities will be demolished to make way for a housing estate, and Bristol City Council establishes a primary school at the front of the site. The plans for the site are at: www.knowlewest.co.uk/proposed-redevelopment-marksbury-rd-former-college-site/

A full week of activities and demonstrations are taking place for local youths, ending with an Educational Family Fun Day (March 31) that will encourage the local community to access our facilities one last time. Our artists, craftspeople, gardeners, athletes and teachers will be offering local people a range of free activities for the entire family to enjoy. If you haven't had the chance to experience the arts, crafts and fun of the Artspace College Project, now is the time. This event is free and open to the public.

As the finale, the project is hosting three performances (April 11, 12, and 13) of an original immersive theatre production 'Back To Skool'. Inspired by work done on site, 'Back To Skool' offers an adult audience the chance to go back to school for a night of bizarre teachers, deranged lessons, and ending with a proper disco. For only £5, the project is offering a surreal evening of interactive theatre combining arts, crafts, sports, drama, dance, and more, in a curriculum celebrating the end of our community arts project in one of the UK’s most challenged areas. Tickets for the event are available at www.artspace.eventbrite.co.uk and more details on this exciting spcial event are available ay www.artspacecollege.com.

If you can help us relocate any of our after school clubs, fitness and well-being classes, community gardens, cafe, skate park, sports activities, artist studios, workshops, galleries, photography and filmmaking facilities, and community events and fairs, please get it touch! We’d love to hear from you: www.artspacecollege.com/contact.html

It's fayre time folks

We want to put the Fayre back into Bookfair.

Want to make that coconut shy with David Camerons face on, how about a pin the black mask on an anarchist, anarchist tug of war, use your imagination to help us make the Fayre a fun day to remember.

This years bookfair is at the trinity centre for the first time and we have a great outdoor lawn space to use for anarchist fayre fun. Are you a performer, artist, juggler, hooper, or people who just have a good idea for the Fayre. Think of it as a village fete with a anarchist edge, we are open to any ideas. We do have zero budget so would have to be self sufficient, but when did money ever stop an anarchist from doing anything :) Also if anyone can run some good kids activities, that would be great as we want to make it a good un for the next generation of rabble rousers. We don't expect people to do stuff all day, it could just be a half hour activity, or a short performance, or whatever takes your fancy. So to get involved we have a meeting this Wednesday at Kebele 7pm, focusing on the fayre in particular so come along and have a chat, if you cant make it then email mike@permanentculturenow.com obviously all this will be weather permitting.

As well as the Fayre, we also have 3 outside covered spaces, that are hosted by permanent culture now and need your input.

Marquee one is for talks around permaculture, commons and anything to do with moving away from reliance on capitalism to self sufficiency and new ways of living, check out www.permanentculturenow.com to get an idea. Currently we have workshops on urban permaculture, commonising capital and is permaculture political lined up.

The second marquee is for workshops, currently we have self defence and rocket stove making, so have spaces for lots of other workshops if you have any ideas.

The third space is for promoting independent volunteer land and food based autonomous projects that show the spirit of cooperation, mutual aid and collectivism in action. so if such as so if you are involved in a community supported agriculture project, community farms, bike projects, or any project which is helping us move away from reliance on capitalism to a better way of living. We are looking at giving groups an half hour slot to promote their project on the day so people can find out more and maybe get involved.

So if you have any ideas for a workshops, talks or want to promote your project, then contact mike@permanentculturenow.com

In terms of the main bookfair space we still have spaces for workshops, stalls, but are going fast so please check out the bookfair website if interested in putting them on.

Propaganda and its role in shaping the views of a nation

Monday 4th March 8pm The Cube, Dove Street, Bristol.  Entry £3/£4 (But nobody turned away due to lack of funds)

Permanent Culture Now, Bristol Indymedia and Bristol Radical History Group are proud to present as part of the Bristol Radical Film Festival a presentation and series of films about how propaganda was used by the Establishment  during the time of the Empire and Colonialism to persuade our own population of the greatness of the empire.  The techniques and manipulation of information have a resonance for today as we constantly see propaganda techniques used to justify illegal wars and policy decisions.

Frances Gooding has been researching colonial film as part of the a wider project and he will present a series of rare films that highlight the propaganda machine in action, he will explain film was manipulated to rewrite history, a charge that could these days be pointed at Hollywood movies (Pearl Harbour, Braveheart  anyone). After viewing these films Francis will unpick the motivations for making them and explain how they were changed to fit the ruling class ideology of the day. This will be an essential event for anyone interested in how our views are shaped by the media we consume and how this is used by the powerful interests of society, i.e. the state and ruling class to put their view of the world onto the mass population.

The event will be followed by a Q&A where we will discuss the relevance of these propaganda techniques for the world we live in today.