UWE boss leaving after "disquiet" over private contacts read full story / add a comment

A Public Inquiry has decided in favour of a community group read full story / add a comment

The Morning Star published a version of this article a couple of weeks ago. It describes the successful campaign against publishing house Reed-Elsevier's involvement in the arms trade. People involved in other similar campaigns may be interested to hear what methods were used - methods that ultimately lead to a successful conclusion. A number of Bristol people participated in the campaign. read full story / add a comment

Protestors are refusing to climb down from trees on the route of the controversial high pressure methane gas (LNG) pipeline in Wales after being given a 10 minute warning this morning by bailiffs to leave the site or face being arrested. read full story / add a comment

Five Bristol residents were charged on Monday 18th June with 2 charges relating to their occupation of BAE Systems in Filton, Bristol on Thursday 26th April this year. The group occupied an office in New Filton House, the Bristol HQ of the arms firm, for one and a half hours. Hanging a banner reading 'BAE Systems: Corruption and Destruction: Business as Usual' from the office, the group were drawing attention to the dropped Serious Fraud Office investigation into corruption with the Al-Yamamah deal with Saudi Arabia. read full story / add a comment

BAE and bribery – two linked words that seem to currently echo through the media. On google news its says there are 473 related articles to the story that will not die. read full story / add a comment

The Liberal Democrat MP for Bristol West, Stephen Williams, has decided to join the side of the record companies in his signing of an early day motion "COPYRIGHT TERM FOR PRODUCERS AND PERFORMERS". In this motion, he and the other signatories ask the government to ignore all the work done by the recent Gowers report on intellectual property, and extend the copyright on audio recordings to 70 years after the death of the musicians, rather than a straightforward 50 years. read full story / add a comment

Nestle is accused of violations of baby milk marketing codes/laws, complicity with trade union murders in Colombia and benefiting from a failure of action of child slavery in the coca trade - boycott 'em! read full story / add a comment

On Thursday 26th April 5 activists succeeded in occupying offices at BAE systems in Filton for one and a half hours, as part of a DIY Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and crimes of genocide investigation. The action caused
significant disruption to the workings of the death dealing company. read full story / add a comment

People from Espacio Bristol-Colombia and Bristol Rising Tide today picketed the Royal West of England Academy with a visual memorial of some of the people killed by the army and right-wing paramilitaries in the BP-controlled area of Colombia. The gallery is currently exhibiting the National Portrait Awards which are sponsored by BP.

The protestors stood silently in front of the gallery for two hours, holding copies of portraits from the exhibition with the faces removed, to signify the face that the faces of the murdered and disappeared are rarely seen. Public support and understanding was overwhelming, with people being visibly moved or angered to learn of BP’s activities. read full story / add a comment

Protestors have removed the faces from this years National Portrait Awards to draw attention to the sponsorship of this event by British Petroleum. read full story / add a comment

In this Wednesday’s (28th March)Computer Workshop at Kebele, we will be running a workshop on how to switch your pc to Linux. read full story / add a comment

Last night a very interesting couple of talks took place in the Redlands Friends Meeting House, organised by the Bristol Campaign Against the Arms Trade (Bristol CAAT). read full story / add a comment

The Truth About Your Bread read full story / add a comment

Justice For The Bakery Worker read full story / add a comment

If you're eating a slice of toast, put it down now. The title of this article is literal. read full story / add a comment

Just days after revelations of serious flaws at the site of the recent bird flu outbreak at the Bernard Matthews plant in Suffolk, another giant of the crisis-ridden British food industry is to face tough questions at a Bristol Employment Tribunal. read full story / add a comment

'National interest' halts arms corruption inquiry read full story / add a comment

More billboards liberated across Bristol in honour of Buy Nothing Day read full story / add a comment

A presentation from campaigners at the Rossport Solidarity Camp, followed by a discussion.

Sunday 12th November, 7.30pm.

At Kebele,
14 Robertson Road,
Easton
Bristol.
www.kebelecoop.org read full story / add a comment