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Just want to warn everyone and get the word out to the local community: My sister and her boyfriend were attacked by a gang of 6-8 youths with baseball bats at 9.30-10.00pm last night on the cycle path between the Easton Community Centre and Devon Road. read full story / add a comment

Bristol ABC / Letters I Wish I'd Written meeting
21st May
7-9pm
Kebele Social Centre
14 Robertson Road, BS5

Tea, coffee and biscuits provided

www.kebelecoop.org
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Thursday 15th May: 7pm @ the Kuumba Centre, St Pauls

This panel discussion organised by Bristol Colombia Solidarity Campaign will bring together key arguments and ideas surrounding this drug of global and local notoriety looking at who really stands to gain from this $70bn industry, what are the costs and what, if anything, should be done about it. Please come along to listen and take part in the debate. read full story / add a comment

Cinema Klandestino return with a bang to present the Bristol première of this film, unreleased in the UK and not yet even screened in Colombia. read full story / add a comment

Lilya4ever (2002) – Certificate 18. In Russian and Swedish, with English subtitles.
From the acclaimed director of the fantastic TOGETHER and SHOW ME LOVE comes this moving tale of a contemporary Russian teenage girl, and her journey into prostitution. The film has won several international awards.

22nd April 2008 at the Cube, Dove Street South, Bristol BS2 8JB. Doors open 7:30 for screening at 8.0pm.

This is a fundraising and awareness raising event for an anti trafficking campaign being run by Bristol Fawcett. read full story / add a comment

Upcoming meetings in Bath. read full story / add a comment

An update on prison policy news from Bristol ABC read full story / add a comment

anti-fascist lefaleting against BNP South WEst Euro candidate. read full story / add a comment

Anyone know what happened on Gloucester road last night? read full story / add a comment

U.S. 'Terrorologist' author Webster Tarpley tours Britain starting this tour in London on Guy Fawkes night and he's speaking in Bristol on Wednesday 7th November. History is full of examples of elements within the state using fake 'terrorism' to drive the political classes and people into the hands of despots and as an excuse for the loss of civil liberties. Since 9/11, evidence has come to light that contradicts that day's infamous terrorist attacks. American historian Webster Tarpley argues that this is nothing new, serious inconsistencies have been associated with terror attacks for hundreds of years throughout the Western world. read full story / add a comment

Is drug policy held hostage to right-wing rants? read full story / add a comment

I saw this video on YouTube and it got me thinking..thinking about all the shootings, about the kids hanging around, about Iraq and iPod and how they all seem connected to me. The picture with this is from a video called “im a bristol man” and shows guys in St.Pauls rapping and one of them showing his gun off. read full story / add a comment

2 July 2007

A report has been received of potentially contaminated heroin being sold in a city centre location, by a regular dealer. Experienced users have reported unusual effects, including memory loss.

The heroin is described as much darker than normal, with black specks. Once 'cooked' the liquid is much darker than normal.

This information has not yet been confirmed by the police.

Please can you pass this information on to clients (as a possibility) and re-inforce harm reduction messages, especially the need to seek medical assistance.

If you have any further information please telephone SaferBristol on 0117 9142222 read full story / add a comment

No2ID Newsletter for the South West region. Say NO to the database state! read full story / add a comment

statement by Transform Drug Policy Foundation: Bristol Based Drug Charity Call for Advisory Council to Consider Cannabis Legalisation read full story / add a comment

It was a problem which vexed the opponents of Hitler and Saddam Hussein: how to escape the consequences of a failed assasination attempt? read full story / add a comment

I recently came across the following piece and liked it. It makes use of ideas from "Pedagogy of the Oppressed" which is never a bad thing. And with Tesco's spreading like a rash over Bristol it seems ever so relevant. See what you think... read full story / add a comment

Transform wants an exceptional individual to fulfil an exciting opportunity as a part-time Information Officer Assistant. read full story / add a comment

There is a huge scandal unfolding; government collaboration with terrorist groups, death squads interfering with a democratic vote - where is this? Palestine? Iraq? Iran? No. Colombia; and the reason the news is not frontpage, is because this time the government in cahoots with the terrorists is on 'our' side. Welcome to the real war on terror: read full story / add a comment