Just a reminder to say the final pre-event meeting will be held:

Thursday the 9th of March, 7.30-9.00 PM

Upstairs at 'La Ruca' Health Food Shop/ Cafe, 89 Gloucester Road, Bristol

Bristol's Latin American Forum will be held on SATURDAY THE 11th OF MARCH, in conjunction with the Hispanic Society at Bristol University's Department of Hispanic, Portuguese & Latin American Studies, and the Bristol Colombia Solidarity Campaign.

Any who wish to help in the final arrangements and volunteer to run the event are welcome. We look forward to seeing you there.

Kevin McGimpsey
Tom Whittaker
Mario Novelli
Claire Hall read full story / add a comment

The Bristol Latin American Forum is an exciting political and cultural event to be held on Saturday, 11th of March in conjunction with the Hispanic Society at the Department of Hispanic Studies, University of Bristol, and the Bristol Colombia Solidarity Campaign. It will focus on the political, social and economic changes now sweeping across Latin America, especially in areas such as challenges to neo-liberalism, self empowerment for the poor, environmental issues and human rights. read full story / add a comment

Thursday the 23rd of February, 7.30-9.00 PM

At 'La Ruca' Health Food Shop/ Cafe, 89 Gloucester Road, Bristol

Bristol's Latin American Forum will be held on SATURDAY THE 11th OF MARCH, in conjunction with the Hispanic Society at Bristol University's Department of Hispanic, Portuguese & Latin American Studies, and the Bristol Colombia Solidarity Campaign. These groups' support has given us an invaluable opportunity.

Publicity is now finalised. This Thursday's meeting will be an ideal time to pick up posters and flyers.

Any who are interested are welcome. We look forward to seeing you there.

Kevin McGimpsey
Tom Whittaker
Mario Novelli
Claire Hall read full story / add a comment

Thursday the 16th of February. Planning Meeting for the event building in conjunction with the university Hispanic Studies department and the student union: the main focus for this week is publicity read full story / add a comment

Thursday the 9th of February, 7.30-9.30 PM

At 'La Ruca' Health Food Shop/ Cafe, 89 Gloucester Road, Bristol

Bristol's Latin American Forum will now definitely be held on SATURDAY THE 11th OF MARCH, in conjunction with Bristol University's Department of Hispanic, Portuguese & Latin American Studies, and the Bristol Colombia Solidarity Campaign. These groups' support has given us an invaluable opportunity.

Everyone is invited to take part in building this amazing event. There will be workshops, speakers, stalls, films, food and music - all with a Latin American political feel.

Any who are interested are welcome. We look forward to seeing you there.

Kevin McGimpsey
Tom Whittaker
Mario Novelli
Claire Hall read full story / add a comment

Bristol Dissent, formed prior to the G8 protests last year is asking itself where it should go next. Should the group stay, mutate or dissolve. There is a meeting at the end of the month to decide. read full story / add a comment

Organising an event of workshops, speakers, food, music and film to celebrate the revolutionary social, economic and cultural changes being pursued by popular movements across Latin America. read full story / add a comment

Over the next 36 hours, a very small minority of Bristolians, perhaps as few as three percent, will stagger out of their homes and head to a local building know as a church.

Situated on prime real estate, worth millions of pounds, these buildings are rarely used, and even then underused. Indeed, many only achieve a reasonable attendance once or twice a year. There are many prominent examples of such buildings around Bristol. One of their attractions on Sunday will be that they are one of the very few buildings open to the public in the morning. Other buildings, known as pubs, will open at 12 noon and are likely to attract a higher turn out of people worshipping. read full story / add a comment

It's a day where millions of people around the world challenge themselves to switch off from shopping and tune into life.

Buy Nothing Day in Bristol.

Buy Nothing Celebration.
12-noon.
Center of Broadmead.

Come and celebrate Buy Nothing Day with us this year in Broadmead from 12 noon. Come eat, drink, learn to drum, play with DIY instruments, shop at our free shop, get your hair braided, have your face painted, and take part in street theater all for FREE! read full story / add a comment

Saw this lastnight coming home from the pub and luckily had my camera. read full story / add a comment

Successive reports have confirmed the reality of the quite unprecedented threat the world faces from the destabilisation of the global climate. We are already seeing the first signs in a series of weather disasters, like Hurricane Katrina.

A march in London on Saturday 3rd December to protest against the refusal of world leaders to act decisively to prevent global warming has been organised.

Coaches are going from Bristol. Tickets are £9 (waged) and £6 (low/unwaged) and are available from La Ruca on the Gloucester Road and Circle Books in North Street.

A meeting to rally support for the demo – and to build a local campaign in Bristol – has been organised for Tuesday 22nd November at 7.30 pm at the Friends’ Meeting House, 300 Gloucester Road. All are welcome. read full story / add a comment

If you care about Human Rights, Land Rights, Indigenous People/s generally, or just want to learn about whats happening to the Mapuche People living in Chile, this will be of interest to you! read full story / add a comment

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NO2ID NEWSLETTER - Supporter's Newsletter No.29 - 22nd September 2005 plus Bristol info!

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Forwarded for Karen Bell in Venezuela.

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Hi amigos, sorry I have not been in contact before. I have been very busy and it has been a facinating, and sometimes confusing time. Venezuela is extremely beautiful, the most beautiful country I have ever been to I think. I am sending you some notes based on a three day visit to Barinas, the state that Chavez comes from. I went with two Australians and I was doing the translating while they wrote these notes. It gives you an idea of what I have been up to and what the situation is like. I later returned to stay with the same family in Barinas but that is another story...Look forward to seeing you all soon, back on the 21st September. I will be organising a meeting to help launch a Bristol Solidarity with Venezuela group sometime in early November. Hope those of you in Bristol will be able to come.

Lots of love, Karen read full story / add a comment

Videonite @ Kebele
Thursday 8th September 2005, 8pm (donations only)
Film: The Take (La Toma)
Occupy. Resist. Produce. read full story / add a comment

96 Workers from Rolls Royce’s engine test facility at Patchwood, Bristol went on idefinite official stike today. They are supporting sacked Amicus Trades Union official Jerry Hicks. This strike could mark a reversal by workers and Unions of 25 years worth of defeats under new-liberalim. read full story / add a comment

Two short interviews from footage filmed in Bristol by a local crew in the run up to the G8 summit. These edits focus on the two major themes of the G8 summit held in Scotland, July 2005: climate change and Africa.

To view the films and see the full article:
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/319835.html read full story / add a comment

Welcome to our latest update, and thank you for all you have done for the campaign in the last 6 months. The contents this time are:

1. Edinburgh/Gleneagles roundup
2. Bristol MPH at the Harbourside Festival (22-24 July)
3. "Putting MAKE POVERTY HISTORY into the classroom"
4. Next Bristol MPH meeting
5. Bristol’s letter to the G8
6. Money
7. The full MPH response to the G8 communique

Best wishes
Andy O’Brien read full story / add a comment

I got this from someone else and noticed it was not published here. The Home Office is deporting Somalis, Zimbabwean, Kosovans, Iraqis... when is clear that they will face persecution in their countries. this case illustrtaes that rather that doing that some prefer even to kill themselves. Stop terrorising refugees!
They are here because they were terrorised before by some of those regimes these hypocrites say to be fighting against!
For more info on dispersion of refugees, etc, see latest Bristle no 19 and Bristol Defend The Asylum Seekers Campaign
www.asylumbristol.org.uk/ read full story / add a comment

Quick report
( …. And as we don’t have a press office, I’m going to make good use of the adrenalin still flowing through myself)
and keep sending your comments, photos, etc. read full story / add a comment