In the Face of Intimidation, Kebele Pushes Ahead with Screening

bristol | peace | feature Wednesday March 26, 2008 17:53 by imcvol

'On the Verge' to be screened despite attempted censorship in Bath, Bristol and other UK venues.

'On the Verge' to be screened despite attempted censorship in Bath, Bristol and other UK venues.

Screenings of the protest information film in Southampton, Oxford and Chichester and Brighton have all been met with threats by the authorities. Then a local screening in Bath was also under pressure as Bath Activist Network reported; Alan Bartlett, head of licensing at B&NES pressured the owner of the Bell public house on Walcot Street to not show the film due to licensing and certification small print, acting on instruction from an undisclosed source... But not put off by the attempted censorship, an alternative arrangement was soon made.

Now the Bristol screening has also come under attack as Kebele Social Centre reports; The screening of 'On the Verge', as part of the information tour of the group Smash EDO, will go ahead on Thursday 27th March, despite attempts by Sussex Police and others to prevent it. We feel that the intimidation and threats that we and other venues have received is a direct attack on the values of free speech and the freedom to protest, and should be resisted. We fully support the Smash EDO campaign and are proud to be able to give them this platform to allow their dissenting voices to be heard. Full article. (Image: Kebele Social Centre, Bristol - venue for the 'banned' screening on 27th March)

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