John Bolton, ardent advocate for the Project for a New American Century, to speak at Festival of Ideas

Bristol Stop the War write; Rather than be invited to Bristol as a respectable speaker on issues like the United Nations he should be on his way to the International Criminal Court as a war criminal. Bristol Stop The War Coalition is organising a protest outside the meeting – meet at the Watershed, 7pm, Thursday 29th May (Protest Flyer from swindonstopwar.org.uk)...In addition to the protest on 29th May we are encouraging all our supporters to contact the organisers and sponsors of the festival to object to Bolton being invited to speak. Contact details for organisers and (some) sponsors are below....Full article.

Josh writes; is John Bolton really speaking at the Watershed ??? sounds too good to be true, read that he was booked for 29th May at 7.30 p.m. as part of Festival of Ideas, & Bolton´s got great ones! a real, live, neocon fundamentalist in Bristol ?? Full article & comments. (Image: John R Bolton)

| War Criminal Speaks In Bristol | Protest Flyer (PDF, swindonstopwar.org.uk) | John Bolton to talk in Bristol? | Related YouTube Videos 1, 2 & 3 | Related Links Ben & Bolton (brizblog.wordpress.com) | How Bolton Armed Haiti's Thugs and Killers (counterpunch.org) | Either Iran will acquiesce or it will face dire consequences (globalresearch.ca) | Bolton on Wikipedia

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"It's bitterly disappointing that a clean renewable energy project has been squeezed out by Europe's biggest energy company..."

Jim Duffy of Stop Hinkley writes; The rights to West Hinkley wind-farm have been sold off to Electricite de France who have already announced their intention to build one or two nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point. The news follows a bid put in by EDF to buy British Energy who own ageing Hinkley 'B' power station but more importantly a parcel of land originally lined up for Hinkley 'C'. Your Energy, who today announced they sold the wind-farm rights, have fought continuous objections from British Energy, Hinkley 'A' and Hinkley 'B' also backed up by the Health and Safety Executive over the unlikely risk of wind turbine 'blade throw' to the nuclear reactors. They began the planning process in 2002 supported by various local environmental groups Forum 21, West Somerset Green Party and Stop Hinkley and with thousands of letters of support being sent to West Somerset planners. But objections, principally from British Energy, meant they had to drop plans for three of the twelve wind-turbines after West Somerset District Council rejected the original application in 2005. Even with the reduced nine-turbine proposal, British Energy continued the fight, moving on to object on a 'land-use' argument, declaring nuclear would be a better use of the land earmarked for the wind-farm.

Hinkley wind-farm rights sold to nuclear developer | www.stophinkley.org | Hinkley faces closure over missing safety system |

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Recycle Your Unwanted Stuff!

Bristol Indymedia is please to announce the launch of our Indycycle service. Indycycle a website similar to the ideas of Freecycle. Indycycle is a way of people re-cycling things they no longer need to people who may have a user for it. For example if you had an old bike you did not need, rather then throw it out to landfill, why not offer it to somebody else who may need it. Indycycle is a great way of us consuming less resources, stopping things going to landfill and building stronger communities. This system is based on the ideas of the freecycle movement, we don't aim to replace freecycle, but to use our website to build on the ideas and make it even easier to pass your items on.

All items must be offered for free – no exchanges or cash are allowed. Indycycle allows you to post an item you don't want (or are looking for) to the site along with a description, photo of the item and your postcode. This means users can search for and see items they may want but also how far they need to travel to pick it up. A Bristol Indymedia volunteer said, “We are really excited about the addition to what Indymedia does, we hope it will further build on the many green projects, campaigns and initiatives in the region. We see this project as a natural evolution of what Indymedia does – trying to connect people using democratic forms of media."

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Bristol Indymedia Film Night - Monday 12th May 2008 8pm @ Cube Cinema. Entry £4/£5.

Best Documentary: 2008 CFTPA Indie Award Nomination & 2008 Genie Awards "Sprawl is eating the planet. Across North America the landscape is being leveled - blasted clean of distinctive features and overlaid with zombie monoculture. Politicians call it growth. Developers call it business. The Moss family call it home."

Also features Steve Ward of Carfree UK, an organisation which works to promote carfree development and its environmental, social, financial and health benefits. Presented in partnership with The Architecture Centre, Bristol as part of their 'Spring Green' season.Full article.

| Radiant City: A Documentary About Suburban Sprawl | www.radiantcitymovie.com | www.carfree.org.uk | www.architecturecentre.co.uk | Other Events/News: we shop therefore we are?? | 9th May: Film: "Colombia: Promises & Bullets" | 10th May: Bath Free Shop | 9th May: Film: "Colombia: Promises & Bullets" | 13th May: Trafficking & Migration - What Can Be Done? Sprawl | 13th May: Labour Behind the Label Film Night and speaker | 14th May: Meet Greenpeace Evening | 14th May: Kebele World Economy Group |

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