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Links of interest: Map of confirmed locations (Google Maps) | Interview with Haringey Solidarity Group (haringey.org.uk) | birminghamriots2011.tumblr.com | Video of events last night in Bristol

(12.30am) In Bristol there has been reports of a stand off in St Pauls but not riot (twitter link). The police chopper is above the area now.

Update: (3.10am) There have been disturbances in Bristol, in St.Pauls (YouTube video) though it seems not on the scale of the anti-Tesco riots or near what is happening in London.

Updated Here is one account of events: "The riot started just after midnight, with groups of young people, with many in masks congregating on the streets around St Pauls. While the police sealed off the area around Cabot Circus, people moved onto Stokes Croft, where a couple of bins were set alight and several bottles were thrown at riot police as they began to form lines. The crowd, probably numbering around 200 people was moved off Stokes Croft and along Ashley Rd and City Rd and into St Pauls. In St. Pauls several cars were torched, and the police were pelted with bottles, bricks and other projectiles as lines of riot police moved the crowds around the narrow streets. After 2am the confrontation seemed to have largely died down, with the crowd having dispersed into smaller groups melting away into the backstreets and homes." plus a new video of events last night in Bristol.

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The first gathering for Reclaim the Fields South West will be happening on the weekend of the 6th -7th August in Bristol.

The gathering will take place at The Factory, a squatted space and social centre at 2-8 Cave Street, St Pauls, Bristol (http://freefactory.wordpress.com). Food and accommodation is available.

Reclaim the Fields is a constellation of people and collective projects willing to go back to the land and reassume the control over food production. We are determined to create alternatives to capitalism through cooperative, collective, autonomous, real needs oriented small scale production and initiatives, putting theory into practice and linking local practical action with global political struggles. For more info see: http://www.reclaimthefields.org/

Confirmed workshops include how to access land, liberation permaculture, women and food production, Community Supported Agriculture structures and manifestos for community ownership. Visits to local growing projects will also take place.

There will be opportunities to meet, network and discuss "Are we ready to step up and take control of food production?"and how do we make this happen in the South West.

Recently a small but enthusiastic band of Bristol residents have been beavering away to create the South west's only activist run, not for profit print shop.

Nails have need hammered, electrics have been laid, vans have been driven, floors have been swept, donations have been made, deals have been struck, ebay has been utilised and we can now bring you PIGEON PRINT – "The Low Cost, Medium Quality, High Discretion" activist printers in the heart of Bristol!At Pigeon Print we use Risograph printing, it's the cheapest form of printing easily available, decent quality and what's more it's COLOUR!...well Black, Red, Blue, light blue and Green so far with more to follow.Print runs start from just £1.95 for 100 A4 prints on our 100% recycled paper.

Lets give you some examples:.... Full Story

As the Murdoch story hits the press the Uk news establishment completely buries the UK parliament's decision to implement 8 new Nuclear power plants. The decision to go Nuclear has been built on the total cover up of the Fukushima disaster, the worst industrial disaster in history. leaked emails by the guardian showed collusion between the government , the press and the nuclear industry (EDF) in completely suppressing news on Fukushima:

In the meantime here in the West Country we have got to wake up to the fact that 2 new Nuclear power stations are being planned at Hinkley and Oldbury. HinkleyC will be the first of the 8 New Nuclear builds Hinkley was chosen because Bridgwater is seen as a deprived and depressed area that would offer no resistance.

Please join the Vigil for Fukushima on the 28th of July outside West Somerset Council as the planning committee decide on the plausibility of EDF's application for the preliminary works to HinkleyC. It's time to build the resistance! Tell your friends, your neighbours, your brothers and your sisters, bring your children, we are planning a coach from Bristol please get in touch with us through our email swanactive@gmail.com