This week Stuart Bishop will be giving a talk on building your own Straw Bale House and how to retro fit any property you already own. He will talk about everything from footings to roofs, additions, planning permission, and anything else that comes up as he goes through each stage. There will be plenty of time for questions at the end also.

So for anyone who is thinking of building a straw bale house at any point in the future, this could be an invaluable evening. read full story / add a comment

The thugs of the far-right kept a low profile during MEP elections, but now they are trying to assert themselves.... Together we can stop them - again. The BNP failed in the elections in the South West, now is the time to stop them taking the streets and drive them out. read full story / add a comment

Somerset NUT makes large anti-racist campaign donation at Bridgwater TUC read full story / add a comment

Info sharing night on the situation of migrants and resistance to the border regime in Calais.
20th August at 19.30 at the Emporium, 37 Stokes Croft, Bristol.
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Featuring:

Ratface (jump up hip hop)

Suit Burners (mutant punk rock)

Baba Yagas Consort (Quadravocal acapella and folk rock)

plus Jungle, Reggae and Techno til late
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Info sharing night on the situation of migrants
and resistance to the border regime in Calais.
20th August at 19.30 at the Emporium, 37 Stokes Croft, Bristol.

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Narrated by local poet Miles Chambers, "CULTURE CLASH ON THE FRONT LINE" covers the last six decades of what is now the second largest Jamaican community in the world outside Jamaica. Featuring key members of the St Pauls community "CULTURE CLASH ON THE FRONT LINE" is an emotive and intense story in which subsequent generations of Jamaican descendents go through a process of reconciliation with their past on which to build a positive future for themselves and the proud, colorful anomaly that is St Pauls. read full story / add a comment

Come and find out about Astrology with Freya from Psyche in the City. This interactive workshop will introduce you to the characteristics of the 12 astrological signs and offer other insights into this fascinating subject. If you have ever wondered if there is more to astrology than Mystic Meg, then this is the introduction for you! read full story / add a comment

Sunrise Off-Grid 2009

A community camp for conscious collaborators and eco-pioneers. A deep exploration of community living, creativity and consciousness. A chance to refine your skills and learn how to switch off to turn on!

Near Shepton Mallet, Somerset

Check it out!

http://www.sunrise-offgrid.com

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The August/September issue of the Hereford Heckler (bulletin of the Hereford Solidarity League) is out now... read full story / add a comment

Bank Holiday Monday Bookfair Benefit Blow Out @ The Croft, 117-119 Stokes Croft, Bristol BS1 3RW. 6pm sharp and evensong it aint.

The Bastard Squad Collective and friends need YOU to come, watch a film, and skank your heart out to... read full story / add a comment

Saturday 22nd August 2009 at The White Hart, Whitehall Road, Easton, Bristol BS5 9BJ
8pm start, £5 on the door
This is your invite from the Bastard Squad Collective to the last U.K date ever of...BORN/DEAD read full story / add a comment

A group of us Montpelier residents are planning a community event for the 12th September called the Montpelier Bean Feast. This used to be a much loved annual event in Bath Buildings/St Andrews Rd in the 1700s and we feel it deserves a revival! The event will be celebrating all things local - local heritage, local talent and local produce. read full story / add a comment

Stalls and workshop spaces are filling up fast for this years Bristol anarchist bookfair, on 12 September at The Island, Bridewell St, Bristol BS1 2PY. read full story / add a comment

Laurel Pyne, who is leading this workshop on what she calls 'Conscious Communication' has the following to say about it -

"Conscious Communication is a system of feeling and thinking that leads us express ourselves more clearly, honestly and safely. Works well in both personal and professional situations. It is a way of thinking and speaking differently that results in people hearing and understanding each others real feelings and needs. It helps one realise when one is criticising, blaming and doing a guilt trip and offers you tools to get to the the true issues without causing more pain.

Using Conscious Communication tends to increase the depth of interactions and helps situations where we may be feeling stuck or that the other person is being impossible! So if you often feel wound-up or frustrated by other’s ways of communicating, give this a try. Definitely NOT PC or a quick fix, but it has the power to change difficult situations even when done poorly!

You could say that developing Conscious Communication can do for language what organic growing and Bio-dynamics do for agriculture – seems like a lot of work at the beginning but the results more than repay the effort!

In this introductory session we’ll have a look at the basics of Conscious Communication and then apply them to real-life situations that you suggest. Subjects that often arise include giving/receiving criticism, arguments about “small” issues, why some people really wind us up and the causes of anger.

I’m sure you will bring your own topics to the session and I dearly hope that we may find some easier and more comfortable ways of getting what we’re really after." read full story / add a comment

Latest meet for the anarchist bookfair collective, just 4 and a bit weeks before this years Bristol anarchist bookfair - on 12 September at The Island, Bridewell St, BS1

We meet tonight at kebele social centre, 14 Robertson Rd, Bristol BS5 6JY, from 7.30 to about 9pm. All anarchists with the time and committment to help put on this years bookfair are welcome. read full story / add a comment

The fledgling Bristol IWW branch (Industrial workers of the World) invites all proposed and prospective members, and all interested workers (employed or not!), to its first public Bristol meeting:
At the GWRSA, the railway workers social club, right by the entrance to Temple Meads station, Bristol BS1
Saturday 22 August, meeting from 5pm, informal social from about 7pm in the club bar. read full story / add a comment

Tuesday 4th August 8AM - 2PM we are going to the Environment Agency
at Aztec West http://bristol.indymedia.org/article/690781
and the magic roundabout solidarity camp time: non stop till we get(create) what we want.

With the invite to party down in the Isle of White to celebrate people power of the vesta workers who are occupying the factory, people who cant make it down there will be visiting the Environment Agency, who are advocates for making a nice environment, looks like a great diversity of tactics and pressure from many sides to get the just transition we all need for green jobs and a livable future yay! And on the probable likely day of eviction order and attempt, people will gather down at the centre at 5.30 or as some people have been saying will go go go and help Occupy and Resist! the eviction.

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Around 40 people met at 48 hours notice on Friday 31st July at the Bristol Temple Meads Railway Club to hear what the visiting Vestas worker had to say. A broad coalition was formed that discussed the issues and quickly found concensus on some actions to show support and solidarity with the Vestas occupiers. read full story / add a comment

The free shop on Stokes Croft will be open today! read full story / add a comment