Students from Bristol set up a free shop in the heard of Broadmead, Saturday 28th November 2009 to celebrate "Buy Nothing Day" ! The aim of this event is to raise awareness about the dangers of mass consumerism, and encourage to "buy local" ! Join us from 11 am !

Please come along, bring anything you don't need instead of throwing it away, it will be a treasure for someone else !
Books, clothes, food, contribute with anything you like to the fun and generosity of the day ! read full story / add a comment

We are squatters from the Netherlands. We are asking you to organize a protest (for example by dutch embassy) in your country against squatting prohibition in the Netherlands. We suggest to organize your protests between 26 and 28 of November, because Eerste Kamer (First Chamber of dutch parliament) will vote about squatting prohibition beginnig of December.

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"Surveillance cameras clearly present a serious threat to privacy and civil liberties and the alleged trade-offs of safety or security are unproven and vastly outweighed by the risk of creating a police state." read full story / add a comment

10 months ago, on 18 January 2009, Elijah Smith A former British Soldier was arrested in Brighton. He had spent the previous night decommissioning the EDO/MBM/ITT factory in Brighton, in an attempt to stop it providing parts for weapons being used by the Israeli army to bomb civilians in Gaza. Nobody was injured or harassed during their action, which was one of property damage. He and his co-defendants did not resist arrest.
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Jock Palfreeman is a 23 year old Australian currently in prison in Sofia, Bulgaria. He is undergoing trial on charges of murder and attempted murder after an encounter with a gang of 16 far-right football hooligans. We are asking for a fair trial. read full story / add a comment

Jock Palfreeman is a 23 year old Australian currently in prison in Sofia, Bulgaria. He is undergoing trial on charges of murder and attempted murder after an encounter with a gang of 16 far-right football hooligans. read full story / add a comment

C Words is moving out of Arnolfini! Join us and let your hair down with a night of performance poetry, live acoustic music, bands, open mic, and dj blackrainbow, all in support of Canadian Indigenous Tar Sands Campaign. (Final day of exhibition 29 Nov) read full story / add a comment

Just a quick heads-up for the latest uploads to the Bristol Trade Union Forum website - http://bristolforum.wordpress.com/ read full story / add a comment

Is there anything organised in Bristol to mark this sad occasion? read full story / add a comment

Come and enjoy a delicious dinner at Kebele, followed by cake and some short animal liberation films. read full story / add a comment

This weekend, the Black Cat will play host to loads of great stuff, from a benefit gig on the friday night, to a day of workshops and activities on the saturday. Here's the timetable - read full story / add a comment

Two leading academics introduce an Oscar-winning film about the lives of women. Antonia’s Line won Best Foreign Language Film in 1996 – and forms the centre-piece of an evening of drama and debate on Sunday 29th November. Independence and solidarity are the twin poles of this thought-provoking Film Night at the Pierian Centre. read full story / add a comment

Tonight at Arnolfini Reading Room at 6pm, 57minutes, Free
"A powerful and elegant document, beautifully done." Howard Zinn, historian
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Sad to say that in 2008 Bristol won the 'green city' award and either we've not progressed and/or gone backwards while Newcastle-upon-Tyne has shot ahead and is now at the top. Time for a rethink of planning, services and more at Council towers? Methinks it is.... read full story / add a comment

Freepost Against Fascism! read full story / add a comment

When we consider allowing a new supermarket - such as the proposal for a new tesco at Ashton Gate - http://jonesthenews.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/tesno-supe...deal/ this is worth considering... read full story / add a comment

Its been a hectic few weeks for the Black Cat posse, so come on over to Bath and check out what we've been getting up to - read full story / add a comment

This week, three dynamic Canadian 1st Nation women activists are mobilising people across the UK to campaign against finance institutions such as RBS investing in the devastating Tar Sands project. They've already made the Financial Times headlines, and have held a meeting in the House of Lords... RBS and UK capital are right up there on their hit list.

Come and discuss finance, climate change, environmental justice and campaign strategy with leading researchers & campaigners Mel Evans and Hannah Schling (PLATFORM), Sarah Sexton (The Corner House), Rosa Curling (Leigh Day Solicitors) on the strategies, analysis and impacts of their very successful campaign to stigmatise, delegitimise, and arrest the march of the self-styled "Oil and Gas Bank"... read full story / add a comment

Bristol PSC's annual Party, after being postponed, is back on track read full story / add a comment

A powerful picture of the brutality involved in sex-trafficking is unveiled on Friday 20th November. Lukas Moodysson’s award-winning film Lilja 4-ever receives a FREE screening, and is followed by Margaret Gallagher, Chair of The Medaille Trust, talking about the Trust’s work with the victims of sex-trafficking. The evening is opened by singer Sadie Chamberlain, and is part of Unchosen’s season of films about trafficking. read full story / add a comment