ID cards special. read full story / add a comment

Another huge success - Bristol’s Latin American Forum 2007 makes an even bigger splash than last year’s event! read full story / add a comment

The schedule for the day event at the Bristol Latin American Forum on Saturday March the 10th at the University of Bristol is now packed and ready - feast your eyes on the programme below, including a timetable, and list of workshops and film screenings. The day event is free, but PLEASE remember that places are limited to 100 so if you want to guarantee a place, then get there EARLY. Note also the £6 evening event at The Full Moon on Stokes Croft with top Cuban hip hop artists and Bristol's own 16 piece salsa band! read full story / add a comment

Well surprise, surprise, the owner of Trago Mills has been called out for hypocrisy. read full story / add a comment

Themed around social and cultural changes in Latin America, the LAF is a vibrant day event with workshops, plenaries, discussion, music, film, and food by Kebele. It also includes a related evening event with Cuban hip hop artists and a 16 piece salsa band.

“The 2006 Forum really got behind the headlines and rhetoric about Latin America with some inspiring first hand speakers. Talking with Venezuelans and Colombians about the situation in their countries brought the issues sharply into focus. Count me in for 2007.” Alix Hughes, Bristol Link With Nicaragua

"I learned a huge amount about Latin American issues during the day, and very much enjoyed the discussions. The evening fiesta was terrific too, giving a chance to talk informally... and I made a few new friends too!" Student attendee at LAF 2006 read full story / add a comment

Newsletter - support the Big Opt Out read full story / add a comment

This piece came across my screen whilst working, I thought others might benefit from seeing it.

I fully expect the BIMC "collective" to take it down because of the lack of a local link. read full story / add a comment

John Rees, Stop-the-War Coalition national officer, is coming to Bristol next Wednesday to launch his new book, 'Imperialism and Resistance'.

This event will be of great interest to anyone wanting a penetrating and practically-informed discussion of contemporary power struggles in the international arena today. read full story / add a comment

Boycott Scumerfield! read full story / add a comment

On Monday (9th October) the government released its first report of "the likely costs of the ID cards scheme". ... read full story / add a comment

A Bristol police officer on a climbing expedition has witnessed the shooting of a group of Tibetan children by Chinese security forces.PC Stephen Lawes, who is based in Keynsham, saw the incident on the Tibetan border with Nepal, which the youngsters were trying to cross to freedom. read full story / add a comment

HELP US FIND THE PASSPORT INTERROGATION CENTRES read full story / add a comment

As the G8 meets in St Petersburg, Russia, it’s been pretty quiet in Bristol this year (just a banner drop so far - http://bristol.indymedia.org/newswire.php?story_id=25201 ), compared to last (see - http://www.bristol.indymedia.org/newswire.php?story_id=25177).

Of course despite the best efforts of Blair & NeoLabour, we do still have a few rights left to demonstrate here, for now, whilst in Russia it is a completely different picture.

Any form of dissent there is met with arrest and probably a beating or worse. For several weeks now campaigners, both local and international, have been harassed, taken off trains & planes, and locked up, as these reports & info show: http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/07/344225.html read full story / add a comment

As dusk falls, I try to remember…where exactly was I one year ago, as dusk fell?
Was I, as a legal volunteer from Bristol, monitoring protests against the G8 in Gleneagles (Scotland), still on duty outside the Stirling eco-camp attempting to monitor the police’s abuse of their powers? Or had I been replaced for the night, and made it back to our Edinburgh base (and pub)? It’s all such a blur now, yet only a year ago… read full story / add a comment

On Wednesday 8th June, the Bristol branch of the Colombia Solidarity Campaign hosted Maria Valencia and Jorge “Nakamandinga” Aramburo. They were visiting Bristol as representatives of Proceso de Comunidades Negras (PCN), which translates as the process of black communities, as part of an international tour of Europe. read full story / add a comment

July 15th will be an International Day of Action Against Climate Change. As G8 energy ministers promise trillions in new subsidies to the industries destroying our planet and our future, we will take action to shut them down! This is a call for autonomous, decentralized actions appropriate for your town, city, or bioregion. read full story / add a comment

Mexican Embassy in London Occupied. Demonstration Outside. San Salvador
Atenco Massacre Solidarity Protest. read full story / add a comment

Film and discussion evening
@ The Cube Cinema
Friday 19 May
from 7.30 pm
£3/ £2 read full story / add a comment

NO2ID Supporters' Newsletter No. 43 - 13th April 2006 plus South West Info read full story / add a comment

The Latin American Forum at the Dept. of Hispanic Studies and Student Union of Bristol University was an exciting, unforgettable event. The day started with an array of stalls, speakers and workshops, proceeding on through to a grand cultural fiesta with food, films and live bands. read full story / add a comment