This is a monthly discussion group organised by people from Transitionbs3 and open to everyone. We discuss aspects of the world economy, especially those relating to climate change and peak oil. Our aim is to collectively educate ourselves and give an opportunity for people to meet up and discuss. The meetings aim at being interesting and understandable - no expertise is required! read full story / add a comment

Will Brown will give a brief introduction on the history and nature of money - then we'll have a discussion. read full story / add a comment

Hear about the work Oxfam is doing in Nicaragua.
7.30pm on Tuesday 3 June
Horfield Quaker Meeting House
300 Gloucester Road (opposite Somerfield supermarket) read full story / add a comment

Trafficking in human beings is largely seen as an issue concerning the sex industry: a small number of women from a small number of countries. A public discussion on Tuesday 13th May will reveal the larger picture, and will give the general public a chance to question experts and contribute to the debate. read full story / add a comment

Bristol City does not seem to accept it's scale and imposes unsuitable developments upon it's citizens. read full story / add a comment

LET'S MAKE THE ID SCHEME A LOCAL ELECTION ISSUE / HUNT THE MINISTER update / Cornwall County Council Pass Anti-ID Motion read full story / add a comment

Wednesday May 14th, 7.30, Kebele, 14 Robertson Road, Easton. Monthly world economy discussion group : collective self-education in how the world works. read full story / add a comment

"logo and slogan, rather than true vision" ? Is it a joke? We hope so or the region is in trouble... read full story / add a comment

PLAY HUNT THE MINISTER - NO2ID CAMBRIDGE LEADS THE WAY & 23rd April – SOUTH WEST / SOUTH WALES WEST MIDLANDS REGIONAL MEETING, BRISTOL read full story / add a comment

April 21st, 7.30 Miners Arms, Mina Road, St Werbs.
What are central banks and what do they do?
The state of the UK housing market/oil prices and more
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Teofilo Acuna, the Colombian activist speaking in Bristol tomorrow, Wednesday 16th of April last week received further death threats (http://www.bristol.indymedia.org/article/688160). Also listed on the threats were people who Espacio Bristol volunteer, Frog Lover, is currently accompanying in the Southern Bolivar region of Colombia (http://bristol.indymedia.org/article/688180). Guarapo Meloso, the fourth member of Espacio currently in Colombia, and who has been accompanying Sembrar, another organization listed in the threat, provdes an update from Bogota on our last article. read full story / add a comment

Phil Booth, National Coordinator, and Matty Mitford, Local Groups
Coordinator will be coming to Bristol this month for a meeting of all
NO2ID groups in the South West and South Wales.

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Frog Lover, the third member of Espacio Bristol to arrive in Colombia over the past few months has been based in the Southern Bolívar region of the country, an area taken over by right-wing paramilitaries a few years back in order to pave the way for “development” projects around oil palm monocultures and gold mining under the control of multinationals. In the run-up to two events in Bristol over the next few days Espacio members report first hand on the impact of agro-fuels and gold mining. Espacio will be with Rising Tide be at Tesco, Eastville from 4.30 – 7pm on Tuesday 15th in solidarity with communities who are struggling to keep their lands. On Wednesday 16th we’re hosting a talk by a member of the organization Frog Lover is accompanying, along with Colombia Solidarity. read full story / add a comment

Following on from our first successful accompaniment training which we held in February, Espacio Bristol have decided to have another accompaniment training on the 19th and 20th July.

We are looking for someone who would like to coordinate the preparation and running of this weekend training read full story / add a comment

Come and hear from Teofilo a community leader who was imprisoned last year on the orders of the Colombian army battalion responsable for protecting the interests of mining multinationals.

When: Wednesday 16th April - 5-7pm
Where: Frank Lecture Theatre - Department of Physics - University of Bristol, Tyndall Avenue - BS8 1LT
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Before the mining multinationals arrived in the Colombian region of Southern Bolívar, state-linked paramilitaries paved their way with the murder of two members of the regional Farmers and Mining Association, FEDEAGROMINESBOL. After playing football with the decapitated head of one of their victims, they stuck it on a post, facing towards the mines. Then they informed the community - many of whom made their living as small-scale miners - they’d come to hand over the mines to the multinationals. read full story / add a comment

With China in the news as a result of its state promotion of the Olympics there this summer, and the reaction to this by pro-democracy & human rights campaigners (especially focusing on the murder & oppression by the Chinese state in Tibet), its worth considering the reasons behind these events. Its the Chinese economy innit, stupid. read full story / add a comment

This months Economic Discussion forum will focus on the 'economic miracle' that has taken place in China over the last 20 or so years, and its impact (potential, and real) on the rest of the world.
There will also be time to discuss the latest developments in the UK economy, including the worsening housing crash.
The meeting is planned to be comprehensible to everybody. There will be plenty of opportunity for discussion & questions, and there is no party line! read full story / add a comment

Around 40 indigenous political prisoners in Chiapas Mexico are on hunger
strike to demand their liberty. The protest has now spread to 3 jails in
Mexico's most southerly state.

The UK Zapatista Solidarity Network, including Bristol-based KIPTIK, has issued a statement expressing "full support" for
the prisoners: " We are well aware that the Mexican government is
persecuting people who are involved in the struggle for social justice
by falsely accusing them of crimes which they did not commit."

Indymedia Chiapas estimates that around 100 prisoners in Chiapas have
been deprived of their liberty for political reasons. read full story / add a comment

SOUTH WEST AND SOUTH WALES REGIONAL MEETING

There will be a South West and South Wales regional meeting for local groups in the region in late April. Location and details to be confirmed.

And much more... read full story / add a comment