First of three Trapese dayschools this Saturday, Start Producing the Future, Experiments Against Enclosure, Tools to Reclaim the Commons: "Everyday, everywhere, through spontaneous and planned actions, people are changing the world, together. These everyday actions come from the growing desire to do it ourselves – plant vegetables, organise a community day to get people involved in improving where we live, expose exploitative firms, take responsibility for our health, make cups of tea in a social centre, figure out how to install a shower powered by the sun, make a banner, support strikers, pull a prank to make someone laugh, as well as think", (Do It Yourself, A Handbook for Changing our World, Pluto 2007 www.handbookforchange.org) read full story / add a comment

Bristol City Council has received funding from the Department of
Communities and Local Government to encourage the ‘temporary’ use of
empty shops during the recession. read full story / add a comment

Foster caught out, yet again, with his snout in the trough of public funds.

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A lap dancing club in Old Market is seeking a licence to open 22 hours-a-day with up to 19 hours of full strip-tease and nude dancing.
The objections submitted mean that the decision will be made by the Licensing Sub-Committee in a public hearing at 1:30pm on Thursday 15th October at the Council House on College Green. Interested members of the public are invited to come and witness the event.

The Agenda for the hearing can be viewed at: http://www.bristol.gov.uk/item/committeecontent/?ref=re...te=00.
Further details: http://bristol.indymedia.org/article/690966.
There is time until noon on Wednesday for Interested Parties to apply to make a statement at the hearing.

This article has been edited in order to correct small errors in the original, and to add some extra info. IMCVol read full story / add a comment

Well, they may seem harmless now - just binge drinking and shagging there way through the 1st term - and occasional stealing a cone to put on Edward Colston head - but believe or not these people will be the ones who, without gentle persuasion will be leading socially destructive companies like BaE and EoN - and us into oblivion. read full story / add a comment

If you live in or near Bristol and can help in any way with campaigning against this planned biofuel power station, please email us at info[at]Biofuelwatch.org.uk.
Thanks. read full story / add a comment

Postal workers vote "Yes" in national strike ballot read full story / add a comment

Cli Snapple a Bristol Rising Tider among other things writes about "Climate Justice" and the Copenhagen Mobilisation from Colombia. read full story / add a comment

Dialect Radio is a Bristol (UK) internet broadcasting Co-operative run by volunteers. Our main activity is our weekly current affairs and arts magazine programme Dialect, which is recorded at our Queen's Square studios and posted for download every weekend. Want to volunteer? Volunteering Bristol, Royal Oak House, Royal Oak Avenue, Bristol. BS1 4GB Tel: 0117 989 7733. Listen on air: 93.2 FM (BCFM), Saturdays at 9pm http://www.bcfm.org.uk/ read full story / add a comment

As the news breaks about Eon's Kingsnorth Coal-fired power station "being put on hold for 3 years" breaks - to cautious celebration - not least from those (including many from round these parts who withstood alot of police harassment in Kent)... read full story / add a comment

The Varandanyan family from east bristol. there
is a mum and three kids, and the mum originates from armenia, but has
lived here for nearly 6 years.
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Dyslexic Brian went down really well at The University of Bristol Freshers’ Fair.

Two of the co-founders of http://DyslexicBrian.com, Goga and Antonio, spent all day telling students about the services that we offer. Goga and Antonio were shattered when they got back to the office but they said it had been worth it due to them having met dozens of positive minded dyslexic and non-dyslexic students.

There was a huge interest in http://dyslexicbrian.com/workshops/ that are aimed at assisting people to completely overcome their dyslexia. Also, loads of people signed up for our newsletter – we’ll be sending out the newsletters very soon but first Goga and Antonio are sending out a personalised video email to everyone who signed up for it.

Loads of the students we spoke to said that it would be good for us to start a Bristol University Dyslexic Brian Society – we think this is a great idea and we are now looking into setting this up.If we become a society we’re planning to run a free discussion group about dyslexia each month at the Uni – these should be good fun and will hopefully be useful to students who want to increase their awareness and understanding of dyslexia.

Check back soon to find out where Dyslexic Brian will be visiting next!

If you’re organising an event and would like Dyslexic Brian to come along then please contact us on info@DyslexiaBrian.com or call Antonio on +44 (0) 79697 89893 read full story / add a comment

Following a well attended workshop at the Co-Mutiny, and a visit earlier this year by Danish Climate Activists... read full story / add a comment

Researching into Co2 emissions here in bristol, and wondering how to reduce my own carbon footprint to whatever is 'sustainable' - I came across some interesting stuff. read full story / add a comment

A good read.
With many MANY accounts of resistance from the south-west including the decomissioners.
Worth downloading. read full story / add a comment

At last night's BCC Cabinet meeting the following public representations were made. read full story / add a comment

Airport planning application:

Please come to Council meetings next week and following week read full story / add a comment

PRSC chairman, Chris Chalkley was arrested by two plain clothes police officers on 24th September, and was charged with the following;

“That between 28/08/09 and 01/01/09 at St. James Barton roundabout in the City of Bristol without lawful excuse damaged 5102 Appartments to the value of between £150 and £200 belonging to Peverel Oak Management Ltd intending to destroy or damage such property or being reckless as to whether such property would be destroyed or damaged CONTRARY TO SECTIONS 1(1) AND 4 OF THE CRIMINAL DAMAGE ACT 1971. read full story / add a comment

BAE's Bribes for business scandal comes back to bite Bristol aerospace workers, fears for job losses rise again, bosses do very nicely thank you! read full story / add a comment

A recent story about Devon firm happy to work with - those doing ethnic cleansing, rape, murder and torture... read full story / add a comment