In through the letterbox pops a flyer for Labour called 'Labour in Ashley' announcing to the world that "Labour Delivers" - But do they? read full story / add a comment

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Saw this on the way to workplace sabotage the other day! Seems like some of the animals are refusing to perform, going feral and getting tooled up to cause some trouble for the empire and it's keepers. Cabot Circus, Ha Ha Ha! read full story / add a comment

Disappointing to see that the sudden rush of 3 newswire posts, relating to the working class & struggle, fail to mention potentially one of the biggest ongoing series of strikes in Bristol and the rest of the country for many a year.

Wednesday & Thursday sees 2 days of strike action by many of the lowest paid workers in the public sector. Nationally upto 600,000 members of the Unison & Unite unions could take action in what may be the first of a series of rolling strikes. Next time around it may be 3 days, then 4, then…?
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"The father of a 17-year-old girl who was fatally injured in a collision with a cyclist has said it is "laughable" the man has only been fined." read full story / add a comment

The genesis of this piece was the discussion on this newswire about attacks on the cycle path in Easton. What particularly struck me about these attacks was that people referred to the attackers as `groups of kids'. Why would children do this? Well I've got no answers but this piece outlines the trail that my thoughts have taken in the weeks since reading the discussion... read full story / add a comment

Bristol City Council has started a consultation for around 53,000 residents about brining in a 'Controlled Parking Zone' - where residents pay an admin fee and in exchange get the right to park in their street. read full story / add a comment

Fluorescent Vest? Check. Lycra? Check. Helmet? Check. Knee and shin pads? Check. Smog mask? Check. Shoulder and chest body armour? Check. Right, I'm ready for a nice bike ride to the shops. read full story / add a comment

Community @ Heart is the organisation set up in The Barton Hill/:Lawrence Hill and The Dings areas of Bristol to administer the £50 million urban regeneration renewal fund. It is now slowly being wound down and will dcease to operate early next year. read full story / add a comment

Passing though the Bear-Pit today, there was a remarkable view of that vision; a wild flower paradise in the centre of the concrete jungle! And it got me thinking... read full story / add a comment

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This might not be the most exciting hour of your life but it could help you have a real impact on what is going on around you in your city. read full story / add a comment

"Denialism can arise from personal ideologies, or desire for profit. Industry groups may seek to protect markets from damaging facts and information. Political groups may work to advance their agendas. Combinations of these may work in concert with interest groups on issues of mutual importance. Despite the disparity between these groups and the motives behind them, the tactics used by denialists are largely similar" read full story / add a comment

Peak Oil is coming, maybe not this year, maybe not this decade, but within my lifetime.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_oil
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I was faced with mixed feelings when I read about the tory MP David Davis's recent stance over the 42 days so called 'anti-terror' legislation. I have never really been a tory supporter, or event any fan of the existing political order, but suddenly it is good to see something that speaks though the political bullsh*t towards an issue that is real - the power of the state over us minions. (speaking personally....) read full story / add a comment

I'm writing this as a request for information, rather than to provoke debate and i certainly don't want a row about it! read full story / add a comment

How do we make sense of the recent attacks along the Easton cyclepath or the near daily outbursts of road rage on our heavily congested streets? Do we demonise the people who committed this violence, treating it as evidence of their wrongheadedness and ‘evil’ as subjects, or do we examine and act to change the structures surrounding those people and the systemic violence they suffer; coming from disadvantaged backgrounds in a society whose rich are growing rapidly richer while the poor go nowhere, where class mobility is far less than a generation ago, in a community that lacks youth centres and other activities for young people to enjoy, Bristol City Council’s bizarre urge to fill the inadequate roads with ever increasing volumes of traffic (see the new Cabot Circus Car Park) and the lack of affordable and reliable public transport (its current guise of First Great Western providing private profits allied with extortionate prices and atrocious service)?

Do we seek ways to effect and change the ideology of competitive individualism which sees young people growing up in a society which urges them to look out for themselves and no one else or do we simply label them little bastards, wrongful creatures who have exercised their free will to be irrationally evil? read full story / add a comment

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The Kuumba Centre, Bristol and the South West's leading African Caribbean arts centre for the last thirty years, has recently had it Arts Council funding cut. The decision has roused controversy as the centre was widely recognised to be of great importance to the St Pauls community. read full story / add a comment