Stop Hinkley has referred Sedgemoor Council's recent donation of public land for the nuclear energy centre to the Audit Commission. It has also reported the donation of £1.9 million by the South West Development Agency (SWRDA) as unfairly subsidising the nuclear industry. read full story / add a comment

Bristol Binmen are on all out strike from this wednesday 10th June, in a dispute over pay. Please send messages of support to pam.jennings@unitetheunion.com

When Sita took on the contract from Bristol City Council to do the refuse collecting and street cleaning, part of the agreement was that they kept the workers on the same contracts as before, holidays, sick pay and an annual (every November) index linked pay rise.

We haven't had a pay rise since Nov 2007. This current dispute relates to a pay increase we were due last November - over 7 months ago ! At that time the inflation rate was running at just below 5% which is why we asked for that amount.

Sita have dragged this dispute out until now and we have voted to strike only as an absolute last resort because we felt we had no alternative. We don't want to strike and are obviously losing money as a result. read full story / add a comment

The Executive of Sedgemoor District Council has secretly agreed to donate a plot of publicly owned land to the Energy Skills Centre at Bridgwater College. The centre aims to provide training in nuclear skills. read full story / add a comment

A presentation and discussion with a comrade from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. For the exchange of ideas and experiences of anarchist thought and action, with a focus on resistance to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. read full story / add a comment

Imagine 5000+ ordinary working people descending on Central London to
discuss the strategy and tactics of how we can build a better world.
Imagine over 200 packed meetings where you can learn about the
movement and share your own experiences. Imagine bustling bars, cafes
and parks filled with activists debating revoltionary politics.
Imagine meeting like-minded people from your area and becoming part of
the anti-capitalist fightback. Imagine the hardest decision you'll
have to make all weekend being whether to spend Saturday night
listening to live Palestinian music of resistance or watching films
about the Latin American Revolution. Sound like the highlight of your
year? Well book your ticket now for Marxism 2009!
www.marxismfestival.org.uk read full story / add a comment

The Bristol Anarchist Bookfair Collective is pleased to announce the date and venue for this years event: Saturday 12 September 2009, at The Island, Silver Street, Bristol BS1 2PY, with a provisional time of 10.30am to 7pm. read full story / add a comment

May issue of the Hereford Heckler (bulletin of Hereford Solidarity League) is now out... read full story / add a comment

Exeter Critical Mass - Saturday 2nd May @ 12.00 Cathedral Green, Exeter read full story / add a comment

Rear entry at group 4, st paul's, damage done in support of asylum-seeker/imprisioned refugees and people in gaza read full story / add a comment

The council plan to remove the mound along with the mature trees down at what they are calling the 'Cabot Circus' end.
They plan to cut new pathways - Queens Square style, through our green.

Air quality, health, recreation including relaxation all of which amount to quality of Bristol life, are all once again. under threat.
If you intend to vote this June bear this in mind.
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Update - plus 'After Party' revealed! read full story / add a comment

The deadline for comments in person has passed. But comments and objections can be made online at: http://e2eweb.bristol-city.gov.uk/PublicAccess/tdc/dcap...K8000 read full story / add a comment

British man Dave Cornthwaite’s nose for adventure has led him to Wiltshire, and a whole new way of getting around. Graphic Designer Cornthwaite, 29, has made headlines in recent years for such acts as pushing a skateboard across Australia and attempting to date 100 women in 100 days, but he now has his eyes on a new adventurer project dubbed The Great Big Paddle. read full story / add a comment

The EDO Decommissioners campaign have just produced their own t-shirts. All procedes to support the prisoners and campaign.
Brilliant designs, well we think so! Go to decommisioners.wordpress.com to order. Thanks to local collective Squidink for their help in production. read full story / add a comment

The French nuclear design and engineering company whose reactor is set to be built at Hinkley Point Areva is facing severe financial trouble. read full story / add a comment

Exeter Critical Mass - Saturday 4th April @ 12.00 Cathedral Green, Exeter read full story / add a comment

On the 16th of January 6 people broke into an arms factory to try and prevent the supply of weapons being used for war crimes in Palestine. Two of the six are still in Prison, one of them is in Horfield, Bristol.

MAKE SOME NOISE Saturday 18th April 3:30 till 5:30

Expect drums, a mobile soundsystem and dancing in the street!!!!
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Bristol International Airport has been accused of avoiding paying corporation tax in the UK, in a new video posted online by Stop Bristol Airport Expansion. The video also highlights the economic costs of airport expansion, including jobs and revenue which are lost to tourist destinations overseas. read full story / add a comment

Seven people have been on trial for a week accused of aggravated trespass at Brighton Magistrates court charged with locking on to the fence of EDO MBM/ITT on March 19th 2008 to commemorate the fifth anniversry of the invasion of Iraq. EDO supply weapons used by US and UK forces in Iraq. The defendants argued, as one part of their defence, that EDO's business was not lawful. Paul Hills, Managing Direrctor of EDO, was questioned last week over his companys' complicity in war crimes. read full story / add a comment

Here in Bristol we live in the shadow of Hinkley. Hinkley is a possible site for the next generation of Nuke stations. Help stop them building any more

Today (25 March) is the deadline for submissions to the Government's consultation for Justification for New Nuclear Reactors. This is one of very few chances you have to put forward your concerns on the health effects, etc of nuclear power, as local planning inquiries will refuse to hear these arguments under the new streamlined planning laws.

For your convenience, a sample e-mail is provided, along with contact details. It will only take a minute of your time to copy and paste and send. read full story / add a comment