Following police brutality to anti-arms activists at Raytheon and peaceful chalk messengers many Bristolians may wish to attend this event. read full story / add a comment

Why a coach left Bristol early Saturday morning headed for London.

http://www.aqsa.org.uk/MULTIMEDIA/PhotoGallery/tabid/85....aspx

If you haven't already guessed - it was to protest against the Israeli state of terror read full story / add a comment

3 directors down 1 to go !!!! read full story / add a comment

With Bristol posties refusing to push their leaflets and people cutting down their posters, resistance to the BNP is growing in Bristol and the South West; but the prospect of the BNP in power remains and needs to be resisted. read full story / add a comment

Free Palestine — End Israeli Occupation —
End the Arms trade
Lowkey MC, Mecca 2 Medina, Jeremy Hardy and more will join speakers from Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem, along with Jeremy Corbyn MP, Martin Linton MP, George Galloway MP, Daud Abdullah - Deputy Gen Sec Muslim Council of Britain, Jean Lambert MEP, Jenny Tonge MEP, Manuel Hassassian - Palestinian General Delegate to the UK and speakers from PSC, Stop the War Coalition, British Muslim Initiative, CND, Palestinian Forum in Britain, Viva Palestina, Jews for Justice for Palestine, Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights and others

Called by:
Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Stop the War Coalition, British Muslim Initiative, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Palestinian Forum in Britain

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Britain is expected to decide on Thursday that it remains committed to the Eurofighter defence contract, though it wants to trim some costs related to the multi-billion dollar programme, government sources say.

Talks involving Business Secretary Peter Mandelson and officials from the Ministry of Defence, the Treasury and the prime minister's office have concluded that cancelling the contract would have too much of an impact on jobs and Britain's reputation, as well as incurring fines of up to $1.5 billion (992.5 million pounds).

The MoD said that at peak production, the Typhoon programme will help sustain 5,000 jobs atBAE Systems, 4,000 throughout aero-engine maker Rolls Royce and its supply chain and up to 16,000 in total in the UK aerospace industry.

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Altho this is a national call out,it is relevent to the South West as we are (hopefully) going to be helping out and are looking for help from B.Indymedia readers 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

This Monday saw folk from the south west visit Brighton for the day. Known for their love of partying Monday was to be no exception.
Although, in truth, the main events of the day were not held on the beach - they were held up in the town, on the streets.
As usual plod decided to gate crash.
But then idiots usually do appear uninvited with the sole purpose of disrupting the day's events.
Never the less, determined to proceed with the day's agenda... the party got under way.... read full story / add a comment

next meeting for the exciting co-mutiny (13th-19th September) is this monday 11th may @ 7.30pm with the one after that r- essential if your to be involved in deciding what the mutiny will be) is Saturday 6th June at 2.00pm

Both Meetings will be at kebele, 14 robertson rd, bristol. bs5 6jy read full story / add a comment

On May the Ninth Unite Against Fascism in Bristol are coordinating a series of protests against the British National Party read full story / add a comment

An interesting BBC radio program on the BNP and the upcoming EU elections. read full story / add a comment

In the South West the BNP and it's racism has been opposed. A meeting in early March of the British National Party at a hotel in Gloucestershire had to be called off after protesters heard about the gathering. In Exeter they were opposed too. But the EU elections are closing in and the BNP hope to make gain there. read full story / add a comment

Many people will have seen the news on Monday morning that 114
people were arrested in Nottingham ahead of an alleged protest at E.ON's
Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal-fired power station read full story / add a comment

On the 5th February, Israel and Egypt shut all borders with Gaza. Egypt has said it will close the Rafah border indefinitely as Gaza is an 'occupied territory'. No Borders UK calls for an immediate opening of Israeli and Egyptian borders with Gaza.

No Borders calls for a day of action on 27th April. Target those profiting from the siege (BAE, G4S, Caterpillar, EDO, Raytheon etc.).
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Forget about the bullshit killer-cops and their self-proclaimed summer of rage, the wellsprings of revolution at the moment seem to be in the form of occupations - universities, schools, Visteon, LOR: there must have been more in this country in the last 20 months than the last 20 years.

What would our response be if something like that happened in Bristol or the South West?

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A while ago I commented on the fact that Bristol indymedia dosn't feature at all if you type the search term “Bristol” into google

http://bristol.indymedia.org/article/689764?&condense_c...42333

this led to a debate about perceived anti-Semitism on Indymedia UK, not my original intention, and again not my intention here.

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Latest research and figures from BBC News Lunchtime Today read full story / add a comment

On Wednesday during a demonstration against the G20 in London, thousands of protestors were trapped inside a police cordon (kettled) where they were baton charged and crushed by the police. A man died during this demonstration outside the Bank of England in London. Eyewitnesses have now released a statement and video. They can be reached for comment at g20witnesses [at] gmail.com. read full story / add a comment

We are part of the Rising Tide network of autonomous groups taking action against the root causes of climate change.
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