I was a refugee in Erith. For those not familiar with London, Erith is somewhere towards the south east outskirt of the sprawl, and I found myself there with three others, one in a wetsuit, fugitive from a police helicopter chase through a housing estate, our car marked, our safe houses hotter than a snake's arse in a wagon rut and our eyeballs wobbling with exhaustion to the point where none of us could read a map. read full story / add a comment

heres a book list for the Bristol radical bookfair... From September there'll be a West Country radical bookfair happening every month in Bristol at the Cornubia Pub, Temple Street. First one is on September 6th 12-4.30pm More details: gardsteingang@yahoo.co.uk read full story / add a comment

Interesting couple of stories out of the 'Post' - first up is one about how the number of racist attacks in Bristol are on the up. Something we all knew would happen after Invasion Iraq - and no doubt fuelled by bigoted columnists like Mike 'maddog' Lowe's 'devil's advocate'( just a harmless bit of fun, isn't it mike ?)...but the other story talks about the Polices inability to know when an incident is racially motivated or not. The two sets of figures speak volumes - 1,125 reported racist incidents and only 19 convictions...???? geez read full story / add a comment

A charity benefit night for Coalition for Tibet and TiTi Africa on 17th June at The Thekla read full story / add a comment

Andrew Kelly the Director of Bristol 2008 Capital of Culture Bid has asked us to circulate the following message: read full story / add a comment

A ffwded report from local independent filmmaker Julia Guest whos currently in Iraq read full story / add a comment

Monsterpiece B-Day Blow-out / Fundraiser for Temwenani read full story / add a comment

St Pauls Arts & Culture Group Proudly Present... OPEN:SPACE at Malcolm X Centre, St Pauls read full story / add a comment

Taking Back Control: Resisting Weapons of Mass Distruction read full story / add a comment

Palestinian Youth speaking tour comes to Bristol read full story / add a comment

Registrations are now being taken for the 10th "ristol's Biggest Bike Ride" which takes place on Sunday 15 June this year. read full story / add a comment

Organisations, groups and individuals involved in the anti-war movement in Bristol are invited to planning meetings for organising a conference, planned for June. read full story / add a comment

Death Displacement and Mining in Colombia: the British Connection read full story / add a comment

Jo Wilding was in Iraq during the US/UK bombing & sent back regular reports. This event is to raise funds for Jo to return to Iraq so that we can all continue to receive reports from within the country from a source we know & trust read full story / add a comment

NEW YORK -Nina Simone, whose deep, raspy, forceful voice made her a unique figure in jazz and later helped chronicle the civil rights movement, died Monday at her home in France, according to her personal manager. She was 70. read full story / add a comment

Bristol Against Casualisation Campaign & RMT South West Branch present... read full story / add a comment

According to Police figures Blacks in Bristol are 10 times more likely to be stopped and searched than whites. This article shows that this trend runs throughout the UK. Of course opinion columns like Mike Lowe's 'Devils advocate' have no bearing on this whatsoever read full story / add a comment

Spotted in Malago Rd Bristol this morning. Were Saatchi and Saatchi involved with this one?? read full story / add a comment

picnic for peace - USAF Fairford, Gloucestershire 8-3-03 read full story / add a comment

Bristol University has come in for severe criticism from many private independent schools after an exceptionally brilliant Indian boy was refused admission. read full story / add a comment