Hammers @ Dawn, London Saturday 20th March

SAMBA, POETRY, DJS, GOOD VIBES, FOOD.

VENUE TO BE CONFIRMED (PROB HACKNEY/ BOW)
AND UP DATED ON HERE OR
CALL 07804167930 ON THE NIGHT
DONATIONS ON THE DOOR
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solidarity picket of trinity police station for remaining jesters occupation detainees read full story / add a comment

Bristol Cathedral will be a hive of activity at lunchtime on Monday 22nd March. People from all over Bristol are invited to a free lunch to find out how organisations throughout the city are responding to the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion (“EY2010”). read full story / add a comment

Results from Saturday's 'Convention of the Left' held at Easton Community Centre, Bristol. read full story / add a comment

We are drving a van, possibly two- after the success of the fundraiser!, to Calais in a weeks time to deliver some essential items to the migrants that are currently homeless there.

We are collecting:

mens coats/ jumpers,
mens shoes,
sleeping bags,
cooking pots and grills,
tea and coffee,
sim cards (you can send of for 3 free sims if you are on o2),
first aid equipment,
tarps, rope etc.

We are running 3 collection points for donations in Bristol

-One at Bristol University of Wednesday- We will be standing on woodland road, near Senate House from 10- 2, Look out for our big banner and hopefully the van

-One at UWE frenchay Campus- 2 Carroll Court, collecting from now till thursday

-One at Gloucester road, message us on off the facebook group for further directions,

Links to specific collection points at our facebook group:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=366203751226&ref=nf#!/group.php?gid=337805670632&ref=mf

More info on the Calais situation at http://calaismigrantsolidarity.wordpress.com/ read full story / add a comment

How do we fight for women's liberation today?
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Bristol Smash bring you our third party at The Junction, with live punk, dub, hip hop and more. This time we're raising funds for anti-fascist organisations and charities. So come along to Smash fascism, and stick your middle finger up at the BNP. Or just come along for a good party, and listen to some of the best musi...c on offer from Bristol and beyond.

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Brief introduction to the Merthyr to Mayo cycle caravan... read full story / add a comment

A gig, a talk , a mock election and a bonfire. read full story / add a comment

Folk legends Leon Rosselson and Robb Johnson perform songs about Thomas Paine. read full story / add a comment

Come and view some original source material from the archives of the Central Reference Library. read full story / add a comment

Ten short films bring the Pierian Centre to life on Sunday 28th March. They are the work of Bristol- and Somerset-based Biggerhouse and their friends – and they explore some over-looked communities in the South West and South Wales. These locally-made films have a vitality and humour very different from the usual fare on our screens! read full story / add a comment

From free* hot desking space to great networking opportunities... come along to The Hub and sample our weekly programme of happenings! read full story / add a comment

From free* hot desking space to great networking opportunities... come along to The Hub and sample our weekly programme of happenings! read full story / add a comment

From free* hot desking space to great networking opportunities... come along to The Hub and sample our weekly programme of happenings! read full story / add a comment

From free* hot desking space to great networking opportunities... come along to The Hub and sample our weekly programme of happenings! read full story / add a comment

Update on EDO/ITT Decommissioners Case.

Yesterday the Preparatory Hearing relating to the EDO/ITT defendants took place at Hove Crown Court.

Although scheduled for a two day hearing all was done and dusted within the first day.

This hearing, by Judge Kemp, was to determine which arguments in law could be brought by the defence before the court at there trial due to commence on 17th May, 2010.
It was anticipated by the defence that there are two linked issues that required consideration.
i) The circumstances in which a judge may withdraw a defendant’s defence;
ii) Whether the facts relied on by the defendants’ amounts to defences in law.

The points of law up for scrutiny were regarding to:

Criminal Damage Act 1971

Criminal Law Act 1967

The common law defence of necessity. read full story / add a comment

Do you want to get involved in animal rights locally?

Come to our meeting at Kebele, Robertson Road, Easton. read full story / add a comment

Global issues awareness raising through fun, imaginative and creative means! read full story / add a comment

Until about a year ago I lived in Bristol, but now every day I walk through the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires on the way to my Spanish Clases. The plaza is opposite the main government building and is, every single day without fail, home to a protest or two. It is literally home to a group of old veterans of the Falklands/Malvinas war who, like many millions are unemployed with little or no state help. Argentina just does not have the money to pay benefits to everyone who needs them, nor the jobs to fix the problem. Living in Buenos Aires you get used to protests, perhaps desensitised. You also get used to dirty children juggling on the underground for a few coins, entire families going through the rubbish bags outside your house every night, and people sleeping rough all over the city. Argentines learned nearly a decade ago to mistrust banks after they closed their doors, stopping people from withdrawing their own savings. The currency then collapsed, reducing the savings they couldn't get at to a fraction.
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