The Bristol Pound is a secure local currency designed to support Bristol’s independent businesses, strengthen the local economy, keep our high streets diverse and distinct, helping build a strong community.
Speakers from the Bristol Pound scheme will introduce the idea, how it works and where its happening. This will be followed by a question and answer session where we can explore the benefits of the £B for local traders and the wider community.
Time: 7.30pm – 9.30pm
Bristol Traveller Solidarity Network is a local group of people looking to take direct action against discrimination and persecution of Travellers, Roma and Gypsies. We will work as closely as possibly with other groups in Bristol, while being part of a national network that came together through resisting the eviction of Dale Farm last year.
On Wednesday 14th March, we are holding a meeting to discuss what’s currently happening in Bristol and what we can do as a group. All people who want to be involved – whether travelling or settled – are welcome, as are local groups who can talk to us about what they’re doing already.
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Bristol Anarchist Black Cross host a series of films, talks and discussions on David Gilbert’s recent book Love and Struggle. David was part of The Weather Underground and part of the Revolutionary Armed Task Force, in solidarity with the Black Liberation Army. This book focuses on his radicalisation – from scout to revolutionary. The Weather Underground was a radical group whose militant direct actions were aimed at police and the United States Army, in solidarity with people of colour in the United States and abroad.
Time: 7.30pm til 9.30pm
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Steve Higginson will interpret the re-birth of misogyny by looking at the period of the Great Plague, 1345 onwards, and the great moralising discourse that swept across Europe post plaque. Located within this discourse of purity, women were viewed as both cause and effect of the plague, and were to be “enclosed” accordingly within the domestic sphere. The purity campaign against women was attributable to a re-reading of the Old Testament plus a resurgance of interest in Aristotlian ethics.
Steve hails from Liverpool and was a Union organiser in the Communication Workers Union. Now a post-graduate, Steve lectures at John Moores University. His recent projects include an examination of time, memory and movement in port cities (principally Liverpool) as co-author of Edgy Cities (2006). He has been a regular contributor of Bristol Radical History Group events.Steve Higginson will interpret the re-birth of misogyny by looking at the period of the Great Plague, 1345 onwards, and the great moralising discourse that swept across Europe post plaque. Located within this discourse of purity, women were viewed as both cause and effect of the plague, and were to be “enclosed” accordingly within the domestic sphere. The purity campaign against women was attributable to a re-reading of the Old Testament plus a resurgance of interest in Aristotlian ethics.
Steve hails from Liverpool and was a Union organiser in the Communication Workers Union. Now a post-graduate, Steve lectures at John Moores University. His recent projects include an examination of time, memory and movement in port cities (principally Liverpool) as co-author of Edgy Cities (2006). He has been a regular contributor of Bristol Radical History Group events.
08/03/2012
Price: Donations
Time: 7pm
On this Sunday coming Hydra Books hosts the launch event of the Bristol Climate Rush Group.
Inspired by Climate Rush and their great deeds and hard work and our desire to be involved. Join Climate Rush – stir your climate passion, discover your local battlegrounds and form a community willing to stand up to an oil-run world.
The climate change movement needs your inspiration. We need smart, gorgeous and radical ideas. We need to choose our climate change battles, push for faster change and we need to win.
100 years ago the Suffragettes taught us how to campaign. It’s time to look at their model: street theater, smart networks and their outright refusal to shut up.
See there website for more info: http://climaterushbristol.weebly.com
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