We regret that Bristol ABC will not be holding its monthly letter writing session on 12 August. This is due to some of us being away, other activities, and the fact that our venue (Kebele social centre) is undergoing a major kitchen/cafe refit. Monthly letter writing sessions will return in September, on the second Wednesday9 September, and you can also find us at the Bristol Anarchist Bookfair on 12 September.Read More
Books to Prisoners benefit gig 1st August
Ratface, Mr Van, Puppy Bucket and more!
Benefit for Haven Books to Prisoners
Saturday 1st August
8pm
Bath Buildings, Bristol
£3.50 on the door
more details: http://www.myspace.com/ratfacemuzak
Monthly letter writing night Wednesday 8th July
7pm-9pm
Kebele Social Centre
14 Robertson Road
BS5 6JY
Bristol ABC Prisoner support group invite you to a joint night of solidarity letter-writing with the EDO Defendants support campaign.
Come along, meet an EDO defendant and some of their campaign supporters, find out more about their action and the ongoing legal battle, and get involved in supporting them.Read More
EDO Decommissioners latest news and James back at Horfield prison
Its been a while since we updated on the EDO Decommissioners, but there’s plenty of news. So read on, keep giving them your support, and do what they cannot actively do whilst on bail – confront the arms dealers profiting from wars and death.
This news is broken down into 4 parts:
1. Remand prisoners & defendants update
2. Legal moves
3. Fundraising support
4. Raytheon casesRead More
Prisons, privatisation, and profit
Bristol ABC has received a copy of an excellent article tracing the privatisation programme of British prisons, and the profit motive behind it. Luckily for the profiteers, the British Govt PLC is expanding prison capacity, and asking them to get rich helping with it. Unluckily for us, it means more of us face the misery of prison conditions.
The article is written by a long term anti-prison activist, Bra. It can also be read in its original format at ‘Last Hours’ here.Read More
Bent Bars – a queer prisoners support night
This months Bristol ABC meeting sees us join forces with the Bristol Queer Caf, for an evening focusing on the plight of queer prisoners, and how we may be able to support them.
We will be screening the film ‘Cruel and Unusual’ and follow that with a discussion about queer prisoner issues and how we can support from the outside. We will also have info available on the new ‘Bent Bars Project’. Read More
New issue of 4struggle magazine available now
https://bristolabc.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/4sm12collated.pdf
If you are having difficulties opening the PDF, please visit the 4struggle mag website: http://www.4strugglemag.org/Read More
Olympic Resistance – lessons to learn
As Britain’s 2012 summer Olympic budget gets ever bigger, and we face an ever greater financial bail out for it using public (our!) money, and whilst private contractors get fat on profits from so-called Olympic regeneration, and politicians preen themselves in front of the cameras, here comes news and lessons to learn from Vancouver’s 2010 Winter Olympics opposition:Read More
Prisoner support – cafe and film night in Easton
Bristol ABC cafe & film night – A legacy of torture & an introduction to insurrection Read More
EDO Decommissioners back in court on May 8th
The six Bristol EDO Decommissioners are back at court in Brighton this Friday, May 8th. Alongside them will be the 3 Brighton campaigners allegedly caught up in the anti-EDO arms factory action back on 16 January.
The court appearance comes just days after Smash EDO’s Mayday Mayday street party and protest against the EDO weapons factory, that saw upto 2000 take to the streets and largely outflank a massive operation by riot cops. Separately to the street party, actions were also taken against banks and corporations involved in the business of making money out of wars and oppression.