This Saturday, 31 January, from 11am to 2pm, Bristol ABC will be cooking at and hosting Kebele’s weekly Saturday Café and Infoshop.
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New campaign against proposed Titan prisons
Bristol ABC has attended the three founding meetings of a new campaign:
Communities of Resistance (CoRe) – Building a campaign against Titan prisons
The campaign has now been formally launched. Leaflets and more info available soon. If you live in the Bristol area and want to know more, or get involved, please contact Bristol ABC. We would be particularly interested to hear from prisoners and their families.
The new campaign has this to say:
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Bristol – Smashed EDO defendants latest
Today in Brighton the Bristol woman who was injured, when she took part in the EDO MBM decomissioning action at the weekend, has now been bailed on strict conditions and a curfew to an address in Bristol.
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Support the Bristol anti-arms trade campaigners arrested in Brighton
Since the morning of Saturday 17 January, nine anti-arms trade campaigners have been arrested, some at the EDO arms factory near Brighton. It appears some of the nine campaigners gained access to the premises during the night, and took action to decommission EDO’s weapons making capability. The action was an attempt to stop the war crimes perpetrated by the Israeli state and military against Palestinian people, by denying them supplies of military equipment that EDO help make.
According to the local police and media, the decommissioning work was extensive, and will take some time to rectify. Some are asking if this may be the final blow that helps close the EDO arms factory once and for all?
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Cage prisoners, cage society!
The arrival of the excellent Cageprisoners tour, in Bristol on 12 January, provides an excellent opportunity to hear about the experiences of both prisoners and their guards at the infamous and inhumane prison known as Guantanamo Bay. The event takes place from 7.30pm at the Kuumba centre, 20-23 Hepburn Rd, Bristol BS2 8UB. Come early! More details on the Cageprisoners website at http://www.cageprisoners.com/tour
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Greek Solidarity
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The rebellion by Greek youth, students, workers and migrant workers & immigrants that began on 6 December 2008, following the murder in Athens of a 15 year old youth by police officers, has generated a lot of interest across Bristol and the UK. There has also been some solidarity action in Bristol, graffiti and posters have been seen around town, and persons unknown have claimed on Bristol Indymedia four solidarity attacks on police stations/vehicles.
Regular monthly meeting Wednesday 10th December
Regular montly discussion and letter – writing meeting of Bristol ABC
Wednesday 10th December
7-9pm
Kebele Social Centre
14 Robertson Road
Easton, BS5 6JY
http://www.kebelecoop.org
Drinks and snacks available for a small donation…and this month we have vegan chocolate cake!
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Terrorizing Dissent film screening and talk
You Have No Rights: A talk on the terrorisation of dissent
Wednesday 3rd December
7:30pm
Kebele Social Centre
14 Robertson Road
Easton, Bristol, BS5 6JY
Entry by donation
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Certain Days Freedom for Political Prisoners 2009 Calendar
Certain Days 2009 Calendar
Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar
The calendar is a joint fundraising and educational project between outside organisers in Montreal, and three Political Prisoners being held in maximum-security prisons in New York state: Herman Bell, David Gilbert and Robert Seth Hayes. The initial project was suggested by Herman, and has been shaped throughout the process by all of our ideas, discussions, and analysis. All of the members of the outside collective are involved in day-to-day organising work other than the calendar, on issues ranging from refugee and immigrant solidarity to community media to prisoner justice. We work from an anti-imperialist, anti-racist, anti-capitalist, feminist, queer and trans positive position.
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SUBVERT 2008 Festival 24th-26th October
A weekend Festival of Resistance drawing together the themes or anti-prison campaigning & prisoner support, and organising against border controls and the demonisation of migrants.
You don’t need to be a genius, nor an anarchist, to see the links between the two, as the number of prisoners and detained migrants rockets, as state surveillance reaches new levels of intrusiveness, all against a backdrop of global financial crisis and the start of a major economic depression. The state is clamping down on dissent, preparing for social unrest, and as usual scapegoating the most vulnerable sections of society.
This weekend of events will look at alternatives to the current failing economic & social policies, and highlight examples of resistance.
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