Bristol’s first “warm up” action saw ten people demonstrate inside Cabot Circus to raise awareness of fuel poverty and campaigns fighting against it. Continue reading Campaigners keep warm with Cabot Circus protest
On Saturday, December 3, campaign groups will stage a protest against fuel poverty as part of a national day of action organised by the Warm This Winter campaign. Continue reading Protest against fuel poverty coming this weekend
Blinking in the first sunlight they’d seen for 11 days, eight students today left their occupation of the Wills Memorial Building. The students began their occupation of the great hall of the University of Bristol’s flagship building on February 28 in solidarity with university staff striking over cuts to pensions. Today (March 10), having won concessions from University management, the occupiers chose to end their … Continue reading “Totally Succesful”: Student Occupation Ends After Concessions From University
Read an update on this story here. University of Bristol students are occupying the main hall of the Wills Memorial building in solidarity with striking staff. At 8am this morning (Monday, February 28) 12 students entered the great hall of the University’s main ceremonial building on Park Street and swiftly barricaded themselves inside using tables and chairs. University security called police who arrived but left … Continue reading Students Occupy University of Bristol
ACORN Bristol tonight occupied the foyer of City Hall to create “the world’s longest toilet queue” in protest against the closure of public toilets. The action comes as part of the group’s Unlock Our Toilets campaign which seeks to reopen Bristol’s nine of the public toilets closed by Bristol City Council in 2018, and calls on the council to hold a review of toilet provision … Continue reading ACORN Takes Action Over Lack of Public Toilets
Activists from Palestine Action occupied the offices of Elbit Systems yesterday (Nov 2), with three activists on the roof and others using converted fire extinguishers to spray red paint on the building itself. The police responded rapidly to the action, which began in the early hours of the morning at Elbit’s office at 600 Aztec West. It was reported that whilst the police failed to … Continue reading Palestine Action Elbit Rooftop Occupation
Squatters occupying the empty building 39-40 High Street have avoided eviction after a hearing at Bristol County Court on Friday, May 5th, was relisted. Bristol City Council, who own the building, had applied for a possession order, which would enable them to begin eviction proceedings. However, due to papers being submitted incorrectly by the council, the court relisted the hearing for Wednesday, May 12th. The … Continue reading Postponement of Eviction Hearing Welcomed by Squatters
Palestine Action, a mass direct action movement working to end UK complicity with Israeli apartheid, occupied the rooftop of Elbit Systems’ offices in Aztec West, Bristol, yesterday morning and remained throughout the day. Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest arms manufacturer, has 10 factories and offices in the UK. Palestine Action have successfully targeted Elbit on over 50 occasions over the last eight months, frequently shutting down … Continue reading Palestine Action Target Bristol Arms Trade with Rooftop Occupation
Violence was brought to the streets of Bristol again on Tuesday 23rd March as police used force to dismantle a peaceful encampment on College Green. The camp, which was part of the wider Kill the Bill protests against the Police, Crimes, Sentencing and Courts Bill, had been intended to raise awareness about how the rights of Travellers would be curtailed by the Bill. Protestors at … Continue reading Hostile Treatment From Police in Second Night of Unrest
The last remaining Norway maple tree on Lower Ashley Road, one of five such trees known as the M32 Maples for their proximity to the M32 motorway, has been felled this morning, Monday 1st March. According to a source, an individual, thought to be a rogue builder, arrived at the tree at midnight on the 28th of February and removed the defences put up by … Continue reading Breaking: Last M32 Maple Felled
