Cut ties with China demand Bristol’s Hong Kongers
A petition will be launched this weekend calling on Bristol City Council to cut ties with a twinned Chinese city. Continue reading Cut ties with China demand Bristol’s Hong Kongers
Category: Petition
Bristol Peace Gathering calls on council to back nuclear weapon ban
Peace activists concluded a four-day vigil by delivering a petition to City Hall calling on Bristol City Council to support the abolition of nuclear weapons. Continue reading Bristol Peace Gathering calls on council to back nuclear weapon ban
Peace Gathering marks Hiroshima anniversary
Bristol Hiroshima-Nagasaki peace gathering returns to Castle Park this weekend to mark the anniversary of dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan in World War II. Continue reading Peace Gathering marks Hiroshima anniversary
Fight Against Borders Bill is Fight Against Racist Society Say Protesters
Campaigners against the government’s increasingly hardline refugee agenda say that resistance must go beyond opposition to immediate legislation and must tackle racism in politics and society more broadly. With the Nationality and Borders Bill moving through Parliament and the recent announcement of Priti Patel’s signing of a £120mn deal with the government of Rwanda to offshore asylum seekers from the UK, more and more people … Continue reading Fight Against Borders Bill is Fight Against Racist Society Say Protesters
Call for £20bn Emergency Funding to Protect NHS
A small group of healthcare professionals and supporters gathered at The Fountains on Saturday (February 26) to rally public support for the NHS. Bristol’s Protect Our NHS group were acting as part of a national day of action SOS NHS, organised by a coalition of groups dedicated to protecting the NHS from privatisation and advocating for greater protection for workers. Tony Horwood, executive committee member … Continue reading Call for £20bn Emergency Funding to Protect NHS
SOS NHS: Health Workers to Protest for Emergency Funds
CORRECTION: an earlier version of this article stated that a protest would happen outside the BRI from 11am. This has now been cancelled and the article updated accordingly. NHS staff will protest in central Bristol this weekend as they seek emergency government funding to safeguard patients and staff in NHS hospitals hit by cuts and underfunding. From 12pm this Saturday, February 26, demonstrators will gather … Continue reading SOS NHS: Health Workers to Protest for Emergency Funds
New Documentary Connects Housing Crisis, Travellers and the PCSC Bill.
A newly released short film explores the highs and lows of life for travellers and van dwellers in Bristol caught between rents they cannot pay and a government that wants to criminalise their very way of life. Home, released on January 22 and available to watch here, is ‘a political documentary about the effects of the housing crisis in the UK,’ said the film’s maker … Continue reading New Documentary Connects Housing Crisis, Travellers and the PCSC Bill.
Last Minute Race to Save the Baltic Wharf Trees
Campaigners face a last minute scramble to safeguard 74 mature trees on Baltic Wharf, land on which Bristol City Council plans to build luxury flats. Community group Save Baltic Wharf Trees have a deadline of Wednesday (December 22) to gather 3,500 signatures on their petition, which they say is not only about the trees, but is about council decision-making and ‘the future of Bristol.’ We … Continue reading Last Minute Race to Save the Baltic Wharf Trees
The Fight to End Corporate Advertising in Bristol
Everyday, tens of thousands of motorists – workers, shoppers, tourists – arrive into Bristol via the M32. Towering over the roadway to greet them are two illuminated billboards, bathing all that pass in the artificial light of 24-hour rolling advertisements. These M32 billboards have stood for almost five years. If a new community campaign is successful, they could soon be removed. It feels like a … Continue reading The Fight to End Corporate Advertising in Bristol
Four-Day Peace Gathering In Castle Park
A four-day Peace Gathering last weekend brought peace activists from across the south west together in Castle Park peace grove to network, learn, and deliver a petition to Mayor Marvin Rees. The Gathering, organised by XR Peace and Bristol Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) officially began on Friday (August 6) with a die-in at 8.15am – marking the moment the first atomic bomb was dropped … Continue reading Four-Day Peace Gathering In Castle Park