Bristol Climate Summit Takes Steps Towards United Climate Movement

Hundreds of activists, campaigners and politicians took part in Bristol’s first Climate Summit on Saturday to build a united climate movement.  The event (on May 7) was a sell-out and around 250 people packed into The Station on Silver Street, with dozens more joining a livestream, to hear a packed schedule of speakers including former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn MP and Green Party co-leader … Continue reading Bristol Climate Summit Takes Steps Towards United Climate Movement

Exterior of M-shed museum.

Bristol Radical History Festival Returns This May

History floods Bristol today. No longer contained in museums and archives it flows on the streets, in the news and in our political discourse.  Caught in the swell of competing narratives vying for control over our understanding of the past, it is easy to feel overwhelmed.  We can be thankful, then, to Bristol Radical History Group who, since 2006, have attempted to chart a course … Continue reading Bristol Radical History Festival Returns This May

Upcoming Events in May

We end April with news that the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill has passed through Parliament and will soon become law. However, true to form Bristol doesn’t miss a beat and the rhythms of resistance and protest continue. May is packed with protests against state oppression and events and festivals imagining a better future.  This page will be updated as and when we become … Continue reading Upcoming Events in May

School of Activism Returns for Third Year

The School of Activism returns next month with a schedule of live events to educate and inspire Bristol’s activists.  Organised and hosted by the People’s Republic of Stokes Croft (PRSC) the School of Activism 3.0 is billed as a diverse, radical and inclusive festival of workshops and live events. Run online last year due to the pandemic, the School returns in person this year.  Lisa … Continue reading School of Activism Returns for Third Year

Bridging the Divide: Angry Workers Come to Bristol

Block a road in protest and you’re criticised for stopping people getting to work. Boycott a business and you’re doing people out of a job. Prevent a harmful development – an airport, a coal mine – from going ahead and you’re denying “access to much-needed jobs.” Meanwhile, progressive movement organisers are tearing their hair out trying to connect their campaigns with “the workers”, a wish … Continue reading Bridging the Divide: Angry Workers Come to Bristol

Make ‘Em Laugh: Political Theatre and Comedy as Activism with Bim Mason

In the last three years his Bigheads have become a popular sight at protests up and down the country. Now their creator Bim Mason is training others in his unique brand of performance activism.   Bim’s history of art, performance and directing stretches back over five decades, from joining circus group Kaboodle in 1978, to co-founding Bristol’s own circus school Circomedia in 1994, to publishing his … Continue reading Make ‘Em Laugh: Political Theatre and Comedy as Activism with Bim Mason