20 protesters stand facing the camera. Each has their left fist raised.

ACORN Action Targets Eviction Solicitors

Rain was closing in as the group gathered in Castle Park, just off Bristol Bridge on a grey Friday afternoon. Immediately recognisable by their red t-shirts and tabards, these are members of ACORN Bristol.  The largest branch of the nationwide mass membership community union, for 7 years ACORN Bristol has been actively preventing evictions, challenging landlords, managers and agents, and earlier this year even protesting … Continue reading ACORN Action Targets Eviction Solicitors

Breaking: Travellers Resist Eviction at Glenfrome Road Site

Seventy-five Travellers are resisting eviction from the Glenfrome gasworks in Eastville were they have been living for the last few weeks.  Local residents report several hundred bailiffs and police arriving early this morning (May 20th) and closing the road to traffic before beginning efforts to enter the site.  The Travellers resisted by using lock-on tubes and a tripod but were ultimately unsuccessful and bailiffs gained … Continue reading Breaking: Travellers Resist Eviction at Glenfrome Road Site