Bristol

Rent Strikes: Organisation and Action

Submitted by Solidarity Fede... on May 2 2021 21:41

Article about the Bristol University Rent Strike from a participant and member of Leeds SolFed.

7 Lies Police Have Told You About The Bristol Protests

Submitted by dark_ether on Mar 27 2021 12:50

The police have been desperate to build a narrative of valiant officers defending Bristol from dangerous thugs, but the truth is very different, and they have started to trip over their own lies.

What actually Happened in Bristol – and How a Narrative is Built

Submitted by R Totale on Mar 22 2021 09:24

An article from a member of Bristol Anarchist Federation on the Kill the Bill demonstration and media narratives around it.

Direct actions in solidarity with the people of West Papua

Three short articles from Black Flag #219 (2000).

Xtra! #4 1980

Issue 3 of Xtra! from 1980.

A compressed version of a scan made available by the comrades at Sparrows Nest, Nottingham.

The 1912 Leeds Anarchist Conference

Submitted by Rory Reid on Oct 23 2018 13:43

Carrying on a regional tradition common in the 1890s and early 1900s(for example in Scotland), anarchists met for what was the first known UK wide conference in 1912.

We here reproduce a text by Joseph Buckman who appears to be a historian of working class struggles and immigration especially of the jews.

Racial discrimination in employment? The Bristol bus boycott of 1963

Submitted by Steven. on Aug 11 2017 11:49

A student dissertation with lots of information about the 1963 boycott of Bristol's buses against the ban on recruiting workers of colour enforced by the TGWU union and the state-owned Bristol Omnibus Company.

Black and white on the buses: the 1963 colour bar dispute in Bristol

Submitted by Steven. on Aug 11 2017 10:17

A detailed pamphlet by Madge Dresser on the Bristol bus boycott, when a mass campaign defeated the TGWU union's bar on black and Asian people working in bus crews.