Bristol

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.

The time suffragette Theresa Garnett horsewhipped Winston Churchill

Submitted by Steven. on Feb 21 2017 11:42

A short account of suffragette Theresa Garnett attacking then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill with a horsewhip in 1909, written by Anny Cullum.

Red and black on both sides: interview with radical hip-hop duo QELD

Submitted by Ed on Apr 3 2016 14:33

Interview with Bristol radical hip-hop duo, QELD, discussing their new album, the European militant rap scene and Westbury-on-Trym.

Sources and the police raid on Bristol Indymedia

Submitted by Rob Ray on Aug 29 2014 12:37

The Indymedia network has reported today that its Bristol site is no more, after police forced access to its users' IP records as part of a search for the individual or group behind a string of politicised arsons in the area.

Street parties greet news of Thatcher's death

Submitted by libcom on Apr 9 2013 09:22

Hundreds gather in spontaneous celebrations in London, Glasgow and Bristol on the day former Tory Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's death was announced.

1831 and all that…

Submitted by wojtek on Jan 9 2012 19:54

A look at the the 1831 Queens Square riots, Bristol that challenges some common misconceptions. Originally published in Mute Magazine by the Bristol Radical History Group.