Contested: Walter Ayles, Conscientious War Objector

Contested: Walter Ayles, Conscientious War Objector

Walter Ayles (1879 – 1953) was a Trade Unionist and women’s rights advocate. He came to Bristol in 1910 as secretary of the Independent Labour Party and was later elected a City Councillor for the Easton Ward, urging municipal ownership of energy and transport....
Our Walls – Bristol March to End Austerity Sat 9/09

Our Walls – Bristol March to End Austerity Sat 9/09

Join the Bristol March Mayor Marvin Rees has called a march and rally on September 9th. The march is supported by the Bristol People Assembly, Protect our NHS, trade unions, community campaigns, Labour, Greens, and local business and faith organisations. The people of...
Our Walls – No is Not Enough

Our Walls – No is Not Enough

Naomi Klein visited Bristol on 1st July 2017 during the Festival of Ideas for the much anticipated talk about her new book: ‘No is not enough. Defeating the new Shock Politics’. Naomi Klein’s activism Other books by the award-winning journalist and...