The Spirit of Rebellion: Weekly News from PRSC
Our weekly roundup of news from PRSC, Stokes Croft China, Bristol, and beyond!
An update from Stokes Croft Food Project
To the Stokes Croft Food Project Community, We have made the difficult decision to close the pay-what-you-can-café operating from our much-loved venue, Jamaica Street Stores. The café closed on Friday 2nd of April. This decision has not come lightly, however we simply...
Protesting for Our Right to Protest
The new Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill threatens to remove our right to peaceful protest, but Bristol’s not having a bit of it.
(Image credit: Colin Moody)
We are Angry Women
Stop telling us to be scared. The streets were already ‘our streets’ and they have been getting safer for years. The only thing that has been on the increase is fear, and this is being used to divide and control us. As a woman, if I die a violent death it will almost...
Trespassers will actually be prosecuted!
The first of a number of blogs addressing the toxic effect of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill 2021.
Council Crackdown on established walls?
On the 12th June a graffiti artist was detained by police in St Werburghs for painting in the Mina Road Tunnel. Anyone who knows the area would probably be surprised to hear this- the tunnel has been one of the few tolerated (if not officially sanctioned) painting spots in the city for more than a decade.