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September 2022
The People’s Comedy
A night of political, social and cultural comedy featuring some of the most exciting grassroots comedians of Bristol and beyond - and the acts ACTUALLY get paid. Come join the revolution!
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People’s Art Fair: September
A collaborative group exhibition devised and hosted by the PRSC and open to all artists. See The People's Art Fair for details of how to get involved.
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Training For Trainers
Build confidence in delivering training materials, and share your appreciation of the theory of learning to new people. Part of the People's Art Fair.
Find out more »October 2022
Artificial Islands: Book Launch with Owen Hatherley
Bristol Transformed are very pleased to have the wonderful Owen Hatherley back in Bristol for a chat and Q+A to launch his new book, Artificial Islands: Adventures in the Dominions. Great Britain has just left one Union. But might the island’s future lie in another Union altogether, with its former colonial “kith and kin” in a trans-oceanic super-state with Canada, Australia and New Zealand? Welcome to the strange world of the “CANZUK Union”, the name for a quixotic but apparently serious plan to reunify the white-majority “Dominions” of the British Empire under the flag of low taxes, strong borders and climate change denialism.
Find out more »The People’s Comedy
A night of political, social and cultural comedy featuring some of the most exciting grassroots comedians of Bristol and beyond - and the acts ACTUALLY get paid. Come join the revolution!
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Market Madness: WTH is going on and what can we do about it?
With the economy tanking, the pound plummeting to an all-time low and a fresh round of austerity coming down the tracks many of us are asking “what the hell is going on with the economy?” Join Bristol Transformed, two speakers from Reteaching Economics, and other concerned Bristolians to talk it through and figure out what comes next.
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Mummies, get ready!
Drop-in to make protest signs and banners for the upcoming March of the Mummies UK.
Find out more »November 2022
The People’s Comedy
A night of political, social and cultural comedy featuring some of the most exciting grassroots comedians of Bristol and beyond - and the acts ACTUALLY get paid. Come join the revolution!
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Trans Truth
Bristol Feminist Collective are very excited to be joining forces with Trans Pride South West for an evening of speakers, who will be sharing their lived trans experiences. This will be a space to listen, learn and support the trans community.
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Bristol Gentrification presents: Is Bristol destined to become gentrified? + trippy Greek Symposium style after party
Panel discussion & open forum on the gentrification of Bristol
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Supporting criminalised communities in Bristol
Given the increasing criminalisation of political activism in the UK, Commons, the criminal law firm for social justice, is hosting a roundtable event to talk through the legal and social issues connected to criminal cases and what more can be done to support vulnerable communities.
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Workers Can Win – Book tour & workshop
Join Bristol Transformed for an afternoon with Ian Allinson, who’s been taking his new book “Workers Can Win” up and down the country to inspire new organisers and give them the tools they need to win working-class power. Following the conversation with Ian, you’ll take part in a workshop that will give you a taste of some of the ideas and techniques from the book and get you thinking about how you can take them forwards into your own workplace.
Find out more »December 2022
People’s Art Fair: December
Open 12:00 - 18:00 daily, the People’s Art Fair is a collaborative group exhibition devised and hosted by the PRSC and open to all artists. See People's Art Fair for a full list of happenings.
Find out more »The People’s Comedy: Xmas special, bourgeoisie killed Jesus
A night of political, social and cultural comedy featuring some of the most exciting grassroots comedians of Bristol and beyond - and the acts ACTUALLY get paid. Come join the revolution!
Find out more »January 2023
The People’s Comedy
A night of political, social and cultural comedy featuring some of the most exciting grassroots comedians of Bristol and beyond - and the acts ACTUALLY get paid. Come join the revolution!
Find out more »February 2023
The People’s Comedy: in Solidarity with The Bristol Cable
A night of political, social and cultural comedy featuring some of the most exciting grassroots comedians of Bristol and beyond - and the acts ACTUALLY get paid. Come join the revolution!
Find out more »March 2023
The People’s Comedy
A night of political, social and cultural comedy featuring some of the most exciting grassroots comedians of Bristol and beyond - and the acts ACTUALLY get paid. Come join the revolution!
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The Peoples Comedy presents: LUSH
Incredibly exciting one-off comedy special with an all Bristolian line-up
Find out more »April 2023
The People’s Comedy
A night of political, social and cultural comedy featuring some of the most exciting grassroots comedians of Bristol and beyond - and the acts ACTUALLY get paid. Come join the revolution!
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Book Launch: Friends of Israel
Bristol Transformed turns to the Israel/Palestine agenda with Hil Aked ‘Friends of Israel’ book launch. Focusing on an anti-racist analysis of key UK figures in the recent suppression of Palestinian solidarity, Aked shows Britain’s complicity in the ongoing occupation.
Find out more »May 2023
Phoebe Plummer – climate activism and throwing soup at Van Gogh
Arguably the most well known climate activist in the UK will be coming to Bristol to give you to latest on the UKs biggest climate action campaign: Just Stop Oil Plans.
Find out more »The People’s Comedy *Coronation Special*
A night of political, social and cultural comedy featuring some of the most exciting grassroots comedians of Bristol and beyond - and the acts ACTUALLY get paid. Come join the revolution!
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The 5 Pillars of the Kurdish Women’s Movement: Organisation #1
Seminars about the five pillars of the Kurdistan Women's movement (with vegan dinner!)
Find out more »June 2023
The People’s Comedy
A night of political, social and cultural comedy featuring some of the most exciting grassroots comedians of Bristol and beyond - and the acts ACTUALLY get paid. Come join the revolution!
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Everything For Everyone – Bristol Transformed Festival 2023
This grassroots, volunteer-run annual festival of socialist politics, arts and culture brings together activists, trade unionists and leading figures on the left, creating the space to discuss the most important issues facing us, equipping us with the skills and knowledge to transform Bristol and the world for our collective future.
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BARC Open House: Voices from Prisoner Self-Organisation // film + Q&A
Join Bristol Anti Repression Campaign + Prisoner Solidarity Network for 'Voices from Long Lartin', a short film about prisoner collective self-organisation, followed by a Q&A.
Find out more »July 2023
No Bigots, No Binaries – how can we win LGBT+ liberation?
Join Bristol SWP to discuss where LGBT+ oppression comes from and how we can win liberation.
Find out more »The People’s Comedy
A night of political, social and cultural comedy featuring some of the most exciting grassroots comedians of Bristol and beyond - and the acts ACTUALLY get paid. Come join the revolution!
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What do we mean by Socialism and Revolution in the 21st Century?
Capitalism has lead to climate catastrophe, racism, transphobia, misogyny, and poverty. It's clear we need a new system where people are put first, not profit. But what does that look like and how do we get there? Come along to discuss all these things and more – all welcome!
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BARC Open House: Re-Visions of Abolition
Join Bristol Anti-Repression Campaign for a screening and discussion of Re-Visions of Abolition: Abolition Past, Present and Future.
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Just Stop Oil – a talk on the Climate Crisis & Direct Action
Eddie Whittingham - renowned disrupter of a snooker match earlier this year - is in Bristol to give a talk and share his experience.
Find out more »August 2023
The People’s Comedy – in the Yard!
A night of political, social and cultural comedy featuring some of the most exciting grassroots comedians of Bristol and beyond - and the acts ACTUALLY get paid. Come join the revolution!
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Wicked & Bad – Kill the Bill Prisoner Support Fundraiser – Film & Music x Boltcropper Collective
Tyler is one of the 28 charged protestors after attending the ‘Kill the Bill’ demonstration and being in confrontation with the police outside the New Bridewell Police Station in Bristol. Join us for the premiere of ‘Wicked and Bad’, the story of Tyler Overall’s journey to prison.
Find out more »A Nation of Shopkeepers: Book Launch
Bristol Transformed are excited to welcome Dan Evans for a discussion of his new book "A Nation of Shopkeepers: The Unstoppable Rise of the Petty Bourgeoisie". Dan will talk through the key points of his book, with plenty of time for question, discussion & debate from the audience.
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The Struggle Continues
A collaborative exhibition marking the anniversary of the success of the Bristol Bus Boycott, alongside other tales of political struggle in Bristol and beyond. Currently seeking contributions from artists & activists!
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African Apocalypse: Film Screening
Join us for a screening of the film 'African Apocalypse' which follows the university student Femi Nylander on a journey through Niger, meeting communities who are still living with the legacies of colonialism, as well as the young people determined to work towards repair. Followed by a discussion on reparations & solidarity moving forward.
Find out more »September 2023
The People’s Comedy
A night of political, social and cultural comedy featuring some of the most exciting grassroots comedians of Bristol and beyond - and the acts ACTUALLY get paid. Come join the revolution!
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Building foundations for resilient grassroot networks
Join us for a relaxed and welcoming evening to explore and unpack the question: How do we build strong foundations for a resilient grassroots network?
Find out more »October 2023
The People’s Comedy
A night of political, social and cultural comedy featuring some of the most exciting grassroots comedians of Bristol and beyond - and the acts ACTUALLY get paid. Come join the revolution!
Find out more »Just Stop Oil – Welcome Talk with Roger Hallam
Allowing the extraction of new oil and gas resources in the UK is obscene, a genocidal policy that will kill our children and condemn humanity to oblivion. It just has to stop. Hear more from the Just Stop Oil campaign.
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Freedom for Palestine Fundraiser
Once again the people of Palestine need our support in the face of the system of oppression, the ongoing military occupation and colonisation of Palestinian land. We'll have speakers from Palestine, talking about Israeli apartheid and the current situation in Gaza, as well as speakers from local Bristol campaigns - come along to get involved and discuss what we can do next. Music, food and refreshments available. All proceeds will be donated to Medical Aid for Palestinians.
Find out more »November 2023
The People’s Comedy: five year anniversary!
A night of political, social and cultural comedy featuring some of the most exciting grassroots comedians of Bristol and beyond - and the acts ACTUALLY get paid. Come join the revolution!
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Opposing the drive to war (No2Nato – No2War)
A fantastic line up of speakers saying No 2 Nato, No 2 War - we need peace, and not proxy wars!
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The Future of Housing with Peter Apps
Join The Bristol Cable in welcoming the award-winning author and housing journalist Peter Apps, in conversation with Ruth Day, to discuss Bristol's ongoing housing crisis and what we can do about it.
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Censoring Palestine: The Weaponisation Of Anti-Semitism Film Screening and Activist Empowerment Q+A
Redfish explores how allegations of anti-Semitism levelled against critics of Israeli policies are being weaponised to suppress and censor the global movement in support of Palestinian rights.
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Community Dinner & Open Meeting for Planet Repairs
We have a window of opportunity that only comes every other generation – will we take it or waste it? Across the PRALER network we will take it! Join us and walk as one with communities building a new world of Global Justice.
Find out more »December 2023
La Linterna: Art & Propaganda Lunchtime Talk
Join us for a lunchtime talk about art and propaganda from Colombian print collective La Linterna on their European tour, plus a mini exhibition of their work.
Find out more »The People’s Comedy
A night of political, social and cultural comedy featuring some of the most exciting grassroots comedians of Bristol and beyond - and the acts ACTUALLY get paid. Come join the revolution!
Find out more »Community Dinner & Open Meeting for Planet Repairs
We have a window of opportunity that only comes every other generation – will we take it or waste it? Across the PRALER network we will take it! Join us and walk as one with communities building a new world of Global Justice.
Find out more »January 2024
The People’s Comedy
A night of political, social and cultural comedy featuring some of the most exciting grassroots comedians of Bristol and beyond - and the acts ACTUALLY get paid. Come join the revolution!
Find out more »Global Citizenship Education Workshop
We have a window of opportunity that only comes every other generation – will we take it or waste it? Across the PRALER network we will take it! Join us and walk as one with communities building a new world of Global Justice.
Find out more »February 2024
The People’s Comedy
A night of political, social and cultural comedy featuring some of the most exciting grassroots comedians of Bristol and beyond - and the acts ACTUALLY get paid. Come join the revolution!
Find out more »March 2024
The People’s Comedy
A night of political, social and cultural comedy featuring some of the most exciting grassroots comedians of Bristol and beyond - and the acts ACTUALLY get paid. Come join the revolution!
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Creative Jam x PRALER
Join us in The Yard for an evening of music, art, education, spoken word and a jam to launch a new mural on the PRSC Outdoor Gallery wall.
Find out more »April 2024
The People’s Comedy
A night of political, social and cultural comedy featuring some of the most exciting grassroots comedians of Bristol and beyond - and the acts ACTUALLY get paid. Come join the revolution!
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Workshop: Co-Create a Mural with The Bristol Commons
Join The Bristol Commons to co-create a mural for PRSC's famous Outdoor Gallery wall!
Find out more »Collective Painting: Co-Create a Mural with The Bristol Commons
Join The Bristol Commons to co-create a mural for PRSC's famous Outdoor Gallery wall!
Find out more »May 2024
The People’s Comedy
A night of political, social and cultural comedy featuring some of the most exciting grassroots comedians of Bristol and beyond - and the acts ACTUALLY get paid. Come join the revolution!
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Radical Love: Clowning In Conflict
Explore the role of art, humour and radical love as a form of resistance
Find out more »June 2024
The Politics of Mental Health
Mental health affects us all, and yet it remains elusive as a concept. Does getting a diagnosis help or hinder? How is mental wellbeing, which is often incredibly personal, driven by widespread societal suffering? Can it be a social construct and real at the same time?
Find out more »The People’s Comedy
A night of political, social and cultural comedy featuring some of the most exciting grassroots comedians of Bristol and beyond - and the acts ACTUALLY get paid. Come join the revolution!
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The Rentier City – book launch
Author Isaac Rose joins us to discuss his new book "The Rentier City: Manchester and the Making of the Neoliberal Metropolis"!
Find out more »July 2024
The People’s Comedy: Election Special
A night of political, social and cultural comedy featuring some of the most exciting grassroots comedians of Bristol and beyond - and the acts ACTUALLY get paid. Come join the revolution!
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Bristol World Naked Bike Ride
Every year, in cities around the world, people ride bikes naked to celebrate cycling and the human body. The ride demonstrates the vulnerability of cyclists on the road, and is a protest against car culture. This year marks 20 years of World Naked Bike Rides in Bristol!
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Capitalism: A Horror Story – book launch
Author Jon Greenaway, host of the Horror Vanguard, joins us to discuss his new book "Capitalism: A Horror Story", in conversation with Mark Steven author of Splatter Capital.
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Vital Signs – Hospital Workers’ Magazine Launch Meeting
Vital Signs is a new working class political project based in the BRI and Southmead Hospital. Some of the workers involved will present the first issue of the magazine and open a discussion on how we see the initiative as part of the wider struggle for revolutionary social transition.
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Poetry & Art Auction Fundraiser for Palestine
Listen to poetry and bid on various art pieces to help raise funds for families in Palestine who have been displaced while fleeing the genocide Israel is perpetrating against them.
Find out more »August 2024
The People’s Comedy
A night of political, social and cultural comedy featuring some of the most exciting grassroots comedians of Bristol and beyond - and the acts ACTUALLY get paid. Come join the revolution!
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The People’s Comedy: Yard Party
A night of political, social and cultural comedy featuring some of the most exciting grassroots comedians of Bristol and beyond - and the acts ACTUALLY get paid. Come join the revolution!
Find out more »September 2024
Public Meeting: Turbo Island for the People
Turbo Island is up for sale - ideally we can get it into community ownership in some form. This open meeting aims to "pool our knowledge, create a fundraising strategy, and share our collective vision for a future Turbo Island", and gathers together many of those who've already started fundraising, representatives from PRSC and Stokes Croft Land Trust, and anyone else with big ideas and a willingness to get stuck in.
Find out more »The People’s Comedy
A night of political, social and cultural comedy featuring some of the most exciting grassroots comedians of Bristol and beyond - and the acts ACTUALLY get paid. Come join the revolution!
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Public Meeting: Save Turbo Island
Turbo Island is up for sale - ideally we can get it into community ownership in some form. These open meetings aim to "pool our knowledge, create a fundraising strategy, and share our collective vision for a future Turbo Island", all welcome, we need you!
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Public Meeting: Save Turbo Island
Turbo Island is up for sale - ideally we can get it into community ownership in some form. These open meetings aim to "pool our knowledge, create a fundraising strategy, and share our collective vision for a future Turbo Island", all welcome, we need you!
Find out more »October 2024
Save Turbo Island Meeting
What would you rather, Tesco or Turbo? - this is your opportunity to get involved in saving it! Auction day is rapidly closing in and we need all the help we can get to make sure Turbo Island stays in the hands of the people! Whatever your skillset is, you will be needed.
Find out more »The People’s Comedy
A night of political, social and cultural comedy featuring some of the most exciting grassroots comedians of Bristol and beyond - and the acts ACTUALLY get paid. Come join the revolution!
Find out more »Save Turbo Island Meeting
What would you rather, Tesco or Turbo? - this is your opportunity to get involved in saving it! Auction day is rapidly closing in and we need all the help we can get to make sure Turbo Island stays in the hands of the people! Whatever your skillset is, you will be needed.
Find out more »Congo Week Film Screening of ‘Lumumba’
A Bristol Solidarity Cafe X BadApple Bristol collaboration to screen 'Lumumba' for Congo Week.
Find out more »November 2024
The People’s Comedy: USA Election Special
A night of political, social and cultural comedy featuring some of the most exciting grassroots comedians of Bristol and beyond - and the acts ACTUALLY get paid. Come join the revolution!
Find out more »December 2024
The People’s Comedy
A night of political, social and cultural comedy featuring some of the most exciting grassroots comedians of Bristol and beyond - and the acts ACTUALLY get paid. Come join the revolution!
Find out more »January 2025
The People’s Comedy
A night of political, social and cultural comedy featuring some of the most exciting grassroots comedians of Bristol and beyond - and the acts ACTUALLY get paid. Come join the revolution!
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Smashing the genocide-industrial complex
What can we learn about effective direct action from the courageous efforts of Palestine Action?
Find out more »Bristol Transformed Weekly Session
Bristol Transformed is a grassroots, volunteer-run, socialist education group. Bringing together activists, trade unionists, and everyone who wants to learn, we’re creating the space to discuss the most important issues facing us, equipping us with the skills and knowledge to transform Bristol and the world.
Find out more »Bristol Transformed Weekly Session
Bristol Transformed is a grassroots, volunteer-run, socialist education group. Bringing together activists, trade unionists, and everyone who wants to learn, we’re creating the space to discuss the most important issues facing us, equipping us with the skills and knowledge to transform Bristol and the world.
Find out more »Sing for Peace ~ raising funds for BPA
Singing for peace in Palestine & raising funds for BPA, with a poetry workshop, group singing with BPA choir, & live music from Chai for All.
Find out more »February 2025
The People’s Comedy
A night of political, social and cultural comedy featuring some of the most exciting grassroots comedians of Bristol and beyond - and the acts ACTUALLY get paid. Come join the revolution!
Find out more »Marxism + Music: In Conversation With Toby Manning
Should we keep politics out of music, or is pop culture a site of class struggle? Did Motown embody the capitalist production process or the civil rights movement? Does political power only come from the barrel of a gun, or will a Fender Telecaster suffice?
Find out more »Education and Socialism: The Common School
It’s easy to criticise the education system, and so we should, but are there aspects of the school as an institution which we would keep after the revolution? When we write off schools as tools of state ideology or as sites of oppression, do we lose sight of their potential to be sites of liberation?
Find out more »Bristol Transformed Weekly Session
Bristol Transformed is a grassroots, volunteer-run, socialist education group. Bringing together activists, trade unionists, and everyone who wants to learn, we’re creating the space to discuss the most important issues facing us, equipping us with the skills and knowledge to transform Bristol and the world.
Find out more »March 2025
Bristol Transformed Weekly Session
Bristol Transformed is a grassroots, volunteer-run, socialist education group. Bringing together activists, trade unionists, and everyone who wants to learn, we’re creating the space to discuss the most important issues facing us, equipping us with the skills and knowledge to transform Bristol and the world.
Find out more »The People’s Comedy
A night of political, social and cultural comedy featuring some of the most exciting grassroots comedians of Bristol and beyond - and the acts ACTUALLY get paid. Come join the revolution!
Find out more »Bristol Transformed Weekly Session
Bristol Transformed is a grassroots, volunteer-run, socialist education group. Bringing together activists, trade unionists, and everyone who wants to learn, we’re creating the space to discuss the most important issues facing us, equipping us with the skills and knowledge to transform Bristol and the world.
Find out more »Bristol Transformed Weekly Session
Bristol Transformed is a grassroots, volunteer-run, socialist education group. Bringing together activists, trade unionists, and everyone who wants to learn, we’re creating the space to discuss the most important issues facing us, equipping us with the skills and knowledge to transform Bristol and the world.
Find out more »Bristol Transformed Weekly Session
Bristol Transformed is a grassroots, volunteer-run, socialist education group. Bringing together activists, trade unionists, and everyone who wants to learn, we’re creating the space to discuss the most important issues facing us, equipping us with the skills and knowledge to transform Bristol and the world.
Find out more »April 2025
Bristol Transformed Weekly Session
Bristol Transformed is a grassroots, volunteer-run, socialist education group. Bringing together activists, trade unionists, and everyone who wants to learn, we’re creating the space to discuss the most important issues facing us, equipping us with the skills and knowledge to transform Bristol and the world.
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The People’s Comedy at Bristol Community Festival
A night of political, social and cultural comedy featuring some of the most exciting grassroots comedians of Bristol and beyond - and the acts ACTUALLY get paid. Come join the revolution!
Find out more »Bristol Transformed Weekly Session
Bristol Transformed is a grassroots, volunteer-run, socialist education group. Bringing together activists, trade unionists, and everyone who wants to learn, we’re creating the space to discuss the most important issues facing us, equipping us with the skills and knowledge to transform Bristol and the world.
Find out more »Bristol Transformed Weekly Session
Bristol Transformed is a grassroots, volunteer-run, socialist education group. Bringing together activists, trade unionists, and everyone who wants to learn, we’re creating the space to discuss the most important issues facing us, equipping us with the skills and knowledge to transform Bristol and the world.
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School of Activism: A movement of movements for Bristol?
An evening of discussion with academics, activists and local groups, about radical organization and strategy for a postcapitalist city.
Find out more »Bristol Transformed Weekly Session
Bristol Transformed is a grassroots, volunteer-run, socialist education group. Bringing together activists, trade unionists, and everyone who wants to learn, we’re creating the space to discuss the most important issues facing us, equipping us with the skills and knowledge to transform Bristol and the world.
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