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  • Vulvanomics – How We Talk About Vaginas Description: Sex Talks is incredibly excited and passionately grateful to be bringing Professor Emma L. E. Rees, Director of the Institute of Gender Studies and bestselling author to Bristol, under the Sex Talks umbrella. When you were growing up did you talk about ‘froo froos’, ‘tuppences’, or ‘lady gardens’? Or were ‘vaginas’ and ‘vulvas’ more commonly referred to? And what does it mean that when we say ‘the C-word’ we’re conjuring up generations of shame and taboo? And why do we say the phrase ‘the C-word’, and not the word itself? (Cunt – there you go Sex Talks said it) Emma Rees is Professor of Literature and Gender Studies at the University of Chester, and Director of the Institute of Gender Studies. She has written extensively in the field of gender and representation, and her most recent book, The Vagina: A Literary and Cultural History (Bloomsbury) came out in paperback early in 2015. In Vulvanomics, an informative, sometimes light-hearted talk based on her book, Emma considers the often surprising origins of how we talk about vaginas, and why people have such a problem doing so in a candid way; she maps how advertising, film-making and art have profited from the taboo of the vagina, and how they even perpetuate ideas of ‘shame’. If we confront the taboo, she argues, we can also confront the real-world abuses it currently masks. 45-minute talk, followed by an opportunity for audience questions and discussion. As well as a fab chance to get your hands on one of these golden books., maybe even a signed one if you ask really nicely. Tickets are £6.50 (Plus Tickets Ignite booking fee which supports the accessible arts) or concessions tickets available for students, freelancers, sex workers if you're a member of a community action group Sex Talks supports for £4.

    Vulvanomics – How We Talk About Vaginas

    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Sex Talks is incredibly excited and passionately grateful to be bringing Professor Emma L. E. Rees, Director of the Institute of Gender Studies and bestselling author to Bristol, under the Sex Talks umbrella. When you were growing up did you talk about ‘froo froos’, ‘tuppences’, or ‘lady gardens’? Or were ‘vaginas’ and ‘vulvas’ more commonly […]

    £4

  • PRSC and Journey to Justice present Tell Them We Are Rising - The story of black colleges and universities in the US. With a talk from civil rights expert Madge Dresser, plus other guests to be confirmed. A haven for Black intellectuals, artists and revolutionaries—and path of promise toward the American dream—Black colleges and universities have educated the architects of freedom movements and cultivated leaders in every field. They have been unapologetically Black for more than 150 years. For the first time ever, their story is told. Directed by award-winning documentary filmmaker Stanley Nelson, Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities examines the impact Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have had on American history, culture, and national identity. Beginning with the earliest attempts at education to today’s campuses, the 90-minute film will air nationally on the acclaimed PBS series, Independent Lens on Monday, February 19, 2018. The project is funded with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the Lumina Foundation. Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities is the second in a three-part series called America Revisited that includes The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, which was the most watched Independent Lens program ever, and the forthcoming, The Slave Trade: Creating A New World.

    Tell Them We Are Rising – UK Premiere

    PRSC and Journey to Justice present Tell Them We Are Rising - The story of black colleges and universities in the US. The evening opens with a screening of Grade and an introductory talk by 8th Sense Media followed by a talk from civil rights expert Madge Dresser; and a personal account of accessing education […]

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  • Alongside this film screening, PRSC welcomes Kat from the Bristol Cable to share the realities of cooperativism in Bristol today and Joel Lazarus from the Bristol Learning Coop about the possibilities of creating a cooperative college or university. Can We Do It Ourselves focuses on economic philosophy with an emphasis on the concept of economic democracy. The film helps viewers understand the difference between a market economy in which consumer demand drives a company's supply of goods and services, and a capitalist economy in which private owners control production and hold a right to the profits. There is strong support for the potential promise of a democratic economic model in which workers have more of a say in business operations than either market or capitalist models. Input from European and American economic experts as well as general consumers helps to unveil the complexities of these economic models by presenting the potential benefits and pitfalls of each. Many of the interview subjects argue in favor of greater democracy in the workforce, highlighting a need to establish a system that emphasizes the importance of workers' welfare.

    Can We Do It Ourselves? – Bristol Premiere

    A Swedish film about economic democracy. Alongside this film screening, PRSC welcomes Kat from the Bristol Cable to share the realities of cooperativism in Bristol today and Joel Lazarus from the Bristol Learning Coop about the possibilities of creating a cooperative college or university in the city. Can We Do It Ourselves focuses on economic […]

    £4

  • Persuasive Conversations run by Momentum

    This fun and engaging session will explore the art (or science) of persuasion and how to talk politics with friends, family and on the doorstep. Build your confidence when talking to people and your skills that are applicable in any situation. Open to all members of the Labour Party.

  • A World Without Prisons?

    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Bristol Momentum are joined by Novara Media's 'The Lockdown' Podcast to discuss the possibility of a future without incarceration, alternatives to the current prison system, and what the Labour Party could feasibly do with Law and Order once in power.

    Free

  • School of Activism

    PRSC presents the School of Activism Easter Holidays April 3rd - 22nd Climate change getting you down? Brexit making you sick? Inequality and austerity driving you mad? Is there something you wish you could change? A problem you want to help solve? You are not alone. We are all sick and tired of feeling helpless […]

  • Bristol Transformed

    Bristol Transformed is a festival of politics and culture in which we will discuss and engage with the exciting ideas and innovations emerging from the Left. It is inspired by the World Transformed festival, which takes place alongside the Labour Party conference, and is planned and run by a group of volunteers. We were impressed […]

  • Land Rights and the Fight for Cultural Spaces – School of Activism

    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Land Rights & the Fight for Cultural Spaces - Tales From The Front Line All communities need space. Space to meet, to learn, to play, to create and to share ideas.But today cultural venues all over Bristol are at risk of closure, or already closing. From 4pm to 9pm on Saturday April 7th we will […]

    Free

  • TalkBox // Lauri Love on Hacktivism, Surveillance and Privacy – School of Activism

    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Lauri Love is an English/Finnish computer scientist who has a long history of involvement in political activism. He played a prominent role in the student and Occupy movements in Glasgow during 2011-12. He faced potential extradition to the United States for his alleged involvement in #OpLastResort, the series of online protests that followed the persecution […]

  • TalkBox // The Rise of Veganism – School of Activism

    Veganism is quickly becoming a mainstream trend, with a record Veganuary just gone & more companies bringing vegan products to market. Vegan entrepreneur & speaker Loui Blake leads a talk on what’s driving the movement, the reasons why its important and what’s necessary to maintain the momentum. Through an open, honest & immersive discussion, we […]

  • DAVE’S GUIDE TO UKRAINE!

    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    I knew nothing about Ukraine, but ended up driving out there in my van with my double bass to meet a Ukrainian bagpiper friend in late 2015. After spending 3 years out there I now want to share my inspiration, and try to explain how badly I fell in love with Kyiv and the friends […]

    Free

  • Dr Alan Kellas Talk & Exhibition Response

    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Alan Kellas spent over 20 years as psychiatrist working within the NHS, predominantly in community psychiatry for people with learning disabilities in the Avon area. Over the last few years Alan became interested in the theory and practice of ecopsychologies and ecotherapies. He now looks at how nature in its many forms can be a […]

    Free

  • Graphic Medicine: Ian Williams in Conversation

    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Ian Williams is a comics artist, doctor and writer, now living in Brighton. The website he began in 2007, GraphicMedicine.org, gave a name to what would become a transatlantic, and perhaps global movement, Graphic Medicine. It remains the best place from which to start exploring that world. His own contributions — creative, academic, and organisational […]

    Free

  • Building a new model of education for Bristol: learning from the heart, head, hand, and whole self – School of Activism

    Building a new model of education for Bristol: learning from the heart, head, hand, and whole self – School of Activism
    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    A four-part course which invites participants to come together to reimagine and recreate the future of education. The course will create a community, a body, of learning. Each evening will […]

    Free

  • McMindfulness

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    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    From celebrity endorsements to monks, neuroscientists and meditation coaches rubbing shoulders with CEOs at the World Economic Forum in Davos, it is clear that mindfulness has gone mainstream. Some have even called it a revolution. But what if, instead of changing the world, mindfulness has become a banal form of capitalist spirituality that mindlessly avoids social and political transformation, reinforcing the neo-liberal status quo?

    £3

  • Marx at the Arcade: Consoles, Controllers, and Class

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    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    In Marx at the Arcade (Haymarket Books), acclaimed researcher Jamie Woodcock delves into the hidden abode of the gaming industry. In an account that will appeal to hardcore gamers, digital skeptics, and the joystick-curious, Woodcock unravels the vast networks of artists, software developers, and factory and logistics workers whose seen and unseen labor flows into the products we consume on a gargantuan scale. Along the way, he analyzes the increasingly important role the gaming industry plays in contemporary capitalism and the broader transformations of work and the economy that it embodies.

    £3

  • The Bristol Cable present: Chav Solidarity with author D Hunter

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    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    The Bristol Cable welcomes author D Hunter to present his book "Chav Solidarity" – "part autobiography, part meditation on trauma, class and identity, part one finger salute into the face of respectability politics, but mostly an articulation of the contradictory heart of Chavvy sh*t heads across the U.K". Hunter will read excerpts from the book, as well as discussing it's origins and surrounding issues. This will be followed by a question and answer session and open discussion regarding the issues raised in the book.

    £3

  • Stolen w/ Grace Blakeley // Bristol Launch

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    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    In the decade leading up to the 2008 financial crisis, booming banks, rising house prices and cheap consumer goods propped up living standards in the rich world. Thirty years of rocketing debt and financial wizardry had masked the deep underlying fragility of finance-led growth, and in 2008 we were forced to pay up. The decade since has witnessed all kinds of morbid symptoms, as all around the rich world, wages and productivity are stagnant, inequality is rising, and ecological systems are collapsing. Stolen is a history of finance-led growth and a guide as to how we might escape it. We’ve sat back as financial capitalism has stolen our economies, our environment and even the future itself. Now, we have an opportunity to change course. What happens next is up to us.

    £3

  • Data rights, workers rights and the gig economy

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    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Bristol Transformed and Open Rights Group Bristol present an evening of thought provoking talks on data rights, workers rights and the gig economy. After individual contributions from James Farrar, Lina Dencik and Alex Wood, we will have a panel discussion with opportunity for questions from the audience.

    Free

  • Panel Discussion: ‘Is Zero Suicide Achievable?’

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    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    ‘Zero Suicide’ is an aim; an aim to reduce the rate of suicide to zero. This goal has been pursued in a number of places worldwide, with work taking place across communities and organisations to collaboratively tackle suicide and deliver a reduction in suicide rates. In some places, at times, a rate of zero suicides has been successfully achieved. This panel discussion will explore the concept of zero suicide and whether we can, or should, seek to achieve this goal.

    Free
  • Poster for Frequently Asked Questions exhibition

    Rough State: A Panel Discussion with FAQ and the Bristol Cable

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    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Taking exhibition Frequently Asked Questions as its basis, The Bristol Cable and PRSC are hosting a public discussion that will explore the broader context around homelessness in Bristol. Featuring a range of contributors, including councillors and frontline service workers this event will explore the structural barriers to housing and different questions relating to homelessness today including structural barriers to housing, support services and societal attitudes. The event will include opportunities for audience members to join the discussion with speakers.

    Free

  • The Twittering Machine: Bristol Launch w/ Richard Seymour

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    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    In surrealist artist Paul Klee’s The Twittering Machine, the bird-song of a diabolical machine acts as bait to lure humankind into a pit of damnation. Leading political writer and broadcaster Richard Seymour argues that this is a chilling metaphor for our relationship with social media. Through journalism, psychoanalytic reflection and insights from users, developers, security experts and others, Seymour probes the human side of the machine, asking what we’re getting out of it, and what we’re getting into.

    £3

  • Hostile Environment Book Launch with Maya Goodfellow

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    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Join us for the Bristol book launch of Maya Goodfellow's 'Hostile Environment: How Immigrants Became Scapegoats'. As refugees drowned in the Mediterranean, the UK Government proudly announced that the aim of its immigration policy was to create a ‘hostile environment’ for undocumented immigrants. Despite study after study confirming that immigration is not damaging the economy or putting a strain on public services, migrants continue to be blamed for all the UK’s ills. How did we get here?

    £3 – £10

  • Bristol Transformed Festival 2020

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    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Bristol Transformed returns for its second festival, bigger and better than before. Bringing radical ideas and culture to the heart of Bristol, we'll be covering everything from how to organise in your community, through to radical approaches to data justice, with parties, live podcasts, art and food, showcasing the world that we can win if we come together and organise.

    £10 – £25

  • Monopsony Capitalism Book Launch with Ashok Kumar

    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    This book explores the combination of capital's changing composition and labour's subjective agency to examine whether the waning days of the 'sweatshop' have indeed begun.

    £3

  • Who Owns the Land?

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    Land ownership in the UK reflects the huge inequalities in the country. The battle for land and housing rights is a fundamental one that can impact on almost all other struggles. Nick Hayes and Keith Cowling present the two very different approaches they have taken to finding solutions. Part of the School of Activism 2.0 curriculum.

    Pay-what-you-can

  • It’s not the end of the world (or maybe it is)

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    Online Event

    A comedic look at the science of climate change by Jon Matthews. Why do some people believe climate change is natural? What does crystallised rat urine have to do with climate science? What happens when three climate change deniers walk into a bar? Part of the School of Activism 2.0 curriculum.

    Pay-what-you-can

  • Art for Social Change

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    When done well, art can give voice to the voiceless and bring visibility to those that are hidden. Art is a powerful tool to change the world. Photographers Anthony Luvera and Rory Carnegie have both created fascinating collaborative projects in partnership with rough sleepers. Part of the School of Activism 2.0 curriculum.

    Pay-what-you-can

  • Know Your Rights: A Guide to Homeless Services in Bristol

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    Online Event

    The questions of where people are and aren't allowed to sleep, and what services are available to them have become ever more urgent. Step forward Richard Drake of the Bristol Homeless Forum who will use this session to offer a personal view on services available pre-COVID, what's changed during COVID and how it might change coming out. Part of the School of Activism 2.0 curriculum.

    Pay-what-you-can

  • Rebel History: The Struggle to Reclaim Our Past

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    Join poet Lawrence Hoo, mentorist Michael Barnes-Wynters, author Mike Manson and publisher Richard Jones in a discussion of the history we choose to tell, and who gets to tell it. Part of the School of Activism 2.0 curriculum.

    Pay-what-you-can

  • School of Chativism – Review Session

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    Online Event

    An opportunity to look back on the lessons learned and the questions raised through the School of Chativism experiment - an alternative social media created for the School of Activism. Part of the School of Activism 2.0 curriculum.

    Pay-what-you-can

  • PRSC vs The Future

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    Want to know what goes on behind the scenes at the People's Republic of Stokes Croft? Keen to understand why we do what we do and how you can get involved? Join the PRSC as we look forward, and explore how we try to shape our future. Part of the School of Activism 2.0 curriculum.

    Free

  • Activism. Working for Change.

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    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    This four week course will help you to develop your skills as an activist, and take you step by step through the process of really defining your aims and establishing the best ways to reach them. Devised in collaboration with the School of Activism, this course is intended to create a lasting legacy, with each workshop ending with the production of a video summing up the lessons learned that day. These videos will join a free video archive being developed by the PRSC to help everyone gain the skills and confidence to make positive change.

    Free

  • Surveillance Workshop (rescheduled to Aug 11th)

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    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    What is being seen by others, how is it being seen, what happens with what is kept on record, what happens to who is being kept on record? A talk and documentation about the current state of surveillance, how to understand and detect it, and how to deal with it.

    Donation

  • War and occupation: The bloody role of western imperialism

    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Meeting to discuss the legacy of imperialism in the context of the huge defeat for the US in Afghanistan and the increasing tensions with China. Speaker Tomas Tengly Evans – Author and journalist will introduce with lots of time for discussion.

    Free

  • TangFest: The World’s Shortest Literature Festival (probably)

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    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    TangFest revealed! The World's Shortest Literature Festival (probably) features Broadmead: The Movie, creative writing workshops, spoken word & more.

    Free – £20
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    Rebel Walk: Tesco Riot

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    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Guided heritage walk exploring the history of the Stokes Croft Tesco Riot, led by Chris Chalkley, founder and director of People's Republic Of Stokes Croft.

    £3

  • Gentrification: how to make community ownership viable

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    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Accompanying the launch of their share offer, the Stokes Croft Land Trust has joined forces with the Bristol Community Land Trust to bring you an evening of talks and discussions around the fascinating issues of gentrification and community ownership, with a line up of amazing guest speakers from across the co-op and community wealth building world, looking at everything from anti-gentrification to how you ensure local control through sustainable community ownership.

    Free

  • What is Community Wealth Building, and how to make it work

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    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Accompanying the launch of their share offer, the Stokes Croft Land Trust bring you an evening of talks and discussion around the ways that community wealth building has been used as a tool by others to secure democratic control of everything from food to local services.

    Free

  • What is the Post-Internet Far Right? Book Launch and Talk

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    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Discuss the current state of the online far right, and how we can fight against it, with Bristol Antifa and ‘12 Rules for What’ podcast hosts Sam and Alex.

    Free entry

  • Socialism 101: Anti-Capitalist Environmentalism

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    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    An afternoon of workshops for students and young workers discussing how we can save the planet.

    Free – £3.83

  • NEW DATE: Stokes Croft Land Trust – Meet the Board

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    Online Event

    Join the Stokes Croft Land Trust (SCLT) Board online for a discussion and Q&A session on securing independent spaces in Stokes Croft invested by and for the community, and share your vision for Stokes Croft and Bristol in the face of rapid development and how the local community should be included.

    Free

  • POSTPONED! Fighting for Cultural Space: Stories from the Front Line

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    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Join us at PRSC Space where two veterans of the struggle to protect cultural spaces will share their experiences, lessons learned and musings on the future, followed by an intro to Stokes Croft Land Trust, and an open discussion around what comes next.

    Free entry

  • A meeting of AngryWorkers: For workers’ autonomy!

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    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    The Angry Workers collective present a day-school of sorts, looking at the high point of the class struggle in recent decades.

    Free entry

  • Momentum Bristol – Mayoral Referendum and Momentum Refounding

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    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Discussing national Momentum's refounding process and what the next steps could be for the organisation, plus how we can campaign across party lines in the referendum to abolish the mayoral position in Bristol.

    Free

  • Gentrification and How to Resist It

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    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Join Loretta Lees and Stokes Croft Land Trust to discuss the experience of 50 years of gentrification around the world, how it has been resisted and the implication for us here in Stokes Croft.

    Free

  • School of Activism 3.0

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    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Throughout April we're running a series of workshops, events and activities designed to empower and galvanise active citizenship.

  • The Fall of Colston – the Strategies of the Campaigns

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    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Reflecting on the campaigns that resulted in the fall of Colston, and the acquittal of the defendants, plus Q&A and discussion.

    Free

  • Theory of Change

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    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    What is it that we need to do to effect the change we want to see?

    Free

  • Solidarity is our Best Defence

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    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Join Bristol Defendant Solidarity, Bristol ABC and Bristol Anti Repression Campaign to discuss the importance of anti repression organising and look at ways we can continue to resist together.

    Free

  • For Crying Out Loud – get up and dance!

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    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    A School of Activism social hosted by new colab against the Bills - Bristol Outcry

    Donation / Pay-what-you-can

  • Ad Cover Up

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    17-35 Jamaica Street, Stokes Croft, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Find Adblockers in the streets in Bishopston, see their methods and share your views.

    Free

  • Bristol Transformed Festival 2022 – Bristol For The People

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    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Bristol Transformed is a grassroots, volunteer-run annual festival of socialist politics, arts and culture inspired by The World Transformed. Bringing together activists, trade unionists and leading figures on the left, 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 for our collective future.

    £10 – £25