Are you or a group you're involved with having a meeting or putting on an event in September or October?
Would you like it to be listed for free in a local paper with a readership of around 500 people?
If so, email it to us at BristolAutonomist@Gmail.com within the next few days!
Tuesday, 23 August 2011
Friday, 19 August 2011
Police Repress Local Paper
On the afternoon of august 17th, police raided a house in central Bristol where an editor of local newspaper The Autonomist lives. Riot police kicked down the door of the property without warning, detained the inhabitants for two hours, and seized articles relating to the production of The Autonomist. Delighted journalists from the Evening Post swarmed around outside, trying to photograph the detainees and remaining in contact with an officer inside by telephone at all times.
The grudgingly-produced warrant for the raid attempts to link the occupants to recent disorder (as did a frankly libellous sign erected outside by the police). It authorises the seizure of "rocks (may by having glass samples upon)" and "white paint", and refers repeatedly to "domestic extremisim [sic]". The list rounded out with such incriminating articles as "pedal cycles", "clothing", and "literature". Several other items not listed, such as passports, were also illegally seized.
The Autonomist is a popular but controversial local paper, produced by a small group of mainly homeless local people and distributed for free. They're dedicated to reporting unheard voices in the community, but this principled stance has caused problems in the past. Refusal to censor reports of the rising tide of sabotage attacks around Bristol, or to stick to police statements when reporting the riots in april, has earned the enmity of the police.
Collective member Lucy Parsons says "The seizure of phones, computers, and paperwork relating to the production of The Autonomist just as we start to compile the september edition is a clear, worrying, and damaging attack on journalistic independence. The demonisation of those who report the news as "domestic extremists", and the willingness to use violence to silence them, does not fill us with confidence in the police or the future of liberty in this country. Regardless, we will continue to produce The Autonomist, using computers at the library if we have to, and you can expect the september issue at the turn of the month."
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Note to groups, etc - We've lost all of the event listing data. If you've got events on in sept/oct, contact us at BristolAutonomist@Gmail.com
Note from occupants of the house to people who know them - We've not been able to contact a lot of you due to our phones being taken. We're all ok at the moment, and please pass this message around.
The grudgingly-produced warrant for the raid attempts to link the occupants to recent disorder (as did a frankly libellous sign erected outside by the police). It authorises the seizure of "rocks (may by having glass samples upon)" and "white paint", and refers repeatedly to "domestic extremisim [sic]". The list rounded out with such incriminating articles as "pedal cycles", "clothing", and "literature". Several other items not listed, such as passports, were also illegally seized.
The Autonomist is a popular but controversial local paper, produced by a small group of mainly homeless local people and distributed for free. They're dedicated to reporting unheard voices in the community, but this principled stance has caused problems in the past. Refusal to censor reports of the rising tide of sabotage attacks around Bristol, or to stick to police statements when reporting the riots in april, has earned the enmity of the police.
Collective member Lucy Parsons says "The seizure of phones, computers, and paperwork relating to the production of The Autonomist just as we start to compile the september edition is a clear, worrying, and damaging attack on journalistic independence. The demonisation of those who report the news as "domestic extremists", and the willingness to use violence to silence them, does not fill us with confidence in the police or the future of liberty in this country. Regardless, we will continue to produce The Autonomist, using computers at the library if we have to, and you can expect the september issue at the turn of the month."
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Note to groups, etc - We've lost all of the event listing data. If you've got events on in sept/oct, contact us at BristolAutonomist@Gmail.com
Note from occupants of the house to people who know them - We've not been able to contact a lot of you due to our phones being taken. We're all ok at the moment, and please pass this message around.
Monday, 1 August 2011
August's Issue
Sadly, won't be happening due to other life commitments. And bailiffs. With sledgehammers. Probably hired by the Bath Bomb editorial collective using the last of their corporate funding before they officially merge with 1831 next week.
However, specially for our online readers, a brief glimpse at what you've missed:
- Freeshop Eviction: Now going for longer than the Paris Commune. National Eviction Team have pulled a no-show. Pop down for your weekly fix of free clothes with other people's prints on.
- Bristol Pride: Fun but vapid, with all analysis ruthlessly beaten out of it using Cabot Circus' chequebook. The usual distressing appearances by Pete Tatchell and Stonewall (now sponsored by EDF!)
- Immigration Advisory Service closure: This is really, really bad. To the point where hopefully we'll cover it next month despite it being so long ago.
We'll all be back for the September issue.
However, specially for our online readers, a brief glimpse at what you've missed:
- Freeshop Eviction: Now going for longer than the Paris Commune. National Eviction Team have pulled a no-show. Pop down for your weekly fix of free clothes with other people's prints on.
- Bristol Pride: Fun but vapid, with all analysis ruthlessly beaten out of it using Cabot Circus' chequebook. The usual distressing appearances by Pete Tatchell and Stonewall (now sponsored by EDF!)
- Immigration Advisory Service closure: This is really, really bad. To the point where hopefully we'll cover it next month despite it being so long ago.
We'll all be back for the September issue.
Tuesday, 5 July 2011
Tuesday, 28 June 2011
July / August Events
I've been lunching out the directory pages on here for a while, but the new events listings for July and August are now up.
The print version isn't going to press until the 1st, so if you see a mistake in the directory, let us know! In return, we'll make you an official Unpaid Proofreading Intern. It'll be like having a graduate job at the daily mail, except that we promise not to swear at you.
The print version isn't going to press until the 1st, so if you see a mistake in the directory, let us know! In return, we'll make you an official Unpaid Proofreading Intern. It'll be like having a graduate job at the daily mail, except that we promise not to swear at you.
Thursday, 23 June 2011
Wednesday, 8 June 2011
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