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Tolpuddle Talks

By Randell Brantley
transparent fiddle Tolpuddle Talks
Next weekend (16th-18th July) Bristol Radical History Group will be at Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival and will present a series of short punchy talks about booze. How much of a metaphour the word 'punchy' turns out to be rathe rdepends on how much we have had to drink. This list of talks is thus: Short history of brewing in Britain Pre-enclosure home brew demo Beer shops, Captain Swing and the Hanging at Kenn Cider Riots Sugar, Tobacco, Capitalism and Conservative Clubs ‘From the Pledge to Straight […]
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Election Special Video

By Randell Brantley
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The videos of the following videos from the BRHG Election Special are now available: The Chartists And Their Legacy Thomas Spence The Forgotten Revolutionary Every Cook Can Govern
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Post-Racial or Beloved Community?

By Randell Brantley
transparent fiddle Post-Racial or Beloved Community?
Post-Racial or Beloved Community?: Notes on the Future of American Radicalism in the Obama Age A talk focusing on grassroots organizations in NYC, L.A., Detroit, and New Orleans and the building of sustainable communities. We are very lucky to have one of the foremost historians of radical Black movements and cultures in the United States, Robin Kelley speaking in Bristol next week. Upstairs at the Stag and Hounds Pub, 74 Old Market Street, Bristol, BS2 0EJ.
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Warren James On The Web

By Randell Brantley
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Those of you who missed the excellent Warren James day in the Forest of Dean last weekend and those who were there and want to relive it might be interested in the following link: Keep an eye open for photos etc. from the event.
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Political Football – Meanings and Mystery at the World Cup

By Randell Brantley
transparent fiddle Political Football – Meanings and Mystery at the World Cup
Monday 31st May, 7:30pm at Bristol West Indies Rose Green Centre, 65 Gordon Road, BS5 7DR With David Goldblatt The World Cup Finals, now 80 years old, attracts the biggest television audience of any global event. In an era of globalization, it is, if only for a month every four years, the closest we come to imagining and being a global community. It’s the kind of audience no state, no political movement can turn down and since the Uruguayans celebrated the centenary of national independence by […]
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Pamphlets Available At Tangent Books

By Randell Brantley
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All of the BRHG pamphlets are now available to buy on the Tangent Books website (all prices include postage within the UK): Bristol based Tangent books are the publishers of various volumes including Bash The Rich, Ian Bone's memoirs, and have been very kind to Bristol Radical History Group since we stated running book stalls in 2006. Find out more about Tangent at The 12 BRHG titles currently on offer are (#1 is currently out of print with a second edition pending): #2 We Come For Our Own And […]
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Election Special Swing-O-Meter

By Randell Brantley
transparent fiddle Election Special Swing-O-Meter
Thanks to everybody who turned out for the Bristol Radical History Group Election Special. In all about 515 people turned up which averages out at 47 per event, peaking with around 80 for the walk and the Bring & Burn. It looks like we may just break even and so will live to fight another campaign. For those of you who were following the closely fought pamphlet constituency, Captain Swing narrowly won the seat with White Slavery coming in second. If you want details of our events as they […]
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Two New Pamphlets

By Randell Brantley
transparent fiddle Two New Pamphlets
BRHG have release two new pamphlets: #12 Tolpuddle And Swing - The Flea And The Elephant and #13Bristol's White Slave Trade - Indentured and Enforced Labour In The 17th Century. Indentured and Enforced Labour In The 17th Century
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