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BRHG At The Bristol Anarchist Bookfair

By Randell Brantley
transparent fiddle BRHG At The Bristol Anarchist Bookfair
Saturday 12th September, at The Island (Artspace Lifespace at the Bridewell), Bristol Members of BRHG will be doing three talks/discussions: From Peterloo to Captain Swing: Victims or Insurgents? - Roger Room 1 Ground Floor: 11.00am-12.00pm: A BRHG talk on the hidden history of struggle in the 19th century. It focuses on how and why major struggles have been ignored or distorted by the left as well as the right. A Brief History of Corporations - Dan Bennett The Films and Media Workshops room […]
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Winstanly

By Randell Brantley
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BRHG member Steve Mills introduces: INDYMEDIA PRESENTS: WINSTANLEY (THE DIGGERS AND ST GEORGE'S HILL) Indymedia presents: Winstanley (the Diggers and St George's Hill) The Cube Microplex, Dove St. South, Bristol, Monday 7 September 7.30pm £4 or £3 (but nobody refused for lack of funds) Winstanley - Andrew Mollo & Kevin Brownlow, UK / 1975 / 95 mins / cert 15 On 1 April 1649, Winstanley and the Diggers set out to form a commune and work the land of St George's Hill, in an action designed to […]
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Eddie Hapgood

By Randell Brantley
transparent fiddle Eddie Hapgood
A few years ago the Easton Cowboys helped sponsor a plaque to commemorate the Arsenal and England footballer, Eddie Hapgood who was born in Barton Hill. The plaque which was designed by Mike Baker of Living Easton (and which carries the Cowboys name as a major sponsor) has been moved due to building work and will be unveiled again on *Friday 21st August 2009 at the rear of the Sovereign Housing block on Barrow Road, Barton Hill at 4.00pm*. It would be great if a few Cowboys (especially you […]
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Tolpuddle

By Randell Brantley
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12.15 pm: RADICAL POETRY: Introducing the work of John Gregory - radical poet, cobbler and friend of Tillet and Bevin (all of us) 13.30-14.15: CAPTAIN SWING: A discussion on the rural rebellion that swept across the south of England 3 years before the events in Tolpuddle (Roger) UNLEASH YOUR INNER LUDDITE! Join us and take a swing at some mechanised bling (a Pinata frenzy, Zoey, Kev, Roger, Rich etc.) 15.00: SWING IN DORSET: A discussion on the impact of the Swing riots in and around Tolpuddle […]
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Thomas Paine Walk In Bath

By Randell Brantley
transparent fiddle Thomas Paine Walk In Bath
The author and publisher Andrew Swift will lead a history walk around Bath starting at 7pm. The walk will visit some of the sites that were associated with the distribution of "The Rights of Man" - selling it, giving it away, where people were arrested and the thuggery that was stirred up by the gentry who wanted to suppress the publication. Andrew's knowledge is extensive and the walks I've been on before with him have been excellent - did you know that in his early life Paine joined Captain […]
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Nowtopia No Sir

By Randell Brantley
transparent fiddle Nowtopia No Sir
Two new videos have been addded to the archive. First Roger's introduction to Sir! No Sir for Bristol Indymedia at The Cube has been add. Second Chris Carlsson's Nowtopia talk has also been added.
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The Plaque Unveiled

By Randell Brantley
transparent fiddle The Plaque Unveiled
The Thomas Clarkson Plaque was unveiled on the Seven Stars pub yesterday in front of a crowed of about 70 people. After a few short speeches Richard Hart cut the string and the curtains fell away to reveal the plaque in all its glory. If you see this text the video has failed to play. Please let us know by emailing brh@brh.org.uk. There is a small story about the plaque on the BBC website and one on thisisbristol. Richard Hart unveiling the plaque. The Thomas Clarkson plaque on the Seven Stars […]
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