We have become increasingly aware of a small but vocal number of Bristolians who are raising questions about our tactic of camping on College Green.
It is interesting for us to note that a large number of our critics do in fact agree with us; that the working class and the most vulnerable should not be forced to pay for the reckless mistakes of the banks, either through government cuts or recession-related redundancies.
It seems that the main criticisms we face regard our tactics rather than our message.
We would like therefore to invite the people of Bristol to a public consultation on our tactic of camping on college green.
We will invite the general public & representatves from a number of important institutions and movements to address the meeting including:
The Conservative party, The Green Party, The Church of England, The Socialists, The Liberal Democrats, Those who can speak from a Anarchist perspective, The Labour party, The Muslims, The Voluntary sector, The Trade Union movement and all other significant movements within our city.
We hope that, at least in part, the meeting can be facilitated using the consensus decision making process that we use.
Clearly there are some that believe that camping on College Green continues to be a useful tactic for growing our movement.
We however hope to send a clear message that we are listening, and that we welcome bold, fresh ideas on how we can continue to build our movement and advance our arguments without continuing to camp on College Green.
We hope that this meeting will take place in the Council building so that it can be accessible to the largest possible number of people. We await confirmation that this is possible. We will announce the finalised location and date of this meeting within the next few days. This position was agreed at our general assembly meeting 23/11/11
