Category Archives: General

Although our protest camp on college green was never really directed at Bristol City Council (since the issues that brought us there aren’t within their power to change) we did ask them to do something to show that they took … Continue reading →

The first Peoples 2050 meeting happened yesterday. It’s probably worth mentioning again that this is only one of the projects emerging from Occupy Bristol. Other projects addressing different issues, utilising different ways of working will be announced shortly. We had … Continue reading →

There have been mixed messages in the media and on our Facebook page about whether Occupy Bristol is leaving college green or not, so we just wanted to clear things up. At the General Assembly meeting on Wed 11th Jan … Continue reading →

Late on Wednesday night the Occupy Bristol camp met and discussed our plans for 2012. We agreed that we need to move from College Green. A consensus was reached to agree a departure date with the Council and Cathedral. A … Continue reading →

Bristol 2050 is an attempt to use a partipatory process, through a series of open public meetings, to plan a sustainable and fair future for our cities inhabitants. Neither the electoral cycle or the product planning horizon are far enough … Continue reading →

As we have been expecting for some time, the council and cathedral have today started eviction proceedings against the camp. We are pleased to note that during our time here we have got both the church and the council talking … Continue reading →

So it turns out the Evening post have hired a thermal imaging camera and have discovered that only a couple of tents are occupied. They could have saved themselves the bother and just asked us, we would happily have explained … Continue reading →

What do YOU think has been the most striking image of 2011? What news story is most significant for you? This time of year we are usually over-run with lists (compiled for us by the 1%) of the ten best … Continue reading →

Following a conversation with one protester yesterday BBC Bristol ran a story titled “Occupy Bristol to leave by mid-January” This was based on a misunderstanding and is factually incorrect. We quickly contacted them to make them aware of the error, in … Continue reading →

It’s been just over two months since Occupy Together Day, 15th October. There are so far 2,686 occupations listed around the world. All sending a message to the 1% that people have had enough now. Time to take stock of … Continue reading →