Category Archives: General

Dear Occupy Bristol, in all your many forms, Recently, at a Bristol University Students’ Union democratic meeting involving over a hundred students, a motion was passed entitled Support Occupy Bristol, the ‘believes’ and ‘resolves’ of which are as follows: This … Continue reading →

Full text of the statement: “We have received the statement from Our Recording Clerk and unite with it. Several local Friends have been active in supporting Occupy Bristol on College Green and we thank them. We encourage Friends to read … Continue reading →

We recently became aware of the 2050 plan for future of the city. Some of the thinking has clearly been contributed by the Conservative party. (Some of the .pdf documents literally bear the title ‘Conservative Manifesto’) The lead in this project is John … Continue reading →

A view from an occupier. Over the last 20 years we have witnessed remarkable technological achievements and advancements in our understanding of the sciences. Today, we have the opportunity to purchase items and engage in activities the likes of which … Continue reading →

Photo of Billy Bragg in our half complete communal bender. By Dru Marland We had a really good meeting earlier where we pulled together some loose threads. It had felt for a couple of days that the camp had been beginning to … Continue reading →

Want to meet exciting, varied, inspiring people, see your skills making a real difference AND help to change the world? Well volunteer at Occupy Bristol and you get all that and more. Does that sound better than what you were … Continue reading →

It restores my faith in hummanity to see the collective on college green sticking at there peaceful protest. whilst the shoppers whizz past supporting the big cooperations hopefully a moment of self reflection will happen and slowly but surely we … Continue reading →

According to Bristol Anti cuts  Police have estimated 20,000 people in central Bristol today. Public sector workers across the country took to the streets today on strike regarding the governments planned changes to their pensions and pay. The centre of … Continue reading →

Entering and setting up the camp at 2.30pm yesterday afternoon, we’ve set up in the foyer and lecture theatre, the chapel, on St. Matthias campus. Really relaxed, as yet no reaction from the University… Very little security presence, and those … Continue reading →

Last week the Occupy Bristol finance group was re-structured and now consists of 5 people who were appointed by nominations at a General Assembly. The occupation now has an account with Bristol Credit Union and we will soon start putting … Continue reading →