Roll up, roll up, yer Bristol anarchist bookfair is only 5 weeks away on Saturday 7 May. It'll be the perfect antidote to the next royal parasite's wedding, the ConDem Coalition's austerity measures, and the latest electoral scam they've tried to hoodwink us with. So get ready to come on down, step over the broken glass and through media smokescreen, and find out what it's all about. It wont break the bank either, as usual entry is free, although donations are welcomed.
The Bookfair Collective writes: Roll up, roll up, yer Bristol anarchist bookfair is only 5 weeks away on Saturday 7 May. It'll be the perfect antidote to the next royal parasite's wedding, the ConDem Coalition's austerity measures, and the latest electoral scam they've tried to hoodwink us with. So get ready to come on down, step over the broken glass and through media smokescreen, and find out what it's all about. It wont break the bank either, as usual entry is free, although donations are welcomed. Here's some Bookfair updates:

Last call for Meeting & Workshop proposals - we welcome your offers. The deadline for them is noon on 6 April. Note our suggestion that these could be themed around 'Resistance and Alternatives to Cuts'. Please read the proposal form carefully and provide full details. The Bookfair collective will be considering all proposals after the deadline as space is limited, and the accepted proposals will be notified soon after, and published in the programme. Expect some surprises on the day. Proposal forms and relevant info are here.

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The line-up for the Bristol Indymedia room at the Bookfair has now been finalised and you can find the running order here . The room will play host to activist films from Bristol Indymedia along with other audio-visual activist groups such as Schmovies and ReelNews, along with a range of workshops covering topics from Wikileaks to the student protest movement to security and privacy for online activism.

This is the plan for the Bristol Indymedia room at the Anarchist Bookfair on the 7th of May at Hamilton House. All the events are free

Bristol Indymedia present

11-1230 Schmovies/Reelnews/Bristol Indymedia

Radical and activist film screenings from alternative local media collectives

1230-130 Schmovies/Reelnews/Bristol Indymedia

Why is it important to have a diversity of media? What are the implications of the growing dominance of a handful of media giants? Local media collectives take part in a panel discussion on the growing importance of an alternative media in an era of news monopoly.

130-230 Wikileaks and Bradley Manning

Indymedia presents a talk about the significance of Wikileaks, which continues to rupture the global political and media landscapes in directions impossible to predict.  Bradley Manning remains in solitary confinement in Virginia for allegedly leaking military documents to Wikileaks. We look at the politics surrounding his continued detention and the implications of this for whistleblowers and journalists everywhere. Discussion to follow

230-330 Hacktionlab

UK tech activist collective discuss issues around security and privacy
whilst doing activism on the internet and present their booklet 'Tech Tools
for Activists' aimed at non-techs.  Copies of the booklet will also be
available for free or a donation

330-430 The student resistance

The UK is seeing a rising wave of popular protest and dissent triggered by the sweeping budget cuts of the liberal-conservative coalition. Dr Lee Salter discusses the anti-capitalist movement unfolding in the student generation with regard to the recent widespread protests against the tuition fee hike

430-5

Message From Merthyr

Message from Merthyr is a short documentary looking at how this year’s benefit cuts will impact the town of Merthyr Tydfil. Filmmaker sisters Gemma and Donna Griffith identify several people in their community who will suffer as a consequence of the cuts, and in response to Iain Duncan Smith's comment suggesting many people in Merthyr don't realise they can get on a bus to Cardiff to look for work, they travel to Cardiff to see what jobs are going. Film screening with introduction by the filmmakers (to be confirmed). 

5-6 Performance poetry workshop with Rebecca Tantony

Performance poetry can give you a voice with which to ignite.  Access your passion, thoughts, rebellion and power with the magic of the spoken word. An hour-long poetry workshop from the inspiring and courageous creator of Shhh it’s Sunday, a monthly Bristol celebration of words which raises money for good causes. All welcome to this supportive non-judgemental exploration of language