West Country Repression Newswire Archive

A section of the LNG pipeline has been blockaded at Trebanos, in the Swansea Valley by over a dozen activists. All work on that whole area of the project has been stopped. Read more | 1 comment >>

Nobel Peace Prize nominated Israeli Activists speaking in Bristol.

Monday 30th October, 8pm

Bristol University Students' Union building Click
here for map. Read more | 1 comment >>

At the gates of Eastwood Park Prison two rather embarrassed Policemen are gently trying to persuade retired School Teacher Pauline Campbell to unblock the road and allow a prison van to enter the establishment. Pauline is arguing that a recent fatality here suggests that Eastwood Park is not a safe place for women to be held and that the van should take its prisoners elsewhere. The Constables seem decidedly uncomfortable with the situation and summon a sergeant for advice. They knew about this demo in advance; Pauline staged an identical protest here last year following another apparent self-inflicted death. I can almost imagine them drawing lots back at the station to see who would answer the inevitable call. Eventually after 15 minutes of being bombarded with prison related facts and figures they lose patience a drag Pauline away to a waiting transport. This is the thirteenth time she has arrested since the death of her 18 year old daughter Sarah in Style Prison in 2003. However she is rarely charged with any offence. Most prisons are nervous about the prospect of giving Pauline a courtroom platform and the potential PR disaster it could bring. Read more | 1 comment >>

A prison-death demonstration will be held outside HMP Eastwood Park, Glos
on Wednesday 18 October 2006, at 1.00 pm, for the duration of the afternoon
Flowers will be laid in memory of
Lisa Ann Woodhall, aged 28, who died in the 'care' of the jail on 8 October 2006
Reporters and photographers are welcome to attend Read more >>

Police threaten man in night in his home with arrest for offensive ornament
(it pays to have connections in a police state!) Read more >>

Ask anybody how prisons work in society and you will generally receive the same glib response: they protect society by removing 'criminal' and 'anti-social' elements, thereby making life safer for the rest of us.

Is this true? Is it the whole truth? Read more | 3 comments >>

Forwarded from the Bristol Social Forum egroup.
 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bristolsocialforum/

Most recent Bristol Indymedia 'Fairford' Front Page:
 http://www.bristol.indymedia.org/newswire.php?story_id=25213

The Bristol Indymedia Pre-Trial Archives:
 http://www.bristol.indymedia.org/newswire.php?story_id=25208 Read more | 1 comment >>

Last night, Trinity Road Police Station in Old Market, Bristol was decorated with the words “Justice for De Menezes, No State Terrorism, Stop Killer Cops”. Read more | 6 comments >>

Wednesday afternoon a police camera crew illegally entered the Titnore Woods protest camp to film protesters and construction works on site.
Read more | 1 comment >>

As dusk falls, I try to remember…where exactly was I one year ago, as dusk fell?
Was I, as a legal volunteer from Bristol, monitoring protests against the G8 in Gleneagles (Scotland), still on duty outside the Stirling eco-camp attempting to monitor the police’s abuse of their powers? Or had I been replaced for the night, and made it back to our Edinburgh base (and pub)? It’s all such a blur now, yet only a year ago…
Read more | 1 comment >>

IRAQ: IS THE US BEHIND THE DEATH SQUADS?
What the mainstream media refuses to report . . .

Crying Wolf: Who is Behind the Death Squads in Iraq?
at  http://www.cryingwolf.deconstructingiraq.org.uk/ Read more | 7 comments >>

Developers MDL plan to turn a tranquil ex quarry on the Cornish coast into posh houses and a hotel and marina, bringing traffic nightmares and roadbuilding to a congested Cornish village. Locals want the quarry to become a wildlife park and study centre, but the corrupt council won't listen. Read more >>

Sat 25 March sees the finale of a month of funds/awareness raising benefit nights across Bristol, as Bass not Bombs returns for its third epic mashup benefit nite. Let the tribes gather, party, and go forth to resist. Read more | 1 comment >>

A 999 call had to be made for emergency medical help today after hunt saboteurs were viciously attacked by both hunt staff and supporters of the Cotswold Vale Farmers hunt. Two saboteurs were taken to hospital, one with suspected broken ribs and severe concussion, the other with a suspected broken cheekbone and concussion. Read more | 9 comments >>

Following a proposal by police to outlaw skateboarding in Swindon town centre, a group of teenagers today held a protest to show their objection to the ban. Read more | 3 comments >>

A PRINTER FRIENDLY VERSION IS ALSO ATTACHED Read more >>

The Law Lords are now debating if there is a defence open to individuals who break the law in order to prevent a greater 'crime of aggression, and if UK courts have the authority to consider foreign affairs and defence issues. This landmark hearing is borne out of the appeals of 19 people, who took direct action to try and prevent the Iraq war.

Read more | 1 comment >>

Following the lead of Swindon Borough Council (see  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/01/332459.html ), North Wiltshire District Council have voted to oppose the introduction of national identity cards. Read more >>