Bristol Space Invasion: Days of Action 11th and 12th April

Update 11 April 2008:

Bristolians take part in International homelessness/squatters action day

11 April 2008 - A vacant city centre building, the Little Theatre in Colston Street, was occupied this morning by homeless Bristolians as part of a co-ordinated day of action round the world....

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from bristol-imc, 7 April 2008:

Come and get involved!

With the Broadmead Expansion and its spillover into St Pauls and Old Market that is displacing our local communities, the time is now to take matters into our own hands and reclaim our public spaces.

For more info call: 07528 953 230 / 07591 631 230

FRIDAY 11th
- daytime: Come help create the space
- evening: Film night from 7pm

SATURDAY 12th
- Carnival Parade starting from Albany Green St. Pauls at 11am.
- Art Exhibition open all day
- Cabaret/Open mic, live music

REPAIR NOT REDEVELOP

Yuppie flats are not part of a sustainable future and are pushing social housing out of the city centre. Resist the displacement of local people and join the parade!

Come One, Come All!
Take back our public space – If this motivates you spread the Word!

International Days of Action for Squats and Autonomous Public Spaces have been called for on the 11th and 12th of April 2008. [http://april2008.squat.net:8080/. Diverse groups of enraged creatives from Prague to New Zealand will be taking things into their own hands: reclaiming spaces for art, housing, workshops, discussions, talks, films, food, swap-shops, music, performances & open mics to name but the bare essentials.

Whilst their motives are locally specific, these autonomous actions are drawn together internationally by common threads: indignation at the impending grip that corporate expansion has on our cities; diminishing social housing; ‘streamlined’ rents; the homogenisation of the high street with corporate chains; the segregation of cities along the lines of wealth and power…

Here in Bristol we will be reclaiming a private space and breathing life back into it momentarily for a public weekend of celebration. As a rupture with the march of high speed commercial existence, we will show films, parade through the streets, open space for art and workshops, cook and eat food, listen to music and live a little. Whether you’re a lock breaking specialist, poet, painter or film-maker and would like to get involved - or if you just want to come have a look at what can be done with love and shoestring - come along!

The carnival procession will make its way through Bristol on Saturday 12th. We will assemble at Albany Green, St Pauls at 11am for the start of the parade – bring friends and family, whistles and horns, pedal power and music. By taking back our streets we’ll show our communities are fed up with the odious creeping hand of shiny redevelopment. And in preparation: come create costumes, banners and carnival trimmings at workshops in the space the day before, Friday 11th.

This open invitation is a call out to communities and individuals of all skills and interests that can help make these days as visible as possible- take action in OUR city! Come join to raise awareness that there is an alternative, and resist the aggressive private expansion into our public spaces.

For more info call: 07528 953 230 / 07591 631 230

FRIDAY 11th
- daytime: Come help create the space
- evening: Film night from 7pm

SATURDAY 12th
- Carnival Parade starting from Albany Green St. Pauls at 11am.
- Art Exhibition open all day
- Cabaret/Open mic, live music

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