VegfestUK Bristol takes place on May 24th 25th 26th 2013. It is officially Europe's biggest veggie festival, with last year's show attracting over 25,000 visitors over 3 days. During the daytime, visitors can expect a feast of cuisines from across the globe, with a wealth of stallholders and caterers displaying the very best plant-based foods. These come on top of other entertainments such as cinema, talks, cookery demos, kids' area, crazy golf, live comedy hours, workshops and more.  Special guests during the day include presenter Janey Lee Grace, athlete Fiona Oakes, Ms Cupcake and powerlifter/cancer survivor Pat Reeves. Over 100 of our stalls have already gone, since the announcements on February 1st of our headliners - Happy Mondays, 808State, Peter Hook (New Order/Joy Division), the Farm. They'll be joined by Caravan Palace, Kitten and the Hips, the Boxettes, Macka B, the Abyssinians and other guests, ensuring that the 10th birthday of our Bristol show will be celebrated in style!  And a wealth of sponsors have jumped on board too - they include Redwood Foods, Fry’s Distribution, Goodlife, Nakd, Bute Island, Yaoh, Eco Vegan Shoes, Sunseed Organics, Ethical Investors, The Vegan Society and Kara Dairy Free, along with media partners Excellart, Veggie Vision, Foods for Life, Resurgence Magazine and Vegetarian Living.

Ticket sales for the evening gigs are at https://www.theticketsellers.co.uk/tickets/vegfest-uk-bristol/10025269

More info on the show available at http://bristol.vegfest.co.uk

Hamilton House, 80 Stokes Croft Bristol, Avon BS1 3QY & The Arts House Cinema, 108A Stokes Croft, Bristol, BS1 3RU

VoiceOver is coming to Bristol to host TWO screenings & discussions! Riots Reframed hopes to add to the city’s rich history of rioting. Stokes Croft alone hosted two sets of riots in 2011 – the first was a warm-up in April, and the second was in unison with the nationwide summer riots. I’ll be making my way over to host the two screenings (Friday and Saturday), say a few words and hopefully exchange some fire with the people of Bristol! | Fahim.

Standard Entry: £7 (Early Bird Tickets)
Concessions: £4
Tickets - riotsreframed.com/screenings/tickets/bristol/

Screening One: Hamilton House, 80 Stokes Croft, Bristol, BS1 3QY | 24th May 2013 | 17:00 – 21:00

Screening Two: The Arts House Cinema, 108A Stokes Croft, Bristol, BS1 3RU | 25th May 2013 | 18:00 Onwards

VoiceOver | Riots Reframed is a feature-length documentary which reframes England’s 2011 riots through voices of resistance – threading these perspectives together using moody instrumentals, dramatic monologue and raw spoken word. This hard-hitting film is unique both in its scope and the journey that produced it.

The idea was conceived soon after the producer, Fahim Alam, was released from prison on bail, after being arrested for taking part in riots. With virtually no knowledge of filming and editing, he set out to make an independent and complex documentary. Most of it was filmed whilst Fahim wore an ankle tag and was subject to a strict curfew as he awaited trial for the charge of ‘violent disorder’.

The documentary takes the viewer through a journey that begins in Tottenham and spirals out to a detailed look at the role of police, power, racism, government, prison, war, resistance and more.

Although the voices base their analysis around the riots, the scope of Riots Reframed is much wider and stands in its own right as a poetic but fierce challenge to the system we live under and the suffering it produces. The result is a radical social commentary grounded in knowledge and art, that synthesises a number of voices, from prominent social, cultural and political analysts, to prisoners still recovering from time inside.

VoiceOver | Riots Reframed is simultaneously engaging, informative, thought-provoking, emotion-stirring, and importantly, a challenge to the media institutions that serve the narrative of the power structure. This film is a historical document not to be missed.

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Tuesday 21st May 7.00pm

Hydra Bookshop, 34 Old Market St., Bristol, BS2 0EZ

with Neil Faulkner

We face the greatest crisis in the history of humanity. Economic depression, imperialist war, climate catastrophe, and grotesque social inequalities threaten to tear the world apart. What is to be done? The lesson of history is that human beings make their own history.

Launching his new book, A Marxist History of the World: from Neanderthals to Neoliberals, archaeologist and historian Neil Faulkner argues that history is open and contested. It is an active process of creation in which different futures are possible. It depends on what we do.

Powered by the interaction of technological change, wars between rulers, and class struggle from below, history is a constant struggle for control over society’s wealth. For 5,000 years, that wealth has served greed and war. Now, in the great crisis of the early 21st century, we must act to create a different future.

The meeting will include plenty of time for questions and discussion. All welcome. Join us.

Described by The Guardian as ‘enlightening and apocalyptic in equal measure’, Dr Neil Faulkner is a research fellow at Bristol University, a revolutionary socialist activist, and the author of numerous books, including Rome: Empire of the eagles (2008). He was a lead consultant and contributor to Sky Atlantic’s The British.

Monday 13th May 8pm The Cube, Dove Street, Bristol.  Entry £3/£4 (But nobody turned away due to lack of funds)

As part of co-ordinated action by the International Workers' Association across several countries, Indymedia and Bristol Solidarity Federation are hosting an evening of film and discussion on housing matters. Using film footage from the 1930s and 1970s, the struggles of ordinary people to live in a decent, affordable and secure home will be remembered. The talks and discussions will focus on the present day, providing: an overview of current national and local housing issues; an analysis of the expanding private rented sector; an insight into the tenants movement in Bristol; and a first hand account of DIY housing in the form of a local co-operative.