BASE infoshop at the 10th December Radical Book Fair

BASE infoshop are excited to have a stall the next radical bookfair in Bristol. We have loads of new and revolutionary books just in, so come say hello and get some stories, ideas and analysis for all your seasonal / lifelong trouble making needs!

Active Distribution are hosting another Radical Book Fair at the Exchange on Old Market, Bristol. We’re under attack from all sides, and we need radical ideas and community more than ever. At the bookfair, you’ll find new and second hand titles from radical publishers, zine makers and activists plus stalls from local campaigns groups. Plus vegan hot dogs, cakes, snacks, hot drinks, mulled cider, and beers available from the Exchange cafe.

The bookfair is free to attend and all are welcome (please get in touch if you have any access needs or requests). We are currently planning a small programme of free talks and discussions in the basement room – watch this space for details. COVID is still with us and you are encouraged to wear a mask if you are attending. http://exchangebristol.com/exchange-covid-safety…/

See you there!

https://www.facebook.com/events/532435688434948

BASE Arts Collective and Avon Gleaning Network present: The Gleaners and I

BASE Cafe Collective has, for a long time, provided filling and yummy Sunday meals, a lot of which comes from gleaned produce – from field and shop alike.

On Sunday 11th after the Cafe’s meal, BASE Arts Collective and Avon Gleaning Network will be screening The Gleaners and I, Agnes Varda’s poem to the waste-saver, the stooper in the field, the bin-diver.

We’ll do a short intro to the Gleaning Network and what they’ve achieved in only a couple of years, saving tonnes and tonnes of produce from going to waste. This produce is then redistributed to charitable food projects who are supporting people experiencing food insecurity.

This is the right time to talk about food waste. At Christmas, binned food usually amounts to 42 million dishes of Christmas dinner…

You never know, you may organise your first bin-dive or glean on the crisp morning of the 12th ;)

TRAILER: https://mubi.com/films/the-gleaners-i/trailer

Buried Moons: Forgotten folktales from beyond the patriarchy

A multimedia exhibition alongside artist Annie Randall.

This exhibition will be held at Centerspace, Bristol between the 23rd of
February and the 9th of March 2023. This exhibition is an open call
which is free to submit and free to exhibit. The deadline for
submissions is the 5th of December. We have applied for 2 funding
grants, from which we hope to pay selected artists for their
involvement.

This exhibition is a celebration of next year’s International Womenโ€™s
Day (8th of March).

*

Open call, deadline 5th December, email buriedmoons@gmail.com for more
info and the submissions from
    *

Open to FINT (Female, Intersex, Non-biary and Trans) people located in
or near Bristol
    *

Free to submit and exhibit, selected artists may be funded.
    *

Selected artists will be asked to make a new artwork based upon a
(forgotten) folktale from their culture
    *

All mediums welcomed
    *

Artists are encouraged to hold a public workshop
    *

Follow @buriedmoons_folk on instagram for updates

Whatabout Wednesdays!

Note: From 2nd November – 21st December and then 4th January until further notice

Base social centre opens it’s doors every Wednesday from 11am to 5pm, offering a mini-cafe, drop-in & welcoming space.

In the Cafe – hot drinks (50p), soup/bread (ยฃ1), cake (ยฃ1).

Spend time in our free Library; check out Free Info; browse our Infoshop for books/pamphlets/music to buy; use the Wi-fi; or just hang out and chat.

#DontPayUK BS5 group will also have a drop-in from 11am-2pm in the Cafe, with campaign news, flyers & posters, and info on where to get support.

Plus…surprises! Speak to us if you have ideas for any ok.

Library Collective Launch!

November 10th, 7-9pm

The Base Library collective invites you to join us in the library for a workshop session to bring life into this amazing and currently underused common resource

Find out more about what is in the library and how to use it and join us to imagine its potential!

๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’…๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’Ž๐’” ๐’Š๐’๐’„๐’๐’–๐’…๐’† โ€ฆ

๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ 

๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘“๐‘“๐‘ฆ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘š๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘ฆ

๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘›๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’๐‘ 

๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ

๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘š๐‘ 

๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘ 

๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜๐‘  & ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐ท๐ผ๐‘Œ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘ก

๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’

๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘™ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ค ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘’

๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘”๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’๐‘ 

๐‘Ž ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ž ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘ 

Which of these sound good to you? What are your dreams?

With an abundance of possibilities, we can choose where to put our
energy to make some of them reality

๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ & ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž <๐Ÿ‘

๐“๐‡๐„๐‘๐„ ๐–๐ˆ๐‹๐‹ ๐๐„ ๐’๐๐€๐‚๐Š๐’

baselibrary [at] riseup.net

Stay Grounded Gathering

19th and 20th November @ BASE

Stay Grounded Communications Training Weekend on Aviation & Climate Justice
Open to activists and campaigners across the UK and free to attend,
with overnight accommodation and support for travel costs available.

Please apply by 7th November via https://stay-grounded.org/training-uk

What is this about?

    * Free training weekend about aviation & climate justice,
greenwashing, just transition and changing travel policies

    * Reflection on _how we talk _about aviation and _how we counter the industry’s greenwashing with our own narratives for fair and grounded mobility
     * Creating a network of _multipliers _in Europe who support each
other with future workshops, campaigns and actions
     * Based on our latest guide ‘Common Destination: Reframing aviation to ensure a safe landing and lay the tracks towards a fair planet’

Who is it for?
     * Campaigners against airport expansions or for a fairer mobility
system
     * Climate justice activists interested to do more on aviation
     * Communicators seeking to reflect and expand on their framing
strategies
     * Anyone looking for a new way to join the movement and meet
like-minded people!

You can find more info and apply here

https://stay-grounded.org/training-uk

Stay Grounded is an international network of more than 180 groups campaigning for a reduction of aviation and its negative impacts, as well as against problematic strategies like offsetting and biofuels.

Bristol Airport Action Network is a coalition of groups and individuals working to oppose Bristol Airport’s expansion plans and are currently mobilising around a Brisotl High Court hearing on 8-9th November. Get in touch to find out what you can do:
BAANcc@protonmail.com.

Tea and Type Tuesday with Adblock

Tuesday 25th, 6:30-9:30 Library

Adblock Bristol are running a ‘Tea and Type’ to lodge as many objections as possible to BT’s applications for new advertising spaces in Bristol.

BT have started submitting applications for new ‘Street Hubs’, across the city. Some are in place of old phone boxes, but many would be new, and just like Clear Channel’s bus stop ad screens, use crazy amounts of electricity and shine all day and night. Lucky us.

BUT, have hope, because through Bristol City Council’s planning portal, Adblock Bristol has wielded the mighty keyboard to get multiple (70-something and counting) digital ad spaces rejected by the Council’s planning officers and councillors.

We’ll be in BASE’s library on Tuesday the 25th of October to get as many objections under our belts before our brains go fuzzy. If it isn’t something you’ve ever done before, come along anyway and we’ve got lots of helpful tips. It’s a surprisingly effective form of anti-capitalist activism. There will be tea.

@AdblockBristol
adfreecities.org.uk/bristol/

BASE Movies Nights! Get Involved!


Are you interested in presenting a movie/documentary/video/a talk at BASE film nights? Any chance you’d also like to cook for BASE Cafe? :) You can do either or both, as you like (no need to cook!)

The event runs every Sunday. Dinner served at 6, film/even starting at 7 pm. If you are interested, would you put down a few dates that you’d like and the activity you’d be up for: either film/event (write down the provisional name) or cooking or both.


The idea is to have a fun and relaxing social time that will bring together the interested community to watch movies/documentaries together and have discussion about them. It is an opportunity to look at the variety of struggles and topics that different activist collectives in Bristol focus on and have it as a space to highlight some issues or discuss topics. The screening material can be explicitly political, a documentary, but also more mainstream/not explicitly political thing.

The BASE film nights collective will create a poster, will do advertising, provide technical support and physical space, and facilitate the screening and discussion. You would provide the screening
material (if you don’t have it, we can help finding it) and come to the screening, you will have the floor to say a few words about your collective and why you chose this film and then take part in the
discussion.

Attached is the poster call out. It would be great if you could share it with your group and join us.

Solidarity!

BASE Movie Nights

Bristol Kurdish Solidarity Network (BKSN) Reading Group: Thursday 27th October 6pm

Jin Jiyan Azadi has been ringing out from Iranian occupied Kurdistan and has now spread throughout the entire Iranian state and around the world following the murder of Jhina Amini, a Kurdish woman, by the Iranian state.

The chant originates from decades of autonomous women’s organising and struggle by the Kurdish Women’s Movement which is the driving force of the whole Kurdish Freedom Movement.

We want to share and explore this history together as well as look at some of the ideas and principles that guide this movement for the liberation of all women and through it the liberation of society as a whole.

It is not necessary to read the text before hand (although it might help to get the most out of it), we will read it together in the session.
People are also welcome to just take part in the discussion or to just come and listen.

Base for Anarchy & Solidarity in Easton