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George Caffentzis |
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John Locke - The Philosopher of Primitive Accumulation |
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John Locke is the most famous philosopher born and raised in the vicinity of Bristol. He born in Wrington, Somerset about 12 miles from Bristol on August 29, 1632 and he was brought up in the market town of Pensford, about seven miles south of Bristol.
Locke is also not only the main intellectual founder of liberalism, but also of neoliberalism, the “ruling idea” of the ruling class of today.
George Caffentzis is associate professor in the Department of Philosophy, University of Southern Maine, USA.
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Bristol Radical History |
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Ian Wright |
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The Life And Times Of Warren James - Free Miner Of The Forrest Of Dean |
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Warren James was a man who was caught up in the social unrest that swept through the Forest of Dean in 1831, and who emerged as spokesman for the Foresters in their struggle to protect their ancient rights and way of life. The Forest Riots of 1831 were about insecurity, fear, poverty and starvation as a result of enclosures, enforced wage labour or unemployment. The Foresters fought to resist the twin onslaught from the Crown, who owned the Forest, and from businessmen who sought industrial profits from it. |
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Bristol Radical History |
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Author:
Kevin Davis |
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Title:
We Come For Our Own And We Shall Have It - Smuggling In Poole And Dorset |
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A look at the history of smuggling in Dorset and the government responses to it. This pamphlet examines to whether smugglers should be considered folk heroes and to what extent smuggling was a community enterprise. |
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Bristol Radical History |
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Mark Steeds |
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Cry Freedom, Cry Seven Stars: Thomas Clarkson In Bristol, 1787 |
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During 1787 abolitionist Thomas Clarkson started his research into the slave trade in Bristol. This pamphlet looks at how the histories of this pub and the abolition movement are intertwined and also some of the remarkable coincidences that link the name 'Seven Stars' with the slave trade. |
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Bristol Radical History |
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Author:
Stephen E. Hunt |
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Title:
Yesterday's To-morrow - Bristol's Garden Suburb |
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In 1909, the Bristol Garden Suburb Limited was set up to implement the ideas Ebenezer Howard popularised in To-morrow: A Peaceful Path to Rea Reform, first published in 1898. Garden-City principles inspired promising developments at Shirehampton, Sea Mills and Keynsham chocolate factory, but were diluted in the construction of Bristol's interwar housing estates at Knowle West and Bedminster, Hillfields, Southmead, Horfield, Speedwell and St Annes. Today it's timely to revisit Howard's ideas in the light of several topics of green chatter – transition towns, peak oil and Gordon Brown's intention to promote the construction of eco-towns. |
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Various |
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Title:
Make a Zine!: When Words and Graphics Collide |
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“Ask anyone who works for a magazine -- it's a job. Ask anyone who works on their zine -- it's a passion. And this book is a starting point for launching your own zine. A virtually endless supply of hints makes this an indespensible guide and the appendices add extensive directories of stores, libraries, reviewers, and zine distributors.” From Microcosm, who else!? |
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Microcosm |
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Neil A. Wynn |
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'Race War' - Black American GIs in Bristol and Gloucestershire During Worl |
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America's entry into World War II immediately served to highlight the issue of race relations and the contradictions between America's declared position as a defender of "freedom" and "democracy," and what was actually practiced. Prior to the D-Day landings of June 1944, there were just under 1.6 million American forces personnel located in various parts of the U.K, with the largest numbers gathered in the southwest. The pubs in Bristol were segregated with some serving whites only, others, generally poorer ones, blacks only. As early as 1942 arrangements had been made to seat the races separately in cinemas in Yeovil and Chard. Even fish and chip shops operated on racial lines or used black Wednesdays and white Thursdays.
Find out about the unrest that happened in Gloucestershire and Bristol when a segregated army made camp there.
Neil Wynn is Professor of 20th Century American History at the University of Gloucestershire.
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Author:
John Robb |
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Title:
Death To Trad Rock! - The Post-Punk Fanzine Scene 1982-87. |
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In the mid-Eighties, as Thatcher turned the screw and the charts overflowed with what felt to many like the most boring pop music ever made, the underground exploded. The post-post-punk scene was a diverse collection of bands brought together by independent releases and a never-ending series of gigs performed in off centre venues the length and breadth of the UK, aided by reportage in fanzines and radio play from John Peel.
Death To Trad Rock is the first time this era collection of bands has been analysed and written about in such depth. It explores this loose confederation of noisenik outfits reacting against the bland conformity of the mid-Eighties, including Three Johns, The Membranes, Nightingales, The Ex, Wedding Present, Age Of Chance, A Witness, Bogshed and Big Flame. Bands trading in loud, discordant noise-rock with a stripped down punk energy, dirty bass, shrapnel guitars and surreal lyrics, all forged into quirky, original songs.
The scene didn't have a name and was so smartass that it would never have called itself a scene, but there was a sense of a movement in every respect. The author lived this music, saw the bands, housed them, released their records, wrote about them in the music press and even played in one of the bands, the Membranes. Some of these acts went on to mainstream success, some were rounded up and herded awkwardly into the NME's C86 bracket whilst others faded away, only to become seminal influences in later years. In Death To Trad Rock we meet everybody involved and find out just how they all arrived at such an unlikely tangent in such a boring decade.
John Robb is a musician, TV presenter and author of several books including The Oral History of Manchester and The Oral History of Punk. He has been reporting from the frontline of pop culture, celebrating its occasional genius and snarling with frustration at its failures since the punk era. He fronted the Membranes in the late 70s and has been touring the world ever since, currently with Goldblade.
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Cherry Red Books |
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Author:
Steve Mills |
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Title:
A Barbarous And Ungovernable People - A Short History Of The Miners Of The K |
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"A barbarous and ungovernable people" is a bit of a strong condemnation of a community. Especially considering that at the time the community in question was situated on the outskirts of a vibrant city in Britain. The people of Kingswood Forest supplied the south west of England and the industries of Bristol with coal, and it is fair to say that without the Kingswood Forest coal Bristol would not be the city it is today. However, the relationship between the two communities was strained to say the least. This pamphlet tells the story of the misunderstanding and mistrust which, from time to time, blew up into full scale conflagration. |
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Author:
Steve Stuffit |
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Title:
Radical Brewing - Work, Energy, Commoning & Beer |
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This is a journey from pre-enclosure herbal brews made by ale-wives to the domination of hops and large breweries. But don't despair, this is a return trip thanks to the rediscovery of commoning and a recipe for nettle and juniper ale. |
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