Bristol Radical History Group will again be running the Radical History Zone at the Bristol Anarchist Bookfair on Saturday 7th May 2011, 10:30am-6:30pm. The venue will once again be Hamilton House on Stokes Croft. The Bookfair Collective say:

It will happen at the end of a week that includes an outrageously expensive royal wedding, local elections and a referendum on the latest parliamentary elections voting scam. It will happen shortly after the budget cuts of the national LibDemCon government, and local councils, will be known; whilst the job losses and cuts inherent in the austerity drive to bail out capitalism will be kicking in. The anarchist bookfair will be the perfect antidote to all this misery and displays of wealth inequality.

As in the Autumn we will have about 7 speakers and 10 history related stalls in the RHZ.

Find out more at the Bristol Anarchist Bookfair website.

The programme of events for Bristol Radical History Group’s The 1970s – Life Before Thatcher has been released.

From Dagenham to Grunwick, Glam to Punk and Wilson to Thatcher.

Talks, films and music, 13 free events between Sunday 14th November and Tuesday 7th December 2010.

• “Make Them Grovel”: The 1976 West Indies Cricket Tour
• From The Ford Workers’ Group to Made In Dagenham
  
• The Asian Youth Movement
• Grunwick: The End Of An Era?
• Spies, Lies And The Coup: State Repression In The 70s
• Cry Freedom Concert
• How We Won: Strikes In The 70s
• Glam-Punk Disco Inferno
• The Anti-Vietnam War Movement
• Punk And The Pistols
• From Recruitment To Dialogue: How Does The Radical Left Relate To Workers?
• Italy In The 1970s: Bodies In The Street, A Tale Of A Country Like Ours
• “Can’t Do Nothin’ If You Ain’t Bad”‘: The League Of Revolutionary Black Workers

As well as the Radical History Zone at the Bristol Anarchist Bookfair we have two other events planned:

Cry  Freedom, Cry Seven Stars – An evening to launch the new Bristol Radical Pamphleteer title Cry Freedom, Cry Seven Stars by Mark Steeds. Including a performance by the Red Notes Choir. This is on Tuesday 7th September.

The Atmosphere of Heaven – A Nitrous Oxide fuelled history walk with Mike Jay through Clifton exploring the themes of his new book; Dr Beddoes, the Romantic Poets and laughing Gas. This is on Sunday 12th September.

At this years Bristol Anarchist Bookfair BRHG will be running the Radical History Zone. As well as a selection of book stalls from history groups and local publishers there we will also be hosting a series of talks.

Bristol Anarchist Bookfair is on Saturday 11th September 2010 at Hamilton House on 80 Stokes Croft, Bristol, BS1 3QY.

Click here for the full Radical History Zone line-up.