This Autumn sees three new pamphlets added to the Bristol Radical Pamphleteer series as well as two 2nd editions.

They are:

#1 Cry Freedom, Cry Seven Stars: Thomas Clarkson In Bristol, 1787 – 2nd Edition by Mark Steeds. This is a major re-working of the pamphlet that was published to help raise money for the Seven Stars Plaque. Now re-published it celebrates the unveiling of the plaque and launches a new challenge – to make the Seven Stars the first ever pub with UNESCO World Heritage status.

#6 The Life And Times Of Warren James – Free Miner Of The Forest Of Dean – 2nd edition by Ian Wright. Ian has revised and slightly expanded his pamphlet, it now also boasts a new cover by the famous anarchist artist Clifford Harper.

#14 Anarchism in Bristol and the West Country to 1950 by Steve Hunt. A new pamphlet by the the author of Pamphleteer #8 Yesterday’s To-morrow – Bristol’s Garden Suburbs.

# 15  Votes For Ladies – The Suffrage Movement 1867 – 1918 by Sheila McNeil. Another new pamphlet, this time asking how ‘radical’ were the Suffragettes and how far did they believe in ‘universal suffrage’.

#16 Anglo-Saxon Democracy by Tony Dyer. Tony gave us a talk on the same subject as part of the BRHG Election Special events earlier this year and has now written it up as the third of our new pamphlets.

Was Warren James Right To Protest?

Friday 13th August, 7pm, Coleford Baptist Church. £3

In 1831 Warren James led 3000 Foresters to tear down the enclosures that prevented their livelihood….

In 2010 300 people gathered at Hopewell Colliery at an event to remember Warren James and this history…

A talk by Simon Sandall historian, lecturer and author. The free-miners of Dean and the defence of Forest custom during the seventeenth century ‘I want to say a few words about the history of protest in the Forest of Dean, this lecture will provide historical context for the Warren James uprising of the early 1830s.’

This will be followed by a debate on the relevance of Forest rights to those living in the Forest of Dean Today. Free mining and common rights, ownership, privatisation,.. And asks ‘Was Warren Right to Protest?’

Come along and share your views….

BOX OFFICE

All tickets are available at: The Forest Bookshop, 8 St John Street, Coleford

01594 833334 9 am–5.30 pm or on-line, post free, at www.forestbookshop.com

Those of you who missed the excellent Warren James day in the Forest of Dean last weekend and those who were there and want to relive it might be interested in the following link:

http://web.me.com/forestofdeanpodcast/Site/Welcome.html

Keep an eye open for photos etc. from the event.

An event in the Forest of Dean on the 6th June 2010.