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The state of our health

editor 4 | 13.09.2005 10:49 | Culture | Indymedia | Social Struggles

“Welcome once more to Bristle, the quality-assured organ of excellence for revolutionary transformation. This issue finds the Bristle Collective in celebratory & retrospective mood (and not just because we’ve got the fewest typo errors ever!). We are bristling merry in our spiky birthday suits, happy to be celebrating the young punks 20th anniversary."

Bristle 20 cover (B&W)
Bristle 20 cover (B&W)


"Since 1997 the beautiful zine has been a touch paper to ignite change and a faithful chronicle of urban & rural defiance against capitalism, injustice & the war machine. We hope that some of Bristle’s amusing incidents and desperate measures bring some relief from the permanent crisis of a globalising world. More seriously issue 20 features a special section on health. As the campaign to save local hospitals rages, we take a wider look at Western medicine and the motives behind it.”
(Bristle 20 editorial, page 2)

The south west’s longest-running independent alternative magazine is back on the streets. We’ve got news, reviews, campaigns, an extensive contacts list, and subverts. We look at rural racism in the south west; and the appropriation of Native American culture (not just in the south west!). We find the G8 guilty of crimes against humanity & the planet; and interview Mark Stewart, one of Bristol’s original radical musicians (think the Pop Group, Bristol, 1977). There’s the British states terror campaign against local refugees, and their attack on Bristol Indymedia. We go Bristling on Bath’s waterways, and print unedited reports from the animal rights frontline. Our ‘health special’ has a homeopathic perspective on western medicine; the experiences of a local mum & activist coping with cancer; a look at Bristol cancer centre; and a word of warning about vaccinations. A Packer’s Field activist writes about health and open spaces (and the lack of…); whilst our in-house Taiji specialist explains how we ‘make the road by walking it.’

A packed out 28 pages for a mere £1.20. To find out your nearest bristle outlet go to  http://www.bristle.org.uk and click on ‘get’. Or send us a cheque payable to ‘bristle. In London you can get bristle from 56A Info Shop and via www.activedistribution.org.

This issue was laid out in record time by founding & long-standing collective members Martin & Paula. It will sadly be their last! Come and catch them in their altered states, as DJ’s Clandestino and Spinster one last time, live at Bristle’s 20th issue party, and benefit for local G8 defendants, on Saturday 17 September - full details & image here  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/09/322572.html or details here  http://bristol.indymedia.org/newswire.php?story_id=24183

With their departure, the Bristle Collective is short of members, and now lacks certain key skills. We are therefore considering our future both in terms of format and effectiveness. If you are interested or have a constructive opinion, come to our meeting: ‘Bristle mag – what next?’ Sunday 25 September, 2-5pm, Kebele social centre, 14 Robertson Rd, Easton, Bristol, BS5.

Where there is oppression & injustice, there is always resistance!

Bristle mag, c/o 14 Robertson Rd, Bristol BS5 6JY
Mailto:  editors@bristle.org.uk
Web:  http://www.bristle.org.uk

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Yes it's goodbye to Kebele's Martin!

14.09.2005 14:57

Possibly Martin's last Bristol flyer
Possibly Martin's last Bristol flyer

It's a sad goodbye to 'Basque' Martin, one of the founders of the Kebele social centre - one of the longest running legal social centres in the UK (and also a housing co-op), that started life as a squat. Martin was also a founder member of Bristle mag, a committed vegan, a dedicated activist, an original artist, a DJ, but above all a lovely human being. He'll be sadly missed!

He is though going out with a bang! Along with the latest issue of Bristle, he's helping with the 'ResisDANCE' benefit in Bristol this Saturday, and is putting the final touches to a 200 page, A5 colour book about political street art in the south west.

Wherever he goes, la lucha continua!

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