Urban Resistance to Fascism (URF)presents a film screening and panel/audience discussion of Babylon (1980) on Wednesday 28.01.2026 at the Malcolm X Community Centre, fundraising for Netpol.
Babylon (1980) by Franco Rosso: Blue (Brindsley Forde’s character) fronts a dub sound system based in Brixton. It captures the trials and tribulations of young black youths during the rise of the National Front and Thatcherism. This film and discussion will tackle the Caribbean diasporas experience of White Supremacy in the UK, mechanisms of survival and revolutionary art.
Panelists
Osei Johnson is a multidisciplinary creative and black liberationist. In the arts he has mostly focused on acting and dancing and directing theatre, with a specific focus on black and queer experience. He has worked to save local community centres in the St Pauls area and is well versed in Bristols dubstep scene.
Dr Natalie Hyacinth is a Senior Research Associate in the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies at the University of Bristol. Her research incorporates Geopolitics, Philosophy and Black Studies, focusing on sound system and black diaspora music culture.
Kat Hobbs is the Communications and Engagement Coordinator at the Network for Police monitoring, and volunteers with Green and Black Cross and several other grassroots police monitoring and legal support projects.
John Pegram is the founding member of Bristol Copwatch and a community activist. He has been involved with anti-racist campaigning for many years and has been monitoring the police since 2018. He has lived experience of stop and search and racial profiling having been stopped over 50 times in his life.
The event will follow a PWYC model with a £5 suggested donation. All profits will go to Netpol.
Netpolsupports communities and social movements facing repressive and discriminatory policing, building solidarity through working directly with and being led by movements and communities most affected across all forms of policing. We help those we work alongside to understand the impact of legislation, police practice and operational decision-making on the policing of our communities and the freedom to participate in protests.
Doors at 18:00 with the film starting at 18:30. The film will run for 135 minutes, with a 15 minute break immediately after.
This will allow 40 minutes for discussion. The audience will have an opportunity to ask our 4 panelists questions.
Counterprotest against racists’ sneaky “anti-Starmer” march
10am. Saturday 10 January @ The Cenotaph
We hate Kier Starmer more than you.
This is more than just a chant. Starmer’s Labour party has cut disability benefits, vilified trans people, proscribed activist groups, introduced anti-migrant policies and are now pushing forward Digital IDs. These policies pander to Labour’s wealthy donors not ordinary people. However, when racists like ‘Bristol Patriots’ call ‘anti-Starmer’ marches, it’s because they believe he is housing asylum seekers – they just wish he was more authoritarian and further to the right. We stand against Bristol Patriots because of their racist and anti-migrant views, not because we ourselves support the current system.
Make no mistake. This is an anti-migrant hate rally dressed up as anti-Labour.
Everyone is welcome. No-one is illegal. For a world without borders.
Bristol has a proud tradition of refusing to allow fascists to take our streets. Over the past few months, several racist & far-right marches have targeted our city. Police officers have shamelessly protected the marches, using serious violence against the anti-racists who stood in their way.
This month local antifascists, police monitors, and solidarity groups are holding a meeting to discuss recent antifascist organising in Bristol:
Panel discussion from 7pm – 8:30pm Q&A and discussions until 9:30pm Campaign stalls and informal chats Free hot drinks and snacks
A Bristol Antifascists fundraiser…in Strange Brew…with techno and breaks…on a Thursday?!?
Rounding up a year of resistance to the ever increasing rise of the far right, come dance off your left melancholia with what will assuringly be the best antifascist techno party of 2025.
Who else but Anina, Mackenzie and Om Unit could grace the lineup for the night. These 3 have been pushing the boundaries of sound, resisting commercialisation and providing massively for the Bristol scene for many a year. Expect a hypnotic and euphoric journey through dubbed out techno and breaks, epitomising the Bristol sound in the best of ways.
There is no better place for it than Strange Brew (backroom ofc), just down the street from Bridewell Police Station and with a soundsystem to rival an LRAD 450XL. Also expect stalls galore from a plethora of local radical infoshops and not-for-profit collectives such as BAF infoshop and Mopped Up Distro.
All funds are going directly to Bristol Antifascists, a group that has tirelessly fought against the resurgence of fascism in the UK and needs funding now more than ever. Donations would be very welcome.
The night is pay-what-you-can so if £5 is a barrier to you coming please contact BAF with the details below and they will send you a ticket. The £5 ticket options will not run out on Headfirst unless capacity is reached, please only buy the £10 or £20 if you can afford to.
Please do not use your phones or take pictures on the dancefloor. Please respect this to allow yourself and others to become fully immersed in the music.
This is a queer-friendly, safe space where anyone can express themselves how they feel, please do not act in a way that perpetuates homophobia, transphobia or patriarchy. ANY kind of discrimination or harassment will not be tolerated and if you witness this please talk to one of the fundraising crew or Strange Brew staff members.
Thur 18/12/25 10pm- 2am.
Please contact @bristolantifascist on Instagram or email bristolantifascists@riseup.net if you have any questions or any access needs and they will let the organisers know. We will do all we can to make your night more accessible.
What a line up for the punk benefit gig raising funds for Bristol Antifascists at The Red Lion, BS5 – Friday 14th November – 7pm – £10 tickets on the door 🎸🔊
