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 🎸🔊
Red Bricks – Anti-fascist Oi! from Hamburg
Riot City Radio – Street Punk from Plymouth
Spanner – Militant Ska Punk from Easton
L.U.M.P. – Export Hardcore Punk from Bristol
⏰12:00 Sat. 15 Nov.
📌 Meet at corner of Redcliff Parade & Redcliff Hill.
Last summer, a coked-up racist mob tried to smash up the Mercure hotel in Redcliffe, which is home to asylum-seekers and refugees. We got in their way and successfully defended it from their attacks; police were nowhere to be seen.
Now, “Bristol Patriots” want to hold another demo outside it in an act of blatant intimidation. We will stand with the residents.
Targeting the Mercure again after the thwarted attack last year is a clear escalation from Bristol Patriots.
Let’s make this one count!
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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.
Entry requirements: 18+
Save the Date – Saturday 15th November 📆
Racist “Bristol Patriots” want to hold a protest outside the Mercure hotel in Redcliffe. Last August, the people of Bristol defended refugees and asylum seekers in the hotel from a violent racist mob. It’s time to turn up again and show those staying in the hotel that we stand with them and that they are welcome in Bristol 🌻
More details to follow soon ⏳
Come along to BASE Cafe for a film screening of ‘Fires and Fascism’ followed by a Q&A with director Pete Knapp – Sunday 19th October
Pay what you can vegan food from 6pm
Film starts at 7pm
FIRES AND FASCISM is a new 57-min documentary shows the wildfires in Europe are more than just climate change and mismanagement. It links the increasing wildfires of Europe with past fascism, big business, organised crime, and the rise of the far right. It showcases how communities are engaging in direct action, protest, rewilding, and suppressing the rise of uncontrollable fires and the far right through direct actions.
Read more about the documentary here:
https://fires-and-fascism.co.uk/
The film screening is free however donations to pay towards the costs of producing the film are welcome and appreciated.
Despite having publicly announced their decision not to hold pre-advertised demonstrations after a summer of defeat, Bristol Patriots attempted to march through Bristol City Centre on 5 October. They intended to march from the Cenotaph to College Green, a distance that would typically be a five minute stroll. As always, their racist march did not go unopposed. Racists were outnumbered by anti-fascists six to one with about 75 racists and 450 anti-fascists.
Throughout the beginning of the demonstration, the racist Bristol Patriots were outwardly well-behaved. Many of their numbers walked right into the small fenced off areas (essentially adult play pens) that the police had prepared for them beforehand and stayed close to police the entire time. They showed up wearing flags, including the Union Jack, St George Cross, the clearly artificially-generated Bristol Patriots logo and a flag for the British Movement – a national neo-nazi party that has historically been known for its hitler apologism and white power rhetoric. The inclusion of the British Movement at this demonstration is just yet another example of the racist and fascist underpinnings of the Bristol Patriots.
Yet, not all of the racists were well-behaved nor were the police interested in keeping them to their adult play pen. Various members of the Bristol Patriots’ demo wandered through the pockets of the counter-demo to try and raise tensions. These members of the demo often tried to pick fights, confident that police would once again show their allegiances by protecting racists and lashing out at anti-fascists.
As soon as the Bristol Patriots began marching, the police quickly lost control of the situation. Police had brought in a lot of numbers for the day, while the Bristol Patriots were escorted by football lads who arrived just as the march began. None of this mattered because local anti-fascists still massively outnumbered the crowd and police continued to their incompetency. By the time the march ended, racists and police alike had been chased into the furthest corner of College Green.
The rest of the demo was spent with police escorting small groups of racists out of the area for the following two hours. They were not able to retake any space, hidden behind a line of cops and a crowd of anti-fascists. For a lot of that time, one of the Bristol Patriots’ organizers, Molly Herbert, was frantically talking on the phone to someone, showing just how humiliated they had been. Once again, Bristol Patriots were chased out of the city.
Our successes here in Bristol have been no accident. Communities throughout the city have been coming together and organizing. That work is something to be proud of, especially as all of us watch racist and fascist groups grow in other areas. Every demonstration comes with new affinity groups who clearly come with their own goals for the day, which makes it easier for us to show that racists are not welcome in this city.
Racist ‘Bristol patriots’ want to rally for mass deportations’. After the recent racist attack in Bristol it is more important than ever that we make it known “racists are not welcome here!”
Let’s turn up in numbers again.
Refugees and Migrants will always be welcome in Bristol.
Share widely. Bring your friends. Wear a mask and don’t talk to cops.
We keep each other safe!
