Events March 1 – March 6

TUESDAY March 1 is, as always, people’s kitchen with food from 8pm & possibly a film afterwards. Help welcome cooking from 4pm.

WEDNESDAY March 2 has reading group & film & board games.
6pm – reading group on a few texts around ‘Giving up Activism.’ Copies are available to pick up in the infoshop or see more information here.

7pm – Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2008)
Rockumentary charting failing Canadian heavy metal band Anvil. After a brief moment of fame in the 80s, the band slipped into obscurity, but refused to give up or stop churning out albums for over thirty years. Now in their fifties, will Lips and Robb finally achieve rock and roll stardom with a seemingly doomed tour of Europe. A hilarious study on the power of hope, delusion and permed mullets.

8pm – Boardgames in the function room.

THURSDAY March 3 – 7pm – Social centre meeting

FRIDAY March 4 – 6pm – Men confronting patriarchy meeting

SUNDAY March 6 – 11am- 6pm : Women’s skillshare day.
As part of celebrations for International Women’s Day, the Bristol anarcha-feminists present a day of practical wokshops run by and for women. We’re hoping to create a supportive environment to learn and share skills, especially in areas that women can often feel excluded from. There will be workshops in self-defence, carpentry, car maintenance and bicycle maintenance.

The day is open for women of all ages and experiences. (We’re not interested in policing anyone’s gender; trans and genderqueer people are welcome. Children of all genders are also welcome, though we’re not able to provide childcare, sorry.)

See the timetable at http://bristolanarchafeminists.wordpress.com/

Factory Reading Group: Feb 16th – In Other Words, The Situation is Excellent

So, as agreed a couple of meetings ago, the reading group is getting going
again. It will meet every other wednesday at 6pm in the Function room at
the factory. Texts will be available online and in printed form at the
factory two weeks before the group meets. What we read is totally up to the
group. If you have something to suggest bring it along and if people up for
reading it and we can have it printed and distributed.

The next meet will be wednesday the 16th of Feb.

On the 16th we will be talking about: “in other words, the situation is
excellent – an interview with julien coupat” -

Julien Coupat is one of the Tarnac 9 – accused of sabotaging french
railway lines which the french state define as terrorism. The Tarnac 9 also
allegedly wrote the much loved/hated/parodied text ‘the coming
insurrection’. The interview, conducted in jail, contains a mix of him
talking about what happened and theorising about the political situation.
Given this mix, parts of it makes more sense than others but hey, part of
what’s cool about a reading group is the chance to bounce ideas back and
forth in a safe space and in doing so maybe make sense of the harder
bits… or indeed, to decide they are wak and sack off talking about them
completely in favour of the more practical stuff.

it’s at the factory in printed form or available to download here:
http://zinelibrary.info/other-words-situation-excellent-interview-julien-coupat

Anarcha-Feminist Skill-Share Day

As part of celebrations for International Women’s Day, the Bristol Anarcha-Feminists present a day of practical wokshops run by and for women. We’re hoping to create a supportive environment to learn and share skills, especially in areas that women can often feel excluded from. There will be workshops in self-defence, carpentry, car maintenance and bicycle maintenance.

The day is open for women of all ages and experiences. (We’re not interested in policing anyone’s gender; trans and genderqueer people are welcome. Children of all genders are also welcome, though we’re not able to provide childcare, sorry.)

See the timetable at http://bristolanarchafeminists.wordpress.com/

Factory Film Nights: 16th Feb – Winter’s Bone (2010)

This blog is now officially alive!!

Thats every Wednesday at 7pm, free entry, free nibbles and tea. (donations welcome)

This week: Winter’s Bone

An unflinching Ozark mountain girl hacks through dangerous social terrain as she ties to hunt down her father through a complex world of feuding kin, patriachal violence and meth addiction before his absence causes their evection. Bleak, haunting and yet somehow hopeful.

Upcoming Screenings:

Feb 23rd – From The Heart of the World (1991)

“Up to now we have ignored the Younger Brother. We have not deigned even to give him a slap. But now we can no longer look after the world alone. The Younger Brother is doing too much damage. He must see, and understand, and assume responsibility. Now we will have to work together. Otherwise, the world will die.” – Kogi Mama The Elder Brother’s Warning is a 1990 BBC film made with the Indigenous Kogi Peoples in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. Having resisted colonisation attempts from the Spanish and the more from the capitalist world they now detail their world view and their warning to the rest of the world that we are destroying all around us and need to fix up. Cinema Klandestino returns from far off galaxies to present this important documentary.

2nd March – Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2008)

Rockumentary charting failing Canadian heavy metal band Anvil. After a brief moment of fame in the 80s, the band slipped into obscurity, but refused to give up or stop churning out albums for over thirty years. Now in their Fiftys, will Lips and Robb finally achieve rock and roll stardom with a seemingly doomed tour of Europe. A hilarious study on the power of hope, delusion and permed mullets.

9th March – Samson and Delilah (2009)

Samson and Delilah’s world is a small, isolated community in the Central Australian desert. When tragedy strikes they turn their backs on home and embark on a journey of survival. Lost, unwanted and alone they discover that life is’nt always fair, but love never judges.

16th March – Man Bites Dog (1992)

A camera crew follows a serial killer around a he exercises his craft. He expounds on art, music, nature, society and life as he off mailmen, pensioners and random others. Slowly he begins involving the camera crew in his activities and they begin wondering if what they’re doing is such  a good idea.

23rd March – Hard Candy (2005)

A mature 14 year old girl meets a charming 32 year old photographer on the internet and is lured to his house. The line between predator and prey is quickly blurred however.

30th March – La Haine (1995)

Vinz, a Jew, Saïd, an Arab and Hubert, a black boxer have grown up in a French suburbian ghetto, subjected to high levels of diversity coupled with the racist and oppressive police force have raised tensions to a critical breaking point. During the riots that took place a night before, a police officer lost his gun in the ensuing madness, only to leave it for Vinz to find. Now, with a newfound means to gain the respect he deserves, Vinz vows to kill a cop if his friend Abdel dies in the hospital, due the beating he received while in police custody