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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · Sep 5

Last week, @acornunion.bsky.social hosted our national congress in Bristol & it was a complete blast!

A dozens of workshops & talks, amazing food, & brilliantly energising company.

Join your local ACORN branch today to get involved in organising your communities for good!

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · Sep 4

🚩NO MORE HIRED THUGS 😡

Almost every Labour councillor has signed our open letter.

Tony Dyre - where are you? Every day your bailiffs are harassing low income and vulnerable Bristolians!

Where is Bristol Council's commitment to end bailiff bullying?

A list of Labour Councillors:
Councillor Tom Renhard, Labour Group Leader, Horfield Ward
Councillor Carole Johnson, Labour Deputy Group Leader, Horfield Ward
Councillor Al Al-Maghrabi, Frome Vale Ward
Councillor Kerry Bailes, Hartcliffe & Withywood Ward
Councillor Kelvin Blake, Hillfields Ward
Councillor Tom Blenkinsop, Avonmouth & Lawrence Weston Ward
Councillor Fabian Breckels, St George Trooper’s Hill Ward
Councillor Emily Clarke, Bedminster Ward
Councillor Kye Dudd, Southmead Ward
Councillor Lisa Durston, Filwood Ward
Councillor Paul Goggin, Hartcliffe & Withywood Ward
Councillor Katja Hornchen, Brislington East Ward
Councillor Susan Kollar, Bishopsworth Ward
Councillor Rob Logan, Filwood Ward
Councillor Louis Martin, Frome Vale Ward
Councillor Zoe Peat, Avonmouth & Lawrence Weston Ward
Councillor Tim Rippington, Brislington East Ward
Councillor Kirsty Tait, Hartcliffe & Withywood Ward

Ending with "Labour Councillors sign our demand: Tony Dyre STOP sending bailiffs to collect council tax debt"
A picture of ACORN members holding a 'Boot the Bailiffs' sign.

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ACORN International @acorninternational.bsky.social · Aug 31

ACORN Union’s first national convention featured workshops on recruitment, leadership, housing rights, and communications, and included an eviction resistance role-play, culminating in the launch of their Bailiffs Out of Britain campaign.

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ACORN the union @acornunion.bsky.social · Aug 30

💪 Hundreds of members from across England & Wales came together in Bristol today for our members convention!

We had a HUGE national campaign launch, a massive eviction resistance training, workshops, & guest speakers from @fbunational.bsky.social & Living Rent🤝

What a day!

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ACORN the union @acornunion.bsky.social · Aug 30

“Generations of firefighters have built our union and made it as important a part of being a firefighter as wearing the uniform.”

Great talk by guest speaker, Matt Senior, from the @fbunational.bsky.social at our members convention🤝

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ACORN the union @acornunion.bsky.social · Aug 30

📢 So far today at ACORN’s national convention we’ve had sessions and workshops on the history of ACORN England and Wales, recruiting friends & family, ACORN in Wales, women in organising, building up your fellow members, and the Renters’ Rights Bill.

A lively start to the day💪

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ACORN the union @acornunion.bsky.social · Aug 30

🔥 ACORN’s first ever national convention has just kicked off with a speech from Chair of the Board, Chelsea.

“We’re building real power from the local to the international level. Things can change and they will!”

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · Aug 30

It's ACORN convention day at the Malcolm X Centre in Bristol!
Come on through with your tickets for a day of friendship, workshops, & the launch of our national campaign!

ACORN members stand beneath a sign reading "WELCOME TO MALCOLM X CENTRE"

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · Aug 29

Community Hub Defended by ACORN ✊

Incompetent council threatening an invaluable community hub, we took action at temple street and forced the council to agree to meet for a negotiation!

Sign below to insist that that hubs like Jill's MUST be protected. 🚩
Letter: acornuk.good.do/southwest/sa...

Inside Pickled Jill's Café, ACORN members sit with Jill sat at a table, cup of tea in hand, smiling at off to the side.

Five ACORN members raise their fist standing beside Jill outside of 100 Temple Street

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · Aug 28

No genocide profiteers in OUR communities! 🚩

Our members were outside Allianz's Bristol offices, standing in solidarity with the Palestinian people & supporting the demand that Allianz drop Elbit Systems, Israel's no. 1 weapon supplier 🕊️ ❤️🖤🤍💚

Two ACORN members holding an ACORN banner & a Palestinian flag in amongst other protesters. One holds a "(St)op (Ar)ming Israel" sign, another set holds a "Disarm-Br(istol)" banner.

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · Aug 27

Our outreach at Forward Festival couldn't have been more warmly received! Wonderful to have had a supportive visit from @zarahsultana.bsky.social as well ✊

An ACORN member posing with a fist in the air, holding an ACORN flag with Zara Sultana outside a tent at the Forward Festival

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Spice8Rack (Marxist) @spice8rack.bsky.social · Aug 23

You love to see a case you were part of get a happy ending. Unions fucking rock man ✊🚩

ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · Aug 23

LIFE-CHANGING WIN for ACORN members Wesley, Jess, and their kids ❤️✊

After more than 5 years of reporting maggots coming up from the floorboards in their flat, we took action and FINALLY the council have recognised their accommodation as unsafe and moved them!

ACORN members pose outside of SNC housing, their left fists in the air with a branded flag unfurled

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · Aug 23

LIFE-CHANGING WIN for ACORN members Wesley, Jess, and their kids ❤️✊

After more than 5 years of reporting maggots coming up from the floorboards in their flat, we took action and FINALLY the council have recognised their accommodation as unsafe and moved them!

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ACORN the union @acornunion.bsky.social · Aug 22

The man-made famine in Gaza is now officially recognised months after Israel’s deliberate starvation campaign was obvious. The most preventable famine in history, unfolding in plain sight and we won’t forget our government armed, funded and gave it cover.

Sky News @news.sky.com · Aug 22

Famine declared in Gaza City

A famine has officially been declared in Gaza City and the surrounding neighbourhoods, according to a UN-backed group.

news.sky.com

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · Aug 20

Our message is clear: GENOCIDE PROFITEERS ARE NOT WELCOME IN OUR COMMUNITIES ✊

Stay tuned to hear the outcomes of these negotiations and the decision-making meeting in a week's time...

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · Aug 20

We agreed to pause further action, and our negotiators are prepared for the meeting this evening.

We'll be bringing up both direct funding from arms companies in the past, and the science centre continuing to work with and host arms companies in the last few months.

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · Aug 20

After initially refusing to meet with us until AFTER their decision-making meeting this month, we planned a follow-up outreach session outside We The Curious...

The CEO found out and emailed offering us a negotiation meeting immediately! Direct action WORKS 💪

White text on red: "Win - Negotiation Secured!"

Under, image of ACORN members outside We The Curious holding banners

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · Aug 14

Let's turn this NATIONAL 🇬🇧

The UK Gov has launched a consultation on council tax & we have a chance to tell THEM what WE think about bailiffs 😡@acornunion.bsky.social has produced a guidance document: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Or use the QR to email our response! Make them hear your voice! ✊

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · Aug 12

We're asking @wethecurious.bsky.social to do the right thing this board meeting: To not launder the reputation of arms companies by hosting them in your space!

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · Aug 7

Another month another fantastic meeting!

Join your local branch of ACORN today to find community in building community power ✊ 🚩

A group of ACORN members, pose with their left fist in the air holding ACORN banners on front of a mural

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · Aug 6

An ACORN member fled home after their landlord's behaviour left them feeling threatened & unsafe. Further harassment led us to march on the estate agencies he uses; which secured a face-to-face meeting to hear & make good on our member's demands.

Direct action gets the goods ✊

ACORN members line out outside Richard Harding, an estate agent founded by the landlord, holding flags & placards with various pro-resident slogans.

ACORN members line out outside Abode, holding those same placards with various pro-resident slogans. "Compensate Residents!" takes front and centre

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · Jul 25

Children's education should be free from war🕊️
Our open letter, signed by hundreds of people on Saturday, calls on @wethecurious.bsky.social to cut ties with the arms trade: just last month they hosted arms manufactures for a graduate careers event😡
Add your name now: acornuk.good.do/southwest/WT...

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ACORN the union @acornunion.bsky.social · Jul 23

1/3 of people in Gaza haven’t eaten for several days in a row. Huge swathes of the population are facing famine conditions.

But this isn’t a famine. It’s forced starvation at the hands of the Israeli death machine. It’s genocide.

And our government is complicit.

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · Jul 21

Our stance is clear: We love expanding access to education for kids, but it is simply not right if it's being funded by companies involved in the destruction of other children's educational potential.

This was a day of joy for 100's of people who may not have otherwise been able to afford a ticket.

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · Jul 21

Instead of smearing our members, maybe museum directors should be spending their energy looking at their ethics policies and finding ways to cut ties with the arms industry 🤔

@wethecurious.bsky.social

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