Easton-based alternative mag Bristle has made it to 20
issues (in 8 years!). You can pick up a copy locally -
in The Plough & Chelsea Inn pubs, in Big Saver on St
Marks Rd, and at Kebele on Robertson Rd. Here's some
blurb issued by Bristle about the new issue:

The State Of Our Health

Bristle no.20 out now
By editor 4

“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. 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. You can see a B&W
image of the front page on our website or here
http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/09/323157.html

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@...
Web: http://www.bristle.org.uk



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