BICEP 💪

BICEP. Every Wednesday 7-9pm at The Bell. Free and open to everyone, come along! (13th May will now be held in the backroom of The Bell in keeping with the other weeks)

Bath Independent Community Education Project: Every Wednesday 7-9pm from 8th April at The Bell. Free and open to everyone, come along!

Bath Independent Community Education Project presents EVERYBODY TO KENMURE STREET With a discussion and anti raids training from Bristol Antiraids Network Wednesday 27th May at Oasis Hub Bath, BA1 5DU Doors: 18:30 Film: 19:00 Discussion: 20:30 Please let us know any access needs and we will do our best to address them. For accessibility information see /church-life/accessibilityinformation/

Building Solidarity in a Disabling World Further Resources: Groups to follow: @disabledpeopleagainstcuts Disability New Service Upcoming Events: 6th June, Social Security is a Trade Union Issue at Tony Benn House 20th June, Disability Pride Bristol Links in bio or in the resources section of the website: network23.org/bicep

Shutting Down Fascism on the Streets Wednesday 20th May, 7pm in the Backroom of The Bell The riots of summer 2024 show that far-right 'protests' can quickly devolve into racist attacks, terrified communities, and burning hotels. The police are unable and unwilling to stop them. But fascist street movements start small. By directly countering their marches, rallies, and events, we can prevent them from ever growing large. These counterprotests, however, are often heavily policed and can be unpredictable, even to people with experience of other protests. A determined antifascist crowd can hold the line and withstand police attempts to push the fascists through. It takes courage, but it also requires an understanding of the police, the far-right, and how to effectively work with a crowd of strangers. Drawing on case studies from the last few years, we will talk about what to expect at antifascist counterprotests, how to keep yourself and others safe - and how to stop the fascists from achieving their goals. There will be a practical element for those who want to take part - please wear sensible shoes!

Racism: How to spot it, how to combat it, how to have difficult conversations about it. Further Resources: Wish We Knew What to Say: Talking with Children About Race by Pragya Agarwal Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge If We Tolerate This: How the British Establishment Made the Far Right Respectable by Daniel Trilling About Race Podcast with Reni Eddo-Lodge All links in bio or in the resources section of our website: network23.org/bicep

Building Solidarity in a Disabling World Wednesday 13th May, 7pm in the Backroom of The Bell Our world is organized to enable some people to meet their needs and to disable other people. Disabled people are often assumed to be a burden on the wider population. This is used to justify cuts to services and support. This is not new, but the hostility directed at Disabled people is increasing. Disabled people are among the first targets of fascism. This was the case in Nazi Germany as it is in modern day Britain. This session will look at some of the struggles, achievements and principles of the Disabled people’s movement which are often disappeared from history lessons as well as from wider activism. Disabled people are not an optional extra. Anti-fascist resistance must learn from, and build solidarity with, the insights and experiences of the Disabled people’s movement. We will discuss what needs to change and how it might be done. Please let us know any access needs asap and we will do our best to address them.

Transphobia: how did we get here and what can we do about it? Further Resources: Groups to follow and support: Dandelion: @dandeliondiy Project4t: @prism_bdp Bath Queer Directory Safe Space Bath: @safe.space.bath Trans Safety Network: @transsafetynetwork Good Law Project: @goodlawproject Further Reading: Gender Ideology? Up Yours! by @freedom_news1886 How to fight the trans panic Zine by @notrightruth What's wrong with the Cass Review by @notrightruth Links in bio or the resources section of our website: network23.org/bicep

Racism: How to spot It, how to combat it, how to have difficult conversations about it People are in denial about what racism is, which means it's hard to spot and even harder to deal with. Racism permeates most things in our society, from the books we are taught from, to AI soap dispensers not being coded to recognise dark skin. Because racists are also experts in deniability, we are not having the difficult conversations we should have. In this session, we'll talk about racism, anti-racist strategies and have some difficult conversations ourselves. Wednesday 6th May, 7pm in the Backroom of The Bell

The Media and How (Not) to Talk about the Far Right Further Resources: Book and Podcast: The View from Somewhere by Lewis Raven Wallace Blog: The word ‘populism’ is a gift to the far right – four reasons why we should stop using it’ in The Conversation Journal Article: The media and the mainstreaming of the far right: reporting, enabling or countering? by Katy Brown and Aurelien Mondon All links in bio and the resources section of the website: network23.org/bicep

If anyone has information about any immigration raids that have occurred or anti-raids activity taking place in Bath, please get in contact with us on instagram or by email: [email protected] Also, Download Signal and join the Bath Anti Raids Alerts group! The group chat is exclusively for raising alerts about immigration enforcement activity in Bath! Please do not text about anything else. For information on how to spot a raid, how to raise and alert and what to do: / It is an open group chat, every member can see your signal name and profile picture. Be mindful of what you text.

Catch us next week at Somerset Anarchist Bookfair! Saturday 2nd May, 11am-6pm, Rockaway Park It is a place to share radical ideas and DIY publishing with zines, stalls, talks and workshops across the site. Free entry, £5 parking, donations welcome