Some light relief from the flag wars:)
It’s all getting a bit too serious isn’t it with the flag wars?| STIRRINGS FROM BELOW
It’s all getting a bit too serious isn’t it with the flag wars?| STIRRINGS FROM BELOW
I’d rather not be writing about Union Jacks and England flags going up on lamp posts across the country, and crosses of St.| STIRRINGS FROM BELOW
With ‘Operation Raise the Colours’ adding fuel to yet another round of the so called ‘culture wars’, I realise that at some point, I’m going to have to write some kind of commentary about it.| stirfrombelow.substack.com
I write a strategy review looking at our activism and the context we have to operate in about every couple of months.| stirfrombelow.substack.com
This is where we archive the papers we’ve produced and distributed in the past for various purposes.| stirfrombelow.substack.com
There are a lot of distractions and psyops at the moment aren’t there?| STIRRINGS FROM BELOW
This post isn’t actually the review.| stirfrombelow.substack.com
As we’ve mentioned more than a few times before here, and also on our sister blog At the grassroots, our work at the community fruit and vegetable plot in our local park is us putting our money where our mouths are when it comes to practical action that makes a difference.| stirfrombelow.substack.com
The piece below was originally published on a now deleted, older version of this blog.| stirfrombelow.substack.com
In my previous post – Something feels...off... 5.4.25 – I wrote that I was going to take my foot off the gas for a bit, rest up and take some time to reflect ahead of what I feel is going to be a heavy summer.| stirfrombelow.substack.com
It would appear that the Deputy Prime Minister, Angela Rayner, has given the green light for cash strapped councils to sell off allotment sites to raise badly needed funds: Rayner allows allotment sell-off for councils forced to dig deep – Tony Diver | The Sunday Telegraph (via pressreader) || stirfrombelow.substack.com
The post below has already been published on our sister blog, At the grassroots. I make no apology for re-posting it here because, it’s about changing things right at the grassroots.| stirfrombelow.substack.com
This post was originally published at the start of last week on our sister blog, At the grassroots. It’s about something that’s very close to our hearts – regenerative farming. It’s also tangentially linked to something else very close to our hearts – decentralising and localising food production. So, on that basis, we think it’s worth re-posting it here on| STIRRINGS FROM BELOW
I’ve written more than I originally intended to about the situation regarding protests outside hotels and hostels accommodating asylum seekers.| STIRRINGS FROM BELOW
This post was first published on our sister blog, At the grassroots last autumn.| STIRRINGS FROM BELOW
The post below was originally published last autumn on the old, now binned, Wordpress version of the At the grassroots blog.| STIRRINGS FROM BELOW
The situation in the Essex commuter town of Epping with protests against the housing of asylum seekers at The Bell Hotel, remains tense.| STIRRINGS FROM BELOW
How many times have I been obliged to use this meme to illustrate a post?| STIRRINGS FROM BELOW
As the title of this post suggests, I’ve been going back through the archives again, with the specific intention of looking out for old posts on various aspects of community activism.| stirfrombelow.substack.com
A short while ago, we put up this post signalling an evolution of our tactics back towards using old school, analogue means of getting our message across: Moving back towards analogue? 28.2.25. This is in recognition of the fact that our online reach is being steadily throttled out of existence, and also that the honeymoon period we’re currently enjoying here on Substack isn’t going to last much longer.| stirfrombelow.substack.com
In London on Saturday 22 February, protesters marched to the Russian embassy to express their support for Ukraine in the ongoing conflict with Russia.| stirfrombelow.substack.com
I’ve been an activist in one guise or another pretty much since the late 1970s.| STIRRINGS FROM BELOW
The weekend that has just passed saw the Keynsham Music Festival take place.| STIRRINGS FROM BELOW
The rage baiters, race baiters and divide and rule merchants have certainly been having a lot to say for themselves recently, haven’t they?| stirfrombelow.substack.com
On occasions, we take a step back to review what we do with At the grassroots – decide what is and isn’t working, and then make the necessary changes.| stirfrombelow.substack.com
We talk a lot about radical change and why it's needed.| stirfrombelow.substack.com
We sincerely hope that in light of recent events, the copyright free memes above will be self explanatory.| stirfrombelow.substack.com
Over the last year or so, I’ve written a fair number of posts about the way we’re being nudged and pushed into accepting the idea that a war with Russia is inevitable and that society will have to be re-calibrated in order to prepare us for that conflict.| stirfrombelow.substack.com
In a number of posts on this blog, we’ve made it pretty clear that we’re starting to shift the way we disseminate our propaganda from digital to analogue means.| stirfrombelow.substack.com
Regular readers of this blog will be aware that I’ve been getting somewhat introspective about where my activism is going.| stirfrombelow.substack.com
We moved from Thurrock in Essex down to Keynsham in Somerset in July 2022.| stirfrombelow.substack.com
The murder of three young girls and the injuries sustained by other girls and the mums who did their best to fend off a knife wielding attacker at a dance event in Southport on Monday 29th July have left us in a state of shock: What’s happening in Southport?| stirfrombelow.substack.com
Back in 2021 when I went on the first of a number of anti-lockdown, anti-vaccine mandate protests in London, my initial impression was this was an indication of the emergence of a new social phenomena.| stirfrombelow.substack.com
Yet again, I'm obliged to write a piece on fifteen minute cities/neighbourhoods, Low Traffic Networks (LTNs) and Clean Air Zones (CAZs).| stirfrombelow.substack.com
Since I wrote and published this post – A message to those beating the drums of war 24.2.25 – a lot has happened, so reluctantly, I’m obliged to yet again address the rising tensions between Russia on the one hand, and Europe and the United Kingdom on the other.| stirfrombelow.substack.com
As things stand at the moment, Substack is a good host for both this blog, and our sister project, At the grassroots. Compared to when we used to host our blogs on Wordpress, we’re getting a lot more in the way of views and engagement here on Substack.| stirfrombelow.substack.com
The Hartcliffe and Withywood ward in the south of Bristol where 85.76% of the electorate chose to not vote in the local elections.| stirfrombelow.substack.com
We’re just into the early part of February and already, it feels like 2025 is going to be one very, very turbulent year.| stirfrombelow.substack.com
This piece stems from a strategy review I wrote looking at how the two of us behind this blog, and our sister publication At the grassroots, can make the best use of our time and energy in what’s most likely be a very turbulent year.| stirfrombelow.substack.com
This post was first published on our sister blog, At the grassroots. It’s very rare that I would cross post between the two blogs these because they’re both, separate, stand alone projects.| stirfrombelow.substack.com
I’ve been taking some time out over the festive break to have a think about where this blog and my activism are going in 2025.| stirfrombelow.substack.com
Around the Winter Solstice, it’s the time of year to try and take the foot off the gas a bit, take a few steps back and reflect on what has transpired during 2024 and what may transpire during 2025.| stirfrombelow.substack.com
Occasionally, I need to vent about the frustration and sometimes, pain of being an activist.| stirfrombelow.substack.com
On this blog, we’ve written a fair bit about movement.| stirfrombelow.substack.com
Below is a response by a member of Keep Bristol Moving to this piece: ‘We shouldn’t stop the East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood but we have to listen to its detractors’ - T H Cuthbertson | B24/7 | 15.11.24 . Cuthbertson is a member of the Green Party and resides in the area covered by the Liveable Neighbourhood.| stirfrombelow.substack.com
On Monday 29th July, three young girls were murdered at a Taylor Swift themed dance event: What’s happening in Southport?| stirfrombelow.substack.com
Let's get the important bit said first of all, namely that the winner of the UK general election is...the government!| stirfrombelow.substack.com
In the many decades I’ve been alive on this planet, it’s generally been the case that here in the UK after a general election, the incoming government enjoys a bit of a honeymoon period.| stirfrombelow.substack.com
