Hydra Books http://www.hydrabooks.org 34 Old Market, Bristol Thu, 16 May 2013 22:16:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Email Encryption Workshop http://www.hydrabooks.org/email-encryption-workshop/ http://www.hydrabooks.org/email-encryption-workshop/#comments Sun, 21 Apr 2013 15:50:53 +0000 mat http://www.hydrabooks.org/?p=691

Categories: Hydra Event

Email Encryption for Beginners… Saturday May 25th 4:00pm The first of a monthly (last Saturday of each month) computer workshop aiming to provide jargon free workshops on useful programs. No experience necessary, but please if you have a laptop bring … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.hydrabooks.org/email-encryption-workshop/feed/ 0 Secrets and Spies. http://www.hydrabooks.org/secrets-and-spies/ http://www.hydrabooks.org/secrets-and-spies/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:15:21 +0000 jake http://www.hydrabooks.org/?p=662

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Pre-launch event for the Radical History Zone of Bristol Anarchist Bookfair 3pm – 6pm 13th of Apr The Radical History Zone of the Bristol Anarchist Bookfair will get off to a cracking start as author Eveline Lubbers shines a light … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.hydrabooks.org/secrets-and-spies/feed/ 0 4-5: Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels, and Black Power: Race, Class and Gender in the 60s U.S. http://www.hydrabooks.org/hillbilly-nationalists-urban-race-rebels-and-black-power-race-class-and-gender-in-the-60s-u-s/ http://www.hydrabooks.org/hillbilly-nationalists-urban-race-rebels-and-black-power-race-class-and-gender-in-the-60s-u-s/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:49:19 +0000 jake http://www.hydrabooks.org/?p=639

Categories: BRHG, Radical History Zone

Bristol Anarchist Bookfair. Roger Ball (BRHG) Radical History Zone. 20th of April. 4pm-5pm This talk is based upon a series of books that have recently appeared covering the hidden history of the white working class radical community groups who formed … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.hydrabooks.org/hillbilly-nationalists-urban-race-rebels-and-black-power-race-class-and-gender-in-the-60s-u-s/feed/ 0 12-1: British armed forces’ strikes and mutinies in 1918-19: a radical history project for the anniversary of World War I http://www.hydrabooks.org/british-armed-forces-strikes-and-mutinies-in-1918-19-a-radical-history-project-for-the-anniversary-of-world-war-i/ http://www.hydrabooks.org/british-armed-forces-strikes-and-mutinies-in-1918-19-a-radical-history-project-for-the-anniversary-of-world-war-i/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:44:25 +0000 jake http://www.hydrabooks.org/?p=632

Categories: BRHG, Radical History Zone

Bristol Anarchist Bookfair. Roger Ball (BRHG) Radical History Zone. 20th of April. 12-1pm   BRHG’s very own Roger Ball will kick off the afternoon with the conveniently forgotten history of British armed forces’ post WWI strikes and mutinies. Roger reveals … Continue reading →

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Categories: BRHG, Events, Radical History Zone

Bristol Anarchist Bookfair. Radical History Zone. 20th of April. 5pm-?   Pilar Lopez’s performance about the Spanish Social Revolution of 1936 aims to draw inspiration from these amazing times, sharing the beauty and relevance of those events and making links … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.hydrabooks.org/libres-songs-of-the-spanish-revolution-by-pilar-lopez/feed/ 0 1-2: Three Minutes to Midnight: The Women’s Anti-Nuclear Protest at Greenham Common http://www.hydrabooks.org/three-minutes-to-midnight-the-womens-anti-nuclear-protest-at-greenham-common/ http://www.hydrabooks.org/three-minutes-to-midnight-the-womens-anti-nuclear-protest-at-greenham-common/#comments Sat, 16 Mar 2013 15:47:59 +0000 jake http://www.hydrabooks.org/?p=611

Categories: BRHG, Events, Radical History Zone

Bristol Anarchist Bookfair. Elaine Titcombe (UWE) Radical History Zone. 20th of April. 1pm-2pm In 1984 the doomsday clock reached three minutes to midnight. This was the closest recorded time to global destruction defined (at that time) as imminence to nuclear … Continue reading →

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Categories: BRHG, Events, Radical History Zone

Bristol Anarchist Bookfair. Radical History Zone. Omasius Gorgut (Past Tense) 20th of April. 3pm-4pm “We’ll eat all we please from ham and egg trees that grow by a lake full of beer? The landlord well take and tie to a … Continue reading →

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Categories: Events

Bristol Anarchist Bookfair. Di Parkin (BRHG) Radical History Zone. 20th of April. 2pm-3pm   Di Parkin was a revolutionary activist from the early 1960s to the 1980s. She was employed as a community worker and an Equal Opportunities Adviser. Her … Continue reading →

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Categories: Events, Hydra Event

March 17th 2pm onwards. Calling all students, comrades, friends and strangers.Hydra Books are looking for volunteers to help operate our community run bookshop, coffee shop and meeting/event space on Old Market in central Bristol. Run by local people as a … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.hydrabooks.org/volunteer-open-day/feed/ 0 African Struggles Today: Social Movements Since Independence. Book Talk. http://www.hydrabooks.org/african-struggles-today-social-movements-since-independence-book-talk/ http://www.hydrabooks.org/african-struggles-today-social-movements-since-independence-book-talk/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:32:51 +0000 jake http://www.hydrabooks.org/?p=592

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Thursday 28th of Feb. 7:30-9:30 The on-going revolutions in North Africa and the Middle East have captured the world’s attention. But what is the state of social movements elsewhere in Africa today? Are we witnessing a new wave of social … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.hydrabooks.org/african-struggles-today-social-movements-since-independence-book-talk/feed/ 0 Acoustic Night @ Hydra Books Freedom Press Fundraiser. 23rd of Feb. http://www.hydrabooks.org/acoustic-night-hydra-books-freedom-press-fundraiser-23rd-of-feb/ http://www.hydrabooks.org/acoustic-night-hydra-books-freedom-press-fundraiser-23rd-of-feb/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:29:31 +0000 jake http://www.hydrabooks.org/?p=569

Categories: Events, Hydra Event, Music Night

All proceeds from this event will go towards Freedom Press to help pay for the damages suffered in a recent firebombing. More news here. Rita Lynch https://www.facebook.com/ritaxlynch Rita Lynch is a singer songwriter who achieved a major profile in the … Continue reading →

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Categories: Events, Hydra Event, Music Night

Saturday 26th of January. 7:00pm Join us for our first music night of 2013! with some upcoming and sublime local talent. Ryan Inglis https://www.facebook.com/ryanaoinglismusic Ryan Inglis’ music is an acoustic guitar base, matured for over 10 years infused with gospel … Continue reading →

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Categories: BRHG, Events, New Books

Thursday the 31st of January. 7:00pm. Price: Donation Book Launch presented by Bristol Radical History Group. Physical Resistance: A Hundred Years of Anti-Fascism Large-scale confrontations, disruption of meetings, sabotage and street fighting have been part of the practice of anti-fascism … Continue reading →

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Categories: Shop News

Over Christmas/New Year our opening hours will be: Wednesday 19th Open Thursday 20th Open Friday 21th Open Saturday 22nd Open Tuesday 25th Closed Wednesday 26th Closed Thursday 27th Open Friday 28th Open Saturday 29th Closed Tuesday 1st Closed Wednesday 2nd Closed Thursday 3rd Open Friday 4th … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.hydrabooks.org/holiday-opening-hours/feed/ 0 First anniversary of Hydra Books http://www.hydrabooks.org/first-anniversary-of-hydra-books/ http://www.hydrabooks.org/first-anniversary-of-hydra-books/#comments Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:17:51 +0000 Commander http://www.hydrabooks.org/?p=504

Categories: Events, Hydra Event, Music Night

The 26th of November marks the date that Hydra books first opened its doors. It is also the date that the Hydra will be visited by arguably some of the best that the South West has to offer in terms of local … Continue reading →

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