'If having a statue of a slaver is so offensive, why didn't Bristol's black mayor take it down?' Maybe it had something to do with the Society of Merchant Venturers intervening at every turn to ensure that Colston's statue remained up, without any contextualising plaque.

Since the Colston 4 were found not guilty last week, the right has sought to claim their win was ideological - an assault on the rule of law. This is simply not the case, writes Steven Morrow: the group’s legal defence was robust. novaramedia.com/2022/01/13/the…

'Bristol’s unique selling point is the very people who fought against the slave trade' Countering Colston bristolworld.com/news/watch-ren…

Sun 12-2pm Ujima Radio discussing the community reactions to the Colston 4 verdict with Liz Small RA Cultural Consultancy Services. @CleoDanceBaton community activist. Janie Watson daughter of the late Ajax Watson discussing the planned mural Dr Lawrence Hoo D.Litt @shawnsobers

📢 Tonight 📢 How do #Bristol's Afrikan heritage citizens believe the city should recognise its role in the Transatlantic Trafficking of Enslaved Afrikans? Find out at the consultation report launch from 6pm on Zoom. Sign up: eventbrite.co.uk/e/project-trut… #Colston #Colston4

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"The committee approved the move during a closed session of the meeting." bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-n… <<meeting in secret!

#BristolHistoryCommission / Bristol City Council has been tipping off some MSM about a 'big' announcement today - can only be survey results of M Shed 'What Next - #Colston' display. Late to the party as ever - #GladColstonsGone Tristan Cork Post Countering Colston Bristol Radical History Group

Alternative Bristol 🌍 Bristol Citizen TRESA Countering Colston Bristol Radical History Group Martin Booth Joanna P. Booth Totterdown, Bristol Neil Maggs Pete Simson John Darvall Private Eye Magazine AdamPostansLDR Society of Merchant Venturers Merchants Hall didn't make it into this run-down of possible venues. I can only imagine that was because it's a bit out of the way... bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-n…

Did you know that Thatchers is owned by a Merchant Venturer?? 🤮 The Society of MVs is an elite private members club of which Edward #Colston was a prominent member. They have been heavily responsible for the continued celebrations of the slaver in #Bristol.

Pub crawl in BS5!! Hell yeah The Plough Inn, The Red Lion BS5 and The Chelsea BS5. BS5 is quickly becoming the most anti-Merchant Venturer neighbourhood in #Bristol❤️‍🔥 bristolpost.co.uk/whats-on/whats…

After #Colston4 Trial Victory - good news from #GladColstonsGone support group! Unspent £unds from the #TopplersDefenceFund crowdfunder are being passed to @bristolredistro for a special #Bristol allocation round - info soon via bristolredistro.org #wetoppledcolston Black Lives Matter UK (inactive)

Panel discussion: Whose Streets? Social Justice and Reclaiming Public Space with Countering Colston, HollabackLondon + Adfree Cities Part of the #BeyondConsumerism conference Sat 14 May 2022, @ Conway Hall, London More deets and registration: adfreecities.org.uk/conference-202…

BREAKING: Colston's School, the only school in Bristol actually founded by slave trader Edward Colston, has announced its new name: Collegiate School. Here's a flashback to June 2020, when 100 former pupils wrote to demand a new name bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-n…

Deadline this Sat 30th April to apply for funding from Bristol Redistro and Glad Colston's Gone collab- distributed in grants up to £1000 - so 13 different local anti racist campaigning or community groups could all receive a cash injection! bristolredistro.org/news/13518-fun…

We are excited to hear from Ros Martin & @katiefinnegancl from Countering Colston on the Whose Streets? Panel on Social Justice and Reclaiming Public Space ✊ at our #BeyondConsumerism conference next week 14 May FIND OUT MORE & REGISTER YOUR PLACE HERE: adfreecities.org.uk/conference-202…

Beautiful visual storytelling in this spoken word account of the key arguments and result from the Colston toppling trial. The piece was written in 2022 after the verdict in January that year by Rob Mitchell vimeo.com/879151954