Last week, @acornunion.bsky.social hosted our national congress in Bristol & it was a complete blast! A dozens of workshops & talks, amazing food, & brilliantly energising company. Join your local ACORN branch today to get involved in organising your communities for good!

🚩NO MORE HIRED THUGS 😡 Almost every Labour councillor has signed our open letter. Tony Dyre - where are you? Every day your bailiffs are harassing low income and vulnerable Bristolians! Where is Bristol Council's commitment to end bailiff bullying?

ACORN Union’s first national convention featured workshops on recruitment, leadership, housing rights, and communications, and included an eviction resistance role-play, culminating in the launch of their Bailiffs Out of Britain campaign.

💪 Hundreds of members from across England & Wales came together in Bristol today for our members convention! We had a HUGE national campaign launch, a massive eviction resistance training, workshops, & guest speakers from @fbunational.bsky.social & Living Rent🤝 What a day!

“Generations of firefighters have built our union and made it as important a part of being a firefighter as wearing the uniform.” Great talk by guest speaker, Matt Senior, from the @fbunational.bsky.social at our members convention🤝

📢 So far today at ACORN’s national convention we’ve had sessions and workshops on the history of ACORN England and Wales, recruiting friends & family, ACORN in Wales, women in organising, building up your fellow members, and the Renters’ Rights Bill. A lively start to the day💪

🔥 ACORN’s first ever national convention has just kicked off with a speech from Chair of the Board, Chelsea. “We’re building real power from the local to the international level. Things can change and they will!”

It's ACORN convention day at the Malcolm X Centre in Bristol! Come on through with your tickets for a day of friendship, workshops, & the launch of our national campaign!

Community Hub Defended by ACORN ✊ Incompetent council threatening an invaluable community hub, we took action at temple street and forced the council to agree to meet for a negotiation! Sign below to insist that that hubs like Jill's MUST be protected. 🚩 Letter: acornuk.good.do/southwest/sa...

No genocide profiteers in OUR communities! 🚩 Our members were outside Allianz's Bristol offices, standing in solidarity with the Palestinian people & supporting the demand that Allianz drop Elbit Systems, Israel's no. 1 weapon supplier 🕊️ ❤️🖤🤍💚

Our outreach at Forward Festival couldn't have been more warmly received! Wonderful to have had a supportive visit from @zarahsultana.bsky.social as well ✊

You love to see a case you were part of get a happy ending. Unions fucking rock man ✊🚩

LIFE-CHANGING WIN for ACORN members Wesley, Jess, and their kids ❤️✊ After more than 5 years of reporting maggots coming up from the floorboards in their flat, we took action and FINALLY the council have recognised their accommodation as unsafe and moved them!

The man-made famine in Gaza is now officially recognised months after Israel’s deliberate starvation campaign was obvious. The most preventable famine in history, unfolding in plain sight and we won’t forget our government armed, funded and gave it cover.

After initially refusing to meet with us until AFTER their decision-making meeting this month, we planned a follow-up outreach session outside We The Curious... The CEO found out and emailed offering us a negotiation meeting immediately! Direct action WORKS 💪

Let's turn this NATIONAL 🇬🇧 The UK Gov has launched a consultation on council tax & we have a chance to tell THEM what WE think about bailiffs 😡@acornunion.bsky.social has produced a guidance document: docs.google.com/document/d/1... Or use the QR to email our response! Make them hear your voice! ✊

We're asking @wethecurious.bsky.social to do the right thing this board meeting: To not launder the reputation of arms companies by hosting them in your space!

Another month another fantastic meeting! Join your local branch of ACORN today to find community in building community power ✊ 🚩

An ACORN member fled home after their landlord's behaviour left them feeling threatened & unsafe. Further harassment led us to march on the estate agencies he uses; which secured a face-to-face meeting to hear & make good on our member's demands. Direct action gets the goods ✊

Children's education should be free from war🕊️ Our open letter, signed by hundreds of people on Saturday, calls on @wethecurious.bsky.social to cut ties with the arms trade: just last month they hosted arms manufactures for a graduate careers event😡 Add your name now: acornuk.good.do/southwest/WT...

1/3 of people in Gaza haven’t eaten for several days in a row. Huge swathes of the population are facing famine conditions. But this isn’t a famine. It’s forced starvation at the hands of the Israeli death machine. It’s genocide. And our government is complicit.

Our stance is clear: We love expanding access to education for kids, but it is simply not right if it's being funded by companies involved in the destruction of other children's educational potential. This was a day of joy for 100's of people who may not have otherwise been able to afford a ticket.

We The Curious bosses start smear campaign against ACORN! After our action, CEO Donna Speed emailed accusing us of being "intimidating" & treating visitors with "aggression". Then, anonymous accounts started making the same accusations online. This shows what REALLY HAPPENED:

We The Curious have had to shut early for the day. We're curious as to why 🤔 but as we said in our speeches: If you truly wish to be led by the community, then heed the demands of Bristol's biggest community union ✊

Management has acquiesced to our occupation & @wethecurious.bsky.social is officially free to enter today! ✊ Let's now see movement on our demands, including: - Stop taking funds from arms companies profiting from Israel's genocide in Palestine - Sign up to Bristol Apartheid Free Zone

Kids EVERYWHERE deserve science education & it cannot be right for @wethecurious.bsky.social to fund learning for SOME children with money derived from DESTROYING the education of others.

WE THE CURIOUS OPEN FOR FREE ENTRY TODAY!! 🚩 ACORN Bristol has occupied the building. No tickets needed today - they've taken enough money from war profiteers anyway! CEO Donna Speed: cut ties with the Israeli killing machine NOW! 🛑

Tomorrow we're welcoming Mahmoud Soliman once more to ACORN Bristol. Free tickets are available to this discussion on community centred activism in the face of militarized colonialism. ✊ 🇵🇸 hdfst.uk/e134017

Happy Pride from all of us at ACORN! Trans Rights, not Rent Hikes!

2 days to go until the consultation deadline & we at the office are blasting through your submissions! 🫡 We've gotten more than 400 already! Kettle has been put on for a thrilling night of data entry 😜

Only 4 days remain to contribute to Bristol Council's housing consultation. We're urging everyone who can to fill it out, using our guidance if they so wish, to secure justice at last for many Barton House residents ✊ ⬇️Further information quoted below ⬇️

🚩5 DAYS REMAIN to contribute to Bristol Council's HomeChoice consultation. 🚩 Secure justice for Barton House residents & win gains for ALL future Bristolians facing extended housing emergencies. ⬇️ Link to our guidance below ⬇️

🚩ONE WEEK REMAINS to contribute to Bristol Council's HomeChoice consultation. 🚩 Secure justice for Barton House residents & win gains for ALL future Bristolians facing extended housing emergencies. ⬇️ Link to our guidance below ⬇️

🚨 We're close to a HUGE win! 🚨 After campaigning for justice for Barton House for a year and a half since the chaotic evacuation, we're now urging everyone to complete BCC's consultation to secure housing for the victims of this crisis. Consultation guidance: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

After a persistent and brave 18 month campaign, ACORN members in Barton House, Bristol are now very close to a huge victory in their fight for justice. Please watch the video below and complete the consultation👇

🚨 We're close to a HUGE win! 🚨 After campaigning for justice for Barton House for a year and a half since the chaotic evacuation, we're now urging everyone to complete BCC's consultation to secure housing for the victims of this crisis. Consultation guidance: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🇵🇸 ACORN statement on the banning of Palestine Action

“If killing 23 civilians at an aid distribution site is not terrorism, how can we possibly be expected to accept that spray-painting a plane is? In what circumstances could civil disobedience ever be justified if not now?” - Sally Rooney👏

This Wednesday at the St. Pauls Learning Centre! Click the link below to join us in an evening of education, love, & solidarity with those organising in struggle in the West Bank.

Local Labour group lead, @tomrenhard.bsky.social, voices strong support for our campaign! As a non-partisan union we do not align ourselves with parties. But we will happily work with councillors who can bring positive results for our members. Let's see the end of bailiff bullying in Bristol! ✊

On our 55th anniversary, ACORN members took global action to expose Adani's mass eviction plan in Dharavi, Mumbai. From London to Canada to Dallas, we demanded justice and accountability. 📢 Stand with Dharavi —> sign the petition. 🔗 Link in bio.

USE YOUR VOICE! 🗣️📢 After years of campaigning for Barton House, a public consultation on rehousing policy has opened up! This could be life changing for residents & we need as many voices to contribute as possible. Link to our guidance & the full consultation: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

My union is such a goddamn real one

We're thrilled to announce that Bristol Apartheid-Free Zone & ACORN Bristol will be hosting Mahmoud Zwahre from Popular Struggle Coordinating Committee for a FREE evening of political education & solidarity 🖤❤️🤍💚 ✊ Event link: www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/st-...

🚩ACORN WINS 🚩 Bristol Council voted to fund additional staff for debt advice services, agreed to meet with us to discuss reducing bailiffs, & we were repeatedly name-dropped during the vote 😎 We look forward to BCC continuing to meet our demands & the needs of Bristolians ✊

Our members are eagerly awaiting Bristol Council's vote on securing funding for debt advice, part of the household support fund. More debt advice will mean more protection from bailiffs, provided that the council agrees with our campaigns demands... #BootTheBailffs

Our members have been at Barton House today, assisting residents & members to compile & submit evidence to secure much needed housing! At least one household has been told they can be rehoused today because of this ✊

Absolutely outrageous 🤬 Slurs, homophobic jibes, & "jokes" about using ACORN members, regular workers & renters in our cities, as 'target practice'. We stand in full solidarity with the members of ACORN Norwich, & every person that struggles against such vile actors ✊

Absolutely outrageous 🤬 Slurs, homophobic jibes, & "jokes" about using ACORN members, regular workers & renters in our cities, as 'target practice'. We stand in full solidarity with the members of ACORN Norwich, & every person that struggles against such vile actors ✊

Today, many of our Muslim members are celebrating Eid! 🎉 Bristol ACORN wishes Eid Mubarak to all our Muslim members. 🌙✨ Wishing you all the best enjoy your day! 🕌🎈