Bristol Artists Confront Arms Makers

0:00On April 22nd, Bristol's Artigan's War Club kicked off to hit back at local arms makers right in their backyard. These artists aim to expose companies like Elbet Systems, who build sniper drones in Filton that play kids cries to lure and kill targets. Drawing from thinkers like Tony K. Bombara, they want to make resistance irresistible, spotlighting Palestinian voices, prisoners, and war-torn. Communities tied to Bristol's factories. The group showed their work at the M. Shed Museum alongside a dance exhibit on solidarity. Staff first praised the pieces calling out Bristol's role in wars from Palestine to Sudan. But days later, six artworks got yanked. Four naming Elbet and its UK boss Martin Fosett stayed off due to legal or policy calls. Protesters turned the censored images into masks, rallying 50 strong outside Elbet's Filton site. Fosett showed up too, blocked by a disarmed Bristol action. Folks question why the museum displays Rolls Royce military gear, but censors anti-arms

1:00critique sparking green council pressure that got edited. Pieces back up, making censorship part of the show. Bristol's arms scene employs around 10,000 but fuels corruption from council pensions to school sponsorships. It echoes the slave trade's economic grip, hurting migrants whose homelands get bombed by these weapons. Americans run from Zapatista prints to massive attack protests and gills got here in tracks. Art pairs with direct action to drag these firms into the light check disarmed Bristol on Instagram for workshops and their coming manifesto. Time to post complaints on those city walls and build the pushback.