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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

🚩Last weekend ACORN members paid a visit to Holbrook Moran Estate Agents after they left tenants at risk of death after a fire broke out in the building they were living in with inadequate fire escapes. There's also damp, mould, rodents and repairs that they have refused to fix

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ACORN the union @acornunion.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

🔥 Last month we launched our national Bailiff Free Britain campaign. This month we’ve taken it on the road, with actions all across England and Wales and more yet to come! If you want to join the fight, then join ACORN today!

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ACORN the union @acornunion.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Sick of housing horror stories? You know what to do🎃 🔗 acorntheunion.org.uk/join

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ACORN the union @acornunion.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

🚨 The Renters’ Rights Bill has now received Royal Assent. From ACORN's very first meeting in Bristol over a decade ago, we identified ending unfair evictions as a key demand for our campaigning and a key wrong to right for our class.

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

We held our AGM at the lovely Cafe Conscious in Barton Hill we held Committee elections & discussed -ongoing campaign against bailiffs -tower block safety -ACORN's Villain of The Year! #BailiffFreeBritain #AcornCommunityProtection Join ACORN today acorntheunion.org.uk/join/

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

It's time for this medieval and barbaric practice to stop. It's time for a #BailiffFreeBritain ✊️

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

👋 See ya @ccuauk.bsky.social Imagine being unwelcome at your own conference! 300 ACORN members took over, and the bailiffs ran. No posh free lunch for you while the people you bully, harass and intimidate go without so they can feed their kids.

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Homes are for people, not profiteers!

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

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!

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

🚩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?

A list of Labour Councillors:
Councillor Tom Renhard, Labour Group Leader, Horfield Ward
Councillor Carole Johnson, Labour Deputy Group Leader, Horfield Ward
Councillor Al Al-Maghrabi, Frome Vale Ward
Councillor Kerry Bailes, Hartcliffe & Withywood Ward
Councillor Kelvin Blake, Hillfields Ward
Councillor Tom Blenkinsop, Avonmouth & Lawrence Weston Ward
Councillor Fabian Breckels, St George Trooper’s Hill Ward
Councillor Emily Clarke, Bedminster Ward
Councillor Kye Dudd, Southmead Ward
Councillor Lisa Durston, Filwood Ward
Councillor Paul Goggin, Hartcliffe & Withywood Ward
Councillor Katja Hornchen, Brislington East Ward
Councillor Susan Kollar, Bishopsworth Ward
Councillor Rob Logan, Filwood Ward
Councillor Louis Martin, Frome Vale Ward
Councillor Zoe Peat, Avonmouth & Lawrence Weston Ward
Councillor Tim Rippington, Brislington East Ward
Councillor Kirsty Tait, Hartcliffe & Withywood Ward

Ending with "Labour Councillors sign our demand: Tony Dyre STOP sending bailiffs to collect council tax debt"
A picture of ACORN members holding a 'Boot the Bailiffs' sign.

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ACORN International @acorninternational.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

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.

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ACORN the union @acornunion.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

💪 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!

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ACORN the union @acornunion.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

“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🤝

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ACORN the union @acornunion.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

📢 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💪

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ACORN the union @acornunion.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

🔥 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!”

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

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!

ACORN members stand beneath a sign reading "WELCOME TO MALCOLM X CENTRE"

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

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...

Inside Pickled Jill's Café, ACORN members sit with Jill sat at a table, cup of tea in hand, smiling at off to the side.

Five ACORN members raise their fist standing beside Jill outside of 100 Temple Street

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

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 🕊️ ❤️🖤🤍💚

Two ACORN members holding an ACORN banner & a Palestinian flag in amongst other protesters. One holds a "(St)op (Ar)ming Israel" sign, another set holds a "Disarm-Br(istol)" banner.

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

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 ✊

An ACORN member posing with a fist in the air, holding an ACORN flag with Zara Sultana outside a tent at the Forward Festival

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Pumpkin Spice8Rack @spice8rack.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

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

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

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!

ACORN members pose outside of SNC housing, their left fists in the air with a branded flag unfurled

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ACORN the union @acornunion.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

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.

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

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 💪

White text on red: "Win - Negotiation Secured!"

Under, image of ACORN members outside We The Curious holding banners

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

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! ✊

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

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!

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

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

A group of ACORN members, pose with their left fist in the air holding ACORN banners on front of a mural

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

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 ✊

ACORN members line out outside Richard Harding, an estate agent founded by the landlord, holding flags & placards with various pro-resident slogans.

ACORN members line out outside Abode, holding those same placards with various pro-resident slogans. "Compensate Residents!" takes front and centre

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

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...

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ACORN the union @acornunion.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

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.

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

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.

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

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:

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

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 ✊

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

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

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Pumpkin Spice8Rack @spice8rack.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

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.

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

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! 🛑

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

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

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

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 😜

5 smiling ACORN members raise their fists around a table with laptops.

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

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 ⬇️

White text on red reading "4 Days To Go"

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

🚩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 ⬇️

White text on a red background with ACORN members gathered at a rally for Barton House in Bristol Council. Text reads: "5 Days To Go"

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

🚩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 ⬇️

White text on a red background with ACORN members gathered at a rally for Barton House in Bristol Council. Text reads: "1 WEEK TO GO"

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

🚨 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...

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Nick Ballard @nickballard.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

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👇

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

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ACORN the union @acornunion.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

🇵🇸 ACORN statement on the banning of Palestine Action

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ACORN the union @acornunion.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

“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👏

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

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.

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

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! ✊

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ACORN International @acorninternational.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

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.

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