BASE Social centre
We are a long-running anarchist social centre in Bristol. We have a vegan cafe on Sundays,a library, an infoshop, a bike workshop, and more!
BASE has provided space for the development of anarchist & radical ideas and activities, community campaigns, and international solidarity.
Previously, it was known as Kebele, which means “community place” or “neighbourhood” in Amharic, an Ethiopian language. The term refers to localised community institutions, which dealt with their own needs & concerns, such as justice, health and community democracy. During the revolution in Grenada in 1979, Rastafarians involved in the struggle used the term “kebele” to refer to the community centres in each neighbourhood from which, in theory at least, the revolution was based. In 1983, the USA invaded the tiny island of Grenada to crush the rebellion.
The founders of Kebele were inspired by these meanings of the word, and current members are too.
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