Category: Internationalist

Diversity Voice: Bringing Communities Together

Since the Brexit vote a year ago it’s been a difficult time for the many new workers that came to the UK looking for work and a future. Stories of a rise in hate crime since the Referendum along with instances of ‘What are you still doing here?’ being the greeting in many workplaces the […]

Bridgwater 3rd Annual Twinning Event to culminate with all-star show at Arts Centre

Bridgwater is proud of it’s internationalist heritage and for the 3rd year running will be highlighting this whilst promoting it’s 5 twin towns from across Europe during the weekend of 22nd April including an Internationalist ‘drop in’ at the Angel place and a ‘Twinning Cabaret’ at the Art’s Centre. The Somerset town is twinned with […]

Tuesday 7th February is CLASH DAY (again)

 It only seems a year ago that Bridgwater formally twinned with the US city of Seattle in order to take part in International Clash Day celebrating the life and works of Joe Strummer, lead singer and songwriter of that illustrious punk band and who famously chose to move to Bridgwater, where he sadly died in […]

Tonight Bridgwater debates Europe: In or Out LIVE from Bridgwater’s YMCA Centre

This evening (Thursday 9th June) Bridgwater radio station Sedgemoor FM is  hosting a LIVE question and answer event with Bridgwater Chamber of Commerce, Bridgwater Press and YMCA Somerset Coast, at the YMCA George Williams Centre, Friarn Avenue, Bridgwater. Host Dave Engelfield says “This is your chance to ask questions and find out just what staying […]

Internationalism on the Agenda for St George’s Day

This year the Bridgwater Twinning Conference will be spread over the weekend of 21st to 25th April. Bridgwater with  5 twin towns, (La Ciotat  France, Homberg-Germany, Uherske Hradiste-Czech Republic, Marsa-Malta, Priverno-Italy)  leads the way in modern day Internationalism around Somerset Organiser, Westover Councillor Brian Smedley, says “When we say ‘conference’ what we really mean is […]