BRISTOL PROTESTS TRUMP'S VISIT

The US president Donald Trump is in the UK for a state visit this Monday (3 June 2019). 
Here in Bristol, a demonstration to protest his coming starts today at 5pm.
 London will protest tomorrow...

And Bristol also protests here in its own way!!
News for Trump's visit...

 Political china ware produced to coincide with
President Donald Trump’s State Visit to the UK

Protest Ware from Stokes Croft China

Fine bone china memorabilia is traditionally used by the Establishment to celebrate its power.
We are all too accustomed to seeing commemorative Royal wedding mugs or plaques celebrating Royal events.

Turning convention on its head, radical political activists at the Peoples Republic of Stokes Croft in Bristol have produced a range of hard-hitting political china ware in resistance to the impending visit to the UK by Donald Trump.

Director Chris Chalkley states: “There is enormous opposition to the visit of this President to the UK. It is entirely appropriate to celebrate and commemorate the resistance to Donald Trump and all that he stands for, and to remind ourselves of the realities behind all the razzamatazz.  After all, this is a man who denies climate change, has characterised the majority of Mexicans as rapists, and thinks that it is perfectly ok for him to “grab ‘em (women) by the pussy.”

We are pleased to offer a “Dump Trump” 20cm Bone china plaque in a limited edition of 25pcs decorated in inimitable Stokes Croft China style, the platinum bling coming from salvaged print from the now-defunct Spode factory in Staffordshire.

Also on offer are three different bone china mugs, all decorated on our premises in Stokes Croft, Bristol.
Each piece delivers political comment in style.

Big thanks go to Kalle Lasn at Adbusters Magazine for allowing us to use the magnificent and wholly appropriate Trump image with the "Hitler" barcode moustache.

Only 100 of each mug will be made available.

All items are available for purchase online and at The Stokes Croft China Gallery, 35 Jamaica Street Bristol BS2 8JP  from Friday onwards

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 EDITOR’S NOTES: Background:

The People’s Republic of Stokes Croft was founded in Bristol in 2007. It was deeply involved in the campaign to keep Tesco out of Stokes Croft in 2011. Tesco won their fight over the community, and riots ensued later that year.

The organisation has championed street art/graffiti, creating of Stokes Croft an outdoor gallery, and is responsible for the placement of the now infamous Bear statue in the centre of the city that Bristol City Council is determined to remove from the Bearpit.

PRSC is a social enterprise that receives no external funding, thus retaining political independence, yet has managed to create a significant organisation which works for community.

 PRSC is in the process of setting up a community land trust (Stokes Croft Land Trust) so that the building it works from will be owned by the local community in perpetuity.

 Stokes Croft China is the principal revenue earner for PRSC. The founder, Chris Chalkley worked for thirty years in the pottery industry.  When the majority of factories in Staffordshire were forced to close twenty years ago due to globalisation, Chris had the foresight to buy kilns and the whole back catalogue of ceramic print from the last independent decorating factory in Staffordshire.

Stokes Croft China has become renowned for its eclectic range of china ware, from the highly political to unique art pieces that are increasingly collectable.

 People’s Republic of Stokes Croft CIC 

17-25 Jamaica Street

Bristol

BS2 8JP