Month: May 2022

A bus shelter with an illuminated digital billboard
Community, Feature, news, Top Story

Campaigners’ Horror as 86 New Digital Billboards Planned for Bristol 

An advertising company has entered planning applications for 86 digital billboards across Bristol, campaign group Adblock Bristol have discovered.  A map created by Adblock shows the proposed digital screens in locations from Southmead hospital in the north to Knowle in the south, and from Ashton Gate in the west to Fishponds in the east. Adblock are used to objecting to individual planning applications for new … Continue reading Campaigners’ Horror as 86 New Digital Billboards Planned for Bristol 

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Community, Culture Jam, Feature, Interviews and Analysis

Time to declare: climate activism in the world of cricket

On Wednesday May 11 the Jessop room of the Gloucester County Cricket Ground was filled with an unusual crowd.  Club executives, fans and players sat alongside climate activists and campaigners. Both had come to hear a talk on an unlikely subject: climate change and cricket.  This was the inaugural event of a new project called Time to Declare, a series of free talks chaired by … Continue reading Time to declare: climate activism in the world of cricket

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A protesters speaks into a megaphone whilst leading a crowd of people.
Demonstration, Disruption, March, news, Top Story

Ban Conversion Therapy demo becomes Impromptu Street Protest

Police were left scrambling to keep up when trans rights activists took to the streets in a spontaneous protest against harmful conversion practices A planned demo took place from 11am on College Green yesterday (May 14) hosted by Trans Pride South West and Bristol Pride. The demo was called against the government’s refusal to protect trans people from the practice known as conversion therapy, in … Continue reading Ban Conversion Therapy demo becomes Impromptu Street Protest

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Community, news, Public Meeeting, Top Story, Training/Learning

Bristol Climate Summit Takes Steps Towards United Climate Movement

Hundreds of activists, campaigners and politicians took part in Bristol’s first Climate Summit on Saturday to build a united climate movement.  The event (on May 7) was a sell-out and around 250 people packed into The Station on Silver Street, with dozens more joining a livestream, to hear a packed schedule of speakers including former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn MP and Green Party co-leader … Continue reading Bristol Climate Summit Takes Steps Towards United Climate Movement

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Protester holds a placard reading "Feminism not equal to forced womanhood"
Demonstration, Disruption, news, Top Story

Woman’s Place UK Protested by Trans Rights Activists

An event by a controversial women’s group went ahead yesterday evening at the University of Bristol despite a large demonstration outside.  Around 70 trans rights activists gathered from 6pm (May 3) to disrupt and protest a talk organised by Woman’s Place UK which was being held in the great hall of the Wills Memorial Building.   The protesters hung a trans pride flag above the main … Continue reading Woman’s Place UK Protested by Trans Rights Activists

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Demonstration, Disruption, news

Trans Rights Activists to Protest Women’s Group Event

Trans rights activists will protest a talk by a controversial women’s rights group later today.  Woman’s Place UK (WPUK) have advertised their talk as a discussion on the current “maternity crisis” exploring themes including “the importance of sex-based language and feminist analysis”. Protesters fear the purpose of the event is to discredit the language trans people choose for themselves in a medical setting, particularly regarding … Continue reading Trans Rights Activists to Protest Women’s Group Event

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