Campaign group Save Bristol Zoo Gardens (SBZG) organised the march on March 12 to demonstrate public concern about the closure of Bristol Zoo Gardens and the conversion of the site to a housing development. Continue reading “Save our zoo” say residents opposed to development plans
A small group gathered outside the offices of the West of England Combined Authority (WECA) on Redcliffe street in a protest organised by the Ditch First Bus campaign and joined by members of WESTACT and XR Youth. Continue reading “Ditch First Bus” say campaigners as calls for bus review grow stronger
Members of XR Bristol held a demo outside the Broadmead branch of Barclays in solidarity with seven women sentenced today in London for breaking the windows of Barclays’ headquarters in 2021. Continue reading Protesters target Barclays as seven avoid prison for window-breaking action
Standing in the road at the junction of St Augustine’s Parade and Baldwin Street, hundreds of people from Bristol’s LGBTQ+ community voiced their anger at a recent attack on their rights by the government Continue reading Bristol protests latest attack on trans rights
Junior doctors, applauded throughout the pandemic, have endured a 26% real terms pay cut since 2008, according to the British Medical Association (BMA), and in 2022/23 were offered a 2% pay rise, well below the current level of inflation. Continue reading Junior doctors protest ahead of strikes over pay
Four years after declaring a climate emergency, Bristol council’s commitment to climate action was questioned by campaigners and an ironic birthday cake. Continue reading Council mocked over climate inaction
The “Tour of Shame”, as it was called, organised by XR Peace Bristol and Bristol Against Arms Trade, visited six arms companies in north Bristol: Thales and Leonardo in Stoke Gifford, BAE Systems and MBDA in Filton, Airbus on Gloucester Road North, and Rolls-Royce in Patchway. Continue reading From Bristol to Yemen: protesting the global arms trade
Bristol’s first “warm up” action saw ten people demonstrate inside Cabot Circus to raise awareness of fuel poverty and campaigns fighting against it. Continue reading Campaigners keep warm with Cabot Circus protest
Bristol Kurdistan Solidarity Network protested outside the Filton offices of major defence company Boeing to protest the sale of weapons to Turkey. Continue reading Boeing protest demands halt to arms sales
One hundred people gathered at The Fountain Steps on Saturday, November 19, for a demo to remember Mahsa Amini, and others killed in protests in Iran since the death of the 22-year-old Kurd at the hands of the police. Continue reading Mahsa Amini demo shows solidarity with Iran protests
