Six Palestine Actionists bailed following Elbit action
Six activists with Palestine Action are now free from custody, having been granted bail at Bristol Crown Court yesterday. Three, however, remain in custody.
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Ban Conversion Therapy Demands 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
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
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
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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
Bristol Radical History Festival Returns This May
History floods Bristol today. No longer contained in museums and archives it flows on the streets, in the news and in our political discourse.
Upcoming Events in May
We end April with news that the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill has passed through Parliament and will soon become law. However, true
Fight Against Borders Bill is Fight Against Racist Society Say Protesters
Campaigners against the government’s increasingly hardline refugee agenda say that resistance must go beyond opposition to immediate legislation and must tackle racism in politics
Call To Protest “Cruel and Nasty” Rwanda Policy for Refugees
Bristolians will meet this weekend to protest Priti Patel’s latest demonic attack on asylum seekers. It was announced last week that Home Secretary Priti
Anti-Fascist Activists Celebrate as Far Right Demo Cancelled
On the day far right protesters had planned to demonstrate at the site of the former Colston statue, the empty plinth was instead host
Fixing Shoes With Sellotape: Cost of Living Crisis Rally in Broadmead
Yesterday, energy bills for households across the nation rose by 50% or more, adding to a rising cost of living that is leaving many
Student Activists Disrupt Controversial Speaker Yaron Brook With Noisy Protest
A guest lecture by a controversial libertarian was disrupted yesterday (March 30) evening by student activists. Dozens of student members of the University of
University Pickets Come Down but Resistance Rises
The latest round of strike action by University of Bristol teaching and research staff came to an end today with a fancy dress protest.
Features
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
We Need Space: New Film on Land Rights, the Environment and the Right to Protest
Throughout Bristol’s Kill The Bill campaign last year, one constant barrier between protesters and the public was communicating what “Kill The Bill” actually meant. The
Win for Protest Rights as Christian Climate Activist Conviction Quashed
Climate activist Reverend Sue Parfitt has had a conviction for obstruction overturned by a judge at Bristol Crown Court this afternoon. Speaking from outside the
Drumming Up Resistance: XR Samba and the Crackdown on Noisy Protest
Soundtrack to a thousand memories of roadblocks, marches and stand-offs with the police, the pounding rhythms of the samba band have arguably done more to
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Interviews and Analysis
Kill The Bill: One Year On – Part 1
This is part one of a two-part series looking back on one year of Kill The Bill in Bristol and asking what lessons can be
Kill The Bill: One Year On – Part 2
This is the second part of a two-part series looking at the legacy of Bristol’s Kill The Bill movement one year after the first protest.
Bridging the Divide: Angry Workers Come to Bristol
Block a road in protest and you’re criticised for stopping people getting to work. Boycott a business and you’re doing people out of a job.
New Documentary Connects Housing Crisis, Travellers and the PCSC Bill.
A newly released short film explores the highs and lows of life for travellers and van dwellers in Bristol caught between rents they cannot pay
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