Resistance and Counterculture in Bristol, 1944-2023

In this guest article, David Williams maps a timeline of resistance in Bristol from the Park Street protests of 1944 to the Kill the Bill protests of 2021 and beyond. This history is at once an inspiration and a poingant reminder of the need for ongoing struggle for justice. Continue reading Resistance and Counterculture in Bristol, 1944-2023

Protesters walk in the road carrying a banner reading: Kill The Bill Protect our Human Rights.

Kill The Bill anniversary protest announced

A protest has been announced on the anniversary of the first Kill The Bill protest in Bristol, which took place on March 21, 2021. On that day, police violence escalated a peaceful protest into a riot as protesters fought back against police brutality that left dozens of protesters injured. Since then, 34 people have been arrested and charged with offences ranging from violent disorder to … Continue reading Kill The Bill anniversary protest announced

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 “right to protest” is a foreign concept to the majority who have never participated in one, and connections between protest and tackling the climate emergency or systemic racism were ignored by those more comfortable with the status quo.  The heartfelt … Continue reading We Need Space: New Film on Land Rights, the Environment and the Right to Protest

Banner reads: "Kill The Bill Protest is our Human Right"

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 learned and what questions remain unanswered. Part two is available here.  On 21 March 2021 Bristol experienced its first, explosive protest against the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts (PCSC) Bill.  One year on 12 people are in prison and dozens … Continue reading Kill The Bill: One Year On – Part 1

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. You can read part 1 here. Protests continued weekly throughout March and into April. Following the appalling events of March 21 and 23 both protesters and police were wary of one another, and although relations thawed over time there were … Continue reading Kill The Bill: One Year On – Part 2