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Author: Colin Thomas

Edition 21

40 years ago, the far right in Bristol was faced down with music, pickets and ballots

With far-right ideas on the rise again, Colin Thomas draws on first-hand accounts and archive material to tell a story from a generation ago.

People's History

Unlocking the cells: Bristol's history of prison reform

Film

Watch: Battling for Bristol - Archives of social justice

and

People's History

Bringing the fight against apartheid to Bristol

Remembering Ron Press, the white South African dissident who became a leading light in Bristol activism.

People's History

It’s not all strikes and marches: Bristol’s struggle for fun, leisure and knowledge

City

An unusual WW1 hero from Bristol

People's History

The Forgotten Forest Charter

Colin Thomas of the Bristol Radical History Group looks at the age-old battle over British land use

Edition 3

An age old question in Bristol: Elections or direct actions?

130 years ago Bristol workers made a direct challenge to the power structure of the time.

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