Priyanka Raval

The Debrief

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Listen: The Debrief – race riots, trade union resistance and lessons from history

Priyanka Raval interviews journalist Adam Quarshie about trade unions’ response to far-right unrest, how they can do more for migrant workers, and whether their past relationship with racism needs to be reckoned with.

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Adam Quarshie, Priyanka Raval and George Colwey

Reports

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‘Being a man kills your feelings’: Moses McKenzie on masculinity, liberation and community

From Ends to the Eighties, the Cable catches up with Bristolian author Moses McKenzie to talk about men and masculinity in fiction and the present day.

Priyanka Raval
Priyanka Raval

People Just Do Something

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Listen: People Just Do Something – Fadumo Farah on Barton House, ACORN and a Holiday Inn mattress blockade

People Just Do Something is a relaxing and possibly enraging podcast about people who might self-identify as activists, untangling the means of effecting change in Bristol, broken Britain and beyond.

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George Colwey, Priyanka Raval and Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins

Features

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Vladimir, vapes and defending democracy: when the Cable met Pussy Riot in BS3

Celebrating the subversive, we spent an evening with the legendary Russian dissidents to get behind the balaclavas to discuss all things protest.

Priyanka Raval
Priyanka Raval

People Just Do Something

Listen: People Just Do Something and how to start a student encampment

People Just Do Something is a relaxing and possibly enraging podcast about people who might self-identify as activists, untangling the means of effecting change in Bristol, broken Britain and beyond.

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Priyanka Raval, Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins and George Colwey

The Debrief

Busy crowd of counter protesters on old market, placard in the centre reads "fascists are the minority"

Listen: The Debrief: No far right in sight… Bristol’s victory over hatred

Join Cable journalists discussing what’s driving the far-right violence across the country, and our city’s incredible show of solidarity as thousands took to the streets to say no to racist, xenophobic hatred.

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Sean Morrison, Priyanka Raval and George Colwey

Reports

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Huge counter demo in Bristol sends clear message that far right not welcome – as it happened

After the Bristol riot on Saturday, Cable reporters were live at the scene as counter protesters returned to the streets to stand up to the far right.

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Sean Morrison, Priyanka Raval and Matty Edwards

Features

A crowd of counter protesters by Castle Park, with one holding up a placard saying 'Fuck off fascists'

Long Read: Bristol took a stand against the far right, and it’s preparing to do it all over again

As the dust settles on the weekends’ clashes, the Cable reflects on the evening’s events - the racism, the resistance and the tensions that fuelled them.

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Priyanka Raval and Sean Morrison

People Just Do Something

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Listen: People Just Do Something with Grace Blakeley and the ‘cacophony of woke’

People Just Do Something is a relaxing and possibly enraging podcast about people who might self-identify as activists, untangling the means of effecting change in Bristol, broken Britain and beyond.

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George Colwey, Priyanka Raval and Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins

Podcasts

Listen: Cable Longreads – ‘Hollow victory’: a rape survivor’s journey through broken justice system

Cable reporter Priyanka Raval investigated whether the police's new approach to prosecuting sexual violence is really making a difference to survivors.

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Priyanka Raval and George Colwey

together for change

VIDEO: Chief constable challenged on ‘anti-racist policing’ progress and stop and search reform

It’s been a year since Avon and Somerset’s chief constable Sarah Crew admitted her service was institutionally racist, but what is she actually doing about it?

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Sean Morrison, Paula Romero and Priyanka Raval

Podcasts

Listen: the Debrief – raking over a historic set of Bristol general election results

Join sleep-deprived Cable journalists Priyanka Raval and Matty Edwards as they attempt to reflect on a long night of election fever that saw Bristol's first Green MP elected – and senior Tories kicked out around the city's edges.

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George Colwey, Priyanka Raval and Matty Edwards
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