Tom Anderson, Author at The Bristol Cable

Tom Anderson

‘A turning point in British history’: First Filton 25 defendants sentenced as terrorists

The Cable attended the sentencing of four Palestine Action activists as judge applies a terrorism-related enhancement to criminal damage for the first time in the UK

A man standing high up balancing on the branches of an olive tree

Bristol activists stand with the West Bank olive harvest

Bristol’s Kurdish community rallies for Rojava

A red brick corner building on a city street with large windows and white panels

People's History

Celebrating 30 years of the Base for Anarchy and Solidarity in Easton (BASE)

As the Easton-based social centre reaches its thirtieth birthday, we explore the history of the much-loved volunteer-run community space, which began life as a squat back in the mid-1990s

Kill the Bill prisoners are fighting repression from behind bars

A group of individuals riding bicycles in a rural landscape, waving Palestinian flags.

From Bristol to the West Bank: The power of internationalism in Palestine

An Illustration with two sides, one side in the light of various different folks sitting and standing chatting outside the corner premise of BASE social centre, on the right side is a darken red lite van with a police officer wearing headphones arched over a laptop

Under surveillance: how a man was recalled to prison after visiting a Bristol anarchist social centre

Toby Shone’s arrest by counter-terrorism police surveilling the BASE centre in Easton shows the state’s escalating clampdown on political dissent

It’s show time for Bristol’s arms industry

Bristol arms companies will be promoting themselves in Cardiff on 28th March.