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How local pension funds invest millions in defence, and why divestment isn’t simple

Avon Pension Fund manages £6 billion for 135,000 workers — but its investments in defence are sparking debate

Faith Rhiannon Clarke

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A group of people stand in front of a wooden structure, surrounded by trees, in a garden

Sukkot: In solidarity

Muznah Sh Farah

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Protesters hold up placards outside a large building

How the BBC failed Gaza

Faisal Hanif
Illustration of a grey factory building with a reflection of it in green underneath

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The workers who tried to make ‘swords into ploughshares’

Andy Danford spent decades in Bristol’s aerospace and arms sectors, navigating industrial battles, political upheaval, and bold ideas for transforming weapons factories into socially useful workplaces

Adam Quarshie
Adam Quarshie
Illustration of a primate painting against a backdrop of planes bombing a hillside

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In conversation with: Art Against War Club

Adam Quarshie
Adam Quarshie
Illustration of a woman in a headscarf holding a miniature family engulfed in flames on their hand.

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‘Your soul dies but your body stays alive’

Roshan De Stone
Roshan De Stone

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Three people standing in front of a jet wing hold white signs in front of their faces

On the road in Filton – Bristol’s arms trade quarter

The Cable tours the weapons factories of north Bristol, encountering endless aviation memorabilia, indifferent locals and aggy security guards

Michal Grant
Michal Grant

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

Bristol activists stand with the West Bank olive harvest

The West Bank olive harvest has become increasingly violent as far-right Israeli settlers escalate their attacks. Yet Palestinian farmers and their supporters remain steadfast

Tom Anderson
Tom Anderson