Ideas and Action
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A morning with activists taking direct action against immigration enforcement
The group said the action was in response to the "institutional racism of the government's hostile environment policy".
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Breaking the chain of alcoholism
Josh couldn’t get out of a vicious circle of addiction and destruction until he found an organisation that tackles the long-term effects of having alcoholic parents.
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Getting arrested in the name of the planet
We talk to some of the ‘Bathtub 16’ about why they spent eight hours in a bath on Cabot Circus this summer.
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The initiative shaking up sex-ed in Bristol
Sex education in schools is limited in its breadth and awkward in its delivery. Could a circus TROUPE with a 12 ft silken labia be the answer?
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Time to play as Bristol launches plan
Work with under-11s was cut when the council cut its youth services budget by 30% last year, but Bristol’s organisations have come together to find...
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Watch: Deliveroo Orders Rejected – a short documentary
The gig economy is getting bigger. But some workers are getting organised. In 2018, Bristol workers joined in.
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Ken Macharia not detained after asylum refusal
60 supporters accompanied him to his monthly check-in at Bridgewater police station.
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Homelessness: Nothing to do, nowhere to go?
Paul Blake is campaigning for a homeless day centre.
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Inside a Bristol warehouse is a vast history of women’s fight for rights
The Cable explores the present day relevance of the Feminist Archive South.
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Has identity politics gone too far? My take
There is no such thing as a politics unaffected by identity. So what's the fuss?
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A community fights for asylum justice
Bristol Bison rugby player Ken Macharia speaks about his experience of detention, as the system comes under the spotlight.
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Opinion: Wood burning stoves are deadly, not trendy
Stuart Phelps argues that “poverty is the only excuse for burning wood in the city".