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Edition 43

How the BBC failed Gaza

Far from being ‘impartial’, BBC coverage of Gaza has consistently amplified Israeli narratives and downplayed Palestinian suffering. Another kind of journalism is needed

The Greens’ UBI proposal doesn’t go far enough

The destructive juggernaut of Black Friday reminds us why we should resist the advertising industry

Hope Is Around The Corner

If you terrorise children, we have nothing in common

Following yet another anti-migrant hotel protest, Nikesh considers whether it’s even possible to engage with the other side

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Opinion

Bristol needs better access to talking therapies

Opinion

East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood: Good intentions aren’t enough

Being a Crip is a radicalising experience

With the government’s disability benefits cuts coming into force, communities in Bristol and around the country are resisting under the banner Crips Against Cuts

Tech workers need unions too

With mass layoffs and poor working conditions becoming widespread across the sector, it’s time for techies to get organised. 

School exclusion, child imprisonment and a state of punishment

A psychologist, who has worked with children in Bristol’s secure estate and pupil referral units, says the way England treats struggling children makes them believe they’re destined for failure.

Humiliation, trauma and mistrust: why we must scrap Section 60

The founder member of police accountability group Bristol Copwatch explains why the Avon and Somerset force must stop running racist and ineffective suspicionless stop-and-search operations.

Recent floods show once again that it’s high time to formally recognise the rights of the River Avon

Rivers are rights-bearing beings that deserve to have a voice in our decision-making structures – and to be treated as life-sustaining ecosystems, not vessels to carry away human waste.

‘We need to move the dials’: Avon and Somerset Police must show real change on institutional racism

The police have been gaslighting us for generations – and officers’ use of intrusive stop-and-search powers is still blighting Bristol’s young Black boys, a local racial justice advocate argues.