Voices

Bristol and Beyond

On the front lines against ISIS

We hear from a Bristolian in the ongoing anti-fascist fight in Syria.

Sabcharlie

Ideas and Action

Voice: Drug deaths – “It doesn’t need to be this way”

After the loss of her partner to drug addiction, Cara joined the campaign advocating for drug legalisation.

Cara Lavan

Voices

“Beautiful, ordinary people”: Capturing Brexit on film

Ahead of Bristol Radical Film Festival, the Cable spoke to director Timothy George Kelly about his ‘state of the nation’ documentary, Brexitannia.

Lorna Stephenson
Lorna Stephenson

Voices

Opinion: Creative solutions for the city’s van dwellers could be a win-win for everyone

A van dweller argues that community and council engagement could find solutions that suit Bristol’s diversity and tolerance.

Isabel Burnett

Voices

Opinion: We need to fight council tax plans that hit poorest hardest

The short sighted and damaging plans need to be dropped and another way found, argues Anny Cullum an organiser for ACORN.

Anny Cullum

Voices

Opinion: Engineers can’t ignore social responsibility

“If we are going to look with pride on how our tools make positive contributions to the world, we must also accept some responsibility for...

Ben Marshall

Ideas and Action

Listen: Powerful voices and stories of recovery from addiction

A selection of powerful stories of people going through recovery.

Emmie Davies and Maria da Silva

Voices

OPINION: BBC wrong to host climate skeptic

Cable member Graham McGrath, a Bristol-based environmental consultant, says the BBC were wrong to host Lord Lawson, the well known climate skeptic.

Graham McGrath

Voices

OCD: fighting a battle inside my head

Nearly 70 overdoses and a stomach full of charcoal: one young woman shares her 18-month experience of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Anonymous

Ideas and Action

Collective re-organisation

In Bristol, people are turning to alternative unions like ACORN and the IWW to get their voices heard on critical issues such as housing and workplace inequality.

Jenny Stringer

Visuals

Video: What’s up with the council cuts consultations?

The council is planning to cut back on libraries, public toilets, school crossing patrols and adult social care. As the consultation roadshow comes to an...

Alec Saelens
Jenny Stringer and Alec Saelens

Ideas and Action

Beyond food banks: Solutions for feeding Bristol

Laurie King, from Sims Hill Shared Harvest, explains the need for a holistic approach to tackle food insecurity – and the projects, including Sims Hill’s...

Laurie King
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