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

Cable Community News

Celebrating Bristol’s change makers

Edition 13: We’re looking at the city’s change makers, past and present. In its own way, the Cable is changing the rules - creating media owned and led by those it serves.

The Bristol Cable
The Bristol Cable

Investigations

Immigration stops

Brits most ‘stopped and checked’ for immigration crimes they can’t commit

Data suggests racial profiling in 11 major UK cities.

Adam Cantwell-Corn
Adam Cantwell-Corn

Ideas and Action

Analysis: Bristol’s next move should look to Barcelona

 The Mayor and Bristolians can get inspiration in the struggle against the government.

Jenny Stringer

Features

Putting an end to the drug war and “the reign of terror”

Undercover cop-turned-drug reform activist Neil Woods talks about “the most important social justice issue of our time”.

Alec Saelens
Alec Saelens

People's History

One hundred years on, Bristol remembers those who refused to kill

Descendants of World War 1 conscientious objectors reclaim their history as a source of pride

Alec Saelens
Alec Saelens

Reports

Bristol University: £3m in six years from Atomic Weapons Establishment

University’s ‘strategic alliance’ with AWE, which maintains and develops the UK’s nuclear weapons, continues.

Lorna Stephenson
Lorna Stephenson

Investigations

Council to work with immigration enforcement to deport rough sleepers

New funding targets individuals for detention.

Adam Cantwell-Corn
Adam Cantwell-Corn

City

“Keeping drugs illegal isn’t protecting people” – Bristol MP

The Bristol Cable spoke to Thangam Debbonaire about her critical views of the government’s Drug Strategy, the need for reform, and concrete solutions.

Alec Saelens
Alec Saelens

Ideas and Action

Watch: Battle in the Countryside

A behind the scenes short documentary looking at Bristol Hunt Saboteurs, the animal rights activists who clash with hunters in a weekly battle in the...

Adam Cantwell-Corn
Adam Cantwell-Corn and The treatmentworx

City

Conflicting reports over why Tories didn’t meet core city leaders

There’s some confusion over why Tory ministers didn’t show up

Alec Saelens
Alec Saelens

Cable Community News

Co-op news: Cable members launch into action!

Using ‘big organising’ methods members are leading the way to turn the Cable into the UK’s first sustainable city-wide media coop. Photos: Norberto Fernandez Soriano

The Bristol Cable
The Bristol Cable
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