People Just Do Something

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Listen: People Just Do Something – Sarah Jaffe on love in the time of fascism

Sarah Jaffe on why intimacy is political — and why your love life isn't just your problem.

Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins Priyanka Raval
Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins and Priyanka Raval

Edition 43

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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

Faisal Hanif

Edition 43

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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

Features

Damien Egan school visit: Anatomy of a faux scandal

How a sentence in a Cable article led to a media firestorm — resident political pundit Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins delves into the Damien Egan furore

Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins
Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins

Edition 43

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In conversation with: Art Against War Club

We sit down with the new collective using art to shine a light on Bristol’s production of 'shit tons of killing equipment'

Adam Quarshie
Adam Quarshie

Reports

University of Bristol paid private security firm to ‘spy’ on pro-Palestine protesters

Bristol is among 12 UK universities using Horus Security to monitor protest groups, raising fears of growing campus surveillance

Sean Morrison
Sean Morrison

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Neil Maggs

This image features the logo and title for Bristol Unpacked, a podcast presented by The Bristol Cable. It includes stylized illustrations of host Neil Maggs and this week's guest, Lewis Wedlock, in yellow circles against a grey abstract background.

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Lewis Wedlock – towards a positive masculinity

Neil asks masculinities educator Lewis about his work in schools in Bristol and beyond, the appeal of the manosphere and why it’s so important to meet young people without judging them.

Neil Maggs / Maggs Smart Media
Neil Maggs / Maggs Smart Media

Edition 43

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‘Your soul dies but your body stays alive’

After reaching the UK, Palestinians from Gaza face uncertain futures as they wait to be reunited with their families

Roshan De Stone
Roshan De Stone

Hope Is Around The Corner

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What now, Bristol?

As spring finally appears, bringing a sense of hope and renewal, what are the narratives that can unite and motivate those of us pushing for a better world?

Nikesh Shukla
Nikesh Shukla

Edition 43

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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

Opinion

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The Greens’ UBI proposal doesn’t go far enough

A council motion argues for a UBI for Bristol's arts sector. But there are more radical ways of rethinking work and income

Rae Deer

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Neil Maggs

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Kerri Matthews – what happens to families when parents go to prison?

Kerri, from Brentry's EveryFamily charity, talks to Neil about working with families where a parent is in prison, the shame and stigma children face and how the wider system needs to change after the failures of the austerity era.

Neil Maggs / Maggs Smart Media
Neil Maggs / Maggs Smart Media
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