A red brick corner building on a city street with large windows and white panels

People's History

Celebrating 30 years of the Base for Anarchy and Solidarity in Easton (BASE)

As the Easton-based social centre reaches its thirtieth birthday, we explore the history of the much-loved volunteer-run community space, which began life as a squat back in the mid-1990s

Listen: People Just Do Something with Led by Donkeys and the guerrilla story wars

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with ACORN’s Wesley Bear on activism, the Barton House evacuation, and frosty relations with the council

Features

‘No-one should control this land. Everyone should have a say over it.’

With the issue of access to green space amplified by the pandemic, can the act of trespass provide a way of reconnecting with nature and challenging the privatisation of land in England?

Voices

How my experiences of renting in Bristol pushed me to campaign for a fairer system

Features

The challenge of pissing the right people off: inside Extinction Rebellion Bristol

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.

Photos: Shutting down Broadmead to protest the environmental impact of fast fashion

On Saturday, hundreds of people took part in a protest in Bristol city centre organised by Extinction Rebellion to raise awareness of the environmental costs of the fashion industry.

Bristolians are blocking Oxford Circus

Around 400 people from Bristol are protesting in London and part of Extinction Rebellion.

One protest, two outcomes for Bristol anti-arms activists

Two activists, one act of protest, two different outcomes. The Bristolians campaigning against UK arms sales.

The sting: private investigators and spying on fracking and trade union activists

One firm shuts down its websites nationwide after hearing about this Cable investigation.

It’s show time for Bristol’s arms industry

Bristol arms companies will be promoting themselves in Cardiff on 28th March.