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A line of police officers wearing high-visibility jackets and carrying riot helmets

A year of aggressive policing against antifascists in Bristol

Nicholas Stone died after being pushed over by officers at a demo in January. Other protesters have been arrested, kettled and surveilled under increasingly draconian state powers

Adam Quarshie

Edition 44

Illustration of a man playing the violin, with the same man holding a flag, with a Hebrew symbol in between

Strange sounds, synagogues and solidarity: Bristol’s radical Jewish artists

Tom Chachewitz

Investigations

The rise and fall of Bristol Patriots

Adam Quarshie, Sean Morrison and Priyanka Raval

Photo illustration of a man in a bright jacket next to a map of Bristol

Hope Is Around The Corner

Bristol Patriots ‘unity march’ is a sham. We need to come out to oppose it

The far-right group’s latest demo claims to be about ‘religious unity’ but excludes Muslims. Bristol won’t fall for that

Nikesh Shukla

Hope Is Around The Corner

Skateboarding and finding Bristol’s best biryani — Resolutions for 2026

Nikesh Shukla

Hope Is Around The Corner

If you terrorise children, we have nothing in common

Nikesh Shukla

Edition 41

Antifascist protesters dressed in black try to de-arrest one of their activists from a line of police.

In conversation with Bristol Antifascists

Bristol Antifascists is a non-hierarchical group opposing far-right activity at the street level. We sit down with one of them to learn about the discipline, solidarity and compassion needed for this work

Adam Quarshie

This Better Work

A cardboard placard showing a swastika being thrown in a bin is raised above a city street full of people protesting

‘We need to face them on the streets’: how trade unions are responding to the far-right threat

The scale of the recent far-right turnout in Bristol rattled many trade unionists. Now, an anti-racist taskforce is forming to organise opposition in the South West, but activists say unions must show they have migrant workers’ backs.

Adam Quarshie

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