Bristol

Defend David Miller and academic freedom

In a serious attack on academic freedom, Bristol University has sacked one of its professors of sociology, David Miller.

A city in revolt, seen through the eyes of its Labour mayor

This BBC documentary follows mayor Marvin Rees as he faces up to the Black Lives Matter movement. It’s interesting—and infuriating

Key issues in the fight against the police bill

With protests growing around Britain, Isabel Ringrose looks at what’s at stake—and what we can do

Bristol police on the rampage against protesters for the second time in three days

Riot cops attacked a peaceful protest on College Green in the centre of the city

Tens of thousands march with Greta Thunberg in Bristol

School climate strikers poured on to the streets and demanded urgent action

Bristol fights police racism after tasering of Judah Adunbi

Over 200 people packed an emergency meeting in St Pauls, Bristol, last Saturday. It was called in response to an assault on Judah Adunbi by police, which was captured on film.

Labour councils should be fighting cuts—not implementing them

30 August 2016
Bristol City Council plans to axe one sixth of its workforce in a bid to plug gaps in its budget. Unions should mobilise in the streets against the plans. Meanwhile in Durham teaching assistants facing a Labour attack say they feel like they even have to fight their own union, which is not doing enough to resist the pay cut

Cheers for Jeremy Corbyn in Bristol

28 July 2015
Labour leadership candidate Jeremy Corbyn spoke to a meeting of over 500 people in Bristol on Thursday of last week.

Angry march against a plague of flies in Bristol

17 June 2014
Around 40 people protested at Bristol docks against a fly infestation and dust problem in the adjacent Avonmouth area last Saturday.

Racist EDL outnumbered in Bristol

14 January 2014
Some 100 people turned up in Bristol to oppose the English Defence League (EDL) at very short notice on Tuesday of last week.

How we organised to break racism on Bristol buses

08 October 2013
Fifty years ago, black people in Bristol organised a boycott of Bristol buses. Paul Stephenson and other campaign leaders addressed an anniversary meeting last week and two of them, Guy Bailey and Roy Hackett, spoke to Ken Olende

McCluskey challenged in Unite leadership election

12 January 2013
Victimised former union convenor at Rolls-Royce in Bristol, Jerry Hicks, has put himself forward for Unite union’s general secretary election.

Reports round-up

31 December 2012
Walkout for Bristol postal workers Around 100 postal workers at a delivery office in south Bristol struck on 17 December for a second time.

Reports round-up

11 December 2012
Bristol post workers deliver solid strike A solid strike took place at Mead Street sorting office in Bristol on Monday of this week to defend national agreements and fight unreasonable workloads. Over 100 managers from across the south west were brought in to try and break the strike.