Dorset’s Fight Against the Far Right
The far right descended on Portland to ignite racial tensions over the arrival of the Bibby Stockholm — but were defeated by a grassroots campaign of solidarity with asylum seekers.
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Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins
Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins is a freelance writer, trade unionist and co-founder of Bristol Transformed.
The Slaver’s Protectors
The toppling of the statue of Edward Colston has drawn attention to Bristol’s dirty secret – the continued influence and activities of elite business lobby, the Society of Merchant Venturers.
Rebuilding from Defeat
Next month’s Bristol Transformed festival will aim to pick the socialist movement up from defeat – and begin the political education that can chart a way back.
This Neighbourhood Fights Apartheid
In the 1980s, a black working-class area of Bristol became an ‘apartheid free zone’. Their community ban on racist institutions inspired thousands — and created a model to be used for today’s fight for Palestinian freedom.