This episode we sit down with Ruth Day and Kieran Glasssmith who are both members of the Momentum NCG and ask them what's going on with the stone in Labour's shoe.

For episode 3 we are joined by the amazing John and DeDe where we discuss all that went in to putting on Kernow Transformed, the challenges of rural organising and their hopes for what can be achieved next.

This episode we give a rundown of our experiences at the fantastic Kernow Transformed festival. Complete with beer from Borrowed Parts Brew Co and music from Bristol's own Boom Boom Racoon.

Welcome to the inaugural episode of a brand-new Bristol Transformed Podcast series. In this episode we take a look at a bit of BT history, how did the organisation come about, what's happened since then and what plans are there moving forward. On top of that there's a bit of bonus content as we offer some thoughts on the recent mayoral referendum.

An interview with Saif Hussain chair of the Bristol Blue Licensing Taxi Association who organised the Taxi protest around the bear pit in April and October.

Saif discusses the changes in the taxi industry, the struggles for taxi drivers during coronavirus and the way that technology companies are sidestepping council legislation and undercutting Bristol drivers.

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How do you tell if someone's a good actor? Is Tik Tok more radical than Brecht? What can theatre can teach us about political communication? Are the cats in Cats in an uncanny valley? Producer and socialist activist Shona Jemphrey takes centre stage for the opening night of our new podcast series.

Shuddup About Politics is a new series from Bristol Transformed where we take a break from the political agenda to chat about literally anything else.

From Bristol Transformed 2020: Martin Parker, Malu garcia, Anita Mangan, Jules Peck, Neil McInroy

After the 2019 election many of us were left wondering - where do we go from here?

We may have lost the battle but the war isn’t over. We have a network of activist ready and rearing to go. What better way to channel that energy than into community wealth building projects?

But what is community wealth building (CWB)? It's predicated on the idea that the best way to reduce excessive wealth inequality, and promote universal prosperity, is to build a system where people share in the wealth they collectively produce. This is achieved by promoting cooperative businesses, community land trusts, housing co-ops and other such initiatives. In short – CWB aims to transition towards a cooperative economy from the bottom up!

Sound good? In this panel we discuss the successes of previous CWB projects, such as The Preston Model, and how we can replicate it here in Bristol.

(Note recording starts as Shabbir Lakha is speaking due to technical error of not pressing the record button in time. )

From Bristol Transformed 2020 Alice Proctor, Shabbir Lakha, Narzanin Massoumi

Imperialism as we know it — central to the destruction and exploitation of autonomous states and peoples — did not end centuries ago. Instead of colonising through brute force, today’s imperialism has the face of capital along with the threat of colonial rule. From debt and arms sales to cultural domination and biased curriculum, imperialism is embedded in our society in all forms. What are the available tactics for resistence, and how can we move toward at true end to imperialism? This panel sheds light on the current campaigns for revolutionary, global change.

Sabrina Huck, Alena Ivanova, Nadine El-Enany, Ben Smoke

With the rise of disaster nationalism, the climate emergency, devastating conflicts, children in cages on the US border and tragic deaths from human trafficking in the UK, all this and more surely goes to show that borders equal violence and discrimination in the 21st century. In this session we explore the possibilities of a world free from the violence of borders, and how we can get there.

Louise Del in conversation with Carys Kettlety on the origins of the national food service in Sheffield, and how the concept could transform our relationship with cooking and eating for the better.

This is a brilliant talk that ranges from how we cure loneliness, to reclaiming under-utilised retail space, to cutting food waste and eliminating malnutrition.