Trade Unionist + freelance writer + Podcaster. Words: Tribune magazine, The Morning Star, The Bristol Cable
Host - People Just Do Something Podcast- The Bristol Cable
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Inside @20thcflicks.bsky.social, a beloved bristol video shop institution, as seen by @daisysteinhardt.bsky.social lwlies.com/articles/20t...
Of all the interviews I've done, this one had the most emotional impact on me. Iyad's dedication to non-violence in the face of years of imprisonment, his son's being shot and his family being murdered is genuinely awe-inspiring.
We don't need the money we just want to make them squirm
Yeah man, sure, that's exactly why those are there...
Tucked away on a narrow street in Bristol, an Aladdin's cave of DVDs persists despite the odds. For one employee, it's the Hotel California of video shops.
I genuinely shed a tear when he says "We have hope always and we will never give up".
Just like fucking hell man, with all the political nihilism we can all be guilty of in the West to hear someone express such hope in the face of such horror would move anyone surely.
The walking times on Google maps are based on the walking speed of cowards and dawdlers. I will always best them.
The cycling speeds however are seeming based on some Tour De France freak and I will never get anywhere close to beating them
