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Month: June 2020

June 29, 2020September 17, 2020 Amplify Stroud

A Chance to Learn: our response to the SDC Monitoring Officer’s verdict on Debbie Young

June 24, 2020September 17, 2020 Amplify Stroud

#Build Back Better | The Green New Deal

June 16, 2020September 17, 2020 Amplify Stroud

Reactionary responses to Black Lives Matter

June 10, 2020June 10, 2020 Amplify Stroud

Homes and hospitals: the real impact of Covid-19 on local healthcare

June 8, 2020September 17, 2020 Amplify Stroud

It’s time to retire the phrase ‘All Lives Matter’

June 3, 2020September 17, 2020 Amplify Stroud

The beat goes on: Stroud Lockdown Radio keeps the community dancing

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The growing backlash over grade calculations represents a major failing of our A-level students
Fake News, Fearmongering and Katie Hopkins – The ugly case of Stroud’s anti-lockdown protestors
#Build Back Better | The Green New Deal
Conservative town councillor for Stroud handed further £156 million contract to import PPE
Community, not conspiracy - a letter to anti-lockdown protest organisers
Being Transgender in Stroud
A low bar: Why is Councillor Debbie Young's continued perpetuation of xenophobic attitudes so unexceptional?
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Dr Gail Bradbrook, one of the founders of Extinction Rebellion, broke a window at Barclays Bank in Stroud today to protest against the bank's complicity in the ongoing climate emergency.

A group of protestors displayed banners in Stroud this morning, protesting the government's authoritarian Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill.

The Police and Crime Bill, and its threat of up to 10 years jail for causing ‘serious annoyance’, is a deeply authoritarian move.

The Police, Crime, Sentencing, and Courts Bill, and its threat of up to ten years jail time simply for causing ‘serious annoyance’, is a deeply authoritarian move.

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The outpourings of pain and anger alongside testimonies of abuse and harassment following the tragic murder of Sarah Everard have demonstrated just how prevalent these experiences are for women everywhere.

Despite previously being investigated by Stroud District Council’s Monitoring Officer for racist social media activity, Councillor Debbie Young has put her foot in it again, this time for retweeting inaccurate anti-immigrant opinions. Unfortunately, these views are not uncommonly held. Jamie O’Dell explains why #Stroud deserves better.

The popular view of Stroud is as being a progressive and inclusive town that accepts people for who they are. While this is true to an extent, Alex Parnham-Cope interviews local residents and members of Stroud’s transgender community and shows there is still significant room for improvement. 🏳️‍⚧️ #transrights #stroud

Tories too often do what is cheap, not what is right, when it comes to welfare and social protections. We need to campaign to set their priorities straight.

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