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Nov
19
Save the last pint: why Stroud's pubs need us now more than ever

Save the last pint: why Stroud's pubs need us now more than ever

By George Thomas One evening in early March, I was working behind a bar in one of Stroud’s many
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Nov
16
Stroud Radical Reading Group: The Black Jacobins

Stroud Radical Reading Group: The Black Jacobins

By Mar P  Stroud Radical Reading Group meets monthly. After each session, Amplify Stroud publishes a summary of the text
7 min read
Nov
15
What makes a Green Lord?

What makes a Green Lord?

By Jamie O’Dell and Ben Norris  The Green Party has always been big on electoral reform; for years they’
4 min read
Nov
13
An Innocent Partnership?

An Innocent Partnership?

By Callum Jones When Dale Vince took over majority ownership of Forest Green Rovers in 2010 it was the beginning
5 min read
Nov
11
The value of community during crisis

The value of community during crisis

By Danae Savvidou When I contracted suspected coronavirus on my daughter’s birthday in March, my neighbours slipped their phone
3 min read
Nov
10
Solidarity, not charity

Solidarity, not charity

By Cassius Smith-Frazer A Humanitarian Crisis In November of 2018, the then UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human
10 min read
Nov
05
Lockdown II: a survival guide

Lockdown II: a survival guide

By Ben Norris  In some ways the four-week lockdown looming over England is more frustrating than the first round of
4 min read
Nov
04
All that glitters; why Dale Vince’s promise of ‘sky diamonds’ doesn’t hold up

All that glitters; why Dale Vince’s promise of ‘sky diamonds’ doesn’t hold up

By Jamie O’Dell  Waking up last Friday morning, I didn’t expect the first thing I read to be
3 min read
Nov
02
Community, not conspiracy - a letter to anti-lockdown protest organisers

Community, not conspiracy - a letter to anti-lockdown protest organisers

By James Beecher, Jeremy Green, and Laura Rowan, with over 200 signatures listed below Living through the Covid-19 pandemic under
5 min read
Oct
28
Siobhan Baillie’s response to Rashford’s campaign is tone deaf

Siobhan Baillie’s response to Rashford’s campaign is tone deaf

By Jamie O’Dell In responding to comments on a mildly tone-deaf Instagram post about her lunch, Stroud MP Siobhan
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