A long three weeks: marking one year since the start of lockdown
By Ben Norris
On March 23 2020, Prime Minister Boris Johnson held a national televised address. In it, he declared
Stroud residents say “No” to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
The Bill dramatically extends the range of powers police can use to shut down protests and increases potential criminal sanctions for protesters.
Democracy? Siobhan Baillie votes for anti-protest Bill that could mean jail for causing ‘serious annoyance’
By Cassius Smith-Frazer, Jamie O’Dell and James Beecher
Last week we saw the Metropolitan Police violently break up a
Ending harassment and violence against all women, everywhere
By Jamie O’Dell*
Content note: Sexual Violence
Sarah Everard was last seen walking home from Clapham Common in south
What emergency? Gloucestershire County Council invests £100 million of pension pot in fossil fuels
Despite the GCC declaring a council emergency in May 2019 – with a commitment to being carbon neutral by 2050 – it continues to rely on fossil fuels for over four percent of its total pension fund value
Fascist propaganda and conspiracy theories delivered across Stroud
By Sean Buckley
Over the Christmas period, we at Amplify were alerted to a far-right group distributing leaflets and propaganda
Parents distraught over Academy Trust plan to Close Severn View Academy
The trust has blamed the need for closure on low numbers, but many parents have criticised the management at the trust for actively not doing anything to increase school numbers for the last two years
Educators, Parents, and Children need an ambitious Covid Recovery Plan
By Megan Sheer
Parents don’t want a ‘thank you’, we want vision and ambition. We need a compassionate and
Clothing colonialism: Stroud and the East India Company
“The details of past and present colonial exploitation outlined here, and Stroud’s own benefiting from it, shouldn’t come as a fundamental surprise.”
A low bar: Why is Councillor Debbie Young's continued perpetuation of xenophobic attitudes so unexceptional?
By Jamie O’Dell
Immigrants – specifically asylum seekers and refugees making the dangerous channel crossing by boat – are some of
