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Apr
30
Stroud Elections Focus: Green Party

Stroud Elections Focus: Green Party

Catherine Braun is interviewed by Laurie Davies Catherine Braun has been the leader of Green Party at Stroud District Council
10 min read
Apr
29
Stroud Elections Focus: Community Independents

Stroud Elections Focus: Community Independents

Robin Layfield Community Independents Group Leader is interviewed by Laurie Davies ROBIN LAYFIELD IS CURRENTLY a district councillor for Rodborough.
10 min read
Apr
25
Stroud Local Elections Focus: Labour

Stroud Local Elections Focus: Labour

But this time, Labour’s regional party HQ have made clear, “we've got to win as many seats as we can. Both to be supporting Simon [Opher] when it comes to [the general election], and also so that we we have got representatives across the district.
9 min read
Apr
25
Stroud Local Elections Focus: Conservatives

Stroud Local Elections Focus: Conservatives

“Obviously, we would love to take overall control. We would not rule out working with anyone else, if that was an option as well,”
8 min read
Apr
09
Everybody’s talking about Citizens’ Assemblies

Everybody’s talking about Citizens’ Assemblies

Parents for Future are working to build a ‘standing’ (or permanent, or rolling) Citizens’ Assembly here in Stroud.
9 min read
Apr
09
Only Direct Action can stop Britain being complicit in a genocide.

Only Direct Action can stop Britain being complicit in a genocide.

Simply put, companies based in Britain are providing the technical and military means to prop up Israel's campaign of annihilation against the Palestinians of Gaza.
5 min read
Apr
02
Revolutionary Love

Revolutionary Love

“if you cannot love anybody, you are dangerous… you have no way of learning that other people suffer, no way of learning how to use your suffering, and theirs” — James Baldwin
9 min read
Mar
27
It's time for us all to take a stand against Nazism and the Far Right

It's time for us all to take a stand against Nazism and the Far Right

Local anti-racist groups have warned that the planned Nazi meetings are not an isolated incident – and have invited everyone to a public meeting at 3pm on Saturday 30 March.
4 min read
Mar
23
Showing hate the Red Card: welcoming asylum seekers to our district

Showing hate the Red Card: welcoming asylum seekers to our district

Here is a story of a moment of warmth and hope in an obscure rural corner of our district. A story that shows you can fix a little bit of the broken world and push back against the hate with a smile and a hand of friendship.
10 min read
Mar
23
Stroud responds to news of planned Nazi meetings

Stroud responds to news of planned Nazi meetings

Stroud community leaders are meeting on 30 March at 3pm in the Trinity Rooms to discuss how to challenge a local event promoting Hitler and antisemitism
2 min read