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25
Apr
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
09
Apr
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
09
Apr
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
02
Apr
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
27
Mar
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
23
Mar
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.
11 min read
23
Mar
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
21
Mar
“The Heavens Valley is soon to be sold”

“The Heavens Valley is soon to be sold”

For decades Stroudies have walked, foraged, partied, picnicked, camped, cried and canoodled in the Heavens without permission or payment.
5 min read
17
Mar
Stroud represented in delegation sent to the Sahel

Stroud represented in delegation sent to the Sahel

Two Stroud residents are joining an international delegation led by the Pan-Afrikan Reparations Internationalist Standing Conference (PARISC) to visit Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger this week.
12 min read
09
Mar
Flying Kites for Gaza

Flying Kites for Gaza

On Saturday March 9, Rodborough welcomed over 100 visitors from across Stroud and Gloucester to join in a kite flying event in solidarity with the children of Palestine.
3 min read