Protect the right to Strike
Trade unionists from across the country will be gathering in Cheltenham on Saturday 27 January to mark the 40th anniversary of a notorious effort by Thatcher's government to ban unions from GCHQ - and also to protest the latest government proposals to crack down on the right to strike.
COP 28 - where is the representation?
The effects of climate change and inequalities across the globe require more opportunities, more support, more understanding, more respect and more power for those that will suffer the consequences caused by those currently holding the majority of the power.
Black Dog Way film fundraiser and Q&A at The Long Table on Jan 6, 2024
“Final fundraiser for a local documentary feature film that focuses on one of the most pressing issues of our time - homelessness”
Amplify Stroud in 2024
Callout for new writers for longform pieces around local politics, community, environment, activism and the part Stroud district plays in all of this.
A plea to the MP from Jewish residents of the district
Dear Siobhan Baillie,
We write as Jewish residents and residents of Jewish heritage living in the Stroud Constituency.
The last
Silent Vigil outside MPs Office
The vigil was organised by Stroud Ceasefire Now Coalition to support the call to “all parties to immediately cease all military offensives and maintain restraint to prevent further escalation of violence that will only harm innocent civilians on all sides.”
Justice For Chris Kaba
On the 5th of September Chris Kaba, an unarmed Black man, was murdered by police in Streatham. He is the latest victim of systematic police violence which is disproportionately employed against racialised minorities, in particular young Black men.
Council leader blocked from MP bid by Labour leadership
The incongruity between Starmer’s election statements on deepening democracy and the bizarre control-freakery speak to a wider pattern of dishonesty from the Labour leader.
