Public Meeting, Wednesday 4th October, 7.30-9.30pm
at The Trinity Rooms, Field Road, Stroud, GL5 2HZ
Doors will open at 7.15pm, so that we can start promptly from 7.30pm
Free entry – donations welcome (please bring cash)
On the anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street, Community Solidarity Stroud District invites you to a public meeting about the growth of conspiracy theories and the Far Right in Stroud District – and how we can organise to combat this.
The main speaker at the event will be David Renton, a barrister and antifascist writer – alongside members of CSSD:
- David Renton has written several books on the far right, including “Fascism: History and Theory” republished for it’s twentieth anniversary in 2020, “Horatio Bottomley and the Far Right Before Fascism” published in 2022, and “The New Authoritarians: Convergence on the Right” published in 2019. Renton received a PhD for his thesis on fascism and anti-fascism in Britain after the second world war.
- Emma Calcutt is originally from the West Midlands, Emma studied Development Studies, Politics & Arabic at SOAS, spent 5 years in Syria and 2 years in Indonesia.
She has had a life long interest in anti-racism, and as well as Community Solidarity Stroud District, also works with Stroud Against Racism. - James Beecher has lived in Stroud for almost his entire life. In 2011-12 he was the Chair of Stroud Against the Cuts when it ran a successful campaign to keep health clinics and district hospitals like Stroud’s across Gloucestershire from being moved out of the NHS. He works at a local community bike workshop, has been involved in a variety of direct action anti-war, environmental and social justice movements, and is a founder member of Community Solidarity Stroud District.
There will be presentations followed by time for questions and discussion.
If you use Facebook, you can let us know you’re coming and invite friends via the following link: Public Meeting: Conspiracy theories, the Far Right, and The Light.
Community Solidarity Stroud District 