Silent protest against “The Light”

On Saturday 1st June, members of Community Solidarity Stroud District held a silent protest in the High St, opposite the ‘Info Hug’ stall. We were ensuring that people knew that the paper they hand out, “The Light”, publishes John Hamer – a Nazi sympathiser, Holocaust denier and Islamophobe. The people giving out “The Light” like to pretend that they support peace and freedom but they and the paper continue to promote the ideology of the far right.

Our dignified and non-confrontational approach enraged the supporters of “The Light”, and they shouted at us angrily for most of the hour that we were there. We did not respond in kind.

Thank you to the many people in Stroud who gave us their support on Saturday, and we will see you again.