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Our letter to the people backing Nazi-sympathising candidate for MP

Richard House and Marcus Blackett have nominated a Cheltenham resident to be Stroud’s MP, who shares Hitler quotes and promotes the idea we should have fought on Hitler’s side, not against him

Updated leaflet on transphobia and homophobia launched at Stroud Pride 2024

We were at Stroud Pride today sharing a stall with friends from Stroud Against Racism.

We handed out updated copies of our leaflet on why we should Bin “The Light” paper because it promotes transphobia and homophobia – the text of which is copied below. Elsewhere on our website you can find a downloadable pdf version of the flyer and more details. We had lots of good conversations at a great event!

The Light appoints Holocaust denier John Hamer as a regular contributor

“The Light” paper has appoints Hitler-lover John Hamer as a regular contributor. In this article we discuss his denial of The Holocaust, antisemitic conspiracy theories, and promotion of hatred of Jewish people.

The Protocols of the Elders of Zion – what’s that?

When advance notice of a meeting on the Protocols of the Elders of Zion circulated in Stroud in early March, many people just thought ‘What’s that?’ The Protocols were first published in English over a hundred years ago. But the fact that the event was paired with another celebrating the birthday of Adolf Hitler mayContinue reading “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion – what’s that?”

Think before you vote in the Police and Crime Commissioner elections

Why we wont be voting for the “independent” candidate It’s the local elections this Thursday. CSSD doesn’t have any party political affiliations, and tries to ensure we welcome people with different preferences. We also know that many people are frustrated with political parties and prefer to vote for Independent candidates. Often there are no issuesContinue reading “Think before you vote in the Police and Crime Commissioner elections”

Nazi Meetings in Stroud? What?!

On Tuesday 19th March we learned that some people were trying to put on two Nazi meetings in Stroud, one to mark the “135th anniversary of Hitler’s birth”, and one to promote an antisemitic conspiracy theory used by Hitler to justify killing millions of Jews. This was shocking and distressing to many. On this webpage we provide detail about the Nazi Meetings, the group that organised them, the planned speaker, and some background context.

Nazi meetings cancelled – our statement

On Tuesday 19th March we learned that some people were trying to put on two Nazi meetings in Stroud, one to mark the “135th anniversary of Hitler’s birth”, and one to promote an antisemitic conspiracy theory used by Hitler to justify killing millions of Jews.

Shocked and horrified by this, local anti-racist groups took action, responding particularly to the distress felt by local Jewish people.

On Monday 25th the Nazi meeting organisers emailed their mailing list to say that they have cancelled the event.

No to Nazis in Stroud

Nazi meetings are being organised by Project Libertas to happen in Stroud on April 19th and 20th. This is not satire, this is a nightmare reality. Two meetings attacking Jews are being held in Stroud. It is shocking and unacceptable. This webpage provides an open letter for people interested in to working to stop Nazi meetings and to challenge any organising that promotes Nazi lies and ideology in Stroud – which people can add their names to in order to register their opposition and to sign up for updates.

Video and text of speeches made at our 2024 Holocaust Memorial Day event

On Sunday 28th January, Community Solidarity Stroud District held a series of events to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. On this page you can find videos and text of speeches made at the different events.