We in Community Solidarity Stroud District have been working with individuals and organisations across Gloucestershire to respond to protests against people seeking asylum, spreading hate and division. Read on for a statement debriefing from August 30th counter-protest, from an alliance that is forming across the county – and join the WhatsApp Channel for updates!
Tag Archives: Far Right
Our Community United – oppose the far right in Gloucester
Join us and other groups across Gloucestershire on Saturday 30th August from 12.30pm outside the Ibis Hotel in Gloucester, GL4 3DG
Take a stand in solidarity with people seeking asylum who are being threatened by a far right protest advertised to take place at 2pm at the Ibis Hotel in Gloucester where people seeking asylum are living.
Groups across Gloucestershire including CSSD are working together to hold a counter protest. We won’t let the far right scapegoat people seeking refuge for the problems in this country – we won’t be divided.
Agenda 2030: Debunking Myths, Engaging With Real Critiques.
Far-right conspiracy theorists have claimed that the UN’s Agenda 2030 for sustainable development is a secret plan for a new world order that will control all our lives. Here we briefly outline Agenda 2030, examine the far-right’s myths, and outline genuine critiques of Agenda 2030.
Follow-up from our “Against the Fascist Creep” meeting
This page contains a summary of group discussions on “What can be done to help prevent fascist creep locally?”
Ceasefire Vigil speech, March 2025
On this page you can find the text and a video recording of the speech given by James Beecher on behalf of Community Solidarity Stroud District at the Stroud Ceasefire Now Coalition vigil, Friday 14th March 2025. The speech is followed by relevant links and resources:
Who is hijacking fears about food and farming?
Our Free Town sounds nice… it’s all about self-sufficiency, and creating “a cultural community in Stroud – a sense of well-being, togetherness, kindness and giving”. What’s not to like?
It turns out to be the group of contrarians that distribute “The Light” paper in Stroud, operating yet another front group to recruit people into conspiracy beliefs and tolerance of far-right ideas, individuals and organisations.
Holocaust Memorial Day event 2025, Sunday January 26th 2-3pm
We will hold our annual Holocaust Memorial Day event at the Lansdown Hall (as we did last year) from 2-3pm on Sunday January 26th
We joined the “Love not Hate – Stop the Far Right” rally in Stroud
On Saturday 10th August 2024, Stroud Love Music Hate Racism organised a rally in response to the racist riots and violence that had been taking place in the preceding week.
Our letter to the Stroud News and Journal – in full
We sent a letter to the Stroud News and Journal about the “Independent” candidate for Stroud MP on Friday 5th July. On 10th July 2024, they published a heavily edited version of this letter – removing a lot of detail we feel is crucial. We don’t know why. Read the letter on our website
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.
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