Stroud, the gentle Cotswold town that spawned a radical protest
by Tom Wall from on (#4DJBX)
The founders of Extinction Rebellion dismiss claims that it is merely a product of the Gloucestershire town's middle-class liberal elite
It is a quiet Good Friday on Stroud's steep, sun-dappled high street. There are none of the usual stalls spilling out of the centuries-old Shambles indoor market, and the schools are closed for the Easter holidays.
But the Cotswold town's independent cafes are bustling with tanned and exhausted Extinction Rebellion Stroudies, who have spent the week bringing parts of London to a standstill and focusing minds on the threats posed by climate breakdown.
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