Nevertheless a street uprising whatever people think (8)

I believe the answer is:

thoughts

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'whatever people think' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'nevertheless a street uprising' is the wordplay.
'nevertheless' becomes 'though' (I've seen this before).
'a street' becomes 'st'.
'uprising' is a reversal indicator.
'st' back-to-front is 'ts'.
'though'+'ts'='THOUGHTS'

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(Other definitions for thoughts that I've seen before include "Ideas, reflections" , "Notions" , "They are in my mind" , "Ideas, musings" , "Ideas and opinions (8)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.

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