June 2013

Refugee Week is a UK-wide programme of arts. Part of Nottingham's contribution, was an Exhibition in the City Library, Nottingham.

It is an exhibition by, for and about refugees comprising photographic work, completed in workshops led by Gaylan Nazhad in partnership with City Arts, and a series of hand-painted banners. The banners were produced during workshops at Nottingham Refugee Fo…

Concerns over the organisation of the People's Assembly Nottm - lack of creche facilities

Framework have found it necessary to issue some guidelines on how and what to post on their facebook site.

I guess this means that they are troubled by action and the critical postings there. Good! keep it up!

They are obnoxious in their view that operating workfare schemes were an unemployed / homeless person can be sanctioned [benefits removed] for not doing as they are told. Tough love. .....…

Dance and Tricks in the Market Square

Saturday 15th June 2013

YouTube Video :: http://youtu.be/u-Dw1mrcUFM

Wigman Road and Trowell Road, Nottingham June 2013

Unlike its county council neighbour, Nottingham City Council has been one of the better local authorities when it comes to cycling provisions. But even councils with good intentions can get things wrong.

A short show from yesterday in London.

Since the brutal murder of solider Lee Rigby in Woolwich on 22 May, fascist and far right groups have organised a large number of events aimed at boosting support for their anti-Muslim politics. Anti-fascist monitors, East Midlands Anti-fascists have claimed that the far right has been aiming “to capitalise on a personal tragedy and surf the wave of outrage for their own ends”. A number of fa…

On Saturday the East Anglian Patriots bussed a couple of hundred fascists into Lincoln for a demo that threatened violence against Muslims and sought to deny freedom of workship in the city. An anti-fascist counter demonstration was also held. The fascists, led by a Lincoln Infidels banner, chanted “Burn the mosque” and “Allah is a paedo”. The Infidels are an openly Nazi splinter from th…

4.00pm Saturday 1st June 2013

Turkish and Kurdish people protested at development in Turkey after the forced eviction of an environmental / occupy camp, to protest at the development of green space, a park.

2.00pm Saturday 1st June 2013

Campaigners from Nottingham Against Workfare protested outside record shop Music Exchange, in Stoney Street, Nottingham.

The Music Exchange is a social enterprise founded by Framework. It is now operated by Eve Trades, a social enterprise established by the charity in 2012

1.00pm Saturday 1st June 2013

100 people gathered for a static demonstration at the Brian Clough Statue / Speakers Corner.

Video of some of the speeches at the protest. Speaker's Corner, Nottingham

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU5lkV4nlIQ

The EDL had announced on a Facebook page: to gather at the Trent inn, for  a 'commemorative march' to the Victoria Embankment War Memorial on the north bank of the Trent this Saturday in Nottingham. [1st June 2013]  

Veggies Catering Campaign attended the National March Against the Badger Cull on 1st June 2013.

See the special report, with info, links & contacts for you to get involved to Stop The Cull

Only people power and direct action will stop the cull now. If you can, get to the cull zones. If you can't, please support your local hunt sab group.

As legislation on migration becomes more and more restrictive, resistance to an inhuman system is well and alive in the City of Calais, northern France. Continue reading to find out more about Dublin II, police repression, migrant-led struggles and how to provide practical support.

1.00pm on Saturday 1st June at Speaker's Corner, Nottingham

Video of some of the speeches at the protest. 

Speaker's Corner, Nottingham

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU5lkV4nlIQ

On Saturday 1st June the music exchange store run by the Nottingham homeless charity Framework was picketed by Notts Against Workfare. Displaying banners and handing out leaflets campaigners explained to the shoppers and passersby the shitty business Framework have got themselves involved in. Most people we talked to were disappointed that a charity which does admirable work would not mak…

We are delighted to announce a series of events in the next couple of months celebrating: 150 - THE LENTON SESQUICENTENNIAL

The 30th May 1863 saw the opening of the first co-operative society in Nottingham set up on the principles of the Rochdale Pioneers.

We will be celebrating the past, present and future of co-operatives and their members' work, ideas and ideals with a series of events in June…

1.00pm 25th March 2013 Market Square, Nottingham

1.00pm 25th March 2013 Market Square, Nottingham

Demo Against Monsanto

Anti-capitalists have been gearing up for the protests against the G8 Summit with Mayday actions across the country. The focus was on Primark and other businesses profiting from the global slave labour system which led to the death of 700 people in Bangladesh. There were angry protests in central London, Hackney, Lewisham, Birmingham, Brighton and Bristol, with the clear message going out that the…

Hundreds of local residents expected in Market Square at 2pm for the global 'March Against Monsanto' movement

Members of the EDL (the English Defence League) are attempting to arrange an unofficial "demonstration" tomorrow (Saturday) at 1pm on the market Square.

Our new zine Return Fire is now available. It's a diverse mix with liberatory aims, which we hope to be informative and inspiring for anyone who decides to make their life a weapon against the dominant order.

We’ve been doing a little digging into the Lincoln mosque demo to find out what more about the people organising it. The original Facebook event was set up by a local man called Alex Banos who lists his religious views as “muslim bashing” and his political views as UKIP. He is a big fan of the EDL and it was his posting stating that “we all edl on here”. He has also made posts threatening to…

Yesterday a pair of CPOs were knocking on doors in the Wiverton Road/Foxhall Road area asking whether people were in favour or against a camera being installed at the crossroads. In their words - "We want to know if you're in favour or not, and if you are in favour we'd like to take your name and address to pass to the council."

The council are trying to pinpoint the people in our community who f…

  One of the key criticisms of traditional mental health services is the reliance on psychiatric diagnosis, which many argue are detrimental to service-users and unsupported by scientific research. This debate has recently come to the fore with clinical groups breaking ranks from the psychiatric establishment. Links to the story in other media are provided. 

I think its time for a regular generalised scrutiny of ALL that the Nottingham/Notts authorities (Councils/Police/Courts etc.) are up to in their infinite wisdom.. & it will hopefully add a little to the already healthy volume (& quality) of great articles on many specialised subjects,.

If this is approved by members, "Little Brother" will commence watching asap.. & all will be revealed (hopefu…

EDL splinter group, the East Anglian Patriots (not to be confused with the East Anglian Patriotic Front or the People’s Front of East Anglia), have announced that they will hold a demonstration in Lincoln on Saturday 8th June at 1pm. They are protesting the building of a mosque on the site of a disused dairy because they don’t believe in freedom of religion.

Is street art devaluing Nottingham, or rather enhancing the city's culture? Despite the council's efforts to clean up Nottingham and bring an end to graffiti, the urban phenomenon lives on. The question is, should this form of cultural and political expression really be deemed illegal? Or should a difference be made between creative street art and mindless tagging and vandalism?