Nottinghamshire Newswire Archive

This month Matt makes us a lovely pasta dish with some garlic bread and we share stories from our community. Ali from the Bonsai project sings us three songs and Tinman plays tunes from locals Metaphi, C.Shamanic, Kamal and the Freakcullector. Sam brings us up to speed on her recent high seas piracy in Ireland, Tom gives us details of upcoming events in the Nottingham Student Peace Movement. Jacque recounts last months Sumac debate and gives us the details of future discussions. We get a description of the talk Roberto Perez recently gave which is now available to download from the Riseup site. We hear about the vegan skillshare and the free food giveaway in town. Finally Tinman puts in an idea about an energy saving inspired by his housemates.

A series of three open discussions was organised in Autumn 2008 by the Riseup! Radio project in Nottingham. These were hosted by the Sumac Centre. They were recorded to enable a wider audience to engage with political discussion and reflection on grassroots approaches to the problem of climate change in the UK.

The eviction of the Shipley Bodge anti-open cast mine squat in Derbyshire cost the local police force £58,000. UK Coal, the legal owners of the land, will be billed for some of the expenses. The full cost of the eviction to UK Coal, who hired bailiffs and equipment, is expected to have been much higher.

As you may know, Hicham Yezza was originally arrested at the University of Nottingham in May along with Rizwaan Sabir in a bogus 'terror operation'. The pair were then released without charge (or apology); Hich was swiftly re-arrested on 'immigration grouds' and held in detention for a further three weeks. Students, academics and politicians have made it clear that the maltreatment of Hicham was and continues to be an attempt to cover up "a dreadful cock-up".

It has been reported in the press that at a National Union of Students (NUS) event this summer, Nottingham University Students' Union, Education Officer, Craig Cox, held up a poster saying 'Bring back slavery'. The NUS subsequently removed Craig Cox from the event following complaints from other student representatives present. Our Student Union officers attending NUS events are there to represent all Nottingham students. We believe that such behaviour is unacceptable and does not reflect our views.

Brian, Chelsea and their mother Selina Adda from Ghana are being held in Yarl's Wood IRC and due to be forcibly removed from the UK on Friday 3rd October on British Airways flight BA81 @ 14:15hrs from terminal 5 Heathrow to Accra, Ghana.

prottesters crossed a red line painted on tarmac payed for by ratepayers taxes .they were in concrete blocks .come and support them by another legal prottest at rolls royce raynesway derby 7 am a peaceful prottest o0n behallf of our beliefs

Monday 20/10/08 our comrades are in court. They used lockons outside rolls royce nuclear plant, rayesway, derby. Due in court 20/10/08 - support them and come to early morning protest.

The REEL NEWS UK tour rolls into Nottingham this Saturday - Activist films etc. Check their website for more background on Reel News.

Heckler & Koch Campaign Benefit Gig, Sat 25th Oct, Wolverhampton, 4pm - 4am

Complaints under the category of 'other assault' against Nottinghamshire police force rose to 22% in the year 2007/8. This compares to 14% for the UK as a whole and is the second highest for any police force in the UK.

The Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice (Politics) and the Centre for Research on Identities, Citizenship and Migration (Sociology and Social Policy) are holding a round table event on Wednesday 1st October, 4-6 pm, in Law & Social Science Building, B62.

NSPM will be holding a regular free film showing at the University of Nottingham. Films will be shown every Friday night at 7pm in C11 in the Portland building.

Lord Biro's latest art show 'Thomas the Eurostar Tank Engine Art Show' takes a critical view of Shane Meadows involvement with ASDA's latest advertising campaign - other subjects include nuclear power, Tesco, Ecotowns and David Milliband's sabre rattling in the Ukraine.

Nottingham Zimbabwean Community Network and Small World Cinema presents Yellow Card Tuesday 7th October, 7pm at Sumac Centre, 245 Gladstone Street, Forest Fields

This will be followed by a discussion with Nottingham Zimbabwean Community Network on the current situation in Zimbabwe

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The first of the Sumac Debates will take place at the Sumac Centre in Forest Fields, Nottingham, tomorrow evening. The State: Work with the Power is part one of a series of three discussions on Social Change and the Climate Movement.

thank you all the new people who joined the prottest you were a credit today

A few anarchists went up from Nottingham to take part in protests against the Italian Consulate and the Labour Party Conference this weekend.

On Thursday activists decided to pay Harlan UK a visit in Leicestershire. Harlan breed animals such as beagle dogs to supply to labs like HLS. We thought we would catch them by surprise so we turned up at their gates at roughly 3:30 am. The security were very shocked to see us and hid in their office. We will not rest until places like Harlan and HLS are closed down for good.