Nottinghamshire Newswire Archive

Students at the University of Nottingham are occupying lecture theatre B62 of the Law and Social Sciences building on the University campus, in a move to demand urgent action from their institution for Gaza.

Listen to the members of the occupation and their experiences of the day’s events. Including four people making their Riseup Radio debuts and more insights into the University’s feeble threats.

This months podcast comes from the Law and Social Science building, room B52. Listen here:  http://riseupradio.wordpress.com/2009/01/30/13-february-2009-occupation-special/

Sign this petition to show your support to those occupying B52.

Nottingham Stop the War Coalition has called a protest at the BBC in Nottingham on Monday.

The East Mids Highways agency has just publish details of a mjor road widening scheme between Nottingham, the M1 and East Midlands Airport.

There is mention of Non-Motorist road Users (NMUs), but it is clearly not sufficent.

Talks & Films about the battle against Shell in Co.Mayo Ireland. 7.30pm at The Sumac Centre, 245 Gladstone St. Members of the Rossport solidarity camp are visiting Nottingham as part of their UK speaking tour.

We speak to four students about their experiences on the first night of the occupation of room B62 in the Law and Social Science Building at University of Nottingham.

A sizable group of Nottingham students have tonight occupied a large lecture hall in the Law and Social Sciences building at Nottingham University. This action appears to be both in solidarity with the people of Gaza, and in defence of students' own right to protest and free speech, and students have already indicated a number of demands for action on the part of the University.

Nottingham MDC (Movement for Democratic Change) played host to MDC representatives from the UK and Ireland for a day of political talks and fund raising. Hebson Makuise, Chief Representative for the MDC in the UK and Ireland was in attendance to spearhead talks on continuing diplomatic negotiations with Robert Mugabe and with the international community.

Colonial Imaginaries and Postcolonial Transformations. University Staff Club, Monday 2nd February 4:00 pm.

Sunday 25th January saw the national Animal Rights Coaliton meeting (ARC) take place at the Beesley Green Community Centre near Manchester. Attendees came from as far afield as Birmingham, Nottingham, North Wales, Leeds, Lancashire, London, Swansea, Coventry and of course Manchester. There was also a representative of the Mexican Animal Rights movement who attended to see how the process of Animal Rights activism in the UK was organised.

Notable absentees it would seem, refreshingly, were PC Plum and his camera wielding hordes, due to the heightened threat of terrorist activity in the town of Balamory perhaps?

Kicking at 10am with a chance to form and strengthen bonds between AR activists from across the country, the event drew in excess of 50 people, both human and canine. Far from presenting an image of a movement in fear, licking it's wounds following recent high profile trials, including the sentencing of a number of SHAC activists for conspiracy to blackmail and the start of Mel Broughton's retrial, the mood was on the whole upbeat, positive and imaginative.

Constant Moussavou, Still Here, Campaign fights on

"Constant said that a High Court injunction against the deportation order has been successful but he will still continue to be detained. It appears that the earlier legal ruling to disregard the new evidence and to not await the authentication of the documents (due to be received on Mon 26th Jan 09) provided on Constant’s behalf has been reversed.

He’d like to thank everybody for their support and expressed the need for your continued help and support in ensuring he’s able to resume his life and work in Leicester."

A special thank you also to Sir Peter Soulsby (MP), NCADC/supporters and to Canon Barry Naylor and colleagues for their continued support and interventions on Constant’s behalf.

Priya Thamotheram for the campaign /  priya.thamotheram@highfieldscentre.ac.uk

Background: Sanctuary for Constant Moussavou
 http://www.ncadc.org.uk/archives/filed%20newszines/Newszine100/Constant.html

On Friday 23rd January, I received a letter through my door from the council. It seems that the "Area 4 Neighbourhood Management Team" (I don't remember asking to be managed by anybody - do you?!?) have decided to foist a CCTV system upon Forest Fields, and we only have a short time to voice opposition before their deadline on February 2nd.

Cow vintage clothing shop in Hockley has signed an anti-fur pledge agreeing not to sell fur (first or second-hand) now or in the future.

Dan Wadham's birthday is on Feb 3rd, so please send birthday cards! His details are on the Current Prisoners page. Also remember Jonny Ablewhite's on 27 Jan and Heather Nicholson's on 30 Jan.

Transition Forest Fields will be planting cider trees and Wassailing them on Sunday the 25th at 7.30 at the Lion

Notingham City Council has had its Governement grant towards Discretionary Housing Payments for the sixth year running due to mismanagement by the Housing Benefits Service.

12.30pm on Thursday 22th January, people had gathered at the Council House Steps in Market Square, to protest about the activities of the gun manufacturer, Heckler & Koch. Offices of the company are based at Unit 3, Easter Park Industrial Estate on Lenton Lane, Nottingham.

Small World Cinema and NSPM present a film night about the international trade in small arms. The feature presentation is Dealing And Wheeling In Small Arms, a documentary about the uncontrolled spread of small arms, legal and illegal, from Europe into the war zones of Africa. This will be accompanied by "promotional break" consisting of short pro- and anti-gun videos. The films will be introduced by a speaker from Notts Anti-Militarism, and there will be a post-film Q&A for those who are interested in finding out more about the arms trade and opposition to it.