Nottinghamshire Newswire Archive

Just a little word of warning for cyclists in Nottingham

Tamar Katz, a 19 year old Israeli war-refuser jailed for 51 days last year, will be doing a speaker tour of Britain between 5 and 14 March 2009.

NSPM invites you to...

*** The Great Green Film Festival 2009! ***

Saturday 14th March, 10 AM
C11, Portland Building, University Park Campus.
Free entry, no need to book, all welcome.

Doncaster resident and Kurdish communist, Delshad Zorab, has been detained at Campsfield Detention Centre. He fears deportation to Kurdistan where his life will be threatened. He's fought all his life against dictatorship, big business and bigotry. Now he needs you support.

Work has been continuing at EcoWorks with the Straw Bale building in Nottingham. The building, now being fully enclosed with the main doors having being constructed and fitted All window frames fitted towards the end of last year..

On Wednesday 11th February, a group of students staged a die-in protest to highlight the University of Nottingham's extensive links with arms companies. This protest was held as part of a national day of action against the arms trade, called by Campaign Against the Arms Trade Universitys Network.

Saturday February 28th "You are the Sumac!" Skillshare @ the Sumac Centre, 245 Gladstone St, NG7 6HX

We have another day packed full of workshops and delicious food!

Seven events in seven days, and more to follow.

Join the February fun-filled & action-packed week with Nottingham Animal Rights

Protests were held Wednesday outside two power stations in England by unemployed construction workers. The demonstrations, at Staythorpe, Nottinghamshire, and the Isle of Grain, Kent, involved several hundred workers.

Local residents and NAIL (Nottingham Against Incineration & Landfill) have been fighting plans to expand Nottingham’s Eastcroft incinerator for over 4 years now.

Democracy has been given a severe blow today when the government over ruled Nottingham City Council and given the green light (or not so green) for Waste Recycling Group’s Planning Application to expand the facility and pollute our environment with more toxic substances and global warming gases.

The government has given the go ahead suggesting that the third incinerator will help fight climate change. This will help fight climate change no more than building a third runway at Heathrow. This throws the governments Climate Change Policy into complete nonsense.

Special film show to mark the Anniversary of the McLibel victory at European Court of Human Rights

McLIBEL! The Story of Two People who Refused to say ‘Sorry’!
The postman and gardener who took on McDonald's. And won.

85-minute Director's Cut, released for McDonald's 50th birthday!

9pm at The Sumac Centre, 245 Gladstone St, Forest Fields, Nottingham NG7 6HX on Wednesday 18th February.

Next week's half term will see a plethora of activities for children, based in the Radford area - 2 days of creative workshops along the theme of reuse and recycle - followed by a Play parade, celebrating the re-development of Independent Street park and making noise about children’s right to play out safely. Information on volunteering opportunities in play will also be available.

Here is the latest from the register about the arrest related to the latest imc server seizure. The arrested man is a sys admin who hosted several servers including the indymedia server. Apparently this is enough to get you held for 8 hours and bail conditions. But the comments get it -  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/10/indymedia/comments/

I suppose it should no longer come as a surprise when letters from local government smack of authoritarianism or deliberate attempts to deceive the public and push us around with thinly-veiled coercive language. However, the letter which I received from Nottingham City Council the other day illustrates this tactic of theirs so perfectly that I thought I should post about it here.

In spite of the cold, raining and windy conditions, at 12.30pm on Monday 9th February, people had gathered at the gates to the UK headquarters of Heckler & Koch, based within the Easter Park Industrial Estate on Lenton Lane, Nottingham. [Unit 3 in fact].

'Die-In Protest': Study War No More!
Wednesday 11th Feb, 1pm, Portland steps (Lakeside), Nottingham Uni campus

On the 25th February, Jim Hindle will be reading from his book "Nine Miles: Two Winters of Anti-Road Protest' at the Sumac Centre, Nottingham. The book is an account of the well known campaigns of the 'nineties. With road transport currently accounting for more than 21% of the UK's carbon emissions, the issue remains as relevant as ever...

On Friday 6th Feb, a massive rally took place on the University of Nottingham main campus. Meeting at 2pm on Portland Hill, the rally aimed at expressing solidairty with the victims of the recent conflict and the population of Gaza and to launch an initiative entitled “Books not Bombs” that aims at getting the University of Nottingham to donate educational equipment to children and students living in Gaza.

On Friday 6th Feb, a massive rally took place on the University of Nottingham main campus. Meeting at 2pm on Portland Hill, the rally aimed at expressing solidairty with the victims of the recent conflict and the population of Gaza and to launch an initiative entitled “Books not Bombs” that aims at getting the University of Nottingham to donate educational equipment to children and students living in Gaza.

will be advertised in local papers website & council website he is opening speakers corner, was postphoned from thursday due to the weather