Nottinghamshire Globalisation Newswire Archive

Prof Andrew Dobson, Green Party activist and Keele University academic will be giving a talk at Nottingham University on MONDAY 23rd October. all welcome.

Most people will have heard about the selling off of a massive area of the NHS to the private 'German' distributor, DHL, who this month are poised to takeover (from NHS Logistics) the warehousing and supply of thousands of items used by NHS hospitals and GP surgeries across the country. What is less widely mentioned in the press, perhaps as it's not as obvious in terms of effect on front-line public sector jobs, is that a massive US procurement operation Novation is also behind the new contract. Brought in to save money we are told, this Texan based company is under investigation by the US justice department for overcharging federal healthcare programmes for goods!

Here is a flyer for use on Rossport solidarity actions.
Its not quite up to date but better than nothing

Its all going off at Rossport at the moment. they urgently need people.
check out  http://www.indymedia.ie for full details

Louise Amoore of Durham University and editor of The Global Resistance Reader will be speaking at CSSGJ, Nottingham University on 9th October. The title of her talk is "Vigilant Visualities: The Watchful Politics of the War on Terror".

An Inconvenient Truth: Film Showing & regional decision makers response at the Broadway

On friday, the Broadway cinema screened 'An Inconvenient Truth'.

Following the screening a panel of local and regional decision makers respond to the film

and answered [or tried to :-))] questions about what's happening here in Nottingham and the

East Midlands already, and suggest how we can do more.

Give the Warmonger the Welcome he Deserves!

there is a benefit gig on Saturday 15th july at the maze, mansfield road, Nottingham. 9pm till late, £3-50

Military Corporate Fascism (Military Corporatism) and the fall of the USA from world dominance.
Corporate Capitalism is run by SATAN through the use of WAR.
Satan loves a bomb. Collateral damage is his term.
Military Corporate Capitalism is Godless.

today local people showed their opposition to green belt development.

More pictures from sunday at Sharphill

Meeting - Thursday 18th May, International Community Centre, 61b Mansfield Road, at 7.30pm. The idea of trading in rights to emit greenhouse gases is now rapidly gaining hold as the main response of governments to global climate change. Yet most people don't understand what is often loosely called "carbon trading" - or are not aware that it is taking place at all ......if you are one of these people then come along to this meeting

good things on in May - don't miss them - use your very own poster to remind you whats on.

The Nottingham anti M1 widening campaign visited Selston.

the no widening M1 campaign was taken to Kegworth to counteract the highways agency exhibition.

There will be a Mayday rally in Nottingham on Saturday 29th April.

Where's the Coke gone them?

Further actions by Nottingham people in support of Rossports resistance to Shell

today saw the launch of the campaign to stop the M1 being expanded near nottingham.

We have a guest speaker coming to S.C.R.O.A.T cinema next week (Wednesday 8th February). Having recently returned from Venezuela, a UK activist will talk on indigenous people resisting big business in the rural north west of Venezuela. The talk will include two films: 'Bolivarian Venezuela: people and the struggle of the fourth world war' and a short film about a new libertarian social centre in Caracas.