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Residents fight Mcr Airport 'World Logistics Hub'
21-09-2012 18:55
Local residents and environmentalists have began organising to oppose Manchester Airport's plans to concrete over former greenbelt land to build a 'World Logistics Hub'. If given the go-ahead, the proposals would involve the construction of around 43 warehouse and office units plus over 1400 carparking spaces. This would require the eviction of residents, the destruction of greenspace for local people, an increase in traffic congestion, carbon emissions and noise pollution from the Airport's cargo services.
The plans are part of George Osbourne's 'Airport City Enterprise Zone'. Residents are preparing a objections to the planning application and have begun an online petition here: http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/save-sunbank-lane-from-manchester-airport-s-expansion-plans
The area to the south of the Airport is currently home to residential houses and greenfields and also borders onto Cotterill Clough - a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The Airport 'anticipate' that 1800 jobs will be created over a 15 year period. However, a report on the wider Airport City proposals in Autumn 2011 by the Campaign to Protect Rural England found that many of these job creation projections actually involved displacing pre-existing jobs from elsewhere in Manchester, as firms relocate to take advantage of the cheap business rates on offer.
The land around Sunbank Lane was recently taken out of the greenbelt in Manchester City Council's 'Core Strategy' which was approved in July 2012. Many residents say they were not informed or consulted of these plans. Audrey O'Donovan said, "As a resident and chairman of Ringway Parish Council, I am appalled at the lack of consultation by Manchester Airport when removing Oak Farm and surrounding area out of the green belt and changing the planning status enabling them to once again encroach on our countryside. All in the name of so-called progress."
On 5th September 2012, Ringway Parish Council members were joined by members of the A556 Lobby Group, campaigners from Stop Expansion at Manchester Airport (SEMA) and over 80 local residents to voice their opposition to the planning application submitted by Manchester Airports Group (MAG).
Members of the A556 Lobby Group explained that the recent planning application has shed light on how the Airport’s plans fit in to a broader picture of development in the area. Matt Parkinson, who attended the meeting, said:
"We have long suspected that the proposed A556 bypass has more to do with facilitating Government plans for the massive expansion of Manchester Airport, than to provide an "environmental improvement" to the people living alongside the current A556.
"We feel the time has come for all local groups fighting to save their villages, countryside and way of life to join together, to realise the bigger picture and to oppose the notion of 'growth' at any cost. We believe the vast majority of people would prefer to see targeted investment in sustainability in order to create jobs which genuinely benefit society, human well-being and our environment rather than local MP, George Osborne's obsession with growth for growths sake."
The planning application will be considered by the Councillors on the Wythenshawe Area Committee on 25th October 2012.
Residents living at the La Saulce squat at the ZAD, (Zone A Defendre, meaning ‘Zone to Defend’), near Nantes in France, who have been opposing a massive airport project for over 40 years recently sent a message of solidarity:
"We want to send a message of solidarity to those standing up to airport expansion in Manchester and let you know that there are many communities worldwide involved in the same struggle. Together, we can learn from each others experiences and be part of a movement fighting not just against useless and destructive projects but for a world where we're not ruled by profit and where communties are able to take control of their lives".
Click here to sign the petition against the World Logistics Hub.
The planning application documents can be downloaded from the Manchester City Council planning website (Search under A538). Letters of objection can be emailed to d.lawless@manchester.gov.uk
Tomorrow's Stop G8 planning meeting - details
21-09-2012 18:27
Stop G* is a network set up to oppose the G8 summit which is taking place in the UK in 2013Badger campaign & other Nottm AR Events
21-09-2012 16:55
This month our minds are focussed on the forthcoming killing of badgers, whilst dairy cows and their calves continue to suffer unnatural and abusive practices....
Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd September : Veggies catering at Elvaston Woodland Festival. Help welcome for vegan catering and animal rights stall. Leaving 08:30 from Sumac on Saturday and 09:00 from Sumac on Sunday. http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=1975 As ever Nottm Hunt Saboteurs will be protecting wildlife in the fields on Saturday: http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=1493 People's Kitchen at Sumac this Saturday is Dhal with vegetable rice and big colourful salads. http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=457 --- Thursday 27th September : Anti Badger Slaughter information stall by the Lions in city centre. Meet 12:00. Then on to... Thursday 27th September Demo to Stop Tesco, the Badger Killers, outside Tesco opposite Angel Row Library in city centre from 4pm with Press expected at 5pm. Numbers needed for this very important demo. See http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=1746 This page also has a link for the petition 'Stop the badger cull'. This is the highest trending petition in the UK, with around 500 signing each hour, for a current total approaching 78,000. When it reached 100,000 the government are obliged to respond. On the topic of badger actions, if anyone is interested in surveying potential cull zones, please contact our hunt sab division (http://nottinghamhuntsabs.weebly.com/contact.html). --- Friday 28th September : Possible Greyhounds demo, need a couple more people to go ahead however.. If we get them then it would be usual time of 18:30. http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=1535 --- Sunday 30th September : Animal Blessing event at Southwell Minster to mark St Francis' day. An uplifting day and another outreach opportunity? Report from last year at http://www.inspiremagazine.org.uk/news?newsaction=view&newsid=5681&newspage=28 --- Monday 1st October : Labour Animal Welfare Society Conference in Manchester. Networking opportunity and free vegan buffet... From 18:30 http://www.labouranimalwelfaresociety.org.uk/2012/09/labour-party-conference-events/ --- Thursday 4th October : World Animal Day. There will be a "Support Adoption" stall 11:00 at lions in Market square. --- Saturday 6th October : National Badger Day.. What shall we do? Also March for Farmed Animals in Brighton. No organised transport, but possible car sharing? --- Sunday 7th October : Anti Badger Cull demo outside the Conservative Party Conference. Starts 12 noon, outside the 'International Convention Centre' in Birmingham. http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=120 ------------------------------------ ________________________________________________ - - - - - - Nottingham Animal Rights - - - - - - c/o Sumac Centre, 245 Gladstone Street, Nottingham NG7 6HX Ph: 0845 458 9595 / mobile:0787 086 1837 Email: nar@veggies.org.uk Website : http://www.veggies.org.uk/nar Event details on Veggies/Sumac Diary: http://www.veggies.org.uk/arc.php?output=veg Nottingham Animal Rights newslist: http://lists.riseup.net/www/info/narJohn Bowden - Time To Get Him OUT!
21-09-2012 15:52
Direct action gets the goods: blockade helps stop 35 people being deported
21-09-2012 15:30
EDL arrest over Manchester police killings
21-09-2012 14:22
Urgent Request From Alberto Patishtán
21-09-2012 14:19
Urgent request for support for innocent Mexican indigenous political prisoner.CAN ANYONE DELIVER THIS LETTER TO THE MEXICAN EMBASSY ON MONDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER????
CONTACT
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Alberto Patishtán loses his sight due to neglect by the Mexican State
21-09-2012 14:15
This innocent Mexican political prisoner has now spent over 12 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. It has now been revealed that he has lost his eyesight due to medical neglect.A motion for his innocence is being presented on Wednesday.
He needs his freedom now.
PCS Union Strikes Over Transport & Environment Cuts, Bristol Members Join Action
21-09-2012 10:55
this is a bristol indymedia story
Following two months of rolling strikes across the Department for Transport, the union's 8,500 DfT members will be joined by 3,500 from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in the walkout.
Among the issues under dispute in the DfT are plans to close almost half of the UK's coastguard stations; the closure of all 39 of the DVLA's local offices and 10 enforcement centres; and cuts and the threat of privatisation in the Driving Standards Agency.
There are similar concerns over job cuts and privatisation in Defra. And all of this comes on top of a pay freeze and the looming threat of the imposition of local or regional pay, which would drive living standards down even further.
DfT members will be on strike all day and Defra members will walk out for three hours from 1.30pm.
PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said: "Despite all the evidence pointing to the fact that austerity isn't working, this government is ploughing ahead with unnecessary and damaging cuts that will deprive our communities of vital public services."
Links: Bristolians Vote for Strike | Union Statement |
The BBC promotes Sodastream
21-09-2012 10:03
This morning on the Today Programme, the CEO of Sodastream was interviewed and was able to extoll the benefits of SodaStream as an environmentally friendly product! The interviewer even mentioned the fact that the company is Israeli, a fact that the CEO (who sounded American to me) happily confirmed. And that was that - no mention that the company's main manufacturing plant is in the illegal settlement of Mishor Edomim in the West Bank. No mention that the company is subject to a boycott because of it's location on stolen Palestinian land. Then there's also the fact that the BBC is supported by the licence fee, and really shouldn't be doing a 5 minute infomercial for a private company that is quoted on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
China in closed door negotiations to purchase Mexican crude oil without using US
21-09-2012 02:00
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The EDL's Racist Tweets Go Unpunished - #edl
20-09-2012 23:38
The Mainstream Media Appears to be Censoring the Truth About Global Warming
20-09-2012 19:41
United Nations scientists have made it very clear that climate change is being caused by global warming which is the result of the burning of fossil fuels, but although the newspapers and television channels have been reporting some of the news about the natural disasters they seem to be ignoring the real reasons why they are actually occurring.
CB BID Public Meeting TONIGHT!
20-09-2012 15:03
Dear AllCambridge for All, a group formed at the meeting last week about the CBbid hosted by Mill Road Society have asked us to circulate the following information
Out of the Frying Pan...
20-09-2012 13:39
Charged with 'threatening and abusive language' for shouting "No More War!"Prison Island UK
20-09-2012 13:32
http://prisonislanduk.noblogs.org/ New anarchist webpage selecting all the UK news and reports for bad citizens everywhere. Plus all the anti-system, riotous and anti-social news you never hear about and more: Jesus gets his arm sawn off in Wakefield; Bins on fire in Bolton; Blackpool estate agent done over. From the boring cities to all the crappiest parts of England, Scotland and Wales, people are fighting back – “in this grey prison society the flame of revolt still burns”:
Two cops executed in Manchester
20-09-2012 11:51
Criminal and anti-social vendetta against the police -pics prisonislanduk.noblogs.org
The Innocence of Muslims
20-09-2012 11:03
Anti-Islam film: Christian and Islamic fundamentalists leaning on each otherReligion and Violence.
19-09-2012 19:49
All criticism of Islam is seen as problematic. Yet Islam is also viewed as a religion justifiying violence. However, all Abrahamic religions have a violent aspect, which along with patriarchal forms of oppression need serious and sustained criticism. This article considers the contradictions in the concept of a higher power, however, conceptualised or personified.