On Saturday 17th January people began meeting at 10.30 am on the Forest Recreation Ground.

Nottingham Stop the War Coalition has called a Protest Demonstration through Nottingham. The march was supported by all the Nottingham Mosques.
Assembled with banners, placards, several coffins carried by local children behind a hearse, a couple of thousand marched down the Mansfield Road into the Market Square for a rally in the Market Square. Speakers included Alan Sipson MP, Nottingham City Council Labour Counsellors and others.

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Yesterday,
Called by Nottingham Stop the War Coalition, Nottingham Mosques and supported by many groups. On Friday 16th January from 5.30pm onwards, there was a Protest 'candle-lit' Vigil outside the Council House in the Old Market Square on Friday evening. people began to gather from 5:30pm, some coming straight from work. There were speakers, including Alan Simpson MP, Hicham Yezza from Nottingham University (recently wrongly imprisoned under the terrorism laws), Nottingham City Labour Counsellors and others.

Nottingham Gaza Protest 'candle-lit' Vigil
 http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/01/419206.html
 http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/01/419227.html


Please continue to support these efforts and also contact your Local MPs - phone, write and ask them what the are doing about the situation in Gaza.

Free Gaza Campaign  http://www.freegaza.com

Nottingham Stop the War  http://www.nottmagainstwar.org.uk

Gaza Public Meeting at Bobbers Mill Community Centre, Nottingham
 http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/01/418048.html

Nottingham's Gaza Emergency Protest: Pictures 1
 http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/12/416449.html

Nottingham's Gaza Emergency Protest: Pictures 2
 http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/12/416470.html

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also ....

UK Feature: Yet again Israel massacres Gazan civilians - and yet again world leaders sit on the fence while people burn.
 http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/12/416339.html

UK Feature: National Free Gaza demo 10.01.2009
 http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/01/417698.html

UK Feature: Gaza: Stop The Genocide
 http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/01/417271.html

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ALAN LODGE
Photographer - Media: One Eye on the Road. Nottingham. UK
Email:  tash@indymedia.org
Member of the National Union of Journalists [No: 014345]
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"It is not enough to curse the darkness.
It is also necessary to light a lamp!!"
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