Nottingham Animal Rights - Another 8 events to support
Nottingham Animal Rights | 27.04.2009 15:09 | Animal Liberation
Is this a slack week for Nottingham Animal Rights?
Only 8 forthcoming events to report on this time.
Only 8 forthcoming events to report on this time.
Wednesday 29th April - 4pm
Protest against the use of animals in cruel and unscientific experiments at Nottingham University's Medical School. Bring banners, placards, leaflets.
See
http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=53
Followed by:
Wednesday 29th April
Vegan Prisoner Support Group benefit gig at The Navigation, Wilford Street, Nottm NG21AA, with Inner Terrestrials, 4 support bands & DJ's.
See:
http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=1489
Thursday 30th April
Not Stupid Social
Meet 17:30 in Broadway to watch 'The Age of Stupid', the Climate Change blockbuster, staring Pete Postlethwaite, then to Old Angel at 20:15 for burgers, then Sumac from 21:30.
Film/campign info:
http://www.veggies.org.uk/notstupid
Friday 1st May - Monday 4th
Evening, then all weekend. Veggies Catering at Ashleighey music festival, near Alport heights/Wirksworth/Ambergate
http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=1412
Saturday 2nd May
Mayday - Nottingham Rally
Despite being left off the poster and the speakers invitation list, Veggies may be providing catering and a campaign info exchange, as per the last 20+ years!
http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=1525
Thursday 7th May. McLeafletting meeting 18:00 at Clumber Street. The longest battle in UK legal history enables us to do this, how about making use of our remaining freedom?
Followed by:
Thursday 7th May. 20:00.
Next Nottingham animal Rights planning meeting @ sumac.
http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=1430
Advance notice:
Saturday 9th May.
Sabs benefit gig @ sumac featuring Martin the Livewire.
Protest against the use of animals in cruel and unscientific experiments at Nottingham University's Medical School. Bring banners, placards, leaflets.
See
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Followed by:
Wednesday 29th April
Vegan Prisoner Support Group benefit gig at The Navigation, Wilford Street, Nottm NG21AA, with Inner Terrestrials, 4 support bands & DJ's.
See:
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Thursday 30th April
Not Stupid Social
Meet 17:30 in Broadway to watch 'The Age of Stupid', the Climate Change blockbuster, staring Pete Postlethwaite, then to Old Angel at 20:15 for burgers, then Sumac from 21:30.
Film/campign info:
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Friday 1st May - Monday 4th
Evening, then all weekend. Veggies Catering at Ashleighey music festival, near Alport heights/Wirksworth/Ambergate
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Saturday 2nd May
Mayday - Nottingham Rally
Despite being left off the poster and the speakers invitation list, Veggies may be providing catering and a campaign info exchange, as per the last 20+ years!
![](/img/extlink.gif)
Thursday 7th May. McLeafletting meeting 18:00 at Clumber Street. The longest battle in UK legal history enables us to do this, how about making use of our remaining freedom?
Followed by:
Thursday 7th May. 20:00.
Next Nottingham animal Rights planning meeting @ sumac.
![](/img/extlink.gif)
Advance notice:
Saturday 9th May.
Sabs benefit gig @ sumac featuring Martin the Livewire.
Nottingham Animal Rights
Homepage:
http://www.veggies.org.uk/nar/
Comments
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Unity?
27.04.2009 15:47
There was me thinking the idea was to increase unity, has this issue been addressed with organisers? I imagine Notts AR have tried to sort this out, so fair play for pointing this out on IMC - hopefully others will get the message if they didn't listen initally. Big shame.
Can any Notts organisers of the mayday event discuss this here, reasons why etc? It might seem like this is a minor issue, but when you've been served food for 20 yrs, regardless of your opinions of vegan food, there is an idea called respect - with leads to unity.
veg@n
We can only apologise......
27.04.2009 23:06
.......for not having Veggies on the flyer. It is a simple oversight not a deliberate decision. However the flyer has been circulating for well over a month now and this is the first time the oversight has been raised with just 5 days to go to the event so it is too late to rectify it now.
The vegan food I have had is lovely stuff by the way.
Dave, on behalf of the MayDay organisers.
Dave
It's not just veggies...
28.04.2009 12:10
Marketing for Mayday has significant Human rights and Environment content and absolutely ZERO animal rights content.
Is that an accident?
Not surprisingly, campaigners with an AR focus are unimpressed.
One struggle, one fight.
Suffering is suffering, whatever the race, gender or species.
David.O.
What have we done to deserve this?
28.04.2009 23:12
Locally, let alone nationally, there are a thousand and one issues/causes/campaigns etc. that need to be addressed but we have very limited time at the MayDay rally to fit them in as speakers. There will be many such groups at the event who would all, and justifiably, claim the right to speak but will not be doing simply because there is not the time. Why have you suddenly decided to have a go at us because animal rights campaigners have not been invited?
There are just four of us organising this event in between going to work, our regular daily campaign work and a host of the other mundane things that constitute daily life.
Perhaps you could do what the others are doing and come along with a stall and information and get your message across that way. In fact we invite you to do so. All we ask is £5 to help towards the costs that putting this on incurs.
See you Saturday?
Dave.
Dave
Moving forward
29.04.2009 09:54
Many of us work hard on thankless activism and as a consequence the world is very slightly more benign.
Ok, perhaps we should be more sensitive when phrasing feedback/commentary... Guilty. It is easy to criticize.
Whatever, you cannot reasonable count the entirety of animal rights as "one of a thousand causes"... :(
Imagine a mayday poster with no environmental references or no human rights references! Well that is the equivalent. The big three are not "one of a thousand causes" but broad categories containing a thousand causes within each.
Don't be upset, nice one for your very much appreciated hard work! but perhaps in future years you might consider giving AR proportionate propaganda space.
David.O.
Clarification
29.04.2009 20:26
Brighton's awesome campaign caterers, Anarchist Teapot, from whom Veggies draws much inspiration, have sometimes felt like a slot machine from which people automatically expect to be fed, but like them Veggies is an integral part of the movement, largely run by campaigners and volunteers, keeping everyone else sustained on the streets, in the fields and at numerous events in Nottingham and far afield.
Sometime there is a cheery "we love you Veggies!" as we drive away, but sometime we can feel taken for granted. It is refreshing to see that people look out for Veggies' interests.
In the comment 'Unity?', veg@n asks 'has this issue been addressed with organisers?' Unfortunately not. With so many events to organise for, together with maintaining website that gives many groups their only public face, time keeps on slipping into the future.
Life is too short to fall out, and the challenges we face too great and pressing, so we look forward to another 25 years of mutual support between Veggies and all the other groups with which we work, starting with the MayDay Rally on Saturday (and the Greenpeace / Tibet / water aid / Oxfam fundraising Ashleyhey Festival which Veggies is supporting at the same time:
Nottingham MayDay event details:
Veggies Tour Dates:
Pat