UK Newswire Archive
Nottingham Animal Rights
21-04-2011 22:23
Stuff to do...
Friday 22nd - 'great' british circus demo: 6pm in Leicestershire,
pick-up 4:30 from Sumac. http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=1431
Saturday 23rd - Greyhound demo: 6pm @ Colwick dogtrack.
http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=1535
Thursday 28th - Brinsley Animal Rescue workday, pick-up 6:15 from the
Council House steps, http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=1562
Saturday 30th - Nottingham Mayday Rally, meet 11pm @ Victoria Park
Including Free Food Giveaway to mark Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale
(http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=636)
Sunday 1st May - Midlands ARC meeting sumac @ 2:30
http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=1440
Tuesday 3rd - Brinsley Animal Rescue workday, pick-up 6:15 from the
Council House steps, http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=1894
Monday 9th - Foston Pig Farm Demo 11:30am, Bank St, Matlock
Midland Pig Producers plans Britain's largest pig factory farm to
subject around 25,000 animals to a life of permanent confinement,
suffering and boredom. The farm intends to produce one thousand pigs a
week who will be transported off site to slaughter. Object before 13th
May - see http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/news_factory//2464//
Thursday 5th May - Nottingham animal Rights Meeting at Sumac
http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=1430
Advance Notice
Saturday 21st - Meat-free in Manchester to celebrate the start of
National Vegetarian Week, with catering by Veggies.
Sunday 22nd - Nottingham Green Festival at Arboretum - all hand on deck!
http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=1869
Sunday 22nd - Horse and Pony Sanctuary Open Day in Leeds, with
catering by Veggies.
Monday 23rd - (possible) free food giveaway for national vegetarian
week details tbc (also Sarah's birthday,)
Order stuff for your favorite cafe or workplace fromhttp://www.nationalvegetarianweek.org/page.aspx?pid=1056
March for Education & Solidarity, Nottingham Uni
21-04-2011 22:23
Tuesday 19th April
From 18th-20th April, the University of Nottingham hosted a meeting of the Association of University Administrators. Minister for Universities David Willetts was to attend, but had dropped out in advance. In response, Nottingham Students Against Fees and Cuts organised a protest.
Students and others gathered at the Lakeside Arts Centre and marched through the University of Nottingham to demonstrate at the East Midlands Conference Centre
March on the AUA and Camp for the Radical Alternative
Nottingham Students Against Fees and Cuts enjoyed a sunny and noisy march to the East Midlands Conference Centre where their chants (what do we want? Free education! How do we get it? Occupation!) were met with nodding and even some applause from the Association of University Administrators.
While infamous sexist Willets cancelled his keynote address to the AUA, NSAFC went ahead with their camp for the radical alternative holding anti-oppression workshops and engaging discussions. The cuts to and privatisation of education were discussed by a representative from the Campaign for the Public University and a PhD student explained the unequal effect of the cuts to public services on women. It was noted that unemployment among young women was rising and that women were more affected by cuts to Arts and Humanities. It was suggested that women would be disproportionately taking on more unpaid work to cover the effects of the cuts to childcare, care for people with disabilities and services for the elderly. The news that women’s refugee centres across Nottingham were facing closure was met with anger as it was agreed women will face more violence and serious danger as a direct result.
NSAFC and the assembled campers agreed that it will be necessary to take action against the cuts and build community solutions to them as radical alternatives to neo-liberal cuts were envisaged.
Upcoming demonstrations, such as the May Day Rally and the next Uncut action were promoted.
Local young people from colleges and secondary schools across Nottingham, students from both of the city’s universities and members of Notts SOS and Notts Uncut came together to enjoy food provided by local vegan catering co-operative Veggies as NSAFC built ever stronger links with the
Nottingham Students Against Fees and Cuts
http://nsafc.wordpress.com/about
Notts Save our Services
http://nottssos.org.uk
Notts Uncut
http://www.nottsuncut.webeden.co.uk
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ALAN LODGE
Photographer - Media: One Eye on the Road. Nottingham. UK
Email: tash@indymedia.org
Web: http://digitaljournalist.eu
Member of the National Union of Journalists [NUJ]
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"It is not enough to curse the darkness.
It is also necessary to light a lamp!!"
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The unemployable
21-04-2011 21:14
Interesting article.... a dependency on the state through welfare.This made me think: What happens when we manage to destroy The State?
Where will these people who are so dependent on it get their money from?
I realise many can do things like get a grant off the Arts Council or something, but if we are talking about 80,000 that is going to be a lot of hungry mouths.
Demos in solidarity with Zapatista-initiated Other Campaign Prisoners
21-04-2011 20:36
Info Stalls and demos about San Sebastian Bachajón as part of the FiveMore Days of Action for the 5 prisoners of Bachajón
Sunday 24th April
2pm-4pm
Wellington Statue
East End of Princes Street
Edinburgh
Thursday 28th April
12 noon - 2pm
Outside the Library
Glasgow University
UG#545 - Linguistic & Cultural Hierarchy (Reel Bad Arabs/Translation in Wartime)
21-04-2011 19:36
Bath Bomb #38 Out Now
21-04-2011 19:14
The latest issue of the Bath's monthly radical freesheet is finally out, jettisoning special iron-thick, creamy attention on the soon-to-be happy couplePalestine Today 04 21 2011
21-04-2011 17:49
Statement from the Ahava 4
21-04-2011 16:50
Today 4 activists were convicted for blockading Ahava, a cosmetics store selling products from Mitzpe Shalem - an Israeli settlement on occupied Palestinian landTo Farm or to Die, Resist the Iron Mine! Indonesian Embassy Visit.
21-04-2011 16:35
Locked Out Vivergo Workers Continue Their Fight For Jobs
21-04-2011 14:28
Unemployed win victories over A4e bullies
21-04-2011 13:22
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Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty (ECAP) have won a significant victory for the unemployed in the war against New Deal provider A4e, thanks to the courageous stand taken by one brave unemployed ex-miner, who despite threats and benefit suspension stood up to A4e for over a year!
Social Centre Plus resists eviction
21-04-2011 12:22
Social Centre Plus, the occupied Job Centre on Deptford High Street, resisted an attempted eviction by bailiffs on Tuesday 12th April. More info: http://socialcentreplus.wordpress.com
Video footage of the March 31st demo - 1990!
21-04-2011 11:52
The TUC demonstration riot in central London was far from the first. Over 21 years ago central London was devasted by one of the biggest outbreaks of violence at a demonstration in history.Request by New Zealand Human Rights outsider to appear before UN committee
21-04-2011 05:41
Human rights omissions in the New Zealand Bill of Rights were designed to strongly favor a Pakeha/Maori 'tribal' elite partnership under the Treaty of Waitangi and to created a 'tribal New Zealand'. The results were tragic - New Zealand lost its human rights innocence - there was a major tragedy at the bottom of the social scale also including many 'tall poppies' from all social classes and all born out by the social statistics.Activists blockade EDF
21-04-2011 02:29
Campaigners brought rush hour traffic to a standstill this morning to protest against EDF Energy's plans to build a new generation of nuclear power stations in the UK. All four lanes of the A302 outside EDF Energy's headquarters in Grosvenor Place -- which runs alongside the gardens of Buckingham Palace -- were sealed off shortly after 8am using 14-foot tripods. The cleared zone was then declared a 'nuclear disaster area'.
Campaign group, Boycott EDF, says the energy giant is spearheading a 'nuclear renaissance' which could see the construction of at least ten new nuclear reactors -- a move spokeswoman, Bella Benson, claims will spell disaster for the UK.
"EDF has spent a massive amount of money marketing itself as an environment-friendly company," says Benson. "But the truth is that it's planning to lumber us with an outdated form of energy that is incredibly dangerous, extremely expensive and completely unnecessary. As the company's HQ Is opposite Buckingham Palace, it would be fitting to call their plan a right, royal rip-off."
EDF has already caused great concern - even before construction of 'new nuclear' has started. An independent report published last year found that land designated for EDF's two new mega-reactors at the Hinkley Point nuclear power plant in Somerset is heavily contaminated with enriched uranium. But EDF has dismissed the report. "With such a hazardous form of energy, best practice must be observed at every stage. We find EDF's attitude shocking,"
Cheaper, greener alternative strategies have been put forward by respected organisations including Greenpeace, the Sustainable Development Commission and the New Economics Foundation (3). Says Benson, "The billions earmarked for new nuclear power stations should be invested in further developing safe forms of energy such as renewables and the type of district heating plants (combined heat and power plants) that can be run on biogas. It's a scandal that there hasn't been an informed public debate about this issue."
The campaign is urging customers of EDF Energy to say 'no to new nuclear' by switching to other energy providers. It is also asking the public to boycott events and attractions - such as the London Eye - sponsored by the company.
For more information on the campaign go to: http://www.boycottedf.org.uk
see also: https://london.indymedia.org/articles/8717
Trafalgar Square encampment 10th April
21-04-2011 02:29
A meeting was held at the Trafalgar Square Occupation on Sunday 3rd April 12.00. It was decided nearly unanimously to have a repeat of the occupation on Saturday 9th &10th of April with a possibility to making this a weekly occurance.
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In occupying Trafalgar Square repeatedly so soon after the half-a-million strong march on the 26th of March and Vince Cable's refusal to "change its fundamental economic policy simply in response to a demonstration of that kind." we want to show that we will not go back home until the government realises that popular opinion is against its program of cuts and changes its policies.
Ater the violent eviction of peaceful protesters on March 26th we intend to show that without police presence protesters can organise themselves peaceully and lawfully. We showed this on the 2nd of April when the police stayed at a distance for the entire occupation and there was no conflict or illegal activity. Police intervention at protests only serve to antagonise and incite violence. This occupation intends to defend our right to peaceful protest. http://defendtherighttoprotest.org/
For more information see
http://occupytrafalgarsquare.wordpress.com/