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Come to StopG8 gathering this weekend
04-04-2013 11:48

months to go till the big week, the time to come and get involved is right
now ...
The StopG8 meeting at LARC starts on Saturday 6th at 11 am (10am for
tea/coffee) and finishes at 5.30pm. On Sunday 7th the meeting begins at
11am and finishes at 4.45pm
us-run-torture-prison-in-iraq
04-04-2013 11:11

On the death of president Chavez/No hero/No dictator
04-04-2013 10:54
The late Venezuelan president Chavez deserves appreciation for hissocial ''Bolivarian'' programs and his anti imperialist engagement.
However, reprehensible sides of his reign are the repression in Venezuela and the oppression of the freedom of expression.
His friendly relationships with dictators like Assad, Lushenko and Kaddafi are disgustable.
Therefore he doesn't deserve the unconditional praise he gets from his leftist admirors.
History of London's first African mayor John Archer told in his Battersea turf
04-04-2013 08:39

EDL In Plymouth 13th April
03-04-2013 19:47
Info about EDL in Plymouth 13/04/13Notts IWW website launched
03-04-2013 16:55
Notts IWW has a new website. We will be covering events we are involved in and things we support, plus other relevant news and comment. You may have seen our banner out and about.
Notts IWW is a grassroots union. We have members in the City and County, including Nottingham, Mansfield and Warsop at present. Our website has more details. If you would like to get involved, please get in touch. Our email address is on the website (link below, in the ABOUT section).
Labour MP's response to Workfare
03-04-2013 16:55
Had written to local Nottingham MP to enquire after attitude to workfare.
As you can see, the Labour position on all this is not exactly satisfactory.
When addresing the lack of labour backbone in actually voting against the 'emergency legislation', I especially enjoyed the statement "I do understand why it would have sent a good message to the country if the government were shown to voted down on these issues, but there are reasons why this did not take place".
Labour’s 43 welfare sanctions rebels 19 March 2013
There were a total of 43 MPs rebelling against the Labour whip.
The vast majority of Labour MPs abstained on the Jobseekers Bill this afternoon – as they were whipped to do – despite the fact that the Bill sought to protect sanctions for a system that Labour thinks is worse than useless.
http://labourlist.org/2013/03/labours-40-welfare-sanctions-rebels
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Labour 'pressed MPs to abstain on welfare vote'
MPs put under 'significant pressure' by party leaders to abstain on crucial vote, says outgoing parliamentary private secretary
Shiv Malik and Hugh Muir 24 March 2013
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/mar/24/labour-mps-abstain-welfare-bill
David Parry: Neo-Fascist!
03-04-2013 16:18
David William Parry is a man on the rise in the London Heathen community. Parry has made a name for himself as a Heathen Priest of Nerthus, a poet, and a playwright. Most well-known for organizing the London Thing in 2012 which was attended and blessed by Freya Aswynn, Parry is growing increasingly active and visible. By all appearances he is a man who should be welcomed. He is educated, an artist, and runs a play company. Only on further examination does the real David Parry come to light.EGYPT: Nothing has changed, but everything begins…
03-04-2013 15:25


Planning and Opencast Coal: the Bad and the Good News
03-04-2013 13:49
LAON's latest Press Release provides an update on the Growth and Infrastructure Bill Clause 24 plus progress on the Halton Lea Gate Judicial Review. In addition news that a Health Impact Assessment process is to be used to assess the health aspects of the Deanfield Surface Mine Application near Sharston, Wakefield.Sheffield & Doncaster Sabs - End of Season Report 2013
03-04-2013 11:44

R.I.P. Bryan Law, while awaiting trial for disarmament of attack helicopter
03-04-2013 09:20
It is great sadness and shock to hear that Australian anti-war activist Bryan Law has passed away in Rockhamtpon, Queensland, Australia.Showcase of innovative energy efficient Eco-homes
03-04-2013 08:55
Saturday 30 March 2013, University of Nottingham Campus
Seven homes on the University Park Campus have been designed and constructed to various degrees of innovation and flexibility to allow the testing of different aspects of Modern Methods of Construction (MMC), energy efficient design and renewable energy systems.
The project is a research and educational showcase of innovative state-of-the-art energy efficient homes.
It aims to stimulate sustainable design ideas and promote new ways of providing affordable, environmentally sustainable housing that are innovative in their design.
Structures known as the Nottingham H.O.U.S.E (Home Optimising the Use of Solar Energy), it was designed and built by students from the Department of the Built Environment at the University of Nottingham.
Built with a mass market in mind, the aim was to show how a small, eco-friendly 'starter' home could be produced - one with the ability to sit side by side with other houses as part of a terrace.
Creative Energy Homes http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/creative-energy-homes/houses/houses.aspx
The Ecologist http://www.theecologist.org
The solar powered house of the future? - The Ecologist http://tinyurl.com/bwcwhpm
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You can see some earlier examples of an alternative approach to eco-friendly building in the series I photographed showing the process of straw bale construction.
Straw Bale work on eco-building in St.Anns Part 34 http://nottingham.indymedia.org/articles/515
Hill Holt Woods Project 1 http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/09/380178.html
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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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CURO Housing reclassifies home of anti bedroom tax activist from 2 bed to 3
03-04-2013 07:49
CLASS WAR BREWING IN BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSETEdinburgh East Save Our Services Meeting
02-04-2013 22:55
6.30pm Tuesday 2nd April 2013 Northfield / Willowbrae Community Centre, 10 Northfield Road, EH8 7PP. Open meeting for people in the East of Edinburgh to organise against public sector cuts and privatisation. All welcome.
Three days to sign bedroom tax petition!
02-04-2013 22:55
The closing date for our Bedroom Tax petition to Edinburgh Council is Friday 5th April. The petition calls on the Council to commit to not evicting tenants who fall into rent arrears due to their housing benefit being cut.
Click here to sign the petition. Full text below.
Sat 6 April - Modern Warfare Exposed. VfP meeting at Friends House, Euston
02-04-2013 21:43
