Nottingham Solidarity Network meeting

December 21, 2010 19:00

Published: December 15, 2010 10:11 by Nsn |

Tagged as: cuts local_communities nottingham_solidarity_network nsn

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We are a group of community activists from the Forest Fields and Hyson Green area. We're holding a meeting with the aim of setting up a network of local groups to help each other out and show solidarity with one another. Our proposal is to form a Nottingham Solidarity Network of groups committed to local community ownership of their own resources, where people genuinely take back decision making for themselves.

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Have you had enough?

Fed up of politicians making us pay for their mistakes?

Tired of being told what we can and can’t do in our communities?

So are we.

The cuts the government are forcing through are the biggest threat to our
way of life at the moment. None of the political parties want to take
responsibility. They are stealing our public services, jobs and welfare to
pay for their crisis.

Nottingham Solidarity Network is being set up by people who think that we
know best about how to run our own lives – not the Council or the
government. We think that the people who live in our neighbourhoods can
make the best decisions about how they should be run.

It’s not enough to get angry on your own – we need to act together if we
want to make things happen. By showing solidarity with each other we can
fight bigger enemies than we can alone.

NSN wants to help campaigns and individuals get together to support each
other and take action. We think it’s time the politicians and bosses
listened to us!

We are not another political group with its own agenda. We are residents
of Nottingham who are independent of the political parties. We think local
people deserve much better than self-serving politicians.

We are hoping to organise a meeting in Forest Fields soon where the voices
of local people will be heard. This will be an opportunity for us to find
ways of working together and start dealing with the problems we face.

If you want to join other people to fight the cuts and take back our lives
then get in touch. You can contact us at nsn[at]riseup[dot]net.

Contact email: nsn[at]riseup[dot]net

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