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ExLibris Mega Charity Book Sale

September 15, 2013 11:00

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16 Vernon Avenue, Carlton, Nottingham, NG4 3FX

ExLibris Mega Charity Book Sale

September 13, 2013 11:00

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16 Vernon Avenue, Carlton, Nottingham, NG4 3FX

ExLibris Mega Charity Book Sale

September 14, 2013 11:00

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16 Vernon Avenue, Carlton, Nottingham, NG4 3FX

What is Alternative Economics Anyways?

June 20, 2013 19:30

Peacock Hotel/Pub

(upstairs room)

Mansfield Rd - next to Voluntary Action Centre

Cycling and some road dangers

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Wigman Road and Trowell Road, Nottingham June 2013

Unlike its county council neighbour, Nottingham City Council has been one of the better local authorities when it comes to cycling provisions. But even councils with good intentions can get things wrong.

 

Monsanto Demo in the Market Square: Pictures

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1.00pm 25th March 2013 Market Square, Nottingham

Monsanto Demo: Videos

 

1.00pm 25th March 2013 Market Square, Nottingham

Demo Against Monsanto

 

The ‘Robin Hood’ spirit inspires Nottingham’s prot

Hundreds of local residents expected in Market Square at 2pm for the global 'March Against Monsanto' movement

Demo Against Monsanto

May 25, 2013 14:00

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Market Square

U.K. anarchist publication “Return Fire” released

Our new zine Return Fire is now available. It's a diverse mix with liberatory aims, which we hope to be informative and inspiring for anyone who decides to make their life a weapon against the dominant order.

People's Assembly - the sequel

May 21, 2013 19:30

International Community Centre

62b Mandfield Rd

Nottingham

 

BBC: Police use of dead children's identities 'common'

Police use of dead children's identities 'common'

 

The use of dead children's identities by Scotland Yard's Special Demonstrations Squad was "common practice", MPs have been told.

 

Derbyshire Chief Constable Mick Creedon updated MPs on Operation Herne, which is looking at the Met's undercover operations.

 

Claims about the use of the identities relate to the squad's operations in the …

Nottingham Science Blog: The Birdies and Peanuts Experiment

The Birdies and Peanuts ExperimentEarlier this year, NSB bought a bird feeder, filled it with peanuts and hung it up on a Magnolia tree in the back garden with a view to measuring the rate at which the nuts were eaten during the year. It is proving to be a fascinating experiment. . .





The NEW, heavy gauge, Bird Feeder

Carnival Against Capitalism: #J11: Carnival in the West End of London

Nottingham has held some national gathering meeting around the issue and many will be going [I hope!]

11 June 2013. #J11. 

One Common Struggle.

Carnival Against Capitalism.

Their London?

London is right at the heart of global capitalism. And the West End of London, including elite areas like Piccadilly, Mayfair and Knightsbridge, is where power and greed are most concentrated. The West End is …

Sumac Garden with Spring's Progress

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Thursday 2 May 2013

Folks have been beavering away in the Sumac Yard Garden.

Nottingham Activist helping to end illegal fishing

A Nottingham Activist, Wietse, has spread his wings / fins further and is helping by tackling the problem head on: by getting in the way of pirate fishermen

Thatcher gone - let's celebrate

April 08, 2013 17:00

Nottingham Market Square, 5pm. Bring yourself, banners, placards, music, hats.

Saturday afternoon with Occupy Nottingham

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Saturday 6 April 2013

Having spent 6 months camping in the Market Square, and then moving out after threat of eviction .... they're back.

This time, they were joined by a few passing devils!!

As you can see from last post at: http://nottingham.tachanka.org/articles/5532 they are trying to make this a regular thing again.....

 

Occupy Nottingham Returns

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Friday 5 April 2013

Having spent 6 months camping in the Market Square, and then moving out after threat of eviction .... they're back.

Extreme Energy Gathering, 27/28th April

April 27, 2013 19:00

MERCi, Bridge 5 Mill, 22a Beswick Street, Manchester, UK

Open Space

March 30, 2013 11:00

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The Sumac Centre245 Gladstone Street, Forest Fields

Court Solidarity: No Dash for Gas Sentencing

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The 21 activists from No Dash for Gas who shut down EDF's West Burton gas fired power station for a week and then fought off EDF's £5 million lawsuit are being sentenced at Nottingham Magistrates Court at 10am on Wednesday 20th March.

Some defendnts face possible prison sentences.

Supporters are invited to come down and show solidarity outside the courtroom from 9.30am.

Update: Sentencing now …

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Energy company EDF drop £5m damages claim against West Burton power station protesters

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Energy giant EDF has dropped a £5 million damages claim against environmental protesters who occupied West Burton gas-fired power plant.

Protesters claimed a "huge victory" over the energy company after it abandoned the legal action, which had prompted a public outcry in recent w…

Riseup! Radio Returns

After three cold winters in the wilderness Riseup! Radio has returned from the deepest, darkest depths of Nottingham. With local music and radical political news the podcast you've all missed more than you care to admit is coming straight for you.

Skills Exchange - Spring Bazaar

March 16, 2013 11:00

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Sherwood Methodist Church

Devon Drive

Sherwood

Nottingham

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Stop G8 National Gathering in Nottingham

April 27, 2013 10:00

Sumac Centre

A Call To Arms - Smash the G8 and the IF Campaign

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The IF campaign has decided it can most effectively fight world hunger by making cute little paper boxes. They believe (or so they make out) that this sort of crafting will persuade George Osborne to be nice and not spend aid money on shooting africans.

 

What a load of crap.

Riseup! Radio at A4e

Riseup! Radio is being re-launched. In a few weeks time our first show for nearly four years will be arriving in your hearing holes. There will be many many things on the show- reports from the Annoymous Demo, political chit chat in the Sumac Bar, news from the NG7 Food Bank and loads of other good good stuff.

Twenty-one climate activists hit with £5 million

Energy giant EDF have taken out civil proceedings against a group of activists who scaled chimneys at their West Burton plant last October.

The company is demanding £5 million in damages, despite admitting in court that there's very little chance of getting any substantial amount of money back.

PoliticsUK: UN Human Rights observer ‘deeply concerned’

UN Human Rights observer ‘deeply concerned’ with Police tactics at protests Posted: 10:36 PM, January 23, 2013 by Alan Wyllie

The following is a Press Release by the UNHR.

From 14 to 23 January 2013, I carried out an official visit to the United Kingdom, at the invitation of the Government, for the purpose of making an in-depth assessment of the situation of freedoms of peaceful assemb…