Street Photography: Peter Jenkins - Photography Monthly November 2010

A splendid piece on issues and rights around street photography by local photographer Pete Jenkins.

In my experience, photographers still have some difficulties in taking photographs in public places actions etc.

There are agreed national and local 'Nottinghamshire Police Guidelines'. Many will know of the trouble I've had wi…

NOTTINGHAM TICKETS SOLD OUT - December 1

Join the National Climate March in London

Coach leaves Salutation at 8:00am

Tickets £10 (waged) £6 (student/unwaged)

Resistance to the age of austerity has continued in Nottingham. On Wednesday night/Thursday morning, vandals struck at Conservative Party offices Nottingham, breaking windows and scrawling graffiti. On Saturday, more than 1,000 people marched from the Forest Recreation Ground to Market Square in a protest organised by Notts Save Our Services.

On the newswire: 1100 march in Nottingham against aust…

"On Saturday 20th November 2010 the lively demonstration and march called by Notts Save Our Services assembled on the Forest Recreation Ground. Well over one thousand residents, workers, service users, pension and welfare recipients, parents, teachers, university and school students from all over Nottingham and Notts brought themselves along on a misty morning, and carried placards and banner…

A recent decision not to approve a new opencast mine application gains Government endorsement after a Public Inquiry - the first victory for Anti Opencast Campaigners for at least five years. This decision has implications for all prospective English applications including the Minorca application in  Leicestershire 

More than one thousand people marched with Notts Save Our Services to say the cuts are unnecessary, cruel and unjustified. It was a crisis caused by profligate bankers which plunged the world into recession, but it is us who are asked to pay in cuts to services, jobs and benefits.

This video features campaigners against the closure of Gedling School, Rachel Southern, who featured in local media r…

An (incomplete) overview of how the age of austerity has affected Nottingham and Notinghamshire over the last week or so. This is largely culled from various local media outlets, so apologies for some of the dodgy analysis.

Friends Meeting House, 25 Clarendon Street, Nottingham, NG1 5JD

Nottingham Friends Meeting House, 25 Clarendon Street, Nottingham, NG1 5JD

Biggest demonstration since the Poll Tax planned for Saturday 20 November

Demonstration against the cuts – there is an alternative

The Tory offices in Nottingham were last night visited by individuals who hate Tory scum. We smashed some windows, painted some messages including "Fight the cuts" and "Tory Scum".

The International Community Centre, 61b Mansfield Road, Nottingham, NG1 3FN

Sumac Centre, 245 Gladstone Street, NG7 6HX.

An (incomplete) overview of how the age of austerity has affected Nottingham and Notinghamshire over the last week or so. This is largely culled from various local media outlets, so apologies for some of the dodgy analysis.

NCC LOLs provides a helpful guide to Discretionary Housing Payments and the city council's failure to get its act sorted. "The local election is on next May and if people wrote to their councillors to raise their concerns about the lack of action over DHPs and their concern about the post benefit cuts future they might take a bit of notice."

SUMAC Centre, 245 Gladstone Street, Forest Fields, Nottingham NG7 6HX.

News has just been recieved that Rushcliffe Borough Council have REFUSED Tesco's planning application for a new store in Keyworth.

Sumac Centre, 245 Gladstone St./73 Beech Avenue, Forest Fields, Nottingham NG7 6HX

An (incomplete) overview of how the age of austerity has affected Notinghamshire over the last week or so. This is largely culled from various local media outlets, so apologies for some of the dodgy analysis.

On Saturday 6 November, Notts SOS held a protest outside the Vodafone store on Clumber Street. Although the store was effectively closed even before campaigners arrived, this was far from an inspiring demonstration with the analysis leaving much to be desired.

Market Square, Nottingham

On Tuesday 2nd November, opponents of funding cuts to Framework organised a "flash mob" in the Market Square.

"An estimated 400 to 600 people marched through Leicester on 30 October to protest against the cuts announced by the Con-Dem coalition government. For a late October day, the weather was good and this matched the great mood of those who had turned out to protest against some of the most savage cuts seen in Britain since the 1930’s." (Leicestershire Against the Cuts)

An (incomplete) overview of how the age of austerity has affected Notinghamshire over the last week or so. Culled from various local media outlets, so don't blame me for some of the dodgy analysis.

On Wednesday, activists in London blockaded Vodafone's flagship store on Oxford Street, in protest against the company's avoidance of a £6bn tax bill. This action has inspired campaigners throughout the country and sparked off a wave of anti-Vodafone actions. But nothing yet in Nottingham.

Last week George Osborne (real name Gideon, estimated worth £4m) announced the details of the "Comprehensive Spending Review," consigning almost 500,000 people to unemployment while slashing housing benefit and attacking welfare. Locally, the growing movement has continued to protest against the imposition of austerity, targeting both the city and county councils as well as local bailiffs.

On th…

Nottingham Claimants' Union - Organising benefit claimants in Nottingham to defend their welfare against government cuts

Old Market Square, Nottingham