Unsilenced: Confronting Violence Against Women
June 09, 2013 17:00
Broadway Cinema
14-18 Broad Street
Nottingham
NG1 3AL
Broadway Cinema
14-18 Broad Street
Nottingham
NG1 3AL
Broadway Cinema
14-18 Broad Street
Nottingham
NG1 3AL
Broadway Cinema
14-18 Broad Street
Nottingham
NG1 3AL
Broadway Cinema
14-18 Broad Street
Nottingham
NG1 3AL
Hundreds of local residents expected in Market Square at 2pm for the global 'March Against Monsanto' movement
Yesterday a pair of CPOs were knocking on doors in the Wiverton Road/Foxhall Road area asking whether people were in favour or against a camera being installed at the crossroads. In their words - "We want to know if you're in favour or not, and if you are in favour we'd like to take your name and address to pass to the council."
The council are trying to pinpoint the people in our community who f…
One of the key criticisms of traditional mental health services is the reliance on psychiatric diagnosis, which many argue are detrimental to service-users and unsupported by scientific research. This debate has recently come to the fore with clinical groups breaking ranks from the psychiatric establishment. Links to the story in other media are provided.
DWP Ordered To Name The Workfare Exploiters
The Information Tribunal ordered the DWP to name the companies and charities involved in workfare at an appeal hearing this work.
A long running war of words has been waging between the DWP and the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) ever since a Freedom of Information request was submitted by Frank Zola asking for the names of organisations ta…
International Community Centre
62b Mandfield Rd
Nottingham
Is street art devaluing Nottingham, or rather enhancing the city's culture? Despite the council's efforts to clean up Nottingham and bring an end to graffiti, the urban phenomenon lives on. The question is, should this form of cultural and political expression really be deemed illegal? Or should a difference be made between creative street art and mindless tagging and vandalism?
Are more anti-social behaviour powers really necessary?
Last week saw the Queen's Speech setting out the forthcoming legislative programme of the coalition government. In it was a commitment to bring forward legislation to 'tackle anti-social behaviour, cut crime and further reform the police'.
The result is a bill entitled the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill. It is the latest i…
Benfit Cuts Hit Thousands
Monday, May 13, 2013
By Alexander Britton
HARD-UP residents are calling Nottingham City Council at a rate of more than one a minute over worries about benefits changes that came into force last month.
The Post can reveal that between April 2 and 16, the council answered 5,300 calls and had 2,854 face-to-face enquiries, meaning it dealt with nearly 750 queries a da…
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
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 …
As the most common forms of communication and sources of information become corrupt and ran by corporations for profit.
It is time for an alternative, The Pirate Network
The idea of Pirate Wi-Fi is to broadcast a free wi-fi network which allows anyone to connect and communicate in an area, this will be completely uncensored, anonymous, free and without government or corporate influence. Us…
On a walk into our city centre and back today, on a beautiful sunny day, I witnessed a couple of things I felt like I could not ignore. Neither could I act at the time. Why?
Meet on Forest Rec Ground (Goose Fair) from 10.30, for march to move off shortly after 11. Rally at speakers corner when the march arrives there.
Latest issue of Riseup! Radio available now! This show we talk to someone from Chiapas about what's going on in the Zapatista communities over there. We hear about the on going court case against a group of squatters in Germany. Doom brings us up to speed on the case of a Nottingham man who has been unjustly been put on remand for alleged "threatening behaviour" during a DWP interview. We …
Nottingham Contemporary Art Gallery,
Weekday Cross
Nottingham
NG1 2GB
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
PCS Union Leadership Refuse To Even Discuss Fighting Benefit Sanctions
In a disappointing and sadly all too predictable move, the leadership of the PCS Union have blocked any meaningful discussion about fighting the ruthless benefit sanction regime which many of their members are now expected to administer and police.
Under draconian new rules claimants can have benefits stopped for up to thre…
Once bitten twice shy, riseup! radio has another show,
.Oppose Cuts, Don't PayCouncil Tax Stall in Hyson Green