As the undercover policing scandal rolls on - with the tenacious Guardian journalists about to publish their book and have the accompanying documentary screened by Channel 4 on Monday - the government has announced tighter rules for future operations.

All long-term undercover policing operations will be independently authorised

Well that sounds reassuring. But which outside body will be …

McDonald's sued green activists in long-running David v Goliath legal battle, but police role only now exposed

An undercover police officer posing for years as an environmental activist co-wrote a libellous leaflet that was highly critical of McDonald's, and which led to the longest civil trial in English history, costing the fast-food giant millions of pounds in fees.

The true identity of one o…

Man in wheelchair labelled 'fire hazard'

Fucking ATOS again!!!!!!! Man in wheelchair couldn't be seen by ATOS because his wheelchair presented a fire-risk!!!!!

Even if this is true, why the bloody hell is an office for disabily assesment located where this might be said????????? Move the fucking office! NEWSFLASH! Disability often involves wheelchairs

A man has claimed he was turned away and la…

June 2013

Refugee Week is a UK-wide programme of arts. Part of Nottingham's contribution, was an Exhibition in the City Library, Nottingham.

It is an exhibition by, for and about refugees comprising photographic work, completed in workshops led by Gaylan Nazhad in partnership with City Arts, and a series of hand-painted banners. The banners were produced during workshops at Nottingham Refugee Fo…

Framework have found it necessary to issue some guidelines on how and what to post on their facebook site.

I guess this means that they are troubled by action and the critical postings there. Good! keep it up!

They are obnoxious in their view that operating workfare schemes were an unemployed / homeless person can be sanctioned [benefits removed] for not doing as they are told. Tough love. .....…

Peacock Hotel/Pub

(upstairs room)

Mansfield Rd - next to Voluntary Action Centre

The Nottingham Refugee Forum, Alfred St N, Nottingham, NG3 1AA 

4.00pm Saturday 1st June 2013

Turkish and Kurdish people protested at development in Turkey after the forced eviction of an environmental / occupy camp, to protest at the development of green space, a park.

2.00pm Saturday 1st June 2013

Campaigners from Nottingham Against Workfare protested outside record shop Music Exchange, in Stoney Street, Nottingham.

The Music Exchange is a social enterprise founded by Framework. It is now operated by Eve Trades, a social enterprise established by the charity in 2012

1.00pm Saturday 1st June 2013

100 people gathered for a static demonstration at the Brian Clough Statue / Speakers Corner.

Video of some of the speeches at the protest. Speaker's Corner, Nottingham

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU5lkV4nlIQ

The EDL had announced on a Facebook page: to gather at the Trent inn, for  a 'commemorative march' to the Victoria Embankment War Memorial on the north bank of the Trent this Saturday in Nottingham. [1st June 2013]  

As legislation on migration becomes more and more restrictive, resistance to an inhuman system is well and alive in the City of Calais, northern France. Continue reading to find out more about Dublin II, police repression, migrant-led struggles and how to provide practical support.

By Dominic Howell

TENSIONS mounted at a Nottingham memorial service to remember the life of murdered soldier Lee Rigby on Saturday.

About 50 people gathered outside the Trent Bridge Inn before walking down to the war memorial on the Victoria Embankment to lay flowers and hold a two-minute silence in memory of soldier Lee Rigby, 25, who was murdered in Woolwich, London, by two men on Wedn…

A PROTEST has been held in the city centre against a charity involvement in the Government's mandatory work schemes for the unemployed.

Campaigners from Nottingham Against Workfare protested outside record shop Music Exchange, in Stoney Street, on Saturday.

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They were unhappy that homelessness charity Framework are involved in Welfare to Work, a scheme run by the Department for Work and Pens…

1.00pm on Saturday 1st June at Speaker's Corner, Nottingham

Video of some of the speeches at the protest. 

Speaker's Corner, Nottingham

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU5lkV4nlIQ

The Sumac Centre, 245 Gladstone Stret, Forest Fields.

The Sumac Centre, 245 Gladstone Stret, Forest Fields.

The Sumac Centre, 245 Gladstone Stret, Forest Fields.

The Sumac Centre, 245 Gladstone Stret, Forest Fields.

The Sumac Centre, 245 Gladstone Stret, Forest Fields.

The Sumac Centre, 245 Gladstone Stret, Forest Fields.

The Sumac Centre, 245 Gladstone Stret, Forest Fields.

The Sumac Centre, 245 Gladstone Stret, Forest Fields.

The Sumac Centre, 245 Gladstone Stret, Forest Fields.

The Sumac Centre, 245 Gladstone Stret, Forest Fields.