On Saturday a roving street party against the enclosure of public space for private profit was held in the city centre. A mobile sound system toured around town paying visits to banks and other corporate targets. Participants gave out hundreds of flyers protesting social control of the city centre and the human and environmental destruction of the banks. Meanwhile Notts Uncut held a protest o…

A roving street party against the enclosure of public space for private profit was held in Nottingham today. A mobile sound system toured around the city centre disrupting the business of most of the banks and a few other corporate nasties. We also did a lap of the Broadmarsh Centre. Hundreds of flyers protesting social control of the city centre and the human and environmental destruction of the …

There is a growing tendency for Nottingham City Council, the police and other authorities to seek ownership of and the right to regulate and control public space in the city. The redevelopment of the Market Square has meant that the former centre of public life in the city has been taken into the ‘ownership’ of the City Council for fee-paying markets and attractions. Ever increasing concen…