Council serve notice on Occupy Nottingham

Icon_article Published: March 04, 2012 23:30 by Tash [Alan Lodge] |

Tagged as: cuts eviction jobs occupation occupy repression
Neighbourhoods: market nottingham square

4th March 2012

A week ago, the council served a notice on the Occupy Nottingham camp, that unless they move by the 5th March, council will start proceedings. The camp says it wont be moving.

For more info and links ..... please see the Nottingham Indymedia last feature about it all.

Occupy Nottingham: Council serve notice

http://nottingham.tachanka.org/articles/2440

Occupy Notts Statement re the council 28/02/12

Occupy Nottingham were served yesterday with notice to leave within 7 days, before eviction papers are served by the council.

There is no valid need nor reason at all for the council to evict Occupy Notingham, a deal had been mutually agreed upon provisionally by representatives of both parties, & actions were being taken to set it that in motion & to show good faith.

The deal which would be a staged withdrawal of the camp from the 'square', by first compacting the camp & replacing the barriers, then moving to an alternative camp location within the city, leaving a public discussion & info stand in residence on the square. The finer points were still being negotiated, but the essence of the deal which would ultimately have seen the camp removed from the square to an alternative location at no cost to the council & with no need to spend Nottingham's revenue on expensive court costs, had been made & would have happened with the public's consent.

There is no valid need nor reason at all for the council to evict us.

Since Oct 15th 2011, we have been asking for spokepeople from us to meet with members of the council for a discussion, this had been consistantly denied, despite regular liason meetings, & in January 2012 the council stopped all talks, no more they said... it seems we may have been asking too many questions.

Cont ..... > http://nottingham.tachanka.org/articles/2435

Occupy Nottingham Common Statement

This initial statement was collectively agreed by over 500 people on the steps of St Paul's on 16th October 2011. Point 8 was added by the Occupy London General Assembly on 19th November 2011. After ammending point 6, Occupy Nottingham collectively agreed to fully adopt the entire 'common statement', at the General Assembly on 25th January 2012.

The current system is unsustainable. It is undemocratic and unjust. We need alternatives; this where we work towards them.

We are of all ethnicities, backgrounds, genders, generations, sexualities dis/abilities and faiths. We stand together with occupations all over the world.

We refuse to pay for the banks crisis.

We do not accept the cuts as either necessary or inevitable. We demand an end to global tax injustice and to our democracy representing corporations instead of the people.

We want regulators to be genuinely independent of the industries they regulate.

We support the strikes and student actions, and actions to defend our health services, welfare, education and employment, and to stop wars and arms dealing.

We want structural change towards authentic global equality. The world's resources must go towards caring for people and the planet, not the military, corporate profits or the rich.

The present economic system pollutes land, sea and air, is causing massive loss of natural species and environments, and is accelerating humanity towards irreversible climate change. We call for a positive sustainable economic system that benefits present and future generations.

We stand in solidarity with the global oppressed and we call for an end to the actions of our government and others in causing this oppression.

This is what democracy looks like. Come and join us!

http://nottingham.tachanka.org/articles/2437

Occupation Camp in Nottingham is part of a global network of occupy camps, to protest at governments cuts. Critical of growing inequalities. Anti-globalisation, anti-capitalist and in favour of helping to bring about fairness in society.

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