Street camapigning for withholding Council Tax payments

Friday 5 April 2013

Having spent 6 months camping in the Market Square, and then moving out after threat of eviction .... they're back.

Friday 5 April 2013, Nottingham

As part of their rolling days of action, members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) walked out of the Station Street Job Centre, Nottingham at 1pm today.

Had written to local Nottingham MP to enquire after attitude to workfare.

Notts IWW has a new website. We will be covering events we are involved in and things we support, plus other relevant news and comment. You may have seen our banner out and about.

Bulwell Market Place

Nottingham friends meeting house, Clarendon Street, NOTTINGHAM, NG1 5JD

BBC Nottingham, London road, Nottingham

Many BBC journalist from the NUJ and technicians from BECTU walked out for a 12 hour strike today.  The action is part of their ongoing campaigns on pay, pensions, continuing job cuts, workload and bullying issues. Output was affected on local and national stations both radio and television, much being replaced by recorded content.

A comparison that encourages anti-austerity solidarity.

Not much to add to the previous articles in all honesty but hey I'll add a wee bit anyways.

They way forward in the struggle against austerity is not to pay Council Tax

Here are photos of the anti-workfare demo in the snow, that took place in Nottingham City Centre yesterday (23rd March 2013) to highlight the continuing scandal of forced unpaid work for people who receive welfare. Four shops were visited that are involved with workfare (Burton, British Heart Foundation, Debenhams, Poundland). Leaflets were handed out and shops were entered to speak with workers a…

I went to Nottingham's 'Bedroom Tax' demo last week. Saw the odd NCC councillor and apparently at least one MP popped in too.

You might also be aware that NCC has launched it's own petition against it too and, despite the fact that they deserve a long list of "Where were you when...?" questions, I would urge you to sign it.



It's not hard to see NCC's self interest in challenging the bedroom tax…

The first bedroom tax protest in Nottingham. 

Nottingham Railway Station (Nottingham, Notts)

Carrington Street

Nottingham, Notts NG2 3AQ

12.30pm Wednesday 20th March 2013.  Market Square, Nottingham

Members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) held a national strike today on Budget Day across the country. To highlight their concerns over pay, pensions and the governments continued austerity measures.  

On Saturday, 2-300 people gathered at Speakers Corner in Nottingham to demonstrate against the coalition government’s bedroom tax. The government policy will see social tenants with a spare room having £40-£80 per month taken off their housing benefit. According to the protesters, “in Nottingham alone 4746 families will be affected by the Bedroom Tax” which “penalises the disabled, single par…

Saturday 16th March 2013

2 - 300 people gathered for a static demonstration at the Brian Clough Statue / Speakers Corner.

The Sumac Centre245 Gladstone Street, Forest Fields

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PROTESTERS have stepped up their campaign to stop the closure of a day centre for people with mental health problems.

Dozens of people opposed to the shutting of the Open Door project, on the Victoria Embankment, held placards outside a Notts County Council meeting at the Masonic Hall in Welbeck Road, West Bridgford.

12:30 - 2.00pm. Market Square [Left Lion], Nottingham

The static demo is being advertised for Saturday, 16 March 2013 1.00pm at the Brian Clough Statue / Speakers Corner, just off the Market Square

Sumac Centre

The IF campaign has decided it can most effectively fight world hunger by making cute little paper boxes. They believe (or so they make out) that this sort of crafting will persuade George Osborne to be nice and not spend aid money on shooting africans.

What a load of crap.

Riseup! Radio is being re-launched. In a few weeks time our first show for nearly four years will be arriving in your hearing holes. There will be many many things on the show- reports from the Annoymous Demo, political chit chat in the Sumac Bar, news from the NG7 Food Bank and loads of other good good stuff.

Precarious workers, students, the unemployed, squatters, and the angry and annoyed turned up outside the Nottingham offices of Ingeus and A4e for a demonstration called by Nottingham against Workfare and Stop G8 Notts. A “Workfare ain't Fair” was handed out and hundreds of leaflets entitled “Workfare is Class warefare” were handed out to shoppers, as well as those employed and harassed by A4e and…

12.00 4th March 2013

Folks initially gathered outside the entrance to the offices of A4e at Maid Marian House, Maid Marian Way, Nottingham.

12.00 Saturday 23 February 2013

Anonymous Nottingham gather in the Market Square, Nottingham.

Then, treking off to visit the usual suspects in tax evasion and worker exploitation.

Barclays, NatWest, Burton/perkins, Boots, Starbucks, RBS, HSBC, Santandar, BHS, etc ...  oh and of course Vodafone, twice {again!!!}. Included in this demo were the Broadmarsh and Victoria Shopping Centres.

The Forest Fields Fire issue 8 was delivered to 2,000 houses in Forest Fields during Janurary, and now here's your chance to have a read. Twice the normal size. Enjoy. Our 1st birthday issue will be out in March..