Saturday 15th October 2011

The Jarrow March 2011, which is marching from Jarrow in the North East to London to raise awareness of youth unemployment, arrived in Nottingham today. 

Saturday 15th October 2011

The Jarrow March 2011, which is marching from Jarrow in the North East to London to raise awareness of youth unemployment, arrived in Nottingham today. 

The two local residents arrested following a protest at the offices of ATOS Healthcare, on Stoney Street, have been rebailed until mid-November.

Saturday 15th October 2011

The Jarrow March 2011, which is marching from Jarrow in the North East to London to raise awareness of youth unemployment, arrived in Nottingham today. 

Saturday 15th October 2011

The Jarrow March 2011, which is marching from Jarrow in the North East to London to raise awareness of youth unemployment, arrived in Nottingham today. 

One Nation Under CCTV

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The CCTV camera, located at the base of the freeze, on top of the Council House, Nottingham

Nottingham Old Market Square

The Mechanics Institute

3, Sherwood Street

Nottingham

NG1 4EZ

Room E126, Portland Building, University Park

In the months since the Nottingham riots, anarchists have been trying to kickstart a campaign against the victimisation of whole communities that has been called for by the state. The courts, with encouragement of the government, have been handing out much harsher sentences than usual, and Nottingham City Council leader Jon Collins has called for the families of rioters to be evicted from social h…

Great news for antifascism in the UK - a long running attempt to fit up antifascist activists is over, with all defendants in a second trial being acquitted. In March 2009, antifascists protesting a neo-Nazi gig in Welling encountered some Blood & Honour fascists. Acting in self-defence they put one Nazi on his arse. The state used this as an excuse to crack down on antifascist activism and arrest…

On Friday, a large protest temporarily invaded the Atos Medical Assessment Centre on Stoney Street in the Lace Market. Campaigners had gathered as part of a nationwide day of action against the company which is responsible for the Department for Work & Pensions’ ‘work capability assessments’ which have been condemned by disability rights and claimants groups. The protesters handed out leaflet…

I haven't been able to get the full story yet but it seems that around 30 protesters occupied the Nottingham Atos medical assessment centre shortly after 12pm today in protest at the company's role in forcing people with medical conditions into work. Two people were arrested for aggravated trespass including one person in a wheelchair that the police were unable to fit into their van. He was charg…

Former Notts firearms cop Timothy Allatt was sent down for 8 weeks today for assaulting a man he arrested in Sneinton last year. Allatt's 'gratuitous violence' left his victim with a collapsed lung and facial injuries. Allatt has already been kicked out of the force for using 'excessive force' in another arrest.

Peter Haywood, one of the admins for the Facebook group criticising PC Simon Johnson ends up in court.

Today Ken Clarkes home was targeted by squatters in protest against government plans to criminalise squatting. Squatters and supporters of squatting from across London stood on the porch of Clarkes terraced house unfurling a banner which read "housing is a human right" and served a mock six month eviction notice on him. 

Monday night some graffiti appreared in Newark opposing the emergence of the English Defence League

Wednesday EDL painted over.

Police Review Item this week:  

Nottingham Anarchist Black Cross have organised a series of events to support anarchist and class struggle prisoners, with particular focus given to the anti-fascist prisoner support UK campaign. A gig on Thursday was headlined by Belgian band Cop on Fire with Half Boy/Half Rat supporting and a second gig on Tuesday featured the ReSistas, Hectic Egg and El Dia. The anti-fascist prisoners supp…

The post which led to IT company Atos using legal threats to close down the Carer Watch forums is reproduced below. Libellous?

The offending piece was not written by a Carer Watch forum member, but was a repost with a clear link to the site on which it originally appeared. Please republish.

In the aftermath of the riots that swept the UK earlier this month, local courts and authorities have been swift to crackdown. Notts Police have charged 75 people with offences relating to the disorder, including 18-year old Amed Pelle who was sent to prison for 2 years and 9 months for comments made on Facebook. Nottingham City Council have also jumped at the opportunity to look tough and Leade…

18-year old Amed Pelle of New Basford has been sent down for 2 years and 9 months for supposedly inciting rioting on Facebook. Pelle wrote 'Nottz Riot whose onit?' and 'Kill one black youth; we'll kill a million Fedz: riot til we own cities' on his page during the riots earlier this month. There is no evidence that he or any of his friends actually did anything during the riots.

The Guide has been updated following recent events

Afro Caribbean National Artistic Centre (ACNA)

31 Hungerhill Rd

Nottingham

NG3 4NB

Another UK anti-fascist was sentenced today (Friday August 19th). Jonathan Wood was one of seven anti-fascists convicted in June this year of having "conspired to commit violent disorder". This accusation relates to an incident in 2009 in which some anti-fascists were involved in an altercation with neo-nazis on their way to a gig organised by the fascist and openly racist promoters Blood and Hono…

The Sumac Centre, 245 Gladstone St, Forest Fields, Nottingham, NG7 6HX

Friday 12th August 2011, 

At 2pm assorted trade unionists, claimants, UK Uncut activists and anarchists gathered outside the Parliament Street Job Centre in Nottingham.

We have been horrified by the widespread condemnation and demonisation in recent days of those involved in riots throughout the UK. Such condemnation ignores and so reinforces the deep-seated and worsening socio-political context from which these actions arise. This context includes: the deliberate and systematic creation of inequality and unemployment (above 20% in the case of young people)…

Parliament St Jobcentre, Parliament St, Nottingham