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The ‘Robin Hood’ spirit inspires Nottingham’s prot

Hundreds of local residents expected in Market Square at 2pm for the global 'March Against Monsanto' movement

U.K. anarchist publication “Return Fire” released

Our new zine Return Fire is now available. It's a diverse mix with liberatory aims, which we hope to be informative and inspiring for anyone who decides to make their life a weapon against the dominant order.

Mental Health COI - Criticising diagnosis and DSM5

  One of the key criticisms of traditional mental health services is the reliance on psychiatric diagnosis, which many argue are detrimental to service-users and unsupported by scientific research. This debate has recently come to the fore with clinical groups breaking ranks from the psychiatric establishment. Links to the story in other media are provided. 

People's Assembly - the sequel

May 21, 2013 19:30

International Community Centre

62b Mandfield Rd

Nottingham

 

Pirate Network: The Pirate Network

As the most common forms of communication and sources of information become corrupt and ran by corporations for profit. 

It is time for an alternative, The Pirate Network

The idea of Pirate Wi-Fi is to broadcast a free wi-fi network which allows anyone to connect and communicate in an area, this will be completely uncensored, anonymous, free and without government or corporate influence. Us…

Nottingham Activist helping to end illegal fishing

A Nottingham Activist, Wietse, has spread his wings / fins further and is helping by tackling the problem head on: by getting in the way of pirate fishermen

Harlan Day Of Action

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    As part of the run up to World Day for Animals In Laboratories (http://www.wdail.org/), activists from the local area converged for a day of action against Harlan Laboratories. Harlan breed beagles for the vivisection industry, including the notorious Huntingdon Life Sciences. They also offer their clients the option of purchasing ‘surgically-modified’ animals. This means that some beagles und…

Mental Health Community of Interest

A community linking people with an interest in mental health was begun in Nottingham in March, with a mailing list created to keep people updated about events. Events and articles shared through the mailing list will also be posted on Indymedia.

Thatcher gone - let's celebrate

April 08, 2013 17:00

Nottingham Market Square, 5pm. Bring yourself, banners, placards, music, hats.

Showcase of innovative energy efficient Eco-homes

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Saturday 30 March 2013,  University of Nottingham Campus

Seven homes on the University Park Campus have been designed and constructed to various degrees of innovation and flexibility to allow the testing of different aspects of Modern Methods of Construction (MMC), energy efficient design and renewable energy systems.

Peace Supper with Bruce Kent

April 16, 2013 18:30

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

Stop Staff Cuts on Railways (Action for Rail)

March 27, 2013 07:00

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Nottingham Railway Station (Nottingham, Notts)

Carrington Street

Nottingham, Notts NG2 3AQ

Open Space

March 30, 2013 11:00

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The Sumac Centre245 Gladstone Street, Forest Fields

Richard Stallman talk: Audio

Richard Stallman, a key figure in the free software movement (GNU project, Free Software Foundation) and pioneer of copyleft, gave a talk on Copyright vs Community in the Age of Computer Networks at the University of Nottingham yesterday evening. Stallman argued that copyright, a concept developed during the age of the printing press, has taken on oppressive qualities in the digital age, where…

Richard Stallman on Copyright vs. Community

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Richard Stallman, a key figure in the free software movement (GNU project, Free Software Foundation) and pioneer of copyleft, gave a talk on Copyright vs Community in the Age of Computer Networks at the University of Nottingham yesterday evening. Stallman argued that copyright, a concept developed during the age of the printing press, has taken on oppressive qualities in the digital age, where it …

A Call To Arms - Smash the G8 and the IF Campaign

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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 at A4e

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.

Copyright vs. Community talk

March 11, 2013 19:00

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Room B52, Business School South

The University of Nottingham

Jubilee Campus

Wollaton Road

Nottingham

NG8 1BB

United Kingdom

Directions to the venue.

http://nlug.ml1.co.uk/event/rms-copyright-vs-community

Film Screening: END:CIV - Resist or Die

November 11, 2012 17:00

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The Sumac Centre, 245 Gladstone Street, NG7 6HX

Protest at the Government +1st Anniversary

October 20, 2012 12:00

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Nottingham Old Market Square

Peace Supper for Drones Week of Action

October 10, 2012 18:30

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Nottingham Friends Meeting House, 25 Clarendon Street, Nottingham, NG1 5JD

Maya Evans: 'Afghanistan and Drone Wars'

October 02, 2012 18:00

Room LG9, Trent Building, University Park, Nottingham

Concern for Animals Friendship Lunch

July 22, 2012 12:30

Nottingham friends meeting house

25a Clarendon Street

NOTTINGHAM

NG1 5JD

New Health Risks Associated with Opencast Mining

The June Review of Developments affecting Opencast Mining from the Loose Anti Opencast Network provides new evidence that Surface Mine workers in the USA contract 'Black Lung' disease. Secondly it reviews recent developments in Carbon Capture and Storage in the UK and lastly updates what the situation is on prospective and actual opencast sites in England.

NCCLols: When personal data is not 'personal data'

About a year ago I revealed that enforcement of the Workplace Parking Levy would involve officers in a vehicle equipped with Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) tech touring the car parks of Nottingham, recording the registration numbers of cars parked there to determine how many spaces are being used by people working there. I suggested that this was a bit dodgy because, arguably such ac…

World Day

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Today in Birmingham, thousands of animal rights protesters (including groups from both Derby and Nottingham) gathered to march as part of World Day for Animals In Laboratories.

Occupy Nottingham General Assembly

April 27, 2012 18:00

Meet at the Left Lion

Occupy Notingham Withdrawal Announcement 21.04.12

As of 9:00 pm Sunday 21 April Occupy Nottingham will end their occupation of Nottingham's Market Place after 190 days.

Occupy Anniversary Saturday 14th April

April 14, 2012 12:00

The Old Market Square

Occupy Nottingham Call Out

Occupy is essentially a think tank for the generation of ideas through public discourse and debate, to enable social, economical and environmental change, it is also an umbrella type group for all causes, groups and people, linking and bringing them together in common cause. All opinions and policies of Occupy are made by group consensus. The first true Peoples Democracy of Nottingham has begun at…