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Andy Worthington I’m sure the impending 20th anniversary of the Battle of the Beanfield hasn’t slipped anyone’s memory – and if it’s something you don’t know about, the basic story is that on 1st June 1985, a convoy of vehicles … Continue reading →

From pro-hunt rallies to fuel blockades, media-backed direct action campaigns have repeatedly captured the political agenda in the Blair years Kirsty Milne Tuesday March 15, 2005 The Guardian http://media.guardian.co.uk/marketingandpr/story/0,7494,1438081,00.html The budget is ready, the parties are poised. Everyone is braced … Continue reading →

http://www.m12.org.uk Shakedown ‘05 aims to raise awareness of some global issues. Shakedown ‘05 will bring together the diversity of Nottingham’s cultural life (live bands, DJs, visual artists, performance artists) at this very big one-off non-profit DIY all-night event that tries … Continue reading →

David Adam, science correspondent Thursday February 17, 2005 The Guardian http://society.guardian.co.uk/drugsandalcohol/story/0,8150,1416150,00.html American soldiers traumatised by fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan are to be offered the drug ecstasy to help free them of flashbacks and recurring nightmares. The US food and … Continue reading →

Some of you might have already heard about it, others will have already signed up as a volunteer, while most of you will be wondering what all the fuss is about… ’Shakedown ‘05′ will bring together the diversity of Nottingham’s … Continue reading →

Tories and our beloved Sun newspaper (and now The Daily Nazi Rag, sorry Mail – Ed) reacted angrily to Labour’s recent about-turn on the Traveller Site issue. Finally conceding their right to have space to live, the Government have authorised … Continue reading →

Patrick Barkham Thursday March 10, 2005 The Guardian http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1434087,00.html Gypsy groups reported the Sun to the police and the Press Complaints Commission yesterday, claiming that its new campaign against Traveller camps was an incitement to racial hatred. Their leaders made … Continue reading →

Setting out from Mill Cottages, Edale. up Ollerbrook Clough SK128865 up to the top of Kinder Scout at Ringing Roger. Along the tops, heading west to the top of Grindsbrook Clough. Round the ‘mushroom stone’ SK106873 to Grindslow Knoll SK110868. … Continue reading →

http://www.thecannabisfestival.co.uk The Brixton Cannabis Coalition regrets the decision supported by the Lambeth Executive to ignore the agreed public events policy and try to ban the Cannabis March and Festival on Saturday 7th May because of cannabis dealers at last years … Continue reading →

Major Nottingham fundraiser for campaign against the G8 Summit (which will be in Scotland from July 6th-8th). The 12th of March is the date for a very large Dissent! fundraising event to take place in Nottingham. The event, which will … Continue reading →

Led by a wagon and horse and Romani musicians, Travellers will march through central London on Saturday, 9 April, calling for an end to evictions. PLEASE JOIN US by coming to St James’s Church, Piccadilly, at 12 noon for the … Continue reading →

Global blogger action day called By Jo Twist BBC News science and technology reporter http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4278241.stm The global web blog community is being called into action to lend support to two imprisoned Iranian bloggers. The month-old Committee to Protect Bloggers’ is … Continue reading →

Actually, being a piece of advertising, that has been ‘Subvertised’, it is a tory election poster that they thought should have said. “The law should protect me, not burglars!” I think you get the idea. Nottingham might see some more … Continue reading →

With the commencement of the Hunting Act 2004, this week, the League Against Cruel Sports, Huntwatch, Hunt Sabs and others, ask people to be on the look-out for such illegal activities. Further, and most importantly, to gather evidence of a … Continue reading →

On Tuesday 15th Feb, around 30 cyclists gathered at about 3pm in Nottingham for a critical mass ride with the theme of ‘no more blood for oil’ and ‘no G8 2005’, together with raising the issues of transport priorities in … Continue reading →

Quarry firm and national park discuss land-swap David Ward :: Monday February 14, 2005 The Guardian http://society.guardian.co.uk/environment/story/0,14124,1412417,00.html They are not coming down from the trees or filling in the tunnels yet. Nor will they abandon the hammock-like nets they have … Continue reading →

Cold today or what!!, blasting northern gale, so put on a pace, to keep warm. I could see snow on some far peaks, about 20 miles north. Had started out from Monsal Head, along Monsal Dale, walking out west first … Continue reading →

I had gone to the University of Nottingham students ‘Peace Conference’. Attended by the usual suspects, and a few extra, but really, not enough new faces. I had put in a couple of hours, listening to speeches, but I was … Continue reading →

Royal shrovetide football is an ancient annual event that takes place in Ashbourne, Derbyshire on Shrove Tuesday. It has little to do with normal football, for the game has few rules. Murder and manslaughter are barred as is the transportation … Continue reading →

http://www.guardian.co.uk/idcards/story/0,15642,1404479,00.html The government’s plans for compulsory identity cards raise serious questions about human rights and the invasion of privacy, an influential all-party group of MPs and peers has warned. The joint parliamentary committee on human rights has also sharply criticised … Continue reading →