{"id":7805,"date":"2023-09-25T16:02:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T16:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7805"},"modified":"2024-03-14T16:05:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T16:05:37","slug":"nottingham-world-article-11-incredible-photos-that-capture-nottinghams-anti-iraq-war-protests-twenty-years-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/archives\/7805","title":{"rendered":"Nottingham World Article : 11 incredible photos that capture Nottingham\u2019s anti-Iraq war protests twenty years on"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>This year marks 20 years since the invasion of Iraq in 2003. A new exhibition aims to commemorate Nottingham\u2019s opposition to the war<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nottinghamworld.com\/author\/cj-debarra\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nottinghamworld.com\/author\/cj-debarra\">CJ DeBarra<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nottingham, as a rebel city, has unsurprisingly always had a strong activist movement. A&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/peopleshistreh.wordpress.com\/2023\/05\/22\/regime-change-begins-at-home-nottingham-opposition-to-the-2003-invasion-of-iraq\/\" target=\"_blank\">new exhibition<\/a>&nbsp;opening in&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadway.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Broadway Cinema&nbsp;<\/a>on Broad Street will commemorate the people\u2019s reaction to the invasion of Iraq in 2003.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Incredibly, it\u2019s been 20 years since the invasion which saw many demonstrations, rallies and protests held across the city. The free event will take place from Thursday, September 21 until Sunday, September 24 with a chance to see the exhibition, record your stories and donate relevant materials as well as share your memories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exhibition has been rescheduled after a powercut at Broadway Cinema in August meant it was unable to open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The photos on display were taken by\u00a0photojournalist,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alan Lodge\u00a0<\/a>and are supported by leaflets and other campaign materials from a radical archive, The Sparrow\u2019s Nest. The images show campaigners involved in peaceful protests but also capture a snapshot of a changing city as many parts of the background have changed in 20 years or no longer exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nottinghamworld.com\/news\/11-incredible-photos-that-capture-nottinghams-anti-iraq-war-protests-twenty-years-on-4179024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.nottinghamworld.com\/news\/11-incredible-photos-that-capture-nottinghams-anti-iraq-war-protests-twenty-years-on-4179024<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year marks 20 years since the invasion of Iraq in 2003. A new exhibition aims to commemorate Nottingham\u2019s opposition to the war By&nbsp;CJ DeBarra Nottingham, as a rebel city, has unsurprisingly always had a strong activist movement. A&nbsp;new exhibition&nbsp;opening &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/archives\/7805\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[1559,552,1562,1561,15,1558,136,234,462,1560,432,283],"class_list":["post-7805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1","tag-anti-iraq","tag-article","tag-capture","tag-incredible","tag-nottingham","tag-nottinghams","tag-photos","tag-protests","tag-that","tag-twenty","tag-world","tag-years"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7805"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7806,"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7805\/revisions\/7806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}