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Nottinghamshire IMC is a collective of independent community groups and individuals commited to offering grassroots and local non-corporate news coverage. Nottinghamshire IMC is a democratic media outlet for the creation of radical, accurate and passionate tellings of truth.IMC UKOpen Content License, http://www.opencontent.org2010-07-01T13:26:14+00:00Smash EDO solidarity in Nottingham
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2010/06/454405.html
<p>In the early hours of 17th January 2009, during Israel's 'Operation Cast Lead' offensive against Gaza, six people broke in to the EDO/ITT weapons components factory in Moulsecoomb, Brighton, and, allegedly, caused hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of damage to the production line.</p><p>The EDO decommissioners’ court case finally kicked off at the start of June. EDO CEO Paul Hill has been extensively cross-examined about his company's arms deals and one of the defendants has already been acquitted after no evidence was produced to prosecute her. A solidarity demo has been organised to take place outside Hove Crown Court on the day of the verdict - expected to be some time next week.</p><p>In Nottingham, anti-arms trade activists showed solidarity with the EDO decommissioners by targeting the Radford premises of EMICS, a company involved in the global arms trade. The gates were chained shut and graffiti saying "SMASH EMICS" was sprayed on the walls.</p><p><b>Newswire:</b> <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/06/454317.html">EMICS offices in Nottingham targeted</a> | <a href="/en/2010/06/454145.html">EDO decommissioners trial update and verdict date demo</a> | <a href="/en/2010/06/453920.html">EDO Decommissioners Round 2.</a> | <a href="/en/2010/06/453649.html">Smashingly good start at Decommissioners trial.</a></p><p><b>Previous feature:</b> <a href="/en/2010/06/453133.html">Hammer Time: The EDO Decommissioners go on trial</a></p><p><b>Links:</b> <a href="http://www.smashedo.org.uk/">Smash EDO</a> | <a href="http://decommissioners.co.uk/">Support the EDO decommissioners</a> | <b><a href="/en/actions/2008/edo/newswire/archive.html">UK Smash EDO Newswire</a></b></p>2010-06-27T15:56+02:002010-06-27T15:56:00+00:00Anti-militarismNottinghamshireSmash EDONotts IMCenTexttext/html; charset=UTF-8Nottingham responds to budget
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2010/06/454291.html
<p>On Tuesday June 22nd, ConDem Chancellor George Osborne revealed the contents of the "emergency budget." As expected, this included a pay freeze for public sector workers (except the lowest paid) along with cuts in housing benefit and an increase in VAT.</p><p>The SWP-initiated Right to Work campaign called for protests across the country against the budget. These were supported by Unison and, locally, by the Nottinghamshire and Mansfield Trades Council. Trade unionists and others demonstrated outside the Council House from 5.30pm. There were also protests by the PCS (the civil service union) at lunchtime.</p><p><b>On the newswire:</b> <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/06/454213.html">Budget protest: Nottingham</a> | <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/06/453886.html">No Austerity Budget: Market Square Protest</a></p><p><b>Previous features:</b> <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/03/447418.html">Action against cuts in Nottingham</a> | <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/02/446760.html">Protests against county council cuts</a> | <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2009/03/424119.html">Nottingham City Council workers protest job cuts</a> | <a href="en/regions/nottinghamshire/2008/10/411117.html">Credit Crunch Hits Nottingham</a></p><p><b>Links:</b> <a href="http://sites.google.com/site/righttoworkconference/">Right to Work</a> | <b><a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/topics/workersmovements/">Notts Indymedia workers movement topic page</a></b></p>2010-06-25T09:34+02:002010-06-25T09:34:00+00:00NottinghamshireSocial StrugglesNotts IMC + Disillusioned kidenTexttext/html; charset=UTF-8Hunger strike against Leicester animal lab
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2010/06/453774.html
<p>Protests continue against the construction of an animal lab at the University of Leicester. Activists have targetted various companies involved in the construction, including Willmott Dixon. On Monday June 7, activists held a protest outside the WD's headquarters in Coleshill, Birmingham. One campaigner chained himself to a bench and began a 3 day hunger strike.</p><p>The campaign was established following the university's announcement that it was going to be building a new animal lab on Lancaster Place. Whilst the university claims that "vital" research will be carried out at the facility, campaigners content that the new lab "is squandering money away from potentially life-saving research which is accurate and does not involve abusing animals."</p><p><b>On the newswire:</b> <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/06/453281.html">Activist completes 3 day hunger strike outside WD office</a> | <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/06/453077.html">Activist begins hunger strike protest at Willmott Dixon</a> | <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/06/453025.html">Hunger striker to protest WD Coleshill</a> | <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/06/453024.html">Pressure continued on Willmott Dixon in Coleshill</a></p><p><b>Previous feature:</b> <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/05/450616.html">Proposed Leicester animal lab attracts protests</a></p><p><b>Links:</b> <a href="http://www.noleicesterlab.co.uk/">Stop the Leicester Animal Lab</a> | <a href="http://www.antivivisection.info/">National Anti-Vivisection Alliance</a> | <b><a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/topics/animalliberation/">Notts Indymedia animal liberation newswire</a></b></p>2010-06-16T15:28+02:002010-06-16T15:28:00+00:00Animal LiberationBirminghamNottinghamshireNotts IMCenTexttext/html; charset=UTF-8Villagers keep up pressure against Minorca mine
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2010/06/453408.html
<p>A local campaign group is fighting UK Coal's plans for an opencast mine near Measham in North West Leicestershire. The <a href="http://mopg.co.uk">Minorca Opencast Protest Group</a> (MOPG) oppose the company's plans for a mile long mine and the extraction of 1.25m tonnes of coal over 4 1/2 years.</p><p>UK Coal are already failing to meet requirements to restore a site in nearby Ashby de la Zouch to agricultural land and MOPG fear that this will happen again.</p><p>It is thought that coal mined at Minorca would be used to fuel Ratcliffe on Soar power station in Nottinghamshire. The mined coal would fuel the power station for only 65 days.</p><p><b>Newswire:</b> <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/06/453262.html">UK Coal to gain unwelcome publicity at a Leicestershire County Council meeting</a> | <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/06/453125.html">400 have now signed the Minorca Petition</a> | <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/06/452843.html">Pensioners to deliver message about Minorca</a> | <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/05/451116.html">Leicestershire County Council: Please make a Decision!!</a></p><p><b>Previous features:</b> <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2009/04/428999.html">Nottingham is not stupid</a> | <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2008/11/412174.html">Protests continue at Shipley open cast site</a> | <a href="http://nottinghamshire.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2008/06/401445.html">Coal On Hold - Derbyshire Coal Mine Site Occupied</a> | <a href="http://nottinghamshire.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2008/04/396948.html">New Old Coal for Notts</a></p><p><b>Links:</b> <a href="http://mopg.co.uk">Minorca Opencast Protest Group</a> | <a href="http://www.leicestershirevillages.com/measham/minorca-protest.html">Campaign resources</a> | <a href="http://nottsagainstnewcoal.wordpress.com/">Notts Against New Coal</a></p>2010-06-12T22:22+02:002010-06-12T22:22:00+00:00Climate ChaosEcologyNottinghamshireNotts IMC + Steve LearyenTexttext/html; charset=UTF-8Nottingham hosts "first ever Vegan Beer Festival"
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2010/06/453230.html
<p>On June 5-6, the Sumac Centre hosted the "first ever Vegan Beer Festival". Vegans and vegetarians are wary of real ales as they often use <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isinglass" title="Wikipedia on isinglass">isinglass</a>, derived from the swim bladders of fish, to make it less cloudy. This inspired a number of local vegans to organise the real ale festival as a way of demonstrating that there is an alternative.</p><p>The Saturday was a gloriously warm day and the event was well attended, with the alcohol flowing within minutes of the official opening at 12 noon. There were a range of beers available to try, along with several ciders and perrys. Interest was so great that the beer ran out on Saturday.</p><p><b>On the newswire:</b> <a href="en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/06/453127.html">Vegan real ale festival</a> | <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/05/451840.html">Sumac Vegan Beer Festival Saturday 5th June and Sunday 6th June</a></p><p><b>Links:</b> <a href="http://www.veggies.org.uk/veganbeer">Vegan Beer Festival</a> | <a href="http://www.myspace.com/nottinghamanimalrights">Nottingham Animal Rights</a> | <a href="http://www.nottinghamcamra.org/">Nottingham CAMRA</a></p>2010-06-09T17:00+02:002010-06-09T17:00:00+00:00Animal LiberationCultureNottinghamshireNotts IMC + Disillusioned kidenTexttext/html; charset=UTF-8Nottingham responds to Gaza flotilla massacre
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2010/06/453135.html
<p>Over 100 people gathered in Market Square on Friday June 4 to <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/06/452920.html">protest</a> the killing of 9 aid workers by Israeli armed forces at the end of May. A rally was held and people marched around the square chanting. The protest's official demands included the end of Israel's blockade of Gaza, an arms embargo on Israel and government backing for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.</p><p>This protest followed on from a more spontaneous <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/05/452423.html">demonstration</a> the day after the killings. Demonstrators held placards aloft during a concert that was taking place in the market square.</p><p>Israel's action against the Gaza Freedom Flotilla has had particular resonance in Nottingham because a Nottingham Trent University student, Tauqir 'Tox' Sharif, was onboard the stormed flotilla ship. After some days in an Israeli prison he is due to be back in Nottingham this week.</p><p><b>On the newswire:</b> <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/06/452920.html">Gaza flotilla demo: Nottingham</a> | <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/06/452654.html">Emergency demo against Israeli piracy on the high seas</a> | <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/05/452423.html">Gaza Solidarity in Nottingham</a></p><p><b>National feature:</b> <a href="/en/2010/05/452360.html">Israel kills 10+ on Free Gaza Flotilla taking aid to Gaza</a></p><p><b>Previous features:</b> <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2009/01/420635.html">Nottingham university occupied in solidarity with Gaza</a> | <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2009/01/419565.html">Gaza: Weekend of Protest Across the Midlands</a> | <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2009/01/418376.html">Nottingham Responds to Gaza Massacre</a></p><p><b>Links:</b> <a href="http://www.freegaza.org">Free Gaza Movement</a> | <a href="http://www.palestinecampaign.org/">Palestine Solidarity Campaign</a> | <b><a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/topics/palestine/">Notts Indymedia Palestine topic page</a></b></p>2010-06-07T18:05+02:002010-06-07T18:05:00+00:00Flotilla to GazaNottinghamshirePalestineNotts IMCenTexttext/html; charset=UTF-8Anti-fascists claim victory as BNP festival cancelled
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2010/05/452344.html
<p>The BNP have <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/05/452032.html">announced</a> that their annual Red, White & Blue festival (RWB) will not be taking place this year. Anti-fascists, who have protested the festival over the past 2 years, are <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/05/452275.html">claiming</a> this as a victory.</p><p>According to Amber Valley BNP organiser, Lewis Allsebrook, the BNP will be trying to hold a number of smaller events across the region instead of holding one big festival. Dissidents within the BNP are claiming that the this is because few members are interested in buying tickets for this year's event.</p><p>The festival has taken place on farmland near Codnor, Derbyshire since 2007. <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2009/08/436523.html">Last year</a> over 1,000 anti-fascists and locals marched against the festival and in <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2008/08/407267.html">2009</a> militant anti-fascists attempted to block roads leading to the site. In addition, the farmer who hosts the RWB, the festival organisers and even toilets companies have been targeted for direct action. RWB host Alan Warner has <a href="http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/news/Man-hosts-annual-BNP-festival-says/article-1057383-detail/article.html">cited</a> the attacks on his property as a reason to give up hosting the event.</p><p><b>Newswire:</b> <a href="/en/2010/05/452275.html">Anti-fascist pressure shuts down BNP festival</a> | <a href="/en/2010/05/452032.html">BNP's Red White and Blue Festival Cancelled.</a> | <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/05/451224.html">RWB farm gets a late night visit</a></p><p><b>Previous features:</b> <a href="en/regions/nottinghamshire/2009/08/436523.html">Anti-fascists challenge BNP's return to Derbyshire</a> | <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2008/08/407267.html">Protests greet BNP "festival"</a> | <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2008/08/405174.html">Anti-fascists Prepare to Stop BNP "Festival"</a> | <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2008/06/400923.html">BNP Withdraw Festival Licence Application in the Face of Protests</a></p>2010-05-30T22:24+02:002010-05-30T22:24:00+00:00Anti-racismNottinghamshireStop the BNP's Red White and Blue festivalUKimc-notts-featuresenTexttext/html; charset=UTF-8JB Spray squat under threat
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2010/05/452196.html
<p>The JB Spray squat in Radford, Nottingham is under threat of eviction. The occupiers, who have been in the building since May 2009, have been served with notice of a court date for 3rd June. The landlord is intending to gain a possession order and make homeless the many people who have been living in the building for over a year. The occupiers have stated that they intend to resist any attempts to evict them and are asking people to support them.</p><p>The former lace factory, which was empty and unused for many years, has been occupied and used for social and community purposes a number of times in the past. On previous occasions squatters were evicted quickly. This is the first time that people have been able to settle and make a proper home in the building.</p><p>Those wanting to help with resistance to the closure of this free space should call 07817493824 or email jbspray[at]hotmail.co.uk.</p><p><b>Newswire:</b> <a href="/en/2010/05/452027.html">JB SPRAY Squat, Nottingham Under Threat of Eviction</a> | <a href="http://nottinghamshire.indymedia.org.uk/2009/06/432556.html">Squatters in the JB Spray Building, prevent water company from cutting them off</a> | <a href="http://nottinghamshire.indymedia.org.uk/2009/06/431570.html">J.B. Spray: Squat Lobster's First Event</a></p><p><b>Previous features:</b> <a href="/en/2009/07/434538.html">Squatters Retake Nottingham's JB Spray Factory</a> | <a href="http://nottinghamshire.indymedia.org.uk/2007/04/367046.html">Spring Into Action Now!</a> | <a href="http://nottinghamshire.indymedia.org.uk/2006/07/344702.html">J B Spray Building Occupied / Evicted / Reoccupied</a></p><p><b>Links:</b> <a href="http://www.squatter.org.uk/">Advisory Service for Squatters</a></p>2010-05-27T17:37+02:002010-05-27T17:37:00+00:00Free SpacesNottinghamshireRepressionUKNotts IMC + JB SprayenTexttext/html; charset=UTF-8Nottingham anti-arms trade activist convicted
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2010/05/451982.html
<p>On May 20th at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court, anti-arms-trade activist Kirk Jackson was found guilty of aggravated trespass for his part in a protest that shut down an arms company for a day. Jackson was given a twelve month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £350 court costs.</p><p>The charge arose from a February 18th protest at the Nottingham warehouse of international arms company Heckler & Koch. Before dawn, four activists locked themselves to the gates, preventing employees from entering, while Mr Jackson and another activist climbed onto the roof and displayed banners accusing the company of "arming repressive regimes".</p><p><b>Newswire:</b> <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/05/451893.html">Nottingham anti-arms-trade activist convicted</a> | <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/05/451585.html">Nottingham anti-arms-trade campaigner on trial</a></p><p><b>Previous feature:</b> <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/02/446308.html">Direct action shuts down H&K</a></p><p><b>Links:</b> <a href="http://www.shutdownhk.org.uk/">Shut Down H&K</a> | <a href="http://nottsantimilitarism.wordpress.com/">Notts Anti-Militarism</a> | <b><a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/topics/anti-militarism/">Notts Indymedia Anti-militarism newswire</a></b></p>2010-05-24T18:35+02:002010-05-24T18:35:00+00:00Anti-militarismNottinghamshireShut Down H&KenTexttext/html; charset=UTF-8Rolls Royce Targeted in Derby
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2010/05/451658.html
<p>On Sunday night, the distribution centre of the Rolls Royce factory in Derby was <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/05/451523.html">targeted</a> by "autonomous individuals against the war machine." The gates of the plant, which makes components for Trident anti-nuclear submarines, were D-locked and the walls were covered in graffiti stating "Rolls Royce profits from the war machine" and "Fuck Rolls Royce".</p><p>According to the group's communique, "The war machine puts profit and power over the lives of people, companies like Rolls Royce are part of this. The war machine exemplifies the ways in which the rich and powerful oppress and dispossess the majority of people, destroying homes and communities, enforcing migration, and irrevocably harming land bases."</p><p>This is by no means the first time that Rolls Royce's Derby plant has been the target of anti-militarist action. Last summer, some land near the factory was squatted for a <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2009/06/431806.html">peace camp</a> and blockaders <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2008/04/397921.html">disrupted</a> the facility for 5 hours in 2008. There have been <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2007/04/368827.html">several</a> <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2005/10/326275.html">other</a> blockades over the years.</p><p><b>Newswire:</b> <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/05/451523.html">Rolls Royce targeted</a></p><p><b>Previous features:</b> <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2009/06/431806.html">Peace camp established at Raynesway, Derby</a> | <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2008/10/411802.html">Raynesway Blockaders in Court</a> | <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2008/04/397921.html">Trident Activists Blockade Rolls Royce in Derby</a> | <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2007/04/368827.html">Protesters take action at Derby nuclear plant</a> | <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2005/10/326275.html">Derbyshire police go over the top again</a></p><p><strong>Links:</strong> <a href="http://www.antimilitaristnetwork.org.uk">Anti-Militarist Network</a> | <a href="http://www.windnotweapons.co.cc/">Power Through Wind Not Weapons</a> | <a href="http://nottsantimilitarism.wordpress.com/">Notts Anti-Militarism</a> | <a href="http://www.tridentploughshares.org">Trident Ploughshares</a> | <b><a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/topics/anti-militarism/">Notts Indymedia anti-militarism newswire</a></b></p>2010-05-19T16:27+02:002010-05-19T16:27:00+00:00Anti-militarismNottinghamshireNotts IMC + No more profitenTexttext/html; charset=UTF-8Anti-fascist news
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2010/05/451307.html
<p>The recent weeks have seen a flurry of anti-fascist activity, in response to a concerted election campaign by the fascist British National Party (BNP). The Derbyshire farm that hosts the party's Red, White & Blue festival was <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/05/451224.html">targeted</a> for sabotage and a new edition of the local anti-fascist newsheet <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/05/451072.html">'Burnt Flag'</a> was released. There are also plans to <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/05/450773.html">re-dedicate</a> the local memorial to International Brigade volunteers who fought Franco's fascists in Spain.</p><p>The BNP will be bitterly disappointed that after spending so much money and effort they failed to get even close to winning a seat in Parliament and lost many councillors. They seemed to have difficulty finding local candidates for many Notts seats and had to bring in <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/03/448230.html">Rachel Hill</a> and James North from Melton to stand in Mansfield and Sherwood and Michael Shore from Hinckley to stand in Broxtowe.</p><p><b>Newswire:</b> <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/05/451224.html">RWB farm gets a late night visit</a> | <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/05/451072.html">Burnt Flag (antifascist newsheet): Spring Issue</a> | <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/05/450960.html">BNP electoral performance in the East Midlands</a> | <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/05/450773.html">Re-dedication of anti-fascist memorial</a> | <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/03/448230.htm">BNP announce candidate in Mansfield</a></p><p><b>Previous features:</b> <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/03/446857.html">National Front humiliated in Derbyshire</a> | <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/02/446183.html">BNP difficulties in Notts</a> | <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2009/08/436523.html">Anti-fascists challenge BNP's return to Derbyshire</a></p>2010-05-16T10:25+02:002010-05-16T10:25:00+00:00Anti-racismNottinghamshireNotts IMCenTexttext/html; charset=UTF-8Notts Pension Fund linked to tar sands extraction
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2010/05/450848.html
<p>The pension fund run by Notts CC and including several other major employers in the region invests in BP. As supplies of easily obtainable oil dwindle, companies are investing in more high risk methods of getting oil. One of these is tar sands in Canada.</p><p>Notts CC pension scheme has admitted it invests in BP. John Pearson, the Investments Manager has admitted as much in an email to a member of its pension scheme. Nottinghamshire CC is part of a scheme called <a href="http://www.nottspf.org.uk">Nottinghamshire Pension Funds</a> (NPF) and other contributing employers include Nottingham City Council, all the district and borough councils, the police and Nottingham Trent University.</p><p>BP is on the point of making a big decision – whether to invest in the tar sands in tar sands in the Athabasca region of Alberta in Canada. Campaigners have been mobilising to ensure they do not do this.</p><p><b>Newswire:</b> <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/05/450693.html">Notts County Council Pension Fund invests in BP</a></p><p><b>National Feature:</b> <a href="/en/2010/04/449169.html">Anti-Tar Sands Protests Gather Momentum</a></p><p><b>Links:</b> <a href="http://www.fairpensions.org.uk/tarsands">Fair Pensions: Tar Sands</a> | <a href="http://www.no-tar-sands.org/">No Tar Sands</a> | <a href="http://tarsandsinfocus.wordpress.com">Tar Sands in Focus</a> | <b><a href="/en/actions/2010/tarsands/">Indymedia UK tar sands topic page</a></b></p>2010-05-08T20:58+02:002010-05-08T20:58:00+00:00Climate ChaosNottinghamshireTar SandsNotts IMC + BiffyenTexttext/html; charset=UTF-8Scapegoats, Serco and Solidarity
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2010/05/450760.html
<p>Another week of the election, another week of scapegoating migrants equals another week in which the deportation machine strides on; imprisoning men, women and children before deporting them to wherever is most expedient. The mainstream political parties' rhetoric surrounding immigration has become less and less distinguishable from that of the BNP. They point their fingers at migrants, positioning one group of oppressed and marginalised people as the cause of the dispossession of other groups.</p><p>This anti-migrant discourse is further developed by the mainstream press - including the Nottingham Evening Post - who seek to flog their rags with sensational headlines which blame migrants for all of society’s ills, unwilling or unable to develop a broader analysis.</p><p>Meanwhile, resistance continues in the form of migrant protests within the detention estate and solidarity attacks on the companies profiting from running migrant prisons, such as Serco.</p><p><b>Newswire:</b> <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/04/448646.html">Serco goverment buildings attacked</a> | <a href="/en/2010/04/449405.html">Bristol: Serco van tourched</a> | <a href="/en/2010/04/449654.html">Serco goverment service office attacked in London</a> | <a href="/en/2010/02/446011.html">London protest at Serco over Yarlswood assaults</a> | <a href="/en/2010/02/445896.html">Hunger Strike @ Yarlswood</a> | <a href="/en/2010/02/445969.html">Women in Yarlswood vow to stay on hunger strike</a> | <a href="en/2010/04/449165.html">Call for a European Week of Action against the deportation machine</a> | <a href="/en/2010/05/450444.html">NSPM Peace Conference Politics of Migration</a></p><p><b>Previous features:</b> <a href="http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2010/04/449449.html">Un-policing the borders</a> | <a href="http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2010/02/445878.html">Calais: Repression and Resistance</a> | <a href="http://nottinghamshire.indymedia.org.uk/2010/01/445256.html">Urgent Action for Notts Family facing deportation</a> | <a href="http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/10/439351.html">Fortress Europe, struggles continue</a></p><p><b>Links:</b> <a href="http://www.stopdeportation.net/">Stop Deportations Network</a> | <a href="http://noboders.org.uk/node/1/">No Borders Network</a> | <a href="http://nspm.wordpress.com">Nottingham Student Peace Movement</a> | <a href="http://www.noborderbxl.eu.org/?lang=en">Brussels No Borders Camp</a></p>2010-05-07T12:17+02:002010-05-07T12:17:00+00:00MigrationNottinghamshireRepressionimc-notts-featuresenTexttext/html; charset=UTF-8Proposed Leicester animal lab attracts protests
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<p>Animal rights activists dropped banners and <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/05/450426.html">protested on the roof</a> of the construction site of a new animal lab in Leicester on Monday. Banners were also hung on other University of Leicester buildings.</p><p>The National Anti-Vivisection Alliance (NAVA) claim that 101 animals already die in the university's labs each day and that the proposed £15m facility will add to this. The university claims that only rodents will be used at the new facility, but NAVA say they believe that dogs will be used as well.</p><p>NAVA was <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/04/449784.html">rapidly formed</a> following the university's announcement that it was going to be building a new animal lab on Lancaster Place. Whilst the university claims that "vital" research will be carried out at the facility, NAVA say that the new lab "is squandering money away from potentially life-saving research which is accurate and does not involve abusing animals."</p><p><b>Newswire:</b> <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/05/450426.html">Activists Scale Leicester Animal Lab in Rooftop Protest</a> | <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/05/450351.html">Action Alert #1 - Stop the Leicester Animal Lab</a> | <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/04/449883.html">Location of the Leicester Animal Lab Building Site</a> | <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/04/449784.html">New animal lab at Leicester; New nationwide campaign to start</a></p><p><b>Links:</b> <a href="http://www.noleicesterlab.co.uk/">NAVA</a> | <b><a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/topics/animalliberation/">Notts Indymedia Animal Liberation newswire</a></b></p>2010-05-05T17:19+02:002010-05-05T17:19:00+00:00Animal LiberationNottinghamshireNotts IMC + NAVAenTexttext/html; charset=UTF-8Mayday celebrations across the East Midlands
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<p>Mayday, International Workers' Day, fell on a Saturday this year, and was celebrated in <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/05/450274.html">Nottingham</a> by a march from Victoria Park to Speakers' Corner in the centre of town and back. It was followed by a rally with speakers from local campaigns and music and dance. The theme of this year's event was fighting against the public sector cuts that all of the major parties are planning to bail the country out of the recession. It was attended by over 100 trade unionists, socialists, anarchists and environmentalists.</p><p>There was also a rally at Derby Silk Mill on the Saturday, attended by hundreds of trade unionists. The region's biggest Mayday celebrations were held in <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/05/450378.html">Chesterfield</a> on bank holiday Monday.</p><p>In the run up to Mayday, Nottingham Free School held a <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/04/450090.html">discussion on the issues</a> surrounding Mayday, such as the gendered nature of work, critiques of paid work and the workplace as a site of resistance to capitalism. These discussion events are set to continue.</p><p><b>Newswire:</b> <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/05/450412.html">Mayday edition of the Nottingham Sparrow</a> | <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/05/450406.html">Notts Indypendent: New Nottingham community newsletter</a> | <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/05/450378.html">Chesterfield Mayday 2010</a> | <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/05/450274.html">Nottingham Mayday 2010</a> | <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/04/450090.html">Nottingham Free School's May Day Discussion</a> | <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/04/449760.html">The Future Of Protest In Nottingham : Whose streets? Our streets!</a></p><p><b>Previous feature:</b> <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2010/04/449911.html">Whose streets? Our streets?</a></p><p><b>Previous Mayday coverage:</b> <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2009/05/429821.html">2009</a> | <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2008/05/398328.html">2008</a> | <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2007/05/369864.html">2007</a> | <a href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2006/05/339572.html">2006</a> | <a href="/en/2004/05/290380.html">2004</a> | <a href="/en/2003/05/66783.html">2003</a></p><p><b>Links:</b> <a href="http://www.chesterfieldmayday.org.uk/">Chesterfield Mayday</a> | <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Workers'_Day">Wikipedia on International Workers' Day</a></p>2010-05-04T17:06+02:002010-05-04T17:06:00+00:00Mayday 2010NottinghamshireSocial StrugglesWorkers' MovementsNotts IMC + Disillusioned kidenTexttext/html; charset=UTF-8