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Text Sounds on the Downs returns on June 9th!
31-05-2010 20:32 | 4 comment(s)

Text Nottingham Free School's May Day Discussion
30-04-2010 09:39

Image An all new term of Sumac Skillshares
20-04-2010 11:55

Image Local activists protest circus cruelty
15-04-2010 20:30 | 2 comment(s)

Image Earth First! Summer Gathering
12-04-2010 23:59 | 2 comment(s)

Text Interview with Leonie Meikle of Erondu about the Radford Unity Centre
21-03-2010 11:57

Image KFC protest
16-03-2010 21:48

Text second 'open day' at the earth centre - 2 months till take over
08-03-2010 14:28 | 4 comment(s)

Text Working across privilege workshop
24-02-2010 15:41

Text Peter Mandelson to Attend Conference In Nottingham
04-02-2010 18:38

Image Nottingham Radical History Group 'Peopleshistreh' idea-share Wed 3rd Feb @Sumac
29-01-2010 09:41 | 1 comment(s)

Text Hands off Stonebridge City Farm
11-01-2010 14:14 | 2 comment(s)

Text The Skill Shares are Back!
09-01-2010 19:12 | 1 comment(s)

Text Students and residents camp to reclaim education at Nottingham University
02-11-2009 11:56

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19-10-2009 09:07 | 1 comment(s)

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15-10-2009 09:17 | 1 comment(s)

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10-10-2009 00:09 | 1 comment(s)

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09-10-2009 16:38

Image Reclaim the Earth Centre - people power needed for occupation campaign
07-10-2009 16:16 | 4 comment(s)

Text Centre for the Study of Social & Global Justice seminar - 5th Oct @ 4
01-10-2009 11:21

Text CSSGJ Open Seminar. Thursday 24th September @ 4pm
17-09-2009 12:24

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21-06-2009 19:36

Image Nottingham Green Festival Sunny Day Shocker
03-06-2009 18:42 | 1 comment(s)

Text Ecoworks Secures Local Food Funding, and Recruits for New Staff
28-05-2009 10:16

Image NSPM Peace Conference '09 - Capitalism & Conflict
29-04-2009 17:30

Text Alternative education in Nottingham: Some thoughts
07-04-2009 10:09

Text Activist Tat Training Session 8th and 9th May
06-04-2009 22:41 | 4 comment(s)

Text Ecoworks Gardening Workshops & Events Spring/Early Summer 2009
27-03-2009 09:27 | 1 comment(s)

Image Lo-Tech Sumac Skillshare, 28th March
14-03-2009 09:55 | 2 comment(s)

Text Great Spring Sowing
04-03-2009 17:17

Image Invitation to the Great Green Film Festival '09
19-02-2009 21:50 | 4 comment(s)

Image Notts Students Die-In Protest Against Arms Trade
16-02-2009 00:28

Image "You are the Sumac" Skillshare programme announced!
13-02-2009 18:40 | 2 comment(s)

Image 'Die-In Protest': Study War No More!
09-02-2009 17:41

Text Books Not Bombs: A Rally for Gaza
06-02-2009 08:04 | 1 comment(s)

Image Eviction video & post occupation statement from Nottingham Uni
04-02-2009 19:48 | 2 comment(s)

Text Nottingham Gaza solidarity occupation violently evicted
01-02-2009 22:49 | 7 comment(s)

Text Nottingham University Authorities: A National Disgrace
01-02-2009 22:02 | 3 comment(s)

Image Breaking News: Student Occupation at Nottingham University
28-01-2009 23:24 | 3 comment(s)

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20-01-2009 20:17 | 3 comment(s)

Image Clay Plaster workshop at Ecoworks Community Garden
14-01-2009 22:04

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13-01-2009 17:45

Image Sumac Craft and DIY Skillshare
12-01-2009 16:14 | 1 comment(s)

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08-01-2009 13:58 | 1 comment(s)

Text Nottingham Trent University backs down in dispute
07-12-2008 21:44

Image #11 The December Show
01-12-2008 15:06

Text The struggle for academic freedom
30-11-2008 18:20 | 1 comment(s)

Audio The Sparrows' Nest - A centre for anarchist education and culture
30-11-2008 13:21

Image UCU derecognised at Nottingham Trent University as Parky installed as Chancellor
13-11-2008 00:29 | 2 comment(s)

Image Students Stick it to Shell
31-10-2008 00:32 | 2 comment(s)

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26-10-2008 10:59 | 1 comment(s)

Audio Looking into the Crisis
23-10-2008 16:52

Image Students Target Unethical Career Corporatism
22-10-2008 22:37 | 2 comment(s)

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22-10-2008 07:15 | 1 comment(s)

Image Tomorrow: Sumac Debates
20-10-2008 09:59 | 1 comment(s)

Image Nottingham SU Council back racist
15-10-2008 19:01 | 10 comment(s)

Image Moazzam Begg talk at Nottingham Uni - Thursday
13-10-2008 23:12

Text CSSGJ Seminar Series - Roundtable on European Social Forum in Malmo
13-10-2008 11:41

Text One World Week 2008, Nottingham Uni
08-10-2008 20:08 | 2 comment(s)

Audio Students mobilise against racism on campus
03-10-2008 19:57

Text Riseup Radio 9 - The October Show
02-10-2008 15:28

Image First Sumac Debate now Online- Listen Now!
01-10-2008 14:26 | 3 comment(s)

Text "Bring Back Slavery"?
01-10-2008 08:19

Text Round Table - Academic Freedom and Social Justice
26-09-2008 09:58

Text Cinema Pacifico
26-09-2008 09:56 | 2 comment(s)

Image First Sumac Debate tomorrow..
22-09-2008 21:22

Text UCU to ballot on strike action at Nottingham Trent University
11-09-2008 19:15

Text shirkers circus - playspace starting most tuesdays at sumac centre
09-09-2008 19:52 | 1 comment(s)

Image 15th August 2008 - Foie Gras Free Nottingham [Update]
16-08-2008 20:17 | 10 comment(s)

Image National Event: Vegan Skillshare, Nottingham September 13th
13-08-2008 20:58

Image Free Food Give Away - 31st July 2008
06-08-2008 00:11 | 3 comment(s)

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21-07-2008 12:47

Image Cultures combined
21-07-2008 08:54

Image Free Vegan Food For All! 4/07/08*
06-07-2008 21:24 | 1 comment(s)

Text Talks & Discussion: Academia & "Terror"; Moazzam Begg & more..
02-06-2008 21:40 | 1 comment(s)

Image Nottingham Uni Demo for Academic Freedom & Against Deportation - Silent March
29-05-2008 21:31 | 2 comment(s)

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29-05-2008 21:28 | 3 comment(s)

Image For academic freedom and against deportation
28-05-2008 19:47 | 5 comment(s)

Text Comment on University Communication on Recent Events
27-05-2008 16:31 | 3 comment(s)

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23-05-2008 21:44 | 5 comment(s)

Text Nottingham & Lincoln Procter & Gamble Day of Action 17/05: Advance Notice
13-05-2008 18:17

Image Nottingham Uni: The Veggie's Friend (Interview)
28-04-2008 19:06 | 3 comment(s)

Image New Edition of Ceasefire
22-04-2008 16:58 | 1 comment(s)

Image Strike to close one third of Nottingham schools
22-04-2008 16:54

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21-04-2008 20:47 | 3 comment(s)

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20-04-2008 19:29 | 4 comment(s)

Image Interview with NUT activist
16-04-2008 18:43 | 2 comment(s)

Text Leicester College boss tries to intimidateIWW & proves how much he sucks
14-04-2008 21:50 | 2 comment(s)

Image New free newspaper for Nottingham?
27-03-2008 12:32

Text Bookbinding & Juggling Workshops - 12th April
23-03-2008 21:17 | 1 comment(s)

Text Save Leicester Adult Education College
22-03-2008 15:40 | 3 comment(s)

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10-03-2008 18:27

Text Nottingham University Nominated For Peta2 US's First 'Most Vegetarian-Friendly Uni
04-03-2008 20:54 | 9 comment(s)

Text Keith Mann & 'Behind the Mask'
23-02-2008 17:07 | 1 comment(s)

Text Protestors demand freedom of expression at University
21-02-2008 17:46

Text Utopian Values Workshop, Uni. Nottingham, Sat 23 Feb
10-02-2008 20:34

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23-01-2008 17:28

Text Telling Starbucks to 'Buck off' at Nottingham Uni.
12-11-2007 10:01

Text Free Bicycle Maintenance Workshop!
30-10-2007 18:51

Text Mending electric skillshare this Saturday
24-10-2007 09:18

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04-10-2007 08:37 | 2 comment(s)

Image Respect for Basford 'Recycling' Street Art
04-10-2007 00:15

Image Hill Holt Woods Project 2
03-09-2007 13:08

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03-09-2007 13:03

Image Climate Camp needs Us!
16-07-2007 01:40 | 1 comment(s)

Image Hand Built Wind Turbine Course 20-22 July, Lincs/Notts
10-07-2007 13:27 | 1 comment(s)

Text Nottingham Students Get Strident
07-07-2007 11:21

Text Hyson Green Voices
29-06-2007 10:15 | 1 comment(s)

Text Political film 'Return to Kurkuk, a year in the fire'
01-06-2007 19:57 | 1 comment(s)

Text School biometrics in the City and Notts
21-05-2007 11:05 | 3 comment(s)

Generic media Wind turbine building course, June 8th - 10th
12-05-2007 10:54 | 2 comment(s)

Image Spring into Action’s Climate Camp , Day 1 at JB Spray factory
05-04-2007 20:44 | 1 comment(s)

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31-03-2007 13:44 | 5 comment(s)

Image Silent Disco at Nottingham Uni
25-03-2007 20:41 | 3 comment(s)

Text It's Hotting Up
22-03-2007 01:02

Audio Nottingham University Student Die-In :: to protest at un-ethical investments
21-03-2007 00:31

Image New 'rebel' bulletin - The Nottingham Sparrow - March 2007 - no.1
02-03-2007 17:14 | 4 comment(s)

Image Ginster pieman/Nottingham Uni bid for William Sharp city Academy
25-02-2007 22:38 | 8 comment(s)

Audio Affective Knowledge & Alternative Media, some audio
19-02-2007 17:43

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19-02-2007 15:16

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Radford community on the march

22-03-2010 15:19 | Culture | Education | Social Struggles | Nottinghamshire

Radford Unity Complex

Saturday 20th March saw over 100 members of the Radford community march from the threatened Radford Unity Complex to Market Square. They were protesting City Council plans to close the building which is currently home to a number of community groups.

The Council says it is saving £140,000 per year by closing the building and says it has a buyer. They have offered the affected groups premises at the closed Douglas Road Primary School. However, Joginder Singh of the Sikh Community and Youth Service said that the new premises are "many times worse" than those they have at the moment and that the groups have been "treated like parasites" by Jon Collins and the City Council.

The groups are angry that they were not consulted about the plans before being served with an eviction notice and that they are not being given an opportunity to buy the building themselves. They are considering taking legal action against the council over the way they have been treated.

Newswire: Interview with Leonie Meikle of Erondu about the Radford Unity Centre | Radford community on the march | March to stop the eviction of community groups from the Radford Unity Complex

Previous features: Protests against county council cuts | Campaign to save Victoria Baths takes fight to the council | Stonebridge City Farm under threat | Community centres under fire

Links: Petition | NCCLOLs on the closure | SCYS | Nottingham Teaching College | Shiefton Youth Group and Supplementary School

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Nottingham university occupied in solidarity with Gaza

29-01-2009 16:15 | University Occupations for Gaza | Anti-militarism | Education | Palestine | Nottinghamshire

Since 9pm on Wednesday a group of students has been occupying a room at the University of Nottingham in solidarity with the people of Gaza. The students have published a list of demands that include that the university of Nottingham cut its financial ties with the arms industry, that 'academic' aid be sent to Gaza, and that there be no repercussions for those involved in the occupation.

Professor Noam Chomsky has sent the students a message of support stating that he was "very pleased to learn about your courageous and honorable actions, particularly significant because of the crucial British contribution to the savage onslaught on Gaza... I hope you have the greatest success in arousing public opinion and bringing these monstrous crimes to an end."

Update 01/02/09: The occupation has been violently evicted by university security. At around 6pm around 10 security staff used force to remove the occupants into the snow outside. Students were made to wait in the cold whilst they went in one by one to pick up belongings. They were also forced to give ID in order to be allowed entry.

National Feature: Over a dozen university occupations for Palestine

Newswire: Nottingham University Students Occupation in Solidarity with Gaza 1 | 2 | Minipodcast from the third night of the occupation at Nottingham Uni | Petition to support Occupation Nottingham | Riseup Radio Report on day one of the Occupation of Nottingham University | Breaking News: Student Occupation at Nottingham University

Links: Occupation Nottingham | Petition | Notts Palestine newswire

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Anarchist centre opens in St Ann's

09-12-2008 17:49 | Culture | Education | Free Spaces | Nottinghamshire

Sunday saw the opening event of a new centre for anarchist education and culture in St Ann's. The Sparrows' Nest, named after local anarchist publication The Nottingham Sparrow, hosts a large collection of material on anarchist theory, local struggles and workers' struggles. The Sparrows' Nest is largely the work of local Anarchist Federation members and was inspired by a squatted infoshop in Ljubliana and similar projects in Carrara, Italy.

At the opening a selection of pamphlets and books were on display in four sections: The Classics (of anarchism), Neither Left or Right (referring to anarchism's opposition to fascism and the authoritarian left), Work (workers' struggles and the struggle against work) and Anarchy and Action in Nottingham. People were also able to watch films and browse the extensive library.

Newswire: The Sparrows' Nest - A centre for anarchist education and culture | Sparrows' Nest Anarchist Library & Archive, St Anns : opening event | Rebel bulletin The Nottingham Sparrow - March 2008 - No.3 | 'Rebel' bulletin - The Nottingham Sparrow - May 2007 - no.2 | New 'rebel' bulletin - The Nottingham Sparrow - March 2007 - no.1

Links: The Sparrows' Nest | Nottingham Anarchist Federation

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Grim reapers target careers fair

24-10-2008 07:31 | Anti-militarism | Climate Chaos | Education | Nottinghamshire

Fliers

Students at the University of Nottingham protested "unethical career corporatism" at the university's careers fair on Monday and Tuesday. Dressed as grim reapers, students payed a visit to arms dealers BAE Systems, Rolls Royce and Qinetiq, as well as energy giants E.On and BP. Leaflets detailing the crimes of some of the companies were hounded out and the protesters even had a stall next to the Army's stall.

The protesters aimed to highlight the hypocrisy of organisers, AIESEC, who claim to embody "Peace and fulfillment of humankind's potential" whilst giving a platform to arms dealers, as well as to "oppose the general presence of mechanisms of the capitalist death machine." Their success was highlighted by the noteable absence of several targetted companies on the second day of the fair.

Newswire: Students Target Unethical Career Corporatism | Shell Shuts Up | Students Call For An End To University Involvement In The Arms Industry | Notts Indymedia Anti-militarism topic page

Previous Feature: Protests as arms dealers attend careersfair

Links: Nottingham Student Peace Movement | AIESEC UK

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Workers go on strike at Nottingham Trent University

22-10-2008 19:56 | Education | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | Nottinghamshire

Staff members belonging to the University and College Union (UCU) at Nottingham Trent University (NTU) were on strike yesterday, in protest against the university's derecognition of their union and plans to cut facility time for union representatives. Derecognition is an extreme move by the university authorities and is seen by the strikers as an attack on their right to organise independently.

Over three-quarters (77%) of members voted for the strike, which is supported by the UCU nationally. The action follows a rally on 6th Oct attended by UCU members from across the country which challenged the university's vice-chancellor's address to new students.

Newswire: Workers on strike at Nottingham Trent University | Demo by University & College Union, derecognised at Nottingham Trent University | UCU members vote for industrial action at Nottingham Trent University | UCU to ballot on strike action at Nottingham Trent University

Previous Features: Local Government Workers in Notts Join National Strike | Notts Workers Join National Strike | Public service workers out to protect pensions

Links: UCU Nottingham Trent Branch | Nottingham Trent University | UCU (national) | Notts Indymedia Workers Movements topic page

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Is this what democracy looks like?

16-10-2008 11:22 | Anti-racism | Education | Nottinghamshire

How can I have confidence?

On Tuesday evening, the University of Nottingham Students Union (SU) Council voted against a motion of no confidence in its Education Officer, Craig Cox. Cox held up a placard saying 'Bring Back Slavery' at a National Union of Students (NUS) event earlier in the year and was subsequently at the centre of a race hate investigation. The NUS has found Cox to be guilty of breaking equal opportunities guidelines and banned him from all non-democratic national events.

Cox has been allowed to stay in spite of a strong campaign by black and anti-racist students, who mobilised around 60 people to picket the meeting, and 2000 letters written to representatives. A fellow Conservative and personal friend of Cox's chaired the meeting and made the decision to close it to debate from all but voting Council members. Students have questioned the democracy of the system that has allowed Cox to remain in his post.

Newswire: Nottingham SU Council back racist | Riseup Radio: Say No to Racism Audio | Picket Nottingham Student Union | Students mobilise against racism on campus | Yet Another Racist at Nottingham Uni

Previous Features: Racist on Student Executive at Nottingham University | Nottingham and Slavery - A Hidden History

Links: University of Nottingham Students Union | NUS Anti-Racism/Anti-Fascism Campaign | Notts Indymedia Anti-Racism topic page

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Nottingham Student Banned from Travelling by Israel

06-06-2008 22:30 | Education | Palestine | Nottinghamshire

Wissam Abuajwa risks losing a place at Nottingham University because Israel will not allow him to leave Gaza. He has a place, a scholarship (from the London-based charity Karim Rida Said Foundation, and a British visa to study for an MSc in Environment and Research Engineering at the University of Nottingham's School of Chemical and Environment Engineering, beginning in September.

However, his place could at risk because the Israeli authorities have prevented him from leaving Gaza to travel to the UK. Abuajwa's situation is, unfortunately far from unique. Abir Abu Warda, 29, has a Ford Foundation-funded place at London Metropolitan University, which is at risk for the same reason. In the US, seven students from Gaza who had previously been told that they would lose their Fulbright scholarships because of the travel ban have now had them reinstated by the State department. The US now claim to be working "closely" with Israel to secure exit permits (which you can interpret however you want).

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Hundreds Join Demo for Academic Freedom and Against Deportation

29-05-2008 19:20 | Education | Migration | Repression | Terror War | Nottinghamshire

On Wednesday May 28, students and academics held at protest at the University of Nottingham in defence of academic freedom and against the imminent deportation of former student and university staff member Hicham Yezza. The protest was called following the "anti-terror" arrests which saw Hicham and Rizwaan Sabir, a student acquaintance, detained for almost a week for possession of documents Sabir had downloaded as part of his research into political Islam. After it became clear on Friday May 23 that Hicham was facing imminent deportation, the focus of the protest inevitably shifted.

At 2pm there was a public reading of the "radical materials" which had led to the original arrest. The crowd was addressed by Alan Simpson MP before marching down to the Trent Building (where the university autorities are based) where people assembled in near total silence.

Photos: Nottingham University Demo for Academic Freedom & Against Deportation - Readings | Nottingham Uni Demo for Academic Freedom & Against Deportation - Silent March

Newswire: Hicham Yezza Interview | Press release: Nottingham University demonstration | For academic freedom and against deportation

Previous Features: Nottingham Uni Detainee Innocent But Still Facing Deportation | Anger Over "Terror Arrests" at Nottingham University

Links: Stop the Deportation of Hicham Yezza | National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns | Nottingham University

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Anger Over "Terror Arrests" at Nottingham University

20-05-2008 21:48 | Education | Repression | Terror War | Nottinghamshire

Two people (one of them a student) who were arrested on the Nottingham University campus last Wednesday using "anti-terror" powers have today been released without charge. After seven days of incarceration, the two men (aged 22 and 30) were released from custody. The manner of the arrests, the intimidating police presence on campus, and the gullible media coverage have raised serious concerns and anger amongst the student body, the academic faculty, and the general public in Nottingham.

The arrests were carried out due to the alleged possession of "radical material," specifically an Al Qaeda manual relevant to the younger detainee's dissertation, which had been emailed to the other for printing. Despite their own admission that there was no threat to local communities, the police decided to launch a full-blown "terror" operation and put the students, their families and many friends through a colossal amount of stress. Meanwhile, police on campus searched bags and dominated a central area, creating great fear amongst the student community that was totally disproportionate to the apparent ‘threat’ of radical material. The harassment of friends and relatives by the police also raised serious concern.

One of the two was rearrested on his release under "immigration legislation." See this feature for more info: Nottingham Uni Detainee Innocent But Still Facing Deportation

Audio: as featured in #5 the June Show ~ Riseup! Radio

Newswire: Comment on University Communication on Recent Events | Press Release | Students Released After 7 Days Incarceration Without Charge | Terror Arrests on Campus

Previous features: Nottingham Students Organise Conference on Civil Liberties Crackdown | Protesters Demand Freedom of Expression at University | Heavy Handed Police Condemned Over Peaceful Protest

Other Coverage: Times Higher Education Supplement

Links: Campaign Against Criminalising Communities | Nottinghamshire Police | Nottingham University | Notts Indymedia Repression topic page

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Nottingham Students Organise Conference on Civil Liberties Crackdown

23-04-2008 10:27 | Education | Repression | Terror War | Nottinghamshire

Audio Civil Liberties Conference Poster

Basic civil liberties and human rights have not fared well in the so-called "War on Terror." Using the threat of terrorism as a justification, governments across the world have introduced a raft of repressive legislation. In the UK we have witnessed crackdowns on protest and an increase in police powers, alongside a rapidly proliferating surveillance apparatus, soon to be supplemented (unless we can stop it) by a national ID database. Concerned about these and other threats, as well as a crackdown on freedom of expression at the university itself, Nottingham Student Peace Movement organised a conference addressing all these issues at the University of Nottingham on April 19.

The conference was addressed by a wide range of speakers including Liberty, the Campaign Against Criminalising Communities (CAMPACC), and Maya Evans from anti-war group Justice Not Vengeance, the first person to be prosecuted under Section 132 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 which severely restricted protest around Parliament.

Newswire: New Edition of Ceasefire | Photos from Civil Liberties Conference at Nottm Uni | NSPM announce Civil Liberties Conference- April 19th- Maya Evans & more | Notts Indymedia Repression Topic Page

Previous features: Protesters Demand Freedom of Expression at University | Heavy Handed Police Condemned Over Peaceful Protest | Activists gather for peace conference

Local Links: Nottingham Defy ID | Nottingham Student Peace Movement | Paragon Law

National Links: CAMPACC | Justice Not Vengeance | Liberty | People in Common | SOCPA The Movie | Initiatives to repeal SOCPA protest restrictions

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