Veggies / Sumac Centre Newsround

VEGGIES / SUMAC CENTRE

Through our 'vast and extensive internet capability', we receive many reports every day, with news of campaigns for Animal Rights, Human Rights, Environmental Protection, Global Issues, Anti-Militarism and Social Justice. A few interesting ones are posted here, but as we are often too busy 'out on the streets' you should check out the following recommended news sites.
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With the formation of Nottinghamshire Indymedia, most local news is now posted there to reach a wider audience, more rapidly than here. Some news will still be referenced / archived here, but for most local news, and links to a global news network, see Nottinghamshire Indymedia

For other news from a wider campaign community see the following:

Shown in the order we put them on site (latest at top), rather than the date of the actual report.

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Hard to swallow: New research indicates 'each of us could make a bigger contribution to reducing emissions of greenhouse gases by becoming a vegan than by converting to an eco-friendly car'. The Guardian; Society. 4/1/06

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Veggies School Meal Project Launched: October 2005

Nottingham Alternative News Service: May 2005 Edition

You are being ripped off (if you catch a bus)
A bigger incinerator in Nottingham?
Mansfield Against Incineration Public Meeting
Burning Waste during Energy Descent
Nottingham Indymedia takes shape
In Support of Palestine
Fear & Loathing in Long Eaton - Lord Biro
Bring on the Apocalypse-Denial, delusion & climate change
Dirty Aid, Dirty Water
Poem: A Plea to Kilroy-Silk

Nottingham Alternative News Service: April 2005 Edition

Don't Vote for Warmongers
May Day Action
Nottingham Noise Demo for Asylum Seekers
Meeting In Support of Palestine, Sherwood
Regional Labour Party Office Occupied!
Developing a Caring Economy - Rival Models
Yet another anti-traveller law on the horizon?
Water privatisation in Manilla, Phillipines
The Reality of Palestine
Managing Depletable Resources
Poetry: April is the cruellest month...

Nottingham Alternative News Service: March 2005 Edition

Anti-War Anti-G8 Critical Mass
Shakedown ‘05, March 12th, One not to miss!
Launch of Iraq Occupation Focus in Nottingham
Protest at G8 Environment and Development Ministers meet
The World Development Movement/ Nottingham
Neither a borrower or lender be
A centre for experiments on shoppers and shopping
So much for illusions in post-election Iraq
A Peaceful Resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
The Problem of Power and Riches
The City Council and Global Warming

Nottingham Alternative News Service: February 2005 Edition

Anti-Occupation Critical Mass
The Ultimate War Crime: Breaking the Agricultural Cycle
Reflections on Iraq's elections
The End of Big Oil...and US Dominance
Balanced Job Complexes
The Nottingham Cuba Solidarity Campaign
Co-Op Success: Miners celebrate tenth anniversary
Valentines from Lord Biro and some of his associates

Nottingham Alternative News Service: January 2005 Edition

Geoff Hoon coming to Broxtowe on Jan. 21!
Demo Club Night Nottingham, Jan. 22nd
Benefit Gig for the Notts Refugee Forum
Samosas for Tsunami Re-leaf
About “Participatory Economics”
The Nottingham Palestine Solidarity Campaign
The Nottingham Student Peace Movement
Visit to Oventic, A Zapatista Village
Iraq: Occuption, Elections and ... Democracy?
Make Poverty History...follow the Yellow Brick Road?
Energy Politics in the Age of Scarcity
A Brief History of the Intifada
Poem: Everything I know about war
Poem: A Psychic Sonnet from Rommel to Prince Harry

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Sherwood Tree Potection Camp Exiction : 6th December 2004

Nottingham Alternative News Service: December Edition

Band Aid - Sticking Plaster On a Gaping Wound
Trapese Roadshow - workshops, quiz, films and music, in preparation for the G8
Feminist Health Collective Gathering Dec 11/12th
Report: So you missed the Anarchist Bookfair?
Report: Iraq Occupation Focus Teach-in
The Legal Services rigged against asylum seekers?
Why Alan Simpson should support Blair Impeachment
No more deadlines for Nottm Community Review?
Essay: On the Fallujah assault
Essay: Safer Oral Sex
Review: Art and Madness... at NTU and the Broadway...
Local Poet can't type - Surprise Admission

Nottingham Alternative News Service: November Edition

Appeal: Please Support Refugee Destitution Fund
Notes from the Narrowmarsh - concerns over expand the Eastcroft waste incinerator and City Council attempts to impose parking charges & quotas for visitors.
Iraq: “Phantom Fury” brings “Phantom Victory”
Interview with anti-war activist Milan Rai
Palestine Olive Co-operatives
Development campaigning - a failure of democracy?
Not a Deodorant Company: An introduction to No Sweat
Proposal to re-launch NAN as “Nottingham Community Review”
Their plans and ours - What next for Nottingham Stop the War?
Community Print Resources (CPR) to the rescue
New Religion launched in Hyson Green at Arts Exchange
Short Story: Big Auntie Bertha
Poem: Occupation Black Watch Blues
Short Play: Eco-Lingerie

Nottingham Alternative News Service: October Edition

Blackouts this winter? Open letter to Jon Collins
Goose Fair Shooting
International Fashion Chain Goes Fur Free
Under Israeli Occupation
'You Are Here' - Arts Festival opening
The Iraq Situation on the Eve of the US Election
Roads and Airports Action Gathering
Poem: Old Leftie Past-time

Nottingham Alternative News Service: September Edition

Harvest festival at the SUMAC - bring spare produce to help destitute asylum seekers
Royal Engineers Poll - what soldiers think about Iraq
The Summer in Nottingham - Tash's photo diary and reports
The Global Big Mac by motorbike - Broadway highlights
No seagulls, no donkeys, no rock - with the left on holiday in Tuscany, Lord Biro travels to Kirkby on Sea
H2 Orror - pithy to the point poem penned by Lord B.
Ready for the energy crunch Mr Gawith - policy myopia in high places
Community Print Resouces - Nottm Community Resources out of the ashes?
Climate change gathering in Nottingham - relating global warming to oil depletion, trade justice and carbon emission quotas...

Nottingham Alternative News Service: May Edition

Psychological Torture in Iraq - Letter to John Heppell MP
Leisure and Community Services slash voluntary sector funding
Pissed off about Post Office closures
Monty Hoons Flying Circus - Lord Biro strikes again
Nottm Friends of Iraqi People Benefit - June 5th
School dinners worth queuing for
Beeston NHS Dental Treatment gets the chop
Nottm Social Forum joins the Zapatistas (i.e. goes electronic)
Nottingham Students call for Peace Together
Disappointing expectations? The Nottm Social Forum
Health Inequalities in Nottm - extract from N Social Forum wiki text

Centre closure is so misguided - The case against the closure of Nottingham Community Resource Centre: Nottingham Evening Post. 26th April 2004

Nottingham Alternative News Service: April Edition (No.2)

Greenpeace GM protest at Sainsbury's
Nottingham Community Resource Centre (NCRC) Closure Threat
Nottm's demoralised Mental Health Service
Global Pirates - Up Close and Ugly
Nottingham Friends of the Iraqi People launches S.O.S. Campaign
The Asylum Clampdown : Public Meeting : 21st April
Arms investments of Notts County Council Pension Fund
Save Park House (in Carlton)
Animal Testing is Bad Science
Aldermaston for the Day
Social Forums - around the World, Europe & Nottingham
The Greater Nottingham Partnership - Growth Fetishist Policies

All the above stories are at: Nottm Alternative News

Nottingham Alternative News : Bulletin No Six published 4th March 2004

LIFTco – Are We Being Taken For A Ride? - A health correspondent writes about creeping privatisation
A Social Forum for Nottingham?
Tram noise in Hyson Green - Doing the minium required by the regulations...
The Peace Together Festival
National Iraq Demonstration - 20th March
Hoon tops Harold - by DHSS Laurence
Stop the War Coalition – Funds Appeal
Permaculture Woodland Gathering - Showcasing sustainable woodland management.
Sherwood Eco-Activist Injured - Letters of support please...
Nine Ladies Camp Needs Your Support
“Get rid of all the Blacks and I'll vote for You” - Lord Biro's account of racism during the Sherwood by-election
Targets for your neighbourhood - ... except environmental ones that is...
Ł70k for New Deal for Communities CEO - Who benefits from 'regeneration'?
Nottingham 'Food Not Bombs' Group takes shape
Letters to Vernon Coaker on Asylum/Immigration Policy
The Mental Health of Refugees and Asylum Seekers - Research report highlights local needs
Post Office Closures
A Fallen Comrade - - Poem by Red Maud
The Sumac Fleapit! - The Sumac's film programme
Legitimising Labour's Big Conversation?
All the above stories at http://www.veggies.org.uk/news/bullet06.htm

Nottingham Alternative News Service : Bulletin No Five published 22nd January 2004

The Bell is Hell - Why are Nottingham's trams so noisy?
Sponsored Fast - Against Asylum Destitution
Destitute Asylum Seekers in Nottingham - Case Studies of a Sick Policy
Action against Refugee Detention and for Migrant Rights!
John Heppell – Whipping in the Labour Pack in House of Commons
Eco Protest Camps - Eviction Alert at Nine Ladies
Busking in Nottingham – An Era coming to an end?
Social Democratic Delusions - Plus editorial comment.
Lord Biro - Contemporary Diatribes

Screaming Carrot : Veggies announce proposal to invest in Nottingham's independent veggie bakery.

News from 2003
Nottingham Alternative News Service : Bulletin No Four published 4th December 2003

ID Cards and E Government. How this could effect us in Nottingham.
Sponsored Fast in solidarity with asylum seekers made destitute by Government Act.
3 Cities Strategy - Nottingham, Derby, Leicester super region - an economic fantasy.
Nottingham by Starlight - City (lack of) policy on light pollution.
Recycle Less! - Environment Agency tells East Midlands Assembly to Recycle Less!
Bayer receive a beating - Nottingham campaigns to stop GM crops coming to the UK.
Food Not Bombs - Nottm to join one of the fastest growing worldwide movements?
City Council Housing - Gearing up for Change . . . or for Chaos?
Enjoy Your Porridge - Prison Labour for Wilkinsons - Nottm campaign plans.

The Meatrix : Probably the best piece of Animal Rights promotion you'll ever see!

Nottingham Alternative News Service : Bulletin No Three published 29th October 2003

Nottingham a BioCity? Or is the Biotech Future wishful thinking about bad science?
The City preaches the virtues of recycling, while City libraries regularly send their unread environmental magazines for incineration or landfill.
Local Fluoridisation. Nottingham children have bad teeth but has the case for fluoridisation been "sexed up"?
It's official - Nottinghamshire Police have the worst performance in the country. Has a hasty reorganisation made a poor situation even worse?
Anti-Social Behaviour Bill - Who will the new law be used to tread on?
Lord Biro attends the Tory Party Conference and feels sorry for a dying species from the days of Old England; fusty pubs, tea and kippers, gob stoppers, Billy Bunter etc.
Notts Refugee Forum Appeal - Support Asylum Seekers Right to Work plus update
Nottingham Protest Against George Bush State Visit - Volunteers needed
Sustainable Agriculture in Africa - Overseas charity, Harvest Help, open day in Keyworth

Nottingham Alternative News Service : Bulletin No Two published 4th October 2003

Nottingham based Laird Paper - Is it buying pulp from a company that clear cuts the Indonesian rain forest, with a record for human rights abuses?
Solidarity Action with Tribal Peoples
Robins Wood Eco Action Camp - Eviction Alert
Arms fair disarmed!
Nottingham High School Versus Local Residents
Prominent Old Boy a War Criminal?
Robert Hamill Campaign - Local Campaigners hope Public Inquiry soon to be announced.
Refugee Forum highlights destitution and desperation in Nottingham.
Who are the Super Rats? A commentary on the Notts Police "Rat On A Rat" campaign
Diminishing oil reserves - will they make the East Midlands Airport expansion redundant?
St Anns Community Orchard Events
Conceptual art and all that
Links to local campaign diaries

Robins Wood Eco Protest Dedicated website launched as response to eviction alert. 30th September 2003

Nottingham Alternative News Service : Pilot Bulletin No One is now published. 5th September 2003

Eco warriors have taken up residence in a 300-year-old beech tree to save it from the chop. Direct action at Mansfield Woodhouse, Sherwood Forest : Nottingham Evening Post. 3rd September 2003

GM Food and Crops: What Next?. What has been happening on genetically modified (GM) food and crops and what is coming up in the near future : uk.indymedia. 1st September 2003

Enjoy your barbecue this weekend? Our expose of the meat processing industry could change your mind : The Mirror. 11th August 2003

Go vegan and cut deadly cholesterol, say scientists : The Independant. 23rd July 2003

Vegetarians - unwitting consumers of GM food : Food safety campaigners concerned by `hidden' contents of popular soya products. 13th July 2003

Support Martin Shaw : ex-Nottingham activist seriously injured in G8 protests. 7th June 2003

GM Nation Debate : You are invited to tell the government your views on GM Food - but will they listen?

Children Should Veg Out : Veggies crew members feature in Derby Evening Telegragh. 19th May 2003

Animal Kits - No Solution to Hunger : The Mercy Corps are offering "Animal Kits" of sheep and other livestock - there are better solutions. 15th May 2003

Vegan Organic House for Sale by Veggies Crew Member : 3 bedroom semi on the outskirts of Derby, with large vegan/organic forest garden. Handy for visits to Veggies / Sumac Centre!

Tea Drinkers for Calf Liberation! : Campaign launched for a better deal for vegan and dairy intolerant train passengers - 8th April.

Use of Dolphins by US Military condemned - 31st March

Veggies Against War : Nottingham Info : Elsewhere

Nottingham Marches Against the War. ThisIsNottingham (Nottingham Evening Post) report on 8th March 2003 event

SchNEWS Annual 2003 is in production and we are calling out for material. Deadline: 15th March 2003

Kathleen Jannaway, co-founder of Movement for Compassionate Living, and supporter of Veggies and the Sumac Centre, passed away peacefully in her sleep early on 27 January 2003. Memorial meeting at 2.30pm on 17th May at Friends Meeting House, Dorking.

Unicorn Grocery : An all-vegan, community-based wholefood co-operative needs financial investment, to secure its premises and its future. We urge you to support them if you can.

Where Do We Go From Here? : A recent networking meeting for animal rights campaigners identified the need to discuss ways to rebuild tactics maximum support for the animal rights movement.

News from 2002
McLibel Defendant's letter to The Times : 31st December 2002

Boycott all:sports - Traders In Fur! : Sportswear company all:sports are selling coats rimmed with real raccoon fur. Dispite complaints they refuse to remove the offending items. Click link to read more.

Sumac Picnic : Celebrating the opening of the Sumac Centre - EF! Action Update November 2002.

You've eaten the burgers now write the book! : A book is being written by a long term Veggies volunteer about Veggies and Nottingham's Rainbow Centre (now the Sumac Centre), and their influence on the British social justice movement since 1984.

SchNEWS of the World is out now!
The 2002 Yearbook, with issues 301 - 350 of SchNEWS, and hundreds of pages of other exciting information, is out now, with more news and more views for everybody else concerned for social justice.
Get your copy from Veggies at The Sumac Centre, or send Ł8.50 inc p&p to Veggies.

18th Annual Worldwide Anti-McDonald's Day : a report on protests against the promotion of junk food, the unethical targeting of children, exploitation of workers, animal cruelty, damage to the environment and the global domination of corporations over our lives - October 2002
Share prices tumble as stores close worldwide - November 2002

Ned Ludd's News is back! : After a few years break Nottingham’s very own independent news service is back in action, bringing you up to the minute (?!) reports and information from Nottingham’s community and direct action type groups.
Get your copy of "Nottingham's voice of resistance" from The Sumac Centre, or send 2 stamps, or click the links : August 2002 - . - June 2002 edition - . - 1998 archive (external site)

New News Link :

Stop the Primate Lab : Register your objection to proposed vivisection labs - 27th May 2002

The Forest Lodge on Eviction Alert : Protect the Squat - April 2002

SchNEWS in brief :
The 2002/3 Animal Contacts Directory is out now. An impressively comprehensive directory of everybody involved in animal welfare: from hunt sabs, to riot grannies and sancturies for donkies from the Holy Land. Get your copy from Veggies for Ł4.95 + 85p p&p "
SchNEWS 1st March 2002

The Huntingdon Campaign Continues : campaign news - January 2002

News from 2001
Not a news item as such, but this had to go somewhere!
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End of an Era - Veggies last day at Clinton Street Market : 31st December 2001

Huntingdon Campaigner Organisers Jailed : 14th November 2001

Shell - Customers of Huntingdon Life Sciences : campaign news - August 2001

Genoa Is Everywhere : comment - 23rd June 2001
Genoa - Independent News and Discussion from Indymedia

Hey, It Could Happen! McEmpire Owns the Language!

Insurance scheme to benefit vegetarians ... and Veggies : 21st June 2001

Animal Sanctuary Killings Halted - 14th May 2001

Gandhi's name falsely used to support vivisection
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ICRF dump Ghandi : 23rd May 2001

Veggies sets up ASK Network - Against Sanctuary Killing.
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Foot and Mouth killings prevented at Scottish sanctuary.

Rainbow Centre / Veggies - We've Finally Moved Out! : 24th March 2001

London Greenpeace Group - We're Suspending Activities : 29 Jan 2001

John Lewis bloodsports club disbands under animal rights pressure : Fri, 19 Jan 2001

Women Building Peace : From the Village Council to the Negotiating Table

Eat some beef you sad gits. : Intellectual insight from a keen supporter!

Recipe - Chestnut Roll : Don't wait till next xmas - try it anytime!

Mark Barnsley : Nottingham activists protest against miscarriage of justice - 19/12/00

Amnesty International Urgent Action : Fear for safety of nurse in Nicaragua - 15/12/00

Veganism / vaccination choice : Request for support for visiting US activist - 1/12/00

Justice for Steve Christmas : Hunt Saboteur seriously injured by hunt violence.

Rainbow / Veggies Moving~On : Latest news - funding setback - 20th Nov 2000

Glastonbury 2001 : restrictions of travellers and riff-raff - Report from Tash - 1/11/00

News from 2000
BASF (ex-Boots) Vivisection Lab Closes - Nottm Evening Post - Fri, 17 Nov 2000

Genetic research exported to China and Brazil - Financial Times - Tue, 14 Nov 2000

Newchurch Guinea Pigs - Email received - 12/11/00

Mink farmer slams demo - Stoke Sentinel - 11/11/00

Big Macs are 'not fit for Catholics' - Daily Mirror - 11/11/00

Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty - Demo report - 4/11/00

Slaughter of Wildlife by the Woodland Trust - email received 12/10/00

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