GET INVOLVED: Five important local campaigns, with websites:

1. No Borders Nottingham - local activist group, organising against deportation/hassle of asylum seekers and other Nottingham residents
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2. Nottingham Defy-ID - organising against identity cards, databases & the surveillance society.
3. Stop the BNP Red, White and Blue Festival 2008 - the BNP have been prevented from getting an event license but still plan to go ahead with their festival of hate in August.
4. No arms trade - Shut Down Heckler & Koch!, international arms dealers Nottingham office - gun crime right on your downstep. See also: July 8th demo report
5. Save Victoria Baths - Summer 'fun days' started on 31st May, helping to highlight why this swimming pool must be kept open.

GOOD NEWS: Following the meeting of Midlands Region Industrial Workers of the World in Nottingham in May, a Nottingham IWW branch now exists! If you are interested in joining or want more info about the One Big Union that is open to all regardless of what kind of work you do (as long as you're not a boss!), including unemployed, contact the Nottingham IWW branch by emailing nottsiww.org.uk

FREE DOWNLOAD: The Nottingham Sparrow - no. 3 - March 2008 [PDF format] or read [HTML version] online. Articles on Instant Muscle, Victoria Baths, BNP festival, Derby NHS, and more.

What did the Dalai Lama say to the Sparrow at Nottingham Ice Arena? Click and find out!

Members of Nottingham AF are involved in a variety of other local activities...

• The Sumac Centre - autonomous community centre. See excellent events diary.
• Nottingham and Notts Refugee Forum - volunteering and campaigning for, and with, local asylum seekers.
• Mayday - annual workers' day, Nottingham's with stalls, speeches & music stage, stalls & parade.
• Eastside Climate Action - regional grouping opposing the causes of climate change

NEW: Visit our alternative Sparrow website www.nottinghamsparrow.co.uk

The Nottingham Sparrow - no. 3 - March 2008 is now available for download [PDF format].
Read Nottingham Sparrow no. 3 [HTML version] online.

Download Nottingham Sparrow no. 2 - May 2007 [PDF version].
Read Nottingham Sparrow no. 2 [HTML version] online.

Download Nottingham Sparrow no. 1 - March 2007 [PDF version].
Read Nottingham Sparrow no. 1 [HTML version] online.
Thanks also to Brighton's long-running Schnews bulletin for their nice plug of NS's launch in their March 23rd edition.
Alternatively, read The Nottingham Sparrow online on Notts Indymedia

Also on Indymedia, Our Square Isn't it? & Nottingham & Slavery - Hidden History

Other relevant links...

• Notts Indymedia - local independent newswire - what's really going on in Notts?
• AF North - our Anarchist Federation comrades up and across the Pennines
• Sheffield AF - new Anarchist Federation group 'up north'
• Leicester AF - our nearest comrades 'down south'
• Leicester IWW - nearest local group of Industrial Workers of the World
• East Midlands Anarchists - discussion list
• Midlands & East Anglia discussion forum
- one of the Libcom.org forums
• Nottingham Claimants Action - formerly Nottingham Campaign against the Job Seekers Allowance

Contact us, meet us!

Box AF c/o The Sumac Centre
245 Gladstone Street
Forest Fields
Nottingham
NG7 6HX
email: nottinghamafed.org.uk