PEOPLE BEFORE PROFIT – TIME FOR THE FIGHTBACK

Posted on December 10, 2020 by Norwich Radical in Community and tagged activism, activists, anti austerity, Arcadia Group, austerity, Australia, bedroom tax, benefits, Boris Johnson, campaigning, climate crisis, climate jobs, construction, corruption, Covid-19, cronyism, CWU, Debenhams, east anglia, engineering, eviction ban, featured, fossil fuels, furlough scheme, gig economy, government, green economy, green industrial revolution, Hospitality, hospitals, Jane Loftus, Jo Rust, jobs, King's Lynn, Labour, MPs, nationalisation, NHS, norwich, pandemic, People Before Profit, Philip Green, PPE, public ownership, recession, redundancies, retail, Serco, social security, tax reform, Topshop, Tories, tourism, trade unions, TUC, uk, Universal Credit, welfare state, wildfires.

By John Sillett

The recent collapse into administration of shop group Arcadia and Debenhams’ department stores was shocking, but not unexpected. Both companies have had their assets looted by their owners; Arcadia’s owner Philip Green has become widely seen as the unacceptable face of capitalism. Whilst the vultures pick over the bones of Topshop and its relations, there has been an avalanche of redundancies in many sectors, from construction to engineering. The pandemic has hastened the collapse or rationalisation of companies depending on footfall, like retail, hospitality and tourism.

FIVE NORWICH BANDS TO WATCH IN 2019

Posted on January 1, 2019 by Norwich Radical in Arts, Community, Music That Matters and tagged 2018, 2019, Algiers, arts, bag of cans, boogie, calypso, CHVRCHES, Donnie Darko, east anglia, elctro, featured, Gemini, gemma cullingford, Goblinquest, Jenny Hollingworth, Let's Eat Grandma, list, live music, maria uzor, maya law, MTM, music, music that matters, neo soul, norfolk, norwich, nye, punk, Rosa Walton, Sink Ya teeth, stage, Tibetan Night Terrors, year.

by Rowan Gavin

It’s been a great year for music in East Anglia’s Finest City. If you’re a gig-goer, you’ll no doubt have come across some of the many up-and-coming Norwich and Norfolk musicians breathing new life into the local scene these last few months. Here, in no particular order, I’d like to present five of the local acts that have most impressed, entranced, and inspired me in 2018.Continue Reading

NORWICH: NO LONGER CUTTING THE MUSTARD?

Posted on October 8, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Community and tagged big business, brand, Britvic, city roots, closure, Colman, colmans mustard, culture, east anglia, employees, employer, halls of residence, history, identity, Jeremiah Colman, manufacture, mill, mustard, mustard museum, norfolk, norwich, production link, production site, sick benefits, social housing, UEA, Unilever, University of East Anglia.

by James Anthony

It has been suggested that the world famous Colman’s brand may soon break with a tradition more than 200 years old, of producing mustard and other products here in Norwich. Make no mistake – this is not nearly as trivial as it sounds, and would be nothing short of a local tragedy.

This may seem exceptionally daft, but Colman’s has so much history here in Norwich, it is tough not to be upset by this news. Colman’s Mustard has been based in Norfolk since 1814 when Jeremiah Colman formally set up his mustard and flour business in Stoke Holy Cross, just outside of the current Norwich city boundary. Later, Jeremiah Colman’s great-nephew Jeremiah James Colman established the production factory in Norwich in 1858, which still exists today. With business booming, royal approval was gained in 1866 with the granting of a Special Warrant as manufacturers to ‘Her Majesty the Queen Victoria’, helping our local mustard gain a global reputation and put Norwich on the culinary world stage.Continue Reading

WHERE TO HIDE RADIOACTIVE WASTE?

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Community, Inter|national and tagged Breckland Council, danger, department of energy and climate change, east anglia, energy, environment, Gordon Brown, High Level Waste, hinkley point, local, Ministry of Defence, Mod, NCC, norfolk, nuclear power, radioactive waste, Sizewell, Somerset, Suffolk, Thetford, waste.

by Joe Burns

Radioactive waste is the solid, liquid, or gaseous waste produced by nuclear power stations, fuel production, weapons manufacturing and nuclear plant decommissioning. Small volumes of radioactive waste products are also created by industrial, research and medical institutions.

This waste has been constantly produced in this country since the 1950s, and the debate about what to do with the radioactive waste products from military, civil, medical, and scientific uses has caused frustration and fear for an equally long time.Continue Reading

A GOLDEN AGE FOR THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE?

Posted on August 13, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Community and tagged dereham road, earlham road, east anglia, fine city, golden age, Golden Triangle, graduates, housing, live, moving house, newmarket road, norfolk, norwich, property, shopping, student, student population, UEA, unthank road, work.

by James Anthony

There are a lot of stresses that come with moving house. Earlier in August, I spent a fair number of days experiencing both as I shifted location in Norwich.I was making sure I had all of my belongings, desperately trying to cover up any damage or stains, and trying to work out the logistics of carrying my entire life from one house to another. The only saving grace in this process was the fact that I have only moved about five minutes down the road – across what is known as the ‘Golden Triangle’ – an especially desirable area to live in Norwich. For years, it has been considered one of the best places to be just outside the city centre, even gaining national coverage for its popularity. A reasonable judgement, to this day.Continue Reading

IN FAVOUR OF A CYCLING FUTURE

Posted on August 6, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Community, Perspectives and tagged bicycle, carbon emissions, cars, chapelfield, Cycle City Ambition Grant, cycle paths, cycling, cycling future, Department of Transport, east anglia, green future, gridlock, medieval city, norfolk, norwich, park and ride, traffic, vehicles.

by Joe Burns

This year, nearly £16m is beginning to be being spent on transport alterations across Norwich. This means new cycle lanes, junctions, and road crossings being built to improve road safety for cyclists. Part of that spending is funded by a £425,000 Department for Transport’s Cycle City Ambition Grant to improve cycle lanes between the inner and outer ring roads. That upcoming cycle lane project is the latest of several efforts to improve road use for cyclists in Norwich, including £800,000 spent as part of the Transport for Norwich scheme to build a cycle lane on Newmarket Road.Continue Reading

FROM RICHARD BEARMAN, GREEN PARTY CANDIDATE FOR NORWICH SOUTH

Posted on May 25, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Community, Inter|national and tagged Community, councillor, east anglia, EU referendum, general election, GPEW, Green Party, housing, Mancroft, norfolk, norwich, norwich south, norwich student housing coop, PPC, PPCNorwich17, progressive societyu, Richard Bearman, students, Universal Basic Income, votes at 16, voting age.

by Richard Bearman, Prospective Parliamentary Candidate Norwich South

I have been member of the Green Party (GPEW) since 2003 and was elected as a Green Party county councillor for Mancroft ward in 2009, and again in 2013. In that time I, alongside the other county councillors in the green group, have managed to pass motions and lead campaigns that have benefited the city of Norwich as well as the Wider Norfolk Community. Our biggest success was the reversal of the decision to pursue devolution in East Anglia, something I heavily campaigned against.

I’m running in Norwich South for a number of reasons. Norwich is a fine city that I have lived in for over 30 years and I believe it needs the strongest possible leadership in parliament for it. This is something I believe I can do.Continue Reading

FLASHMOB DANCERS DEMAND AN END TO VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Arts, Community and tagged abuse, BSL, catton grove primary school, chapelfield gardens, creativity, dance, dandifest festival, direct action, east anglia, edwina blush, eloise o'hare, emma jarvis, Equality Party, flash mob, hayley burwood, Norwich and District Trade council, Norwich Dandies, norwich rising, One Billion Rising, Opening Doors, poet, poppy rose, resistance, ruby flipper, stephen little, violence against women, women, Women Supporting Women.

by Norwich Rising

Content warning: mentions sexual assault and violence against women

The United Nations estimate that one in three women will be raped or beaten in her lifetime. That’s one billion women. On Sunday 30th April 2017 there will be a flashmob-style dance at 1pm in Chapelfield Gardens to demand an end to violence against women. This is the 5th Norwich Rising, part of the global One Billion Rising campaign. Dancers will be dancing to the “Break the Chain” dance, choreographed by Debbie Allen from Fame. There are a series of free rehearsals where people can learn the dance.Continue Reading

ART FAIR EAST: A WINDOW INTO THE WORLD OF ART DEALERSHIP

Posted on December 8, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Arts, Community and tagged A Heart of Glass, AFE, art, Art Fair East, arts, Barry Andrews, Beatles, Brian Korteling, Capital Culture Gallery, Community, cuba, east anglia, exhibtion, gallery, Havana, indigenous, James Sparshatt, John Crome, landscape, music, norfolk, norwich, painting, photography, review, Rima Saab, Robert Ladbroke, St Andrews Hall, Turner, visual arts, will teather.

by Hannah Rose

Art Fair East (AFE) is an annual contemporary visual art event showcasing emerging and established artists from East Anglia and around the globe, hosted by artists, galleries and dealers in St Andrews Hall – Norwich. 2016’s event was a hive of curiosity and arty repartee, with artists and agents on hand to engage and interact with visitors.Continue Reading

‘DEVOLUTION’ AND THE TRIUMPH OF TORY DOUBLESPEAK

Posted on July 1, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Community, Inter|national and tagged accelerated growth, Audit Commission, bottom up, Breckland, budget, business, Cities and Local Government Devolution Act, conservative, council, democracy, devolution, east anglia, economy, elections, English devolution, george osborne, government, grassroots, Great Yarmouth, growth, LEP, local council, Local Enterprise Partnership, local government, Lutfur Rahman, Martin Winter, mayor, norfolk, North Norfolk, norwich, public sector, Suffolk, Tories, trade union, Treasury, turn out.

by Olivia Hanks

“Let local people decide!” urged George Osborne in his budget speech last summer, as he announced details of his plans for English devolution. What an excellent idea, as, on the face of it, almost everyone across the political spectrum agreed. Unfortunately, local people did not ask for devolution, had no say in deciding its form or content, were kept entirely in the dark about negotiations, and, in the case of East Anglia, are now to be ‘consulted’ on a deal of whose existence they are probably unaware and which, the Treasury has confirmed, there will be no opportunity to amend.

Report after report, from councils, public sector bodies and journalists, has enthused about the ‘golden opportunity’ to give local people a say in the decisions that affect them. Even those expressing serious reservations have praised the ‘principle’ of devolution — ignoring the glaring fact that when you examine the detail of the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act, or of individual ‘deals’, this principle is conspicuous by its absence.Continue Reading

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WHERE TO HIDE RADIOACTIVE WASTE?

A GOLDEN AGE FOR THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE?

IN FAVOUR OF A CYCLING FUTURE

FROM RICHARD BEARMAN, GREEN PARTY CANDIDATE FOR NORWICH SOUTH

FLASHMOB DANCERS DEMAND AN END TO VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

ART FAIR EAST: A WINDOW INTO THE WORLD OF ART DEALERSHIP

‘DEVOLUTION’ AND THE TRIUMPH OF TORY DOUBLESPEAK

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