AT THE FRONT LINE: SOLAR POWER FOR SILVER ROAD

Posted on September 19, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Community and tagged carbon footprint, climate change, co2, Community, community centre, crowdfunder, frontline, local community, M&S, M&S Energy Fund, marks and spencer, marks and spencer energy fund, norfolk, Norfolk County Council, owl sanctuary, renewables, resilience, Silver Road, Silver Road Communtiy Centre, Silver Rooms, solar energy, solar power, solar power system, student unions, yog.

by Colin Hynson and Matthew White

Four years ago, on the north side of Norwich, a new community centre came into life. Before that the Silver Rooms had been owned and run by Norfolk County Council as a drop-in centre for local older residents. In 2010 Norfolk County Council announced that it was selling off the building as a response to cuts imposed by the coalition government. A group of local people fought back determined that the building should carry on benefiting the local community. In 2012, the building became an Asset of Community Value (later used in the campaign to save the Owl Sanctuary). Norfolk County Council then abandoned the auction and said that the building could be run for the benefit of the community and the rooms were leased to the community for 25 years for a peppercorn rent of £1.00 a year.Continue Reading

ROAR: RAISING FUNDS FOR WOMEN’S REFUGES

Posted on March 27, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Arts, Community and tagged Anna Bird, benefit gig, cabaret, celebration, Dandelion and the Rockets, domestic violence, equality, Fawcett Society, feminist, flamenco, Hannah Tobias, Kill Bitches to Dress Foxes, leeway, Mindframe, misogyny, music, norwich, owl sanctuary, politics, punk, queer, Radioactive Rats, resistance, riot grrl, ROAR, solidarity, Spu Terrible and Puka Percussion, welfare cuts, women, Women's Refuge.

by Tim Forster

Content warning: mentions domestic violence and abuse.

As we know the Tories’ so-called austerity has been an attack on the working class — the economics of class war if you like —but cuts in public sector jobs, benefits and social services have hit women particularly hard.Continue Reading

THE NORWICH RADICAL YEAR IN REVIEW 2016

Posted on January 4, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Arts, Community, Inter|national, Perspectives, Student and tagged #noDAPL, #readwomen, #shakespeare400, #standwithJNU, 2016, academies, Amelia Womack, articles, arts, Australia, BDS, Beyonce, biomass, black lives matter, BLM, Brazil, Brexit, canada, caroline lucas, Chris Jarvis, Colombia, comics, Community, conference, cricket, cuba, david bowie, divestment, easter rising, editorial, education, empire, Ende Gelände, energy, erik petersen, EU ref, feminism, football, fossil free, France, gender, Green Party, hate crime, HE, Heathtrow 13, housing, India, international, iraq, israel, Italy, IWD, JNU, Jonathan Bartley, journalism, Leave, LEMONADE, LGBTQIA+, malia bouattia, Marina Prentoulis, meantal health, media, mental health, migration, mischief brew, music, national, Nigeria, norfolk, Norway, norwich, Norwich Radical, NUS, owl sanctuary, Panama Papers, people and planet, Perspectives, Peter Tatchell, poetry, PokemonGO, politics, punk, queer, racism, radical, reclaim the power, refuge, refugee, refugees, Remain, representation, resist, review, round up, SAAC, sadiq khan, school, sexuality, Standing Rock, student, student movement, Syria, the gambia, the Philippines, trans, translation, UEA, UEA SU, uk, university, US, US presidential election, violence, visibility, War of Words, whitewashing, wrestlemania, writing, year in review, Zambia.

by The Norwich Radical

2016 was a bleak year for many. Across the world, the forces of liberty, of social progress, and of environmental justice lost time and again in the face of rising fascism, increased alienation, and intensifying conflict. That notwithstanding, there have been moments of light. In the Austrian Presidential election, the electorate confirmed the independently Green candidate Alexander van der Bellen; the #noDAPL water protectors gained a soft victory in early December; in fact, there is a full list of positives from the past year, if you want cheering up.

2016 saw our team expand to more than 25 writers, editors, and artists as well as host our first ever progressive media conference, War of Words. Our readership has grown from 5,000 per month to more than 6,500 per month. In total, nearly 80,000 people have read content on The Norwich Radical website this year.

In 2017, The Norwich Radical will turn three years old, with plans to grow our team and publication more than ever before. We’ll also be returning to Norwich to bring debate and discussion on the future of the media, with War of Words back for a second year. Continue Reading

TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK – AN INTERVIEW WITH ERIK PETERSEN OF MISCHIEF BREW

Posted on July 3, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Arts, Music That Matters and tagged Against Me!, Beyonce, Blink-182, crass, dead kennedys, defiance ohio, DIY, Donald Trump, Emma Goldman, erik petersen, folk, folk-punk, grandmaster flash, howard zinn, IWW, mischief brew, music, music that matters, owl sanctuary, pete seeger, plan-it x, punk, punk rock, ronald reagan, Run DMC, subhumans, underground, utah phillips, whodini.

by Chris Jarvis

In the early 2000s, American punk music underwent one if its periodical renovations on the underground scenes. Bringing together punk rock’s anger, pace and aesthetic and meshing it with the instruments, skill and stories of folk music, folk-punk shifted the goalposts of what it meant to be a punk band. While Against Me! are probably the most famous, Defiance, Ohio the most innovative and influential, Mischief Brew are probably the best. A decade after their first full-length release Smash the Windows they continue to produce rebel rousing and exciting music, with last year’s This is Not for Children shows their ongoing versatility and eclecticity endures.Continue Reading

KNOW YOUR ENEMY – AN INTERVIEW WITH JAKE OF SHOCK ! HAZARD

Posted on April 3, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Arts, Music That Matters and tagged ac/dc, Beyonce, enter shikari, Green Party, jeremy corbyn, justin bieber, Labour, labour party, led zeppelin, motley crue, music, music that matters, one direction, owl sanctuary, people's assembly, politics, rage against the machine, rock, rock and roll, steel pulse, stop the war, Taylor Swift, The Clash, x-ray spex.

By Chris Jarvis

For most, Norfolk boys Shock ! Hazard will appear as something of an antilogy. Their sound and aesthetics are clearly rooted in and influenced by early heavy metal pioneers like Led Zeppelin and the less flamboyant hair metallers of the 1980s – thumping riffs, extended guitar solos and screeching vocals galore. More than anything, this sound and this scene has been known for its bone-headed hedonism, its sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll attitude, and the carefree and unrestricted antics of its participants; hardly the place you go to find revolutionary calls to action or heavily politicised lyricism. Putting aside the question as to whether participation in a counter-culture is an inherently political act for a minute, unlike other musical movements, from punk to folk to hip-hip, this straight-up, hard hitting, in your face rock and roll, has made its name in part for being almost overtly apolitical.

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AT THE FRONT LINE: SOLAR POWER FOR SILVER ROAD

ROAR: RAISING FUNDS FOR WOMEN’S REFUGES

THE NORWICH RADICAL YEAR IN REVIEW 2016

TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK – AN INTERVIEW WITH ERIK PETERSEN OF MISCHIEF BREW

KNOW YOUR ENEMY – AN INTERVIEW WITH JAKE OF SHOCK ! HAZARD

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