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If you care about democracy and climate justice, come along to our day of action on Saturday October 17 in Nottingham city centre
Corporate Courts (a system called ISDS) written into international trade deals allows foreign companies to sue governments for taking action to protect human rights, climate justice & the environment. Unbelievable, right?
It’s happening in the UK NOW.
Our government is being sued for hundreds of millions for stopping a coal mine in Cumbria on climate grounds.
It’s happening all over the world. In Australia, a tobacco giant sued the government over plain packaging on cigarette packets.
For the companies, ISDS is a win-win. If the company can continue to operate unrestrained, it makes large profits. And it is is stopped or regulated it can sue. And still make lots of money. We, the taxpayers, are the losers.
Join us and local groups from Friends of the Earth, Extinction Rebellion, Amnesty and Greenpeace to find out more and demand that our government withdraws from the ISDS system.

We’ll have a stall from 12pm – 2pm at Corner of Pelham Street & Clumber Street NG1 2ED

                                            

 

After  the debacle of last year, where any stalls with a political angle were cancelled because of last minute insurance issues, this year the Nottingham Green Festival was back to its usual vibrant self. We held a stall focussing mainly on ISDS (Corporate Courts) and the upcoming global days of action to get ISDS out of trade deals, and on trying to get Palantir out of the NHS. We got a considerable number of signatures on petitions for both these, and had a wheel of fortune on display to demonstrate that with ISDS corporations win either way – they can make their profit, or if banned can sue and still make a profit. Either way, the taxpayer loses.

We were invited to run a stall at the Up-Rooted Festival of Climate Justice on 26th September 2026.

We invited people to write letters or draw pictures to send to Andy Burnham and leaders of COP30, about what they want to see happening at Cop30 in November. It attracted people, several of whom wrote letters in a lot of depth, and even added pictures to their letters. There were also speakers, a climate assembly panel, and food and entertainment.

Global Justice Nottingham held a well attended event on 16th March 2026 about the UK’s economic relationships and continued arms sales to Israel – and the struggle to achieve justice for Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.

Trading in oppression: how the UK’s economic ties with Israel support the occupation of Palestine

🎙️ Speakers:
Tim Bierley, Palestine and tech campaigner at Global Justice Now
Palestine Solidarity Campaign (speaker tbc)

Since the US-brokered truce took effect in October, Israel’s atrocities against Palestinians have continued but with much less public scrutiny. Israel has reportedly killed hundreds of Palestinians in Gaza, its military remains present in 58% of Gaza, and it has banned dozens of aid organisations from working in Palestine.

Meanwhile Israel continues to deepen its stranglehold on the West Bank, with settler attacks on Palestinians increasing in the last year and the government announcing major new projects for settlements illegal under international law.

As our media and politicians turn away, how can we keep the pressure on and translate the huge movement for Palestine into real change?

The UK is a key trade partner for Israel. Many UK-headquartered companies invest in firms involved in Israel’s illegal settlements, our government continues to license arms sales, and allow trade in surveillance technologies used to control and oppress Palestinians.

Meanwhile, big tech companies with deep links to Israel’s occupation and genocide are eating into the UK’s own digital infrastructure – raising further questions over the digital economy built around us.

 

On 3rd and 12th February 2026 we teamed up with Global Justice Leicester and Global Justice Sheffield to hold online screenings of a series of seven short films from the sharp end of a deeply unjust pharma system, where huge parts of the world are preventing from accessing vital medicines; but also including stories of hope, with people organising for a better future. People from across the East Midlands and South Yorkshire attended, and Tim Bierley, Global Justice Now’s pharma campaigner, introduced the films and conducted a Q&A session afterwards.

 

 

Along with Friends of the Earth and XR Nottingham, we had stalls in central Nottingham calling for climate justice, with corporations and billionaires paying their share, and a just transition for workers and communities globally. We also called for secret Corporate Courts to be excluded form future trade deals. They subvert democracy and inhibit governments from taking climate action.