Sheffield Newswire Archive

Campaigners from Brighton, Cambridge, Nottingham, Leeds, Manchester and elsewhere rallied on Saturday 21st April 2007 against the planting of GM potatoes in a BASF trial near Hull.

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On May 12th a coalition of Northern PSC branches is organising a major rally and festival calling for an end to 40 years of Israeli occupation and for justice in Palestine.

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People from all over the country are currently planting organic potatoes in the field proposed as a GM potato trial site outside Hull. It is hoped that the donation of safe spuds will prevent the planting of the controversial crop, which threatens the livelihoods of local borage growers and organic farmers.

Anna Lock explained;
“If you want to eat good safe potatoes, you have to plant good safe potatoes. By planting organic potatoes in this field today, the field will be rendered unsuitable for the GM trial. Scientific experiments need controllable variables, tiny organic seed potatoes hidden deep in the ground are a variable controlled only by nature. These seed potatoes will grow and BASF’s experiment will no longer be possible on this site.”

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On Saturday 21st April, almost three hundred people assembled on Sheffield's Devonshire Green and marched through the city centre to hear speakers from many organisations at Barkers Pool. These people were demonstrating their rejection of the Government proposals to cut the provisions of free ESOL classes.

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The intrepid Vanunu Freedom Riders complete the last leg of their gruelling 600-mile bicycle journey from Faslane in Scotland to Downing Street and the Israeli Embassy in London.

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Protestors marched through the streets of Sheffield on 21st April 2007 to oppose the abolition of English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL).

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In a largely unpublished article, Benny Rothman, one of the leaders of the 1932 Mass Trespass on Kinder Scout, recalls his day at the Mass Trespass on Twyford Down of 4th July 1994.

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A local Labour MP and the Environment Minister are gathering in the Peak Districy National Park tonight to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Kinder Scout Mass Trespass of 1932. But the same MP supports the construction of a new road through the same National Park.

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Protesters are planting non-GM potatoes in the field near Hull where BASF intend to trial their GM potato variety. About 100 protesters are spread across the large (several acre) field, with two mounted police and 2 foot police standing by watching - not even filming, for once.

Update: 2 cops on off road motorcycles have entered the field.

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there is a massive lacking of communication between anarchists and other people with extra-parliamentary political views in this area.

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The following article describes planned terror drills, these are sadly worth paying some attention to due to the number of drills that were occuring on 9/11.

Could the following be describing 'The Pentagon's "Second 911"'  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/08/347527.html and could the response be '"Theatre Iran Near Term" (TIRANNT)'  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/362980.html as predicted by 'MI6 Iran Disinfo: The Prelude to War?'  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/361578.html

Let's hope not...

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A worrying thought from The Peoples United Collective.

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After the success of the last gathering in Tavertet, we are calling for a new one this year. It will take place the 8, 9, 10 and 11 of September.

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What is democracy today? How does the democracy of activists and indigenous peoples differ from the democracy of representatives, elites and business? what can we learn about democracy from studying the margins of contemporary society?

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Done a bit of money laundering, major global fraud, well don't worry, HM's Govt will now let you off the hook,

but if you on benefits, etc then watch out, we are after you!

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An April 4 Survival International article reported that a decree by Venezuela's Socialist president, Hugo Chavez had banned the planned construction of new coalmines on the land of the Wayuu, Yukpa and Bari indigenous people in the state of Zulia, which is governed by a leader of the pro-capitalist opposition

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Eight people were arrested and houses were raided yesterday before a planned action against M1 widening in South Yorkshire could take place. According to the mainstream media three women and five men were arrested on suspicion of committing Public Order offences and were later released on bail, the arrest were made before the activists could stop any work and the 'incident' did not disrupt traffic.

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no one is exempt according to simon

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During a workshop at the recent ‘Spring into Action’ events it was unanimously decided to form a Nottingham Plane Stupid group.

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The Blue Room Brasserie in Sheffield has declared that they've stopped selling foie gras, and the owner/head chef has signed a declaration promising not to reintroduce it in the future.

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