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The Rendition Monolgues: Tue 16th December

iceandfire and Actors for Human Rights in conjunction with Sheffield Guantanamo Campaign present the Rendition Monologues on the 16th December at the Library Theatre, Sheffield. The performance will also raise funds to support the work of the Sheffield Guantanamo Campaign. Details below.

East Midlands Vegan Festival

Pat | 11-12-2008 00:10 | Animal Liberation | Climate Chaos | Sheffield

This Saturday (13th Dec) will see the 5th East Midlands Vegan Festival taking place at Nottingham's Council House, Market Square from 11am until 5pm.

Urgent: Stop the Deportation of Abdulmajid Hassan Ismail

Abdulmajid Hassan Ismail is from Darfur (and Rotherham!) He is threatened with deportation on Thursday 11th December at 16.15 from Heathrow to Khartoum. He is convinced that his life will be in great danger from the Sudanese Government if he is sent back. You can help save his life by taking 10 minutes to make a phone call or send an email on his behalf.

Why can't the BBC produce a complete picture on Govt Poverty-creation?

James Purnell's latest careeristic attack on the impoverished and the involuntary 'poor' in Britain, as publicsed today

Benefit cheats

Hildy Johnson | 10-12-2008 12:41 | Sheffield | South Coast

Whilst most UK activists continue to concern themselves with human rights abuses abroad, archair activism in calling for a Greek revolution the Sweated Labour Party continues with its crusade to promote the health benefits of working on a minimum wage in the trashed service sector economy.

What to do about the financial crisis

Focus on the Global South | 05-12-2008 17:05 | Globalisation | Sheffield

Here is a link to a very useful primer on the current economic crisis presented by Walden Bello.

World calls time on UK plc

Charles Dance | 04-12-2008 16:16 | Social Struggles | Sheffield

The paucity of action on the part of liberal minded, left-oriented activists in the face of the very real economic and political crisis facing the UK is mind boggling. Whilst the BNP is out in force with its political machine providing recently buggered workers, savers and pensioners with plausible sounding explanations non-fascist activists continue to focus on the minutiae of social life.

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happens December the 7th to the 11th

Emilio de Lima | 03-12-2008 11:37 | Globalisation | Sheffield

We want a debate not from the perspective of the market because the market heralds resolved now that they will make the solution for what themselves caused, with their bad conduction of economic policy

Climate Safety report

The Climate Safety report which has just been released is essential reading.

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Anti ID Card Protesters Arrested

Ward | 03-12-2008 08:38 | Sheffield

POLICE made a dozen arrests after a group of anarchists staged a protest at the Home Office buildings in Sheffield.

New Campaign against the Govts Welfare Reforms

No return to the workhouse! | 02-12-2008 14:58 | Sheffield

At last, there is a large broad campaign developing against all the Gov'ts vicious and Victorian welfare reforms. The Left and the activist community has been negliglent in challenging these brutal reforms which will impact on millions, but better late than never.

Launching of LIS CRITIQUE: new critical journal of library & information science

Welcome!!!
Last news: November 19, 2008

Library & Information Science Critique has launched its FIRST ISSUE, and you can download it here,

http://critica.bibliotecologica.googlepages.com/liscritique in full, free, free of charge, unhampered, democratic and Open Access here, but if you wish we can also send it by e-mail and you can also contact us if you have any problems to access the articles, or queries, or if you like to send us your critical contributions for the next number, our contact here:

critica.bibliotecologica@gmail.com

Yorkshire Activists blockade Sheffield Border Agency Centre

Bradford Against ID | 01-12-2008 10:53 | Migration | Sheffield

At 8am this morning a group of Yorkshire activists blockaded the
Sheffield Border Agency Interrogation Centre at Vulcan House using
bicycle locks and superglue to attach themselves to both entrances. The
group are there in response to the introduction of compulsory ID cards
for non-EU people on student or marriage visas. They are displaying two
banners, one reads “My identity is not your property” and the other
“Nothing to hide? Everything to fear! Defy ID!”

mobile phone mast in Netherthorpe

pit | 30-11-2008 15:22 | Ecology | Health | Sheffield

Sheffield Homes to ask tenants whether they agree

We Make Your Clothes

WE MAKE YOUR CLOTHES: hear voices from the frontline of the struggle against sweatshop labour as Bangladeshi garment worker militants visit Sheffield.

MONDAY 8TH DECEMBER, 7-9PM, MEETING ROOM 2, OCTAGON CENTRE (SHEFFIELD UNIVERSITY)

Top of the Food Chain

Today comes the startling news of a British government report showing a drop in oceanic zooplankton of 73 percent since 1960.

http://www.earthportal.org/news/?p=1385

Nafeez Ahmed: Food Crisis & Peak Oil (Audio)

In this wide ranging talk about the global food crisis and peak oil Nafeez Ahmed sketches out a path to the post-industrial society.

City of Sanctuary First Anniversary Party

Saturday 29th November at the Broomhall Centre, Broomspring Lane, S10 2FD, 7.30 - 11pm

Pro-market. Anti-capitalist. What to do?

On the day that capitalisms greatest current asset- that of Citigroup- has had to be nationalized by the US government, the following is a backgrounder on such current events that finishes with a request for answers to an important question.

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Sheffield Protest against ID cards 25/11/08 - 12pm

Sheffield Anti-ID | 22-11-2008 01:29 | Sheffield

Sheffield in National anti-ID card protest, backed by No Borders, NO2ID and individuals activists comming together to oppose the scheme.

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