UK Indymedia - Sheffield Newswire Archive

Appeal to Journalists for Pen Pal Program West Africa

We are looking for journalists to participate in a penpal system with Cameroonian journalists in order to better the quality and transparency of the local english speaking media.

New National Fur Target - Flannels Group

*** NEW NATIONAL FUR TARGET ***

the peoples meeting to reclaim the earth centre

Public meeting regarding the future of the earth centre and the peoples campaign to reclaim the land and our rights to make decisions on community issues
Tuesday, 15th December 7pm at the Denaby Miners Welfare Club - see you there!

Dancing on a Mass Grave - Oliver Kamm of The Times Smears Media Lens

One of our most relentless critics is Oliver Kamm, leader writer and blogger at The Times. Kamm joined the paper in 2008 having been an investment banker and co-founder of a hedge fund. In a 2006 blog, Kamm described us as “a shrill group of malcontents”, an “aggressively simple-minded lobby” guilty of "unprofessional and often comically inept exegesis" whose approach “demeans public life”. An impressive claim to make about one writer living off donations, one writer working in his spare time after finishing full-time work, and a virtually unpaid webmaster. David Cromwell, Kamm added, is “an ignoramus”.
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http://oliverkamm.typepad.com/blog/2006/12/media_lens_vs_h.html)

Sheffield Asylum Rights Demo: Saturday Nov 28th

SYMAAG | 25-11-2009 21:32 | Anti-racism | Migration | Sheffield

Come to the demonstration on Saturday November 28th 11am Town Hall Sheffield.

Invitation to protest against junta’s planned sham 2010 election

“If this country is to achieve genuine democracy, the result of the elections of 1990 must be recognized. This is something we cannot abandon. It will be to the detriment of our country if after an election has been held the results are not honoured and we do not resist attempts to trivialise it.” Aung San Suu Kyi.

A new Planning Application for Portland Works

underclassrising.net | 25-11-2009 15:45 | Sheffield

A new planning application for Portland Works (reference 08/01850/FUL) was validated 24/11/09 by the Council’s Planning department and the consultation period runs from now until 10th December.

Doncaster's former 'Earth Centre'

http://welovetheearthcentre.blogspot.com/ | 24-11-2009 22:28 | Sheffield

Doncaster Climate hearing Meeting details can be found here -

http://www.doncastercvs.org.uk/events/eventsitem/120
this coming Fri 27th November

Philippines 'could become another Afghanistan for USA'

PHILIPPINE revolutionaries are warning that their country could become another Afghanistan for the USA.

No to Deportations and Destitution demonstration

South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action Group | 20-11-2009 16:35 | Anti-racism | Social Struggles | Sheffield

When the UK steps up its attacks on asylum seekers, South Yorkshire says No. Join our demonstration in Sheffield on Saturday 28th at 11am outside Sheffield Town Hall.

Monbiot on Peak Oil: If Nothing Else, Save Farming

Chris | 20-11-2009 14:29 | Analysis | Energy Crisis | Sheffield

George Monbiot's latest article on peak oil is introduced thus: "It’s probably too late to prepare for peak oil, but we can at least try to salvage food production."

Of course governments are doing nothing to transition to the production of food without fossil fuels -- what little is happening is coming from the grass roots, see for example the Soil Associations pages on community supported agriculture:

http://www.soilassociation.org/Takeaction/Getinvolvedlocally/Communitysupportedagriculture/tabid/201/Default.aspx

The following article was published in the corporate media and the role that the tiny number of voices like that of George Monbiot play in the bigger picture is considered in the latest Medialens alert:

A Comparative Review of Flat Earth News and Newspeak

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/sheffield/2009/11/442004.html

For more background on peak oil and food and what it means, essentially the end of industrial civizilation, listen to this talk by Nafeez Ahmed from last year:

Food Crisis & Peak Oil

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/sheffield/2008/11/413658.html

A Comparative Review of Flat Earth News and Newspeak

Jonathan Cook has been covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from Nazareth, Israel, as a freelance reporter for the past eight years. Before that he was a staff journalist at the Guardian and Observer newspapers. His latest books on the conflict are ‘Israel and the Clash of Civilisations’ (Pluto, 2008) and ‘Disappearing Palestine’ (Zed, 2008). His website is www.jkcook.net

In the two-part Guest Media Alert that follows, Cook attempts the truly Herculean task of dissecting and comparing the key arguments in Nick Davies’s book ‘Flat Earth News’ and our own recently published ‘Newspeak in the 21st Century.’ The results are enthralling but demanding - even hardened media analysts will require a plentiful supply of tea and biscuits throughout.

Please do not underestimate the unique nature of the analysis Cook is offering. While Davies’s book was discussed, reviewed, and applauded, far and wide in both print and broadcast media, our own book (published in September) has so far limped to just two, largely dismissive, reviews in mainstream outlets, in the Guardian and Times Higher Education (THE), totalling exactly 1,000 words. Our previous book, Guardians of Power (2006), has never been mentioned, let alone reviewed, in any mainstream national UK newspaper.

The truth is that dissident media analyses are consistently ignored in this way - it is not just us. And so Cook’s comparison of Davies’s mainstream view of the media with an analysis based on Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky’s “propaganda model of media control” is a vanishingly rare event. As ever, Cook’s experience as a professional journalist adds a fascinating additional dimension to his analysis.

Cook produced this mega-review - nearly 10,000 words of it - completely free of charge. It is an extraordinary act of generosity from a fine and thoughtful journalist. We would like to express our sincere thanks to him. If you would like to thank him or otherwise comment, you can write to him here:

mail@jkcook.net

Reclaim Reuse Recycle The Earth Centre

http://yorkshireanarchist.wordpress.com/ | 19-11-2009 20:35 | Sheffield

Meet 21/11/09 1130

take action to save earth centre from council

The council is set to sell the wasted yet wonderful earth centre, this can't happen we can't let them make this mistake, lining their greedy pockets again while destroying another beautiful community resource.

The destruction of Doncaster’s ODEON

http://yorkshireanarchist.wordpress.com/ | 18-11-2009 15:33 | Sheffield

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Sabs Benefit Gig & Smashed Up Van

Sheffield Saboteurs | 18-11-2009 14:44 | Animal Liberation | Sheffield

STB presents a benefit event for Sheffield Saboteurs featuring music from:
Jesus Bruiser, W.O.R.M., Cry Havoc, Criminal X & A Murder Of Crows
Plus: Vegan Food, Raffle & Disco
At The Stockroom, Leadmill Road, Sheffield - 7:30 till late. £4 entry

Rise of the Bureautwats

http://yorkshireanarchist.wordpress.com/ | 17-11-2009 08:49 | Sheffield

A friend of ours has just informed us that it’s ‘Summons Time’ across Yorkshire). Apparently this is the time of year that the bosses turn to the County/Magistrates Court Goon Squad to pull in the ‘wonga’.

Recycle Reuse Reclaim empty space in Sheffield.

underclassrising.net | 16-11-2009 16:24 | Sheffield

Welcome to our playground.

No barriers at Sheffield station give back our access to the bridge..

underclassrising.net | 14-11-2009 13:38 | Sheffield

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Searching for a Miracle: ‘Net Energy’ Limits & the Fate of Industrial Society

Richard Heinberg | 14-11-2009 12:46 | Energy Crisis | Sheffield | World

THIS REPORT IS INTENDED as a non-technical examination of a basic question: Can any combination of known energy sources successfully supply society’s energy needs at least up to the year 2100? In the end, we are left with the disturbing conclusion that all known energy sources are subject to strict limits of one kind or another.

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