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Three Alternative Reforms for a Different Future for Higher Education

The British university system is at a crossroads. The recent Browne Review combined with the Lib-Con spending cuts spells out a dire future for the university. The proposal to remove the cap on fees, to slash funding for teaching in all the arts and humanities, and the continued imposition of market models on research and teaching are leading to far more than a ‘tightening of the belts’ – they will completely change the nature of the university.

Welcome to ghetto Sheffield

Planned changes to the housing benefit system could permanently alter the economic landscape of Sheffield.

Ein Reich, Ein Volk, Zwei Fuhrers!

A message from your masters...

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The Molly Maguires film showing

at the SUMAC Centre, Tuesday 16th November

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Defending the state? Welfare cuts and the social wage

Attached is a recording of the Sheffield communist discussion group meeting held on 3rd November 2010 on the subject of the Con/Dem public sector and welfare cuts.

The Third Revolution? Worker and peasant resistance to the Bolshevik government

Audio from Nick Heath's talk, "The Third Revolution? Worker and peasant resistance to the Bolshevik government", recorded on 27th October 2010.

NUS and UCU anti-cuts national demonstration; London; Wednesday 10 November

Join the march on the streets of central London to fight against the looming, savage education cuts.

Australian Union President, Kevin Bracken – A true working class hero!

Secretary of Maritime Union of Australia Kevin Bracken has received literally thousands of thank you's from around the world for his brave stance for 9/11 Truth! Standing his ground even after being directly verbally bashed by the Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard saying he was "stupid and wrong" and having his own leadership comrades buckle at the knees if the face of unfounded ridicule. Rather than running for cover Kevin with his chin in the air has reiterated his position defying any to debate him on the issue! As usual all media presstitutes have refused, as there is obviously "no debate to have". It seems that the vast majority of the public disagree and would like to see such a debate but none of the so called "journalists" dare to tread such a path.

Yorkshire and Humberside TUC Rally Against the Cuts

Chris | 23-10-2010 16:16 | Public sector cuts | Workers' Movements | Sheffield

On Saturday 23rd October 2010 around 1,000 protestors from across the Yorkshire region assembled outside Sheffield Town Hall to be addressed by speakers from the established labour movement.

Right to Work march to TUC Rally in Sheffield

Chris | 23-10-2010 14:53 | Public sector cuts | Workers' Movements | Sheffield

Photos from a march on 23rd October 2010, which was organised by the Right to Work campaign, from Sheffield University to the Town Hall, where the Yorkshire and Humberside Trades Union Council were holding a rally against the cuts.

Details of Anti-Cuts Protests across UK this Saturday

A list of anti-cuts demonstrations in towns and cities across the UK this weekend. Please help in distributing this list to other messageboards and mailing lists you have access to.

Also post details of other protests you are aware of below.

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British government announces unprecedented social cuts

Ann Talbot | 21-10-2010 13:33 | Public sector cuts | Workers' Movements | Sheffield

The Conservative-Liberal Democrat government’s autumn spending review has introduced the most savage package of public spending cuts ever seen in Britain. Half a million public-sector jobs will be lost as £83 billion, or $128 billion, is cut from the budget. Another half million private-sector jobs will go as a result.

A Tale of Two Nations: Red Hot France; Tepid Britain

France is grinding to a standstill as millions of workers and students erupt in the streets at the government’s prposal to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62. Across the Channel, the new Tory Chancellor has announced savage cuts in public expenditures that will slice away more than a million jobs, drive workers out of south east England and doom the country to years of austerity (unequally imposed, bien sur.) Yet the response has been muted.

Tory multimillionaire witch-hunts welfare claimants

Britain’s Chancellor George Osborne has announced legislation that will penalise and force into destitution hundreds of thousands of the poorest people in Britain, who are dependent on welfare benefits.

Government announces massive cuts ahead of UK public spending review

Julie Hyland | 19-10-2010 12:08 | Public sector cuts | Workers' Movements | Sheffield

Announcements of the “reform” of university funding and public sector pensions and abolition of government quangos have been made in the run-up to the Conservative/Liberal Democrat government’s October 20 Comprehensive Spending Review.

Chilean miners rescued after ten-week ordeal

Patrick Martin | 17-10-2010 00:27 | Other Press | Workers' Movements | Sheffield

The successful rescue of 33 Chilean miners, buried under tons of rock and rubble for nearly ten weeks, was a cause of celebration in the mining centers of Caldera and Copiapo, throughout Chile, and around the world, particularly in mining regions where workers and their families face the same dangers every day as their Chilean brothers.

Sheffield Protests Against Nick Clegg

Sheffield Trades Council organised a protest against Nick Clegg, Deputy Prime Minister and Lib Dem MP for Sheffield Hallam, who was speaking in the Town Hall, on 3rd September 2010. The attached audio is a raw recording (apologies for the poor quality) of the second half of the speeches, starting with a speaker from the Sheffield Pensioners Action Group.

Never Trust a Politician: Whether Red, Yellow or Blue!

Protest Clegg's visit to Sheffield. Friday 3rd Sep 2010, from 5pm outside Town Hall.

Sheffield Workers' Movements Newswire Archive

Three Alternative Reforms for a Different Future for Higher Education

Welcome to ghetto Sheffield

Ein Reich, Ein Volk, Zwei Fuhrers!

More smashing radion from Dissident Island - 5 Nov show ready to download...

The Molly Maguires film showing

anticuts.org.uk

Defending the state? Welfare cuts and the social wage

The Third Revolution? Worker and peasant resistance to the Bolshevik government

NUS and UCU anti-cuts national demonstration; London; Wednesday 10 November

Australian Union President, Kevin Bracken – A true working class hero!

Yorkshire and Humberside TUC Rally Against the Cuts

Right to Work march to TUC Rally in Sheffield

Details of Anti-Cuts Protests across UK this Saturday

British government announces unprecedented social cuts

A Tale of Two Nations: Red Hot France; Tepid Britain

Tory multimillionaire witch-hunts welfare claimants

Government announces massive cuts ahead of UK public spending review

Chilean miners rescued after ten-week ordeal

Sheffield Protests Against Nick Clegg

Never Trust a Politician: Whether Red, Yellow or Blue!

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