UK Indymedia - Sheffield Newswire Archive

Shhhhh In at Sheffield Central Library #shh4sheflib

There was a big turn out at the Shhhhh In at Sheffield's Central Library on Saturday 5th February, the details of the proposed cuts are due to be known on 16th February 2011.

UG#535 - Peter Dale Scott on The US War Machine & C.O.G.

This week, 2 contributions by Peter Dale Scott, a long established researcher into what he calls 'deep politics'. We begin with a talk on Continuity of Government from the 2010 Santa Cruz 'Understanding Deep Politics' conference, and conclude with a 90 minute interview on the contents of his new book, "The American War Machine - Deep Politics, the CIA Global Drug Connection, and The Road to Afghanistan", interspersed by 8 minutes of Dwight Eisenhower's valedictory address from half a century ago in which he warns of the military industrial complex.

Mark Cassidy undercover 1995 - 2000

This article recently appeared in Big Issue in the North.
It's about infiltration of anti-fascist / anti-racist activity in Hackney from 1995 - 2000.

"Police, who are you really working for?", Mozaz, 13/01/2011

Waltzing Matilda | 04-02-2011 17:01 | History | Repression | Sheffield

My headline is an excerpt from a prophetic commentary written by Mozaz on the current state of things which was actually titled "The Truth is sometimes self-evident", published on 13th January 2010. Original article where this comment was posted:

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2010/01/444647.html

The question in the title brings to mind the recent uncovering of a number of undercover cops in the scene, the murder of Ian Tomlinson & subsequent cover-up predominantly as a result of the compromise of his initial post-mortem conducted by the inept stooge Freddy Patel as ordered by City of London coroner Paul Matthews, police collusion with the US led war machine in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003 with the unprecendented enforced convoying of anti-war protestors from RAF Fairford back to London, long-running allegations of agent provocateur activities amongst the black bloc (video evidence in Genoa 2001), similar tactics being used by the state in Egypt, and these allegations of attacks by black balaclava-wearing men on students and members of Press TV at the student demo on 11 Dec 2011 [go to Utube and type in words "Press TV" & "London Student Demo", watch 2 mins-in interview with Press TV cameraman Adam Apostol].

I could also have titled this posting "Cops Suck Arse".

Clegg confronted by Anarchy & Peace at death park!

Deputy Prime Sinister thought he'd sneak into Rotherham today but his visit didnt go unnoticed!

Sheffield Library Cuts Protest: 'The Big Shhh...'

heavy reader | 04-02-2011 13:18 | Sheffield

Peaceful and imiginative protest to support our libraries, once know as the 'street corner universities, like many others for instance I would not have got to uni without free libraries and of course there is the joy of reading just for pleasure....

Another Trident Ploughshares woman jailed, for 14 days

Please send letters and cards of solidarity to:

Sylvia Boyes
HMP New Hall
Dial Wood, Flockton
Wakefield
West Yorkshire WF4 4XX

Quaker Woman Imprisoned over Anti-Trident Protests

Sixty-seven year old Sylvia Boyes, a Quaker from Keighley, appeared on Thursday (3 Feb) at Bingley Magistrates Court. She was sentenced to 14 days in New Hall Prison for refusing to pay fines arising from a series of protests against Trident in and around Faslane Naval Base in Scotland during the summer of 2009.

Mozaz's Funeral

Chris | 03-02-2011 17:11 | History | Sheffield

There were a lot of old and new faces at Mozaz's funeral and wake today, attached is a recording of the funeral and some anecdotes from people at the wake.

Pictures from the anti-cuts demonstrations in Sheffield on Saturday 29th Jan

About 450 people were gathered at Weston Park, Sheffield to demonstrate against the massive cuts to public service funding implemented by the coalition government.

Victory for the 4 Thessaloniki 2003 Summit activists

On Monday January 31st the four activists, Simon Chapman (Britain), Suleiman “Kastro” Dakdouk (Syrian origin), Michalis Triakapis (Greece) and Fernando Perez Gorraiz (Spain), were found not guilty in Greek court of the charges related to the EU Summit in June 2003 in Thessaloniki, Greece.

Police agent Mark Kennedy was active throughout Europe

Mark Kennedy, the police agent who worked undercover in the environmental movement for eight years, was active in his undercover guise as Mark Stone throughout Europe.

White Coat - The Media's Moral Creepback

It’s not hard to spot the scientists in commercial advertising: they’re the ones wearing white coats. Whether hawking toothpaste, skin cream, or even cigarettes, the white coat vouches for the presence of a highly-trained, disinterested expert ensuring product safety and effectiveness.

The Great Unravelling: Tunisia, Egypt and the Protracted Collapse of the American Empire

The toppling of dictator Ben Ali in Tunisia in the wake of mass protests and bloody street clashes has been widely recognized as signifying a major transformation in the future of politics and geopolitics for the major countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). There is little doubt that the Tunisian experience triggered the escalation of unprecedented protests in Egypt against the Mubarak regime. The question on every media pundit’s lips is, ‘Will events in Tunisia and Egypt have a domino effect throughout the Arab world?’

New powers for police to hack your PC

Civil liberties groups raise alarm over extension of surveillance without warrant

[Not to be confused with GCHQ's extensive tapping of emails and other internet traffic, for which no warrant is required]

ConDem Coordination Event

The ConDem government is having a conference in Sheffield on March 11-13 2011.
Meeting to discuss coordination and convergences against them.

Self-determination aided by citizens' referendum on any public issue

iniref | 01-02-2011 17:35 | Birmingham | Sheffield

Direct democracy is common ground for many radical movements. The citizen-led referendum is a tool of direct democracy which can be used to make and change policy of local and central government. Current campaigners against cuts, for health services and pro-environment could all use this tool, prevailing bank and finance policy could be challenged.

Crisis in Care: Interview with an anarchist support worker

The Fargate Speaker talks to a local support worker about the problems in social care as a result of the recession and the proposed austerity measures.

John Pilger: Floods Australia‘s ‘Katrina’ moment

When you fly over the earth’s oldest land mass, Australia, the view can be shocking.

Scars as long as European countries are the result of erosion. Salt pans shimmer where once native vegetation grew. This is almost impossible to reverse. The first to die are the most vulnerable species.

Egypt: Cue the dirty tricks, false flags to discredit pro-democracy movement

The looting of Cairo’s world-famous Egyptian Museum over the weekend seems to have engendered the desired news headlines.

‘Looters smash ancient treasures’, ‘Looters decapitate mummies’, ‘Looters rip off heads of artifacts’ etc., read a rash of headlines, following the apparent breaking into the country’s national museum, which is said to house the world’s biggest of Pharaonic antiquities.

However, it has since emerged, although with much less headline coverage, that some of the would-be looters apprehended by protesters outside the museum were identified as working for the state’s interior ministry.

The incident may be just a foretaste of a wider range of propaganda stunts or false flags, including atrocities and fatalities, that the Mubarak regime will enact in order to discredit the protest movement sweeping that nation.

UG#536 - Beyond Hierarchy (Anarchist Audiocollage)

This week we mark a year since Lyn's last new episode by deviating from our usual format. Instead of a few separate speeches, an audio collage of speakers, some with backing music. The most prominent voice is Noam Chomsky's, but he is supported by a couple of dozen others from earlier episodes and other sources. The overarching theme is the need to question the existing reality, especially to shake off the hierarchical institutions and prejudices of the past, and embrace a new spirit of autonomy that respects the individual.

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