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UG#558 - Into Eternity (Understanding The Ongoing Nuclear Wars)

Did you know that the nuclear fallout in Fallujah is worse than in Hiroshima or Nagasaki? Brian Haw did. We start with a few words from the recently departed one man political protest. Then Chris Busby speaks on the dangers of radiation that authorities and the media conspire to cover up, and we hear from Jeff Donn about the real risks and radiation releases in US nuclear power stations. Our title feature, in hour 2, is a radio adaptation of the sombre and philosophical film, Into Eternity, about the Finnish efforts to build the world's first long term nuclear storage facility.

Machinery of Climate Denial - Ecoshock

Alex Smith | 09-07-2011 00:34 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Sheffield

Who are the climate deniers & who funds them? Thorough investigation by Dr. John Mashey of California. Former Chief Scientist for super-computer maker Silicon Graphics. He met climate scientists being harassed and threatened, went on a years-long quest to know who and why. Fake "institutes" funded by big oil and coal use plagiarism and lies to stall public awareness of climate change danger.

Oil & Coal - How Much Is Left?

Alex Smith | 08-07-2011 23:54 | Ecology | Energy Crisis | Sheffield

Geoscientist David Hughes, from Association for the Study of Peak Oil, Fellow Post Carbon Institute. Speech to Transition Toronto 110203. Expert analysis for North America and the world. Radio Ecoshock 110720

Is Biochar A Scam? - Ecoshock

Alex Smith | 08-07-2011 17:32 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Sheffield

Why is big oil pushing biochar to "offset" Tar Sands emissions? Earthbeat reporter Daphne Wysham interviews Rachel Smolker. Then Daphne with Anne Petermann of globaljusticeecology.org on Stop GE Trees campaign. Ends with Dr. Helen Caldicott on nuclear disaster.

UK Antifascist Prisoners

ANTIFASCIST AND PROUD! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR ANTIFASCIST PRISONERS.

The strange silencing of liberal America

How does political censorship work in liberal societies? When my film, 'Year Zero: the Silent Death of Cambodia', was banned in the United States in 1980, the broadcaster PBS cut all contact. Negotiations were ended abruptly; phone calls were not returned. Something had happened. But what? 'Year Zero' had already alerted much of the world to the horrors of Pol Pot, but it also investigated the critical role of the Nixon administration in the tyrant’s rise to power and the devastation of Cambodia.

UG#557 - The Making of Police State USA (The Rosenberg Case -The 2010 FBI Raids)

This week, a two part show on the US Police State. In our first hour, recordings from last month's meeting of the National Committee to Reopen The Rosenberg Case, including Robert Meeropol's Eulogy to his parents, by whose 1953 killing the US government intensified the red scare. In our second hour, we hear from the Chicago civil liberties community on the September 2010 FBI raids there and subsequent use of grand jury proceedings in an effort to chill dissent.

Kill the Car

This program lets you hear a fine speech on the true cost of car culture. Yves Engler launched his book June 27th in Vancouver. The title: "Stop Signs: Cars and Capitalism on the Road to Economic, Social and Ecological Decay". The African co-author is Bianca Mugyenyi. The two tried a road trip by public transit through the wild suburbs of America. It was savage territory - but Yves will tell you all about that, and about your own life, in this recording for Radio Ecoshock.

After The Apocalypse Screening Q&A

Attached is a recording of the Q&A session that followed a 6th July 2011 screening of After The Apocalypse at the Showroom Cinema, Sheffield.

'Extreme Dishonesty’ – The Guardian, Noam Chomsky and Venezuela

The headline of last Sunday’s Observer article on Venezuela set the tone for the slanted and opportunistic piece of political ‘reporting’ that followed:

‘Noam Chomsky denounces old friend Hugo Chávez for “assault” on democracy’.

How the makers of Just Do It fought the law

In the following article Emily James, the director of Just Do It

http://just-do-it.org.uk/ explains how she made the film while avoiding endangering activists. See also the chat with her,

http://sheffield.indymedia.org.uk/2011/06/480536.html and the Q&A session following the films premier,

http://sheffield.indymedia.org.uk/2011/06/480620.html

Anarchism: the A word

Mindless, violent thugs, hell-bent on sowing chaos.’ That’s the kind of press anarchists often get. Uri Gordon provides a more sympathetic take on a growing yet still little understood political movement.

Countering the GM come back summer camp

Bring your stove and tent for an anti-GM weekend. Fri 22nd pm: Camping available. Sat 23rd: Delivering a trailer load of organic spuds to the doors of the John Innes Centre in protest at GM potato trials there. Sun 24th: a day-long planning session: GM is coming back – we’ll be ready. See below for more information.

Sheffield IWW Launch Meeting and Skill Sharing Events

Wobblie | 03-07-2011 21:28 | Workers' Movements | Sheffield

There is a IWW Sheffield Branch launch meeting on Monday evening in the Bath Hotel followed by two all day events, Tuesday and Wednesday in The Rutland, details follow.

14 Propaganda Techniques Fox "News" Uses to Brainwash Americans

There is nothing more sacred to the maintenance of democracy than a free press. Access to comprehensive, accurate and quality information is essential to the manifestation of Socratic citizenship - the society characterized by a civically engaged, well-informed and socially invested populace. Thus, to the degree that access to quality information is willfully or unintentionally obstructed, democracy itself is degraded.

Antifascist Prisoners In Need Of Support

Six antifascists were recently fitted-up and sent to prison. Because of ongoing legal issues, for the moment we are unable to say more about their case, but a full report will eventually be issued. Suffice to say, they have been well and truly fucked over and deserve our fullest support and solidarity. Please write to them. As always, assume your letters are being read by our enemies and ensure you do not compromise your own security or that of others. Also please note that Thomas Blak and Austin Jackson are as yet unsentenced. For advice on writing to prisoners see the Leeds ABC website. La lucha continua!

Public sector strike hits across Britain

Between half a million and 750,000 public sector workers staged a 24-hour strike on Thursday against the coalition government’s attack on their pension scheme. The Conservative-Liberal Democrat government intends to raise the state pension age, increase employee contributions and link pension values to the generally lower consumer prices index (CPI) rather than the retail prices index (RPI).

#J30 Sheffield Rally at the end of the March

Audio and photos from the rally at the end of the march on June 30th in Sheffield.

#J30 Sheffield March Against Cuts

Photos from the march in Sheffield on 30th June 2011 against public sector cuts.

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