UK Indymedia - Sheffield Newswire Archive

Lifting the Lid on NSA Menwith Hill

Attached is a recording of the Sheffield launch of Yorkshire CND's new research report on Menwith Hill, "Lifting the Lid on Menwith Hill: The Strategic Roles and Economic Impact of the US Spy Base in Yorkshire" which was introduced by the author of the report Dr Steve Schofield and was held on 21st match 2012 at the Quaker Meeting House in Sheffield.

Prison Was Created For The Poor pdf

Leeds ABC have released our pamphlet PRISON WAS CREATED FOR THE POOR as a PDF file (downloadable from the Leeds ABC website at www.leedsabc.org).

TSN brings its Info Night to Sheffield

This Monday (19th March) members of the Traveller Solidarity Network are coming to Sheffield to hold an info night on the issues effecting Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller (GRT) communities. The tour hopes to bring together grass roots activists, human rights groups, and those from travelling communities with the aim of building the GRT civil rights movement.

Crisis of Civilization Podcast: Episode 1 – Syria, Libya, Iran

During a screening of The Crisis of Civilization in Cambridge, Dean Puckett and Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed had a one hour, in-depth chat about the current situation in Syria, Libya and Iran – and about the West’s response to the Arab Spring.

The 103 thousand pound eviction of st pauls cathedral

Mr Freedom | 16-03-2012 15:10 | Occupy Everywhere | Free Spaces | Sheffield

a recent freedom of information request against the city of london police has shown the true extent of the city's might against st paul's occupy lsx

Ocean acidity increasing at unprecedented rate not seen in last 300 million years

In a new study marine scientists have warn that the rate of ocean acidification presently occurring is unprecedented in the last 300 million years. This is due to dissolving carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, much of which human activity has contributed over the last 200 years through the use of fossil fuels. The extent and rate of acidification enhances the prospect for a mass marine extinction event this century. Research in paleoclimatology and oceanography has revealed that anthropogenic climate change is driving Ocean Acidification threatening marine ecosystems.

Ocean acidification has been called the 'evil twin' of climate change with marine scientists warning climate negotiators in Durban of the necessity for climate mitigation action in December 2011, along with a statement on the IUCN website urging action to cut carbon emissions. New research in November 2011 from Australia's Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre showed the Southern ocean is warming and freshening.

Marine scientists warn ocean acidification is already impacting marine food webs which will lead to substantial changes in commercial fish stocks, threatening protein supply and food security for millions of people. The Northwest Oyster Die-off from 2006-2008 in the USA highlights the growing impact on commercial fisheries. The United Nations Environment Program estimates that 3 billion people use fish protein in their diet, with one billion people dependent on subsistence fishing as a primary food source.

Related: International Programme on the State of the Ocean (IPSO) | The Ocean in a high CO2 world | Takver: Ocean acidification articles | UNEP report - Environmental Consequences of Ocean Acidification: a threat to Food Security (PDF)

Fukushima Disaster - One Year Later

Alex Smith | 12-03-2012 22:59 | Anti-Nuclear | Ecology | Sheffield

Government lies, Tokyo radioactive, current status of 3 out-of-control reactors. New speech by nuclear expert Arnold Gundersen to Vancouver conference March 11th, organized by Physicians for Global Survival. Plus a unique report of citizen activism in Japan, as parents measure radiation in their air, food, and children. Reports from Aya Marumori & Wataru Iwata of CRMS from Fukushima. Bottom line: when disaster strikes (whether nuclear, hurricanes, floods, etc) - big government hides the truth, and will not help. We have to organize and act as local communities to survive.

Extradition Watch: Richard’s Story

@jrodwyer | 12-03-2012 22:30 | Repression | Technology | Sheffield

A Liberty Extradition Watch event, chaired by Shami Chakrabarti, Thursday, 29 March 2012 from 18:30 to 20:00 Sheffield Hallan University, Stoddart Lecture Theatre, Howard Street, please register in advance on the web site for a ticket

http://extraditionwatch-richardsstory.eventbrite.co.uk/

Menwith Hill: Lifiting the Lid and Occupying

Yorkshire CND have published a new report about the secret US spy base at Menwith Hill and on April 17th there is a protest to Occupy Menwith Hill, starting at 11am.

Swp hijack's workfare protest newcastle

As per normall the swp HIJACK a demonstration in newcastle

The True Cost of Coal - Sheffield date

Coal Action Network | 11-03-2012 12:18 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Sheffield

2012 Dirty Coal Infotour is coming to Sheffield on Tuesday 20th March.

From 7.30pm. Seminar Room F35 Hicks Building, Sheffield University
Main Campus. Hounsfield Road.

The Beehive Collective's huge portable mural illustrations and an engaging
narrative, “The True Cost of Coal” will take you on an interactive tour

UG#584 - Why Occupy (Rebellion or Slavery?)

Our second episode on the Occupy movement includes two veterans of the show. Firstly, Chris Hedges presents an address entitled "Nonviolent Citizen Resistance to War and Globalization". Secondly we hear a range of voices addressing Occupy Oakland on the need for concerted resistance, including Derrick Jensen. We hear music by David Rovics and Mankana.

The August 'Riots': film, talk, and discussion in Leeds

Radical and historical analysis, discussion, and film about the widespread riots across the UK last summer.

Is Stratfor spying on you? Wikileaks.

Private American spy agency Stratfor outed by Wikileaks. Audio of Julian Assange, Yes Men, Bhopal charities, Spanish & Italian Press reveal privatization of government docs for sale to corporations, spying on charities & NGO's, and more. Are you being spied on by this American company? Best of press conference London Feb 27th, 2012. Radio Ecoshock show 120307

UG#583- Unwelcome Christmas Truths from African Slave Traders to Pagan Festivals

Robin Upton | 05-03-2012 02:32 | Analysis | Sheffield | World

We continue our look at the dark sides of the modern money system. We hear the documentary Christmas Unwrapped, on the pagan roots of the Christmas festival. We conclude Games with Sex and Death, chapter 6 of David Graeber's Debt, The First 5000 Years.

Sheffield Workfare Protest

On Saturday 3rd March protestors in Sheffield gathered on Devonshire Green, were ejected from Tescos on West Street, and then proceeded to make a noise and leaflet outside Marks and Spencers, McDonalds and Primark.

Free the Climate Scientists!

Dr. John Mashey investigates the right-wing billionaires & corporations who pay alleged "charities", bloggers, and old weathermen to deny climate science. Then Canadian journalist Margaret Munro on government muzzling scientists, plus an update from Union of Concerned Scientists Francesca Grifo on science freedom in U.S.

Cornelius Castoriadis, Autonomy, and Occupy Movement

I wrote this (funny and "very serious") text about the French philosopher of autonomy Cornelius Castoriadis (1922-1997), who would have supported Occupy Wall Street Movement, and Occupy Movement around the world.

STOP Prison Guards Housing Asylum Seekers - STOP G4S!

SYMAAG | 28-02-2012 20:12 | Migration | Sheffield

Regional Demonstration: Thursday 1st March

Assemble: 12.30 at Sheffield Town Hall. March to UK Borders Agency Regional HQ at Vulcan House, Millsands S3 8NS

UG#578 - Disconnecting the Dots (9-11 Commission and theToronto Hearings)

Our first hour this week is a presentation by Peter Dale Scott on the events leading up to Sep 11th, focusing on the individuals within the CIA and FBI. In our second hour, we hear Phillip Shenon on the hidden history of the 911 commission. We conclude with another reading from David Graeber's Debt, The First 5000 Years.

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