UK Indymedia - Sheffield Newswire Archive

Leicester - Smash Workfare Saturday!

Leicester action against workfare, from 9.30 am, this Saturday 10th November. Claimants, workers, waged, unwaged... all welcome to get involved.

Crash! Financial Crisis event on 24th Novemeber

Free Event 10.30 – 17.00 Saturday 24th November. Main Building, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham, B4 7ET

Get to grips with the basics of the financial crisis, and make links with other people from Birmingham and the West Midlands who want an economic system that puts people before profit.

If you want to understand how the global economy got into such a mess, and what to do about it this event is for you.

'Sworn Enemies'? A Response To George Monbiot from Media Lens

Hi George

It's good to know that your email is intended in a 'friendly and constructive spirit'. We hope you will post a link to this response on your home page and via Twitter.

You write that Media Lens is a 'project whose purpose is to engage and persuade progressive journalists by critiquing their work and encouraging people to write to them'.

We do, of course, encourage readers to send polite emails to journalists. But our primary purpose is to raise public awareness by highlighting examples of corporate media bias. What people do with that awareness is really up to them. Our hope is that it feeds into activism, campaigning and the creation of non-corporate media like MediaBite, News Unspun and BS News.

Above all, we're trying to stimulate debate and participation. Engaging with journalists is certainly part of that, but we have few illusions about influencing media employees who often have little room for manoeuvre and who are deeply dependent on the corporate system. We do hope for marginal improvements as a direct result of our work - they do happen and do matter - but it's not a primary concern.

Real clothes for the Emperor: Facing the challenges of climate change

On 6th November 2012 Kevin Anderson, Professor of Energy and Climate Change, University of Manchester, Tyndall Centre spoke at Explore, At-Bristol, Bristol Harbourside on Real clothes for the Emperor: Facing the challenges of climate change, the talk was advertised here:

http://www.bristol.ac.uk/cabot/events/2012/194.html and a recording of it is attached. The slides are here

http://www.bristol.ac.uk/cabot/documents/anderson-ppt.pdf

Following is an transcript of a skype interview that Rob Hopkins conducted with Kevin Anderson prior to his talk, which has been reposted from

http://transitionculture.org/2012/11/02/an-interview-with-kevin-anderson-rapid-and-deep-emissions-reductions-may-not-be-easy-but-4c-to-6c-will-be-much-worse/

november 5th #OpVendetta march on parliament - report & pics

rikki | 06-11-2012 00:22 | Policing | Social Struggles | Sheffield

up to a thousand people took part this evening in a rally and march and film re-enactment. after gathering at trafalgar square, several hundred people marched down whitehall, many wearing iconic 'anon' masks, and gathered at the gates of parliament, taking over the road and closing it to traffic for several hours this evening. as numbers dwindled towards midnight, it seemed unlikely that westminster would erupt in flames shortly after midnight as it did in the film 'v for vendetta'.

As Coal Use Declines Why Make It Easier to Dig It Out

The Loose Anti Opencast Network is calling on the Government to align Planning Policy with Energy Policy after discovering that it is the Government's intention to phase out the use of coal for power generation purposes, leading to a 75% decline in the use of coal for such a purpose over the next 10 years. At the same time, through provisions in the Growth and Infrastructure Bill it is possibly making it easier to dig the coal out!

Shared Planet 2012

People & Planet, the UK's largest student conference on global poverty, human rights and the environment are holding their annual conference on 10 - 11 November at Sheffield Hallam University.

Sheffield Unions back European strike

Sheffield trades union council has voted in favour of holding a demonstration in support of millions of striking workers and students across Europe, on November the 14th. Local pcs branches will call for walk outs and students are expected to join the demonstration outside Sheffield town hall 4pm Wednesday the 14th of November.

Gas power station occupied by No Dash for Gas

West Burton gas power station in Nottinghamshire has been occupied and shut down by 16 No Dash for Gas activists who intend to stay on top of two of the chimneys for as long as their supplies allow.

Storms in the Emergency Room - Sandy, Coal & Nukes

From D.C. as Hurricane Sandy hits, Earthbeat's Daphne Wysham on the climate connection. From Australia, Greenpeace's Georgina Woods on huge coal expansion. Then a Canadian plan to dump nuclear waste right next to Lake Huron & world's biggest running reactor. Radio Ecoshock 121031 1 hour

New Worldwide Declaration

NEW WORLDWIDE DECLARATION DEMANDING AN END TO THE LOW INTENSITY WAR AGAINST THE ZAPATISTA COMMUNITIES.

TO PRESIDENT FELIPE CALDERÓN HINOJOSA:

TO GOVERNOR JUAN SABINES GUERRERO:

UK's newest gas power station shut down and occupied

Early Monday morning around 30 activists shut down West Burton power station before climbing the chimneys to set up camp and occupy the flues in order to prevent it being switched on again. This action is to highlight the senselessness of a dash for gas in light of climate change and fuel poverty.

Protesting drones at RAF Waddington, Lincs. Some photos

Twelve people demonstrated outside the main entrance to RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire today in response to the RAF's announcement that Britain is doubling its fleet of armed Reaper Drones from five to ten. While the demonstration was going on outside, the RAF was holding a ceremony to 'stand-up' its new drone squadron inside the base.

After the demonstration, we went round the other side of the base to meet Helen John who has been maintaining a one-woman anti-drone peace camp at Waddington for months.

'Free John Bowden' T-shirts

Leeds Anarchist Black Cross | 26-10-2012 16:34 | Repression | Liverpool | Sheffield

Hot off the press and selling like hot cakes!

Sheffield Students' Union votes to support boycott of Israel

University of Sheffield Palestine Society | 24-10-2012 14:08 | Palestine | Sheffield

Sheffield University Students' Union has passed a motion to join the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel.

Climate Hacking: Geoengineering the Ocean

Serial climate hacker Russ George (Planktos) leads indigenous villagers to dump iron into the sea - a secret geoengineering project off Canada's West Coast. Press conference statements by the Haida Old Massett Village Chief, interview w. Living Oceans' Karen Wristen, Russ George clips from interview by Guardian's Martin Lukacs.

The Earth Needs Rebels

THE NEW ALTERNATIVE MEDIA RADIO STATION IS LOOKING FOR NEW GUESTS VISIT OUR WEBSITE OR EMAIL US.

"Vigil for Iran"

GRASS-ROOTS MOVEMENT.
We build this campaign in solidarity with the people of the Middle East. The desire to create peace is the objective, with the aim of preventing an attack on Iran.

Weekly Vigil at Parliament Square, London SW1A OAA

5-7pm

West Yorkshire Solidarity With Prisoner John Bowden

Leeds Anarchist Black Cross | 19-10-2012 06:23 | Repression | Sheffield | World

“The only sure tactic when prisoners resist and fight back is solidarity.”
John Bowden in ‘Tear Down The Walls’

LaDIYfest Sheffield Weekender - 2nd-4th November

Sheffield’s anti-capitalist, feminist festival LaDIYfest returns for its second year this November, taking over venues across the city for a weekend of practical activities, discussion workshops, spoken word and live music. Events run from 2nd – 4th November with all funds raised going to local women’s charities.

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