UK Indymedia - Sheffield Newswire Archive

Sheffield/Nation Wide Protest against the Incapacity Benefit reforms

SWAN | 25-01-2006 14:21 | Sheffield

protest sheffield/nationwide against the IB cuts.....

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Fighting the Asylum & Immigration Acts Conference

Saturday January 28th Manchester 11-5pm

sheffield kashmir film showing

The first screening of a documentary film (produced by Shift Production to the Academy of Community Leadership)of what the delegation from Sheffield encountered.Kashmir Earthquake Relief Fund (sheffield) met and spoke with local people and heard eyewitness accounts of the traumatic suffering and bravery of the Kashmiris.

Harder, faster, louder - manic weekend at the Commonplace social centre

Commoner | 23-01-2006 19:30 | Free Spaces | Social Struggles | Sheffield

This weekend at the Commonplace social centre in Leeds promises to be kerrazee with three days of jam-packed fun, frollicks and politics.

The Youth Camp Radio

A short interview with Jezabel who was working a lot over the last days with the Youth Radio in the IMC Bamako at the Youth Camp.

WSF reflections

A short radio-interview with an indymedia activist at the IMC in Bamako about the role of Indymedia in the global justice movement and reflections on the IMC in Bamako

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Police stops March on French embassy

Malian Riot Police stopped a march of WSF participants today, who were on their way to the French embassy to demand the stop of deportations of illegalised migrants from France and Europe. The network NoVox

http://no-vox.org called for the demostration to demand from the French governement papers for all sans-papiers.

ANITIFASCISTS CLEAN UP BRAMLEY

The 635 Group | 22-01-2006 11:49 | Anti-racism | Sheffield

No sign of the Nazi British People's Party in the Leeds area they claim as their 'own'.

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January 28th Critical Mass in Sheffield

Alex | 22-01-2006 11:08 | Ecology | Social Struggles | Sheffield

A critical mass bike ride is planned for Saturday 28th January.

WSF condemns EU Anti-Immigration Policies

The WSF took a strong stance against European migration policies in a variety of meetings called by African, Maghrebian and European NGOS and groups.

Nottingham Indymedia Exhibition opens at the ASBO

A exhibition, describing the work and objectives of Nottinghamshire Indymedia has opened to some acclaim at the ASBO Centre. Please go and take a peek!

Don't Let The Far Right Censor Our Soaps.

Corrie fan | 20-01-2006 13:16 | Anti-racism | Sheffield

On Monday night a Character in Coronation Street used the term 'white trash' ever since then the BNP and other neo-nazi trash have been orchestrating a campaign to try and get the shows writers sacked.

Reclaim Bamakos street

In what some people called the first ever "reclaim the streets" in Africa, activists from the Youth Camp and IMC Bamako joined the opening demonstration of the WSF in Bamako, Mali today with a proper local mobil soundsystem set up.

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Imperialism or What?!

The WSF in Bamako is about to start, but already today people got wild about world politics. It was shocking, funny and leaves at lot of space for improvement.

Salt Of The Earth Film' Festival: next showing

SOTE | 18-01-2006 11:00 | Sheffield

The next film in the Salt Of The Earth Film' Festival: is Roger and Me: by Michael Moore.

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BNP Granada studios Thursday 19th January

The Hood | 18-01-2006 09:53 | Sheffield

BNP planning a protest at Granada Studios this Thursday

Bamako IMC starts

After I've arrived in Bamako airport at 3am this morning thanks to a three hour delay of the plane, this first intresting thing was the temperature: 19 degrees Celsius!
With the help of two Attac activists from Finnland I found a place to stay for a short night and finanlly hooked up with the french indymedia lot today.

Welfare Reform to be extremely severe

SWAN | 17-01-2006 14:13 | Sheffield

It looks like the proposals for the Disability Benefits Green Paper are to be very 'hardline and brutal in the extreme.

Social centres gathering in Leeds, 29 Jan

Commoner | 17-01-2006 09:57 | Free Spaces | Social Struggles | Sheffield

*Social centres and autonomous spaces in the UK: where next after Gleneagles?*

A call out to all social centre activists and interested people in the UK

Nick Griffin's Security

Auntie | 17-01-2006 00:56 | Anti-racism | Sheffield

On the eve of his trial in Leeds, Griffin sacks his security team.

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