UK Indymedia - Sheffield Newswire Archive

Crazy Paving & Flood Woes

Sian Berry | 03-07-2007 14:38 | Climate Chaos | Sheffield

It's starting to seem normal. Storms since Friday, accompanied by frighteningly heavy showers across the UK, have caused floods, havoc and tragedy.

The government’s responsibility for last week’s flood disaster

Paul Mitchell | 03-07-2007 13:24 | Climate Chaos | Sheffield

Last week, some of the worst floods on record hit Britain, leaving seven people dead and thousands with homes ruined by sewage and chemicals.

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new mori opinion poll on climate change published today

new poll suggests public not convinced

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'Cut the Carbon' Cyclecade launches new petition

Jenny Patient | 01-07-2007 18:29 | Climate Chaos | Sheffield

The Cut the Carbon Cyclecade organised in Sheffield Saturday 30th June by Sheffield Campaign Against Climate Change attracted 40 cyclists to rally in Barkers Pool. Speakers supported the launch of the petition calling on Sheffield City Council to put a Carbon Reduction Plan at the heart of the City Strategy, and cut carbon dioxide emissions by at least 6% a year across the city.

Leeds Saturday

CWF | 29-06-2007 22:53 | Sheffield

Yorkshire Class War Presents...L

Guantánamo Bay: The Case of Omar Deghayes

On 28th June 2007 Abu Bakr Deghayes who is Omar Deghayes brother and Jackie Chase of the Brighton based Save Omar campaign (

http://www.save-omar.org.uk/ ) spoke at a public meeting in Sheffield: "Voices from Guantánamo - How the War on Terror terrorises the Innocent" (

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/sheffield/2007/06/373557.html ).

The Postal Strike: the facts not media spin

supporter | 28-06-2007 22:53 | Birmingham | Sheffield

Press release for Friday's Post strike, giving us the facts and the real rationale why they are striking

25th June 2007: Sheffield Floods

Chris | 27-06-2007 20:32 | Climate Chaos | Sheffield

A selection of photos from the Sheaf Valley: here the river didn't burst it's banks and the flooding was in the places where there are usually floods -- where the roads dip to go under the London train line.

manchester bike stuff this weekend

We cycle round the city to celebrate the bicycle:

It's for anyone that rides a bike;
Its a celebration of getting round the city without polluting it;
Its about every journey being an adventure instead of just sitting on a boring bus or in a stressful car;
Its about cyclists riding together to demand more respect from other road users;
Its a way to meet other cyclistas;

German Dissent! anti-G8 infotour

Wasserwerfer | 26-06-2007 15:50 | G8 Germany 2007 | Sheffield

An evening of films and talks about the Blockades at Heiligendamm.

Poem for the occasion of Tony Blair's last day as PM (26 June 2007)

Robin Vaughan-Williams | 25-06-2007 12:14 | Culture | Other Press | Sheffield

I love Tony Blair because...
he's here today, gone tomorrow.

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Hipocracy, the greatest Luxury (images of Manchester anti- War Demo)

Mark Mozaz Wallis. | 25-06-2007 10:36 | Sheffield

Watching them watch us...

Nigerian general strike

steve la fevre | 22-06-2007 16:02 | Sheffield | World

General strike to escalate if demands not met

Air strikes Afghanistan and Iraq

Sherman McCoy | 22-06-2007 12:30 | Terror War | Sheffield

Below are detailed air strikes being called in by forward air controllers (JTACs). Basically reconnaissance guys who identify targets.
Bombs used are mainly bunker busters (between 500-5000lb), so for example if you identify a potential roadside bomb you call in an air strike and leave a gaping crater in the road. Deconstruction and democracy Western style
If you are in Northampton why not pay bombmaker Texas Instruments a visit.

Empire as a Way of Life, Part 9

The current imperial slaughter in the Middle East, justified by the "Global War on Terror", that has resulted in at least 600,000 deaths in Iraq, is nothing new — the U.S. Empire has a long and sordid history of genocidal mass murder.

The history of the US imperialism and Empire is the subject of a series of ten monthly seminars from Dr John Marciano, "Empire as a Way of Life". Attached is a recording of the ninth of these seminars and the text upon which it was based. The last seminar has taken place and will be posted to the site when the audio is available.

This seminar, recorded on 15th May 2007 by the L.A. Sound Posse, runs for 44 minutes and includes the discussion following. It has been made available under a Creative Commons license. If this recording is broadcast please let the L.A. Sound Posse know. This recording was originally made available on the A-Infos Radio Project site.

The following text has been reproduced here with the kind permission of Dr John Marciano and he can be contacted at johnmarciano@mac.com. He introduced this series of seminars in the following way:

A fundamental purpose of our meetings is to understand the systemic nature of the U.S. Empire and the economic and military imperialism that is its lifeblood. The historian William Appleman Williams argues that empire became "a way of life" in the U.S., a "combination of patterns of thought and action that, as it becomes habitual and institutionalized, defines the thrust and character of a culture and society." This "way of life" has convinced many U.S. "Americans" they have a right or "manifest destiny" to impose their political and economic policies upon others.

Dr John Marciano is Professor Emeritus, State University of New York at Cortland, where he taught courses on social and historical foundations of education and class, gender and race.

Previous parts of this series:

Empire as a Way of Life, Part 1 | mp3 | doc
Empire as a Way of Life, Part 2 | mp3 | doc
Empire as a Way of Life, Part 3 | mp3 | doc
Empire as a Way of Life, Part 4 | mp3 | doc
Empire as a Way of Life, Part 5 | mp3 | doc
Empire as a Way of Life, Part 6 | mp3 | doc
Empire as a Way of Life, Part 7 | mp3 | doc
Empire as a Way of Life, Part 8 | mp3 | doc

Demonstration Saturday June 23rd

Leeds No Borders | 21-06-2007 09:37 | Migration | Sheffield

Please come to the Leeds No Borders demonstration this Saturday, 12-2 at Dortmund Square ('the man with the barrel', just next to where Allders used to be/St Johns Centre).

Disco Inferno (the burning og gatecrasher)

Mark Mozaz Wallis.. | 20-06-2007 13:18 | Sheffield

So it come to pass that on the 8th day Gatecrasher Shall burn..

BNP's Turkish Delight

Hypocrisy of a BNP candidate from Yorkshire ups ship and moves to Muslim Turkey

march against war: 24th June

peace now | 19-06-2007 18:39 | Anti-militarism | Iraq | Sheffield

Manchester Sunday 24th June: Protest against war

Reviewing Michel Chossudovsky's America's War on Terrorism

Michel Chossudovsky is a noted academic, author, activist and relentless researcher concentrating on America's imperial crusade to control planet earth for its markets, resources and cheap exploitable labor. He's a Canadian economist by profession having taught at the University of Ottawa as well as at academic institutions in Western Europe, Latin America and Southeast Asia. In addition, he's been an economic adviser to developing countries' governments and a consultant for many international organizations, including the UN Development Programme (UNDP), UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, International Labour Organization (ILO), and World Health Organization (WHO). He's also the editor of the Centre for Research on Globalization and its web site, Global Research.ca.

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