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Leeds street medic training, 28th-30th March

The UK Action Medics are running a 2 1/2 day street medic training in Leeds at the end of this month. This is a 20 hour course that will teach you the basics of general First Aid, as well as skills to deal with medical situations specific to direct action, such as dealing with chemical weapons and the police. The course will involve scenarios and hands-on practice and, although we cannot offer you any official accreditation, the 2 1/2 day training is the minimum standard for membership of the Action Medics, and will equip you for a wide range of situations, from hypothermia to baton wounds.

Flashback: F15 2003 - London Anti-War Demo

Photos from the 15th February 2003 No War on Iraq demo in London.

More pics and movies from army recruitment protest

SAN | 18-02-2008 21:41 | Anti-militarism | Sheffield

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Sheffield activists ruin Friday for army recuiters...

Ruby | 16-02-2008 15:12 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Sheffield

To mark the fifth anniversary of the 2,000,000-strong anti-war demo in London, members of the Sheffield Activist Network (SAN) blockaded the city's military recruitment centre on Church Street.

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Sheffield Army recruitment office blockaded

Passer By | 15-02-2008 15:46 | Anti-militarism | Sheffield

A lock-on blockaded the Army recruitment office in Sheffield city centre today.

Six years of Guantanamo - Orange Friday National Events

After the US government declared war on Afghanistan, hundreds of people were kidnapped by the Northern Alliance and US military forces under "suspicion" of fighting for the Taliban. What was carefully hidden were the leaflets distributed among mainly Northern Alliance fighters and tribal leaders which encouraged them to kidnap anyone they suspected of fighting.. for a $20,000 dollar reward.

Lecture on aerial warfare invaded

Sheffield University invited Air Marshal Stuart Peach (CBE) to give a lecture on aerial warfare, a group of around 12 activists disrupted it in protest.

Sheffield "NO MORE WAR" day school with Craig Murray

SATURDAY 10th Nov: Sheffield StWC "NO MORE WAR" day school takes place
between 10-4pm at the Burngreave Vestry Hall, Burngreave Road and features
contributors including Mike Gonzalez on Venezuela and Latin America, Musheir
El Farra from the PSC, former ambassador to Uzbekistan, Craig Murray, Chris
Nineham, from national Stop the War talking on the incresing threat to Iran
plus members of the Burma campaign for democracy. Delegates £5/£3

Webster Tarpley's folly: The Kennebunkport Hoax

He used to be respected in 911 Truth, but now he's been sacked:

http://truthaction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2501

We don't need leaders who spread hoaxes...and we really don't need them lecturing us about Guy Fawkes and 9/11 as Tarpley will start doing in a couple of days...

Sheffield Uni students disrupt arms dealers at careers fair

Sheffield student activist | 01-11-2007 15:01 | Anti-militarism | Sheffield

A group of activists from Sheffield University disrupted the stalls of arms companies Yorkshire Autumn Graduate Careers Fair on Tuesday 30th October. A banner was unfurled and anti-arms trade leaflets were given out.

A veteran of the Great War remembers:

alice collins | 18-10-2007 17:56 | Anti-militarism | History | Sheffield

Sons of Paradise is new play about the fictional last surviver of WW1. He is offered a state funeral but feels his body is to used, as it was 90 years previously, for political ends.

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"Drum Them Out!" The NSA Menwith Hill demo, 13 Oct.

Britain has declared that spybase NSA Menwith Hill can be used as part of the American Missile Defense system. "Drum Them Out!" - was the recent demonstration to protest this and indeed the whole system of American bases in the UK and their total lack of accountability.

Burma's dogs and graffiti artists continue the protests

Protesting Dogs Are Now on the Regime’s Wanted List, by Saw Yan Naing writing for Irrawaddy, October 12, 2007

Burma: a view from within

Everyone likes surprises, and the brutal military regime that has ruled Burma since 1990 are no exception. Back in September 2005 people were dumbfounded to hear that the generals had moved the capital 400 miles to the north; almost two years later they woke up to find the cost of diesel – the country’s main fuel - had doubled, while that of gas – much used by private bus companies following orders from a greenwashing junta – increased by five times.

Medialens - Iraq Body Count: “A Very Misleading Exercise”

The mainstream media are continuing to use figures provided by the website Iraq Body Count (IBC) to sell the public a number for total post-invasion deaths of Iraqis that is perhaps 5-10% of the true death toll.

As we recently reported, only a handful of media outlets covered a new ORB poll revealing that 1.2 million Iraqis had been murdered since the 2003 invasion. BBC Online provided a rare example:

“A UK-based polling agency, Opinion Research Business (ORB), said it had extrapolated the figure by asking a random sample of 1,461 Iraqi adults how many people living in their household had died as a result of the violence rather than from natural causes.

“The results lend weight to a 2006 survey of Iraqi households published by the Lancet, which suggested that about 655,000 Iraqi deaths were 'a consequence of the war'.

“However, these estimates are both far higher than the running total of reported civilian deaths maintained by the campaign group Iraq Body Count which puts the figure at between 71,000 and 78,000.” (BBC Online, ’US contractors in Iraq shootout,’ September 17, 2007;

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6998458.stm)

BBC’s Newsnight programme used IBC’s figures in the same way:

“More than a million Iraqis have been killed since the invasion in 2003, according to the British polling company ORB. The study’s likely to fuel controversy over the true, human cost of the war. It’s significantly up on the previous highest estimate of 650,000 deaths published by the Lancet last October... The independent Iraqi [sic] Body Count group puts the current total at closer to 75,000.” (Newsnight, BBC2, September 14, 2007)

These reports again raise serious issues about what IBC’s figures actually mean, how they are being used and misused to cast doubt on higher numbers, and about what IBC is doing to promote or reduce the confusion. (See our 2006 Media Alerts archive for previous analysis, beginning with:

http://www.medialens.org/alerts/06/060125_paved_with_good.php)

Schnews on Burma: a response

The only thing to say about the title is we’re glad it won’t be easy to find if you’re googling for information on Burma. The actual details of the uprising are clearly unimportant to the authors or it might get more than half a scanty paragraph before USuk is invoked and the true purpose of the article is revealed.

Sheffield protest against repression in Burma

Members of the Karen community in Sheffield were joined by activists and others to express solodarity with those opposing the regime in Burma.

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Blog strike for Burma! No blogging on 4th Oct: Burmese Bloggers Without Borders

Following the lead of the fabulous Medicins sans Frontieres and Reporters sans Frontieres, the ever-fabulous Burmese People established Burmese Bloggers Without Borders on 30th September 2007. They are asking for a strike of supportive bloggers on Thursday 4th October, 2007.

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Sons of Paradise

alice | 26-09-2007 14:04 | Anti-militarism | History | Sheffield

'Sons of Paradise' is a new play based on characters who join the Sheffield Pals Battalion to fight in World War One.

"Drum Them Out!" at Menwith Hill - Say No to "Missile Defense"

Dieter Mind | 25-09-2007 16:31 | Anti-militarism | Liverpool | Sheffield

On July 25th Prime Minister Gordon Brown went largely unnoticed when he announced Britain's agreement to use two UK bases as part of American Missile Defense. On October 13th join us at Menwith Hill to protest and Drum Them Out!

Sheffield Anti-militarism Newswire Archive

Leeds street medic training, 28th-30th March

Flashback: F15 2003 - London Anti-War Demo

More pics and movies from army recruitment protest

Sheffield activists ruin Friday for army recuiters...

Sheffield Army recruitment office blockaded

Six years of Guantanamo - Orange Friday National Events

Lecture on aerial warfare invaded

Sheffield "NO MORE WAR" day school with Craig Murray

Webster Tarpley's folly: The Kennebunkport Hoax

Sheffield Uni students disrupt arms dealers at careers fair

A veteran of the Great War remembers:

"Drum Them Out!" The NSA Menwith Hill demo, 13 Oct.

Burma's dogs and graffiti artists continue the protests

Burma: a view from within

Medialens - Iraq Body Count: “A Very Misleading Exercise”

Schnews on Burma: a response

Sheffield protest against repression in Burma

Blog strike for Burma! No blogging on 4th Oct: Burmese Bloggers Without Borders

Sons of Paradise

"Drum Them Out!" at Menwith Hill - Say No to "Missile Defense"

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