UK Indymedia - Sheffield Health Newswire Archive

Too Toxic to Handle? Follow-up Alert on Israel's Policy of Near-Starvation for Gaza

On November 17, we sent out a media alert that highlighted the corporate media’s lack of interest in official documents revealing Israel’s deliberate policy of near-starvation for Gaza.

UG#525 - Cannabis (Medical Marijuana, Forgetting and the Botany of Desire)

Last week's episode looked at how man made toxic chemicals have proved more destructive for humans than initially anticipated. This week, by contrast, we look at the effects of chemicals that occur naturally in plants, and may be more therapeutic than generally recognised. In our first hour, Claudia Little, a medical marijuana activist looks at some of the innumerable therapeutic uses of this plant, with a history of medical use going back several thousands of years. Our second hour features Michael Pollan speaking on the contents of his book Cannabis, Forgetting, and the Botany of Desire, which widens our focus to look at how plants have co-evolved to fulfil useful functions to other life forms.

Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre Protest

Interviews with protestors at the Queens visit to the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre ((Nuclear AMRC) in Rotherham on 18th November 2010.

Media Bury Documents Revealing Israel's Deliberate Policy of Near-Starvation for Gaza

Israel has been forced to reveal what Palestinians and other observers on the ground have known for a long time: that the blockade of Gaza is state policy intended to inflict collective punishment, not to bolster Israeli “security”.

Racism, Religion, and the American and UK Armed Forces Decision to use DU

Racism, Religion, and the American and UK Armed Forces Decision to use Uranium Munitions in their Wars in Iraq, the Balkans, and Afghanistan

While there has been much debate about the wars in Iraq, the Balkans, and
Afghanistan, the most important aspect of those conflicts, the clearly
racist, and religiously motivated decision by the American and UK armed
forces to use depleted uranium, and non-depleted uranium munitions which
have irradiated those 3 mostly Muslim, or large minority Muslim places with
enough inhalable radioactive material to kill millions of people, is rarely
mentioned in the major media, which ought to regard the nuclear wars that
the American and UK armed forces have fought over the last 19 years, as the
biggest scandal of modern times, because there is concrete scientific proof
that those wars could kill more civilians than the Holocaust, as I will now
explain.

US charity bribing UK drug addicts to sterilise selves in eugenics agenda

I originally published this on Bristol Indymedia but the charity is targeting those it terms as drug addicts in London, Glasgow, Bristol, Leicester and parts of Wales.

chesterfield against incineratoin great victory

chesterfield derbyshire .a small town faught a battle against cyclamax incinerator co and won

cyclamax incinerator at chesterfield turned down at planning

matlock planning turns incinerator request down for chesterfield

Toxic waste plan is turned down

Celebrations for protestors after five hour meeting

Sheffield Free School abundance urban scrumping

4.30pm Urban Scrumping competition
Met at the free school with bikes and went to collect some apple :-)

An age of consent of 14?

Peter Tatchell | 27-09-2010 15:33 | Education | Health | Sheffield

Peter Tatchell’s speech to the Sex and the Law conference in Sheffield, England, on 23 September 2010, organised the Centre for HIV and Sexual Health:

UG#516 - The Politics & Economics of Food (Promoting Famine & Creating Sickness)

This week's show looks at food, focussing specifically on the US food system. In our first hour, we hear from Michael Pollan, author of In Defense of Food. He speaks of the economic pressures that promote energy intensive agribusiness and the growing backlash and grassroots opposition. He casts doubt on the modern, reductionist approach to understanding food, remarking that "in matters of food, so far, culture, historically has been a more reliable guide to what to eat than science." In our second hour, we hear from Raj Patel, author of "Stuffed and Starved", on "The Hidden Battle for the World Food System".

Beyond Hiroshima - The Non-Reporting of Fallujah's Cancer Catastrophe

Compassion is sometimes a central theme of media reporting. On August 25, journalists across the UK described how a British woman, Mary Bale, had been filmed dropping a cat into a wheelie bin. The cat was later released unharmed. The Guardian reported and commented on the story on August 24 and 25. Matt Seaton wrote:

“OK, there are lots of acts of random cruelty involving humans on humans every day, but this was somebody's pet, for Pete's sake. Who would do such a thing?” (

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/aug/24/coventry-cat-wheelie-bin)

HEAT STROKE: When Heat Kills

Scientists predict more deadly heat waves. Now they have found the upper limit our bodies tolerate - and we'll get there without stopping our emissions. The "skeptical scientist", John Cook, and Stuart Staniford, the technical investigator, talk it through. From Chicago to Europe's deadly 2003 heat wave to cooking our grandkids.

Keeping the Lights On in South Yorkshire: Is Our Future Nuclear Free or Nuclear?

Join the debate on Wednesday 28 April 2010 from 7pm to 8.30pm
Find us at Sheffield Hallam University
Furnival Building Room 9130 Arundel Street S1 1WB (view map:

http://www.shu.ac.uk/visit/plancity.html )
register now and submit your questions:

http://new.solar-active.com/debate/register/

Tackling Fuel Poverty in Sheffield

Run by The South Yorkshire Energy Centre at Heeley City farm, the Family fuel buster project aims to help families who are living in cold damp homes and struggling to pay fuel bills by giving practical help and advice on energy efficiency and grants which may be available for improving insulation.

Call For People of Sheffield to Show Their Support for Organ Donation

NHS Blood and Transplant | 28-01-2010 13:02 | Health | Sheffield | World

An NHS roadshow takes to the streets of Sheffield this week to call on people to prove their support for organ donation and join the NHS Organ Donor Register (ODR). The travelling roadshow is part of a UK-wide campaign to close the gap between the number of people who say they’d be willing to accept an organ if they needed one – 96% - and those who have pledged to donate by joining the ODR, currently 27%.

East Midlands Vegan Festival,

On 12th December 2009 the 6th East Midlands Vegan Festival returns to The Council House on Nottingham's Old Market Square where, in 2008, we welcomed almost 2000 visitors from across the region! The doors open at 11am, but we welcome help setting up from 9am (and in advance).

Sheffield FREE Vegan Food Fayre - Sat 5th Dec

A chance to come and eat some delicious, free vegan food! Info and stalls about the benefits of veganism for animals, people and the planet and how to get active on their behalf.

Urgent: Please object to large biofuel power station in Sheffield

If you live in or near Sheffield and can help in any way with campaigning against this planned biofuel power station, please email us at

info@biofuelwatch.org.uk. Thanks.

Sheffield Health Newswire Archive

Too Toxic to Handle? Follow-up Alert on Israel's Policy of Near-Starvation for Gaza

UG#525 - Cannabis (Medical Marijuana, Forgetting and the Botany of Desire)

Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre Protest

Media Bury Documents Revealing Israel's Deliberate Policy of Near-Starvation for Gaza

Racism, Religion, and the American and UK Armed Forces Decision to use DU

US charity bribing UK drug addicts to sterilise selves in eugenics agenda

chesterfield against incineratoin great victory

cyclamax incinerator at chesterfield turned down at planning

Toxic waste plan is turned down

Sheffield Free School abundance urban scrumping

An age of consent of 14?

UG#516 - The Politics & Economics of Food (Promoting Famine & Creating Sickness)

Beyond Hiroshima - The Non-Reporting of Fallujah's Cancer Catastrophe

HEAT STROKE: When Heat Kills

Keeping the Lights On in South Yorkshire: Is Our Future Nuclear Free or Nuclear?

Tackling Fuel Poverty in Sheffield

Call For People of Sheffield to Show Their Support for Organ Donation

East Midlands Vegan Festival,

Sheffield FREE Vegan Food Fayre - Sat 5th Dec

Urgent: Please object to large biofuel power station in Sheffield

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