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Why was a Sunday Times report on US government ties to al-Qaeda chief spiked?

FBI whistle-blower Sibel Edmonds was described as "the most gagged person in the history of the United States" by the American Civil Liberties Union. Was the Sunday Times pressured to drop its investigation into her revelations?

Sheffield: 65th Anniversary of the Nakba, the 1948 Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

Chris @SheffieldPSC | 18-05-2013 13:49 | History | Palestine | Sheffield

Supporters of the Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign marked the 65th Anniversary of the Nakba, the 1948 "ethnic cleansing" of Palestine, with a vigil outside the Town Hall on 18th May 2013. In a short interview attached Musheir El Farra explaines what the protest was about and what people can do to support the campaign.

Photos of the Stalls at the 4th Sheffield Anarchist Bookfair

Some photos of the stalls at the 4th Sheffield Anarchist Bookfair which was held on 11th May 2013 in the Showroom. Audio recordings of some of the talks should be posted soon.

UG#629 - Speaking Forbidden Truths (The Poor Had No Lawyers, Monetarism's Fail)

This week we conclude our reading of David Graeber's Debt, The First 5000 Years with a focus on the fraud of land 'ownership' and economics. A mix of new and familiar speakers include a reading by Lyn Gerry from episode 90 and a radio adaptation of an Adam Curtis film, The League of Gentlemen.

UG#628 - Asking Forbidden Questions (Why Do People Put Up With Capitalism?)

This week we learn how much effort has been put to making people assume that the virtues of capitalism are beyond question. We hear three Marxian commentators offering their own angles on the development of capitalism in USA, interspersed with a reprise of Noam Chomsky from episode 29 on the elite's determination to control the public mind lest the democratic state serve the wishes of the majority rather than the privilege of the few.

UG#624 - The Vast Machine To Perpetuate Hopelessness (Marxian Class Analysis 1)

As we approach the climax of David Graeber's Debt, The First 5000 Years, we begin a series of talks by Economics Professor Richard Wolff introducing Marxian class analysis.

UG#625 - Jettisoning Accustomed Categories of Thought (Marxian Class Analysis 2)

This week is something of a continuation of episode #624, featuring the second part of economics professor Richard Wolff on Marxian class analysis, and we approach the end of David Graeber's Debt, The First 5000 Years. I hope it works as an aid to help to rethink what you think you know about economics and politics and to jettison any categories of thought which you find unhelpful.

UG#627 - The Progressive Process of Desocialization (Marxian Class Analysis 4)

This week, two Marxist professors speak on the social impact of capitalism and especially in USA. First, Silvia Federici speaks on 'The Progressive Process of Desocialization', how capitalism breaks down communities and people's human relationships of care. Next it is the turn of Richard Wolff who applies his Marxian class analysis to the US household, noting that more and more adults are rejecting the traditional (feudal) model of domestic exploitation and either living alone or in more egalitarian patterns.

UG#621 - US Capitalism From Start To Finish (911 As Finance Capitalist Endgame)

As we return to reading David Graeber this, we look at the origins of capitalism in USA - how the system of self-sufficient slave estates and family farms gave way to one of wage labor. Then we ask, were the events of 11 years ago the cover for a massive financial fraud? We conclude by reflecting on what these angles contribute to our understanding of 'capitalism' and the importance of personally, consciously stepping away from it.

UG#617 - Money, Power and Sociopathy (Competition, Randroids, Economists)

We start the final chapter of David Graeber's Debt, The First 5000 Years this week by going beyond the 'bad apples' line at the deeper, systemic truths which underlie the rottenness of finance capital and indeed of the idolization of competition. Gary Weiss speaks on his book, Ayn Rand Nation and entrepreneur and journalist Margaret Heffernan speaks on Money, Power and Competition.

UG#614 - Granting Autonomy to The Logic of Money 1 (Capitalism, Debt & Banking)

We left off our reading of David Graeber with the statement that "The logic of money was granted autonomy. Political and military power were then gradually reorganized around it". This week we look in more detail at what that meant, focusing mainly on the USA in the 19th and 20th centuries. As well as reading more from Debt, The First 5000 Years we hear a few words from Ivan Illich and the first half of a radio adaptation of a video on the Banking Cartels and the US Federal Reserve.

UG#615 - Granting Autonomy to The Logic of Money 2 (Capitalism, Banking...)

This week is a sequel to last week's episode, again combining some hidden history of the bankers in USA with our continued reading of David Graeber's Debt, The First 5000 Years. We conclude with the audio of an introductory presentation on Altruistic Economics which Robin Upton gave at the Chaos Computer Congress in Berlin in December 2009.

UG#613 - Economic Disposal of The Worthless (Hidden History of Eugenics in USA)

This show examines the history of eugenics in USA. Robert Whitaker tells how WASPish business magnates took up the idea of racial purity and aggressively promoted eugenics, leading directly to forced sterilizations and lobotomies across USA, and indirectly to Nazi Germany's Final Solution.

UG#612 - From Conquistadors to Opium Wars (Debt & the Great Capitalist Empires)

This time we look at the grim consequences of the logic of imperialist exploitation for profit since the Middle Ages. As a specific example of the general principles we read about in Debt, The First 5000 Years we hear Frank Sanello on the Opium Wars between Britain and China.

UG#611 - Money as Powerlessness(Economic Parasitism,MMT,Debt in the Middle Ages)

Does money really empower people, or does it trap them in a zero-sum game in which >99% will come out as losers? A two-parter this time on money and debt. In our first hour, two speeches from the first conference on Modern Money Theory in Rimini, Italy. In the second, we continue reading from David Graeber's Debt, The First 5000 Years.

UG#610 - From Enclosure to Privatization (Luddism, Magna Carta & Debt)

We start with Peter Linebaugh on Luddism and the multifaceted enclosure movement in UK. Then, a report on prison privatization in Canada. We conclude by starting chapter 10 of David Graeber's Debt, The First 5000 Years on the decline of the Axial age empires and social systems in India and China.

UG#604 - Occupy The Past (Gandhian Non-Violence and Direct Action Movements)

Another show made with the ongoing Occupy movement in mind. Our main feature is author and researcher James Douglass on his book Gandhi and the Unspeakable, and we hear thoughts from Chris Hedges and Barbara Epstien also from earlier this year.

UG#605 - The Institutionalized Shadows of Psychopaths (Histories of the CIA/FBI)

In our first hour this episode we hear author Tim Weiner on the FBI and the 48 year reign of its founder, J. Edgar Hoover, whom Weiner describes as 'a Machiavelli'. In our second hour, a vintage recording of Alan Francovich speaking about On Company Business, his groundbreaking 1980 film on the CIA.

UG#601 - The Psychopathology of Money (Nick Leeson, The Economics of Happiness)

We continue examining money with radio adaptations of 2 films. In our first hour, Adam Curtis' 25 Million Pounds narrates the rise and fall of financial fraudster, Nick Leeson. In our second hour, The Economics of Happiness which recommends relocalization as the urgent solution to economic globalization.

Man who armed Black Panthers was FBI informant, records show

The man who gave the Black Panther Party some of its first firearms and weapons training – which preceded fatal shootouts with Oakland police in the turbulent 1960s – was an undercover FBI informer, according to a former bureau agent and an FBI report.

Sheffield History Newswire Archive

Why was a Sunday Times report on US government ties to al-Qaeda chief spiked?

Sheffield: 65th Anniversary of the Nakba, the 1948 Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

Photos of the Stalls at the 4th Sheffield Anarchist Bookfair

UG#629 - Speaking Forbidden Truths (The Poor Had No Lawyers, Monetarism's Fail)

UG#628 - Asking Forbidden Questions (Why Do People Put Up With Capitalism?)

UG#624 - The Vast Machine To Perpetuate Hopelessness (Marxian Class Analysis 1)

UG#625 - Jettisoning Accustomed Categories of Thought (Marxian Class Analysis 2)

UG#627 - The Progressive Process of Desocialization (Marxian Class Analysis 4)

UG#621 - US Capitalism From Start To Finish (911 As Finance Capitalist Endgame)

UG#617 - Money, Power and Sociopathy (Competition, Randroids, Economists)

UG#614 - Granting Autonomy to The Logic of Money 1 (Capitalism, Debt & Banking)

UG#615 - Granting Autonomy to The Logic of Money 2 (Capitalism, Banking...)

UG#613 - Economic Disposal of The Worthless (Hidden History of Eugenics in USA)

UG#612 - From Conquistadors to Opium Wars (Debt & the Great Capitalist Empires)

UG#611 - Money as Powerlessness(Economic Parasitism,MMT,Debt in the Middle Ages)

UG#610 - From Enclosure to Privatization (Luddism, Magna Carta & Debt)

UG#604 - Occupy The Past (Gandhian Non-Violence and Direct Action Movements)

UG#605 - The Institutionalized Shadows of Psychopaths (Histories of the CIA/FBI)

UG#601 - The Psychopathology of Money (Nick Leeson, The Economics of Happiness)

Man who armed Black Panthers was FBI informant, records show

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