UK Indymedia - Sheffield Public sector cuts Newswire Archive

French police infiltrated protests against Sarkozy austerity program

During the recent strike wave in France against the Nicolas Sarkozy government’s austerity measures and pension “reform”, demonstrators observed police infiltrating several contingents and carrying out a variety of provocative actions. The police have very conspicuously decided not to deny that they infiltrated the demonstrations.

The Stew of Corruption

Craig Murray | 10-11-2010 13:34 | Public sector cuts | Sheffield

British democracy has lost its meaning. The political and economic system has come to serve the interests of a tiny elite, vastly wealthier than the run of the population, operating through corporate control. The state itself exists to serve the interests of these corporations, guided by a political class largely devoid of ideological belief and preoccupied with building their own careers and securing their own finances.

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Defending the state? Welfare cuts and the social wage

Attached is a recording of the Sheffield communist discussion group meeting held on 3rd November 2010 on the subject of the Con/Dem public sector and welfare cuts.

London: Oxford Street Vodaphone store shut down by protestors

Chris | 30-10-2010 16:58 | Public sector cuts | Sheffield

One of the Vodaphone shops on Oxford Street, London, was shut by protestors on Saturday 30th October, who were objecting to governments welfare cuts while Vodafone have been let off paying £6bn in taxes.

NUS and UCU anti-cuts national demonstration; London; Wednesday 10 November

Join the march on the streets of central London to fight against the looming, savage education cuts.

Yorkshire and Humberside TUC Rally Against the Cuts

Chris | 23-10-2010 16:16 | Public sector cuts | Workers' Movements | Sheffield

On Saturday 23rd October 2010 around 1,000 protestors from across the Yorkshire region assembled outside Sheffield Town Hall to be addressed by speakers from the established labour movement.

Right to Work march to TUC Rally in Sheffield

Chris | 23-10-2010 14:53 | Public sector cuts | Workers' Movements | Sheffield

Photos from a march on 23rd October 2010, which was organised by the Right to Work campaign, from Sheffield University to the Town Hall, where the Yorkshire and Humberside Trades Union Council were holding a rally against the cuts.

Details of Anti-Cuts Protests across UK this Saturday

A list of anti-cuts demonstrations in towns and cities across the UK this weekend. Please help in distributing this list to other messageboards and mailing lists you have access to.

Also post details of other protests you are aware of below.

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British government announces unprecedented social cuts

Ann Talbot | 21-10-2010 13:33 | Public sector cuts | Workers' Movements | Sheffield

The Conservative-Liberal Democrat government’s autumn spending review has introduced the most savage package of public spending cuts ever seen in Britain. Half a million public-sector jobs will be lost as £83 billion, or $128 billion, is cut from the budget. Another half million private-sector jobs will go as a result.

A Tale of Two Nations: Red Hot France; Tepid Britain

France is grinding to a standstill as millions of workers and students erupt in the streets at the government’s prposal to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62. Across the Channel, the new Tory Chancellor has announced savage cuts in public expenditures that will slice away more than a million jobs, drive workers out of south east England and doom the country to years of austerity (unequally imposed, bien sur.) Yet the response has been muted.

Major cuts throughout Britain’s National Health Service

Julie Hyland | 20-10-2010 13:02 | Public sector cuts | Sheffield

Major cuts are being made in health care, many of them the result of measures put in place under the previous Labour government of Gordon Brown. People are being denied essential treatments, condemning many to unnecessary suffering and even death.

Tory multimillionaire witch-hunts welfare claimants

Britain’s Chancellor George Osborne has announced legislation that will penalise and force into destitution hundreds of thousands of the poorest people in Britain, who are dependent on welfare benefits.

Yorkshire Anti-Cuts Rally: Sheffield 23 Oct now with added feeder march

hard times | 20-10-2010 09:58 | Public sector cuts | Sheffield

major TUC organised rally but now with added feeder march from SWP led Right To Work network from Sheffield uni...

Government announces massive cuts ahead of UK public spending review

Julie Hyland | 19-10-2010 12:08 | Public sector cuts | Workers' Movements | Sheffield

Announcements of the “reform” of university funding and public sector pensions and abolition of government quangos have been made in the run-up to the Conservative/Liberal Democrat government’s October 20 Comprehensive Spending Review.

Nick Clegg's constituency of Sheffield to make 8,500 redundant

underclassrising.net | 27-09-2010 16:45 | Public sector cuts | Sheffield

GMB CONFIRM THAT SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL HAS ISSUED OFFICIAL REDUNDANCY NOTICE TO 8,500 COUNCIL STAFF

Youth bear brunt of budget cuts

Joe Mount | 07-09-2010 07:26 | Public sector cuts | Sheffield

Young people’s services are being closed down across Britain as spending cuts dictated by the Conservative Party/Liberal Democrat coalition and their Labour predecessors take effect.

Sheffield Protests Against Nick Clegg

Sheffield Trades Council organised a protest against Nick Clegg, Deputy Prime Minister and Lib Dem MP for Sheffield Hallam, who was speaking in the Town Hall, on 3rd September 2010. The attached audio is a raw recording (apologies for the poor quality) of the second half of the speeches, starting with a speaker from the Sheffield Pensioners Action Group.

Never Trust a Politician: Whether Red, Yellow or Blue!

Protest Clegg's visit to Sheffield. Friday 3rd Sep 2010, from 5pm outside Town Hall.

Sheffield Public sector cuts Newswire Archive

French police infiltrated protests against Sarkozy austerity program

The Stew of Corruption

More smashing radion from Dissident Island - 5 Nov show ready to download...

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Defending the state? Welfare cuts and the social wage

London: Oxford Street Vodaphone store shut down by protestors

NUS and UCU anti-cuts national demonstration; London; Wednesday 10 November

Yorkshire and Humberside TUC Rally Against the Cuts

Right to Work march to TUC Rally in Sheffield

Details of Anti-Cuts Protests across UK this Saturday

British government announces unprecedented social cuts

A Tale of Two Nations: Red Hot France; Tepid Britain

Major cuts throughout Britain’s National Health Service

Tory multimillionaire witch-hunts welfare claimants

Yorkshire Anti-Cuts Rally: Sheffield 23 Oct now with added feeder march

Government announces massive cuts ahead of UK public spending review

Nick Clegg's constituency of Sheffield to make 8,500 redundant

Youth bear brunt of budget cuts

Sheffield Protests Against Nick Clegg

Never Trust a Politician: Whether Red, Yellow or Blue!

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