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Climate Action Movement Building - Sat 19th

A day of networking, skillsharing and organising Saturday 19th April, Sheffield, 10am - 5pm

Brilliant pro Tibet protest ongoing in London today

comments called for as protesters steal the limelight

Demand for Justice in the Tax Credit System

Red Rocket | 03-04-2008 20:54 | Social Struggles | Sheffield | South Coast

After years of bullying by HMRC a group of mothers fight back. Tax Credit Casualties formed by Paula Dean from Rotherham holds its first packed public meeting.

asbo evicted

the asbo was this afternoon evicted
and about bloody time
i wonder where the violent residents will lay their shame now
its just a shame its not winter

CDG - the lying continues

The lying at CDG has evolved from little white lies to massive big black lies.

Love Music Hate Racism Carnival

All Roads Lead To Victoria Park - Sunday 27 April 2008

TICKETS FROM NOTINGHAM AVAILABLE
ORGANISED BY MANSFIELD AND NOTTINGHAM TRADES COUNCIL

Stopping of benefits

Many claimants are finding their benefits are being stopped on entirely bogus grounds. The intention being to force them off benefits. If they appeal, they usually win and get their benefits reinstated, but at what cost in terms of stress and peace of mind?

A4e

According to the boss and founder of a4e speaking on a BBC business programme last week, they are the unemployed best friend, they 'help' the unemployed back into work!

Female Protester in Tunnel to Block Motorway near Hill of Tara

A Female Protester has sealed herself into a tunnel under a hill upon which the Rath Lugh National Monument is positioned to stop construction of the M3 Motorway near the Hill of Tara. 100 protesters have now joined the protest at Rath Lugh.

Keith Mann in Wakefield (Sat. 22nd March)

Keith Mann is heading to Wakefield to give a presentation on his book about the Animal Liberation Movement 'From dusk 'til dawn' and to show the film 'Behind the mask'

World Day for lab animals,Oxford (April 19th)

Transport from around the country, some spaces still available in Yorkshire.

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.

asbo squat - end of days

klunkin | 01-03-2008 13:35 | Social Struggles | Sheffield

asbo squat has been given notice to quit which expired on the 27th of feb
the squat is being stripped of its copper and goddies by the "brave resident/president"
its a fitting end to a hard worked and a sometimes loved project in the city of nottingham
to those who did
welldone

Tyneside family face 2nd deportation attempt after 8 years in Britain

A Nigerian family face a second deportation attempt after being snatched in a dawn raid from Byker in Newcastle last Wednesday. They were not put onto a flight on Friday, due to protests from TCAR combined with resistance at the airport but now they have been given another flight date on Tuesday and Yarlswood is refusing to let Kunle, the father of the family, see a psychiatrist.

Supersize My Pay! - Thursday 14th February 2008

The story of how young workers in New Zealand took on their bosses, and won...

THURSDAY 14TH FEBRUARY, 7-9PM
ARTS TOWER (UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD), LECTURE THEATRE 1

FRFI report of TCAR Northern March Against Racism 19th Jan

Approximately 150 people took part in a militant anti-racist demonstration organised by Tyneside Community Action for Refugees (TCAR) from the West End of Newcastle to the City Centre on 19 January, demanding Freedom to Work, Freedom to Stay, and an end to the criminalisation of immigrants, the end of the NASS system and decent housing for all.

Supersize My Pay activist speaks in UK as part of anti-sweatshop week of action

The No Sweat campaigns third week of anti-sweatshop action will be taking place 11-18 February 2008, including a speaker from the Supersize My Pay campaign which has organised thousands of young fast food workers in New Zealand.

Does the progressive left really believe in climate change?

There is an interesting thread on the MediaLens discussion board about the following article, "Does the progressive left really believe in climate change?".

While the following article makes good points about the left and climate change the same thing can be said of the left and peak oil — however all these things were brought together in a talk that Nafeez Ahmed gave last November.

One minor thing struck me from the MediaLens discussion, a poster there comments that:

I've seen anarchists on Indymedia arguing fiercely in support of mobile phone companies against residents living near masts who have suffered alarming health problems - on the grounds that they have no scientific proof of their complaints as compared to the mobile companies.

Which appears to indicate to me that she hasn't appreciated the extent that this site is troll'ed...

Coal, Climate & Environmental Racism - Grassroots Resistance talks!

WEDNESDAY 16th JAN - SUMAC CENTRE
245 Gladstone Street, Nottingham NG7 6HX 0845 458 9595

Menwith Hill - Illegal and Indecent Surveillance are Routine

Old Jinglebollocks | 16-12-2007 23:43 | Analysis | Social Struggles | Sheffield

If you shout too loudly about sensitive issues, The Boys up at Menwith Hill may make their presence felt in your life.

Sheffield Social Struggles Newswire Archive

Climate Action Movement Building - Sat 19th

Brilliant pro Tibet protest ongoing in London today

Demand for Justice in the Tax Credit System

asbo evicted

CDG - the lying continues

Love Music Hate Racism Carnival

Stopping of benefits

A4e

Female Protester in Tunnel to Block Motorway near Hill of Tara

Keith Mann in Wakefield (Sat. 22nd March)

World Day for lab animals,Oxford (April 19th)

Leeds street medic training, 28th-30th March

asbo squat - end of days

Tyneside family face 2nd deportation attempt after 8 years in Britain

Supersize My Pay! - Thursday 14th February 2008

FRFI report of TCAR Northern March Against Racism 19th Jan

Supersize My Pay activist speaks in UK as part of anti-sweatshop week of action

Does the progressive left really believe in climate change?

Coal, Climate & Environmental Racism - Grassroots Resistance talks!

Menwith Hill - Illegal and Indecent Surveillance are Routine

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