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Sheffield Anti-Cuts Alliance: Communiqué No.1

Communiqué No.1 to our supporters 6th December 2010

Please note that the Sheffield Anti-Cuts Alliance Steering Committee will have its first meeting on Tuesday 14th December at 7pm at the Trades & Labour Club on Talbot Street (downstairs room).

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UG#528 - The Bilderberg Group (Conspiracies and The Fiction of Government Power)

This week we took a look at the Bilderberg Group, a secret meeting of about 120 hierarchs from Europe and US. Senior members of national governments, multi-national companies, royal families, media corporations and financial institutions have met up annually since its inception in 1954. Little is known of the contents of their meetings, due to strictly enforced privacy - which may finally be weakening, as more leaks are emerging. We hear a range of voices this week, including Tony Gosling and Michael Parenti as well as Daniel Estulin's speech on the Bilderberg group given this year to the European parliament.

Presstv Journalists attacked with hammer during tuition fee protests

A team of Presstv news production staff has been attacked with hammers by unknown mobs during tuition fee protests in London.

The members of the group said the attackers must have been connected with the police as they were also hitting students without officers caring to interrupt them.

National Day of Protest Against Welfare & Housing Benefit Cuts - 15/12

Take action now to defend the Welfare State. We will not pay for their crisis.

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IMC Brazil supports Wikileaks and Julian Assange.

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National Day of Protest Against Welfare & Housing Benefit Cuts

Take action now to defend the Welfare State on the 15th of December 2010. We will not pay for their crisis.

The National Day of Protest Against Welfare & Housing Benefit Cuts aims to begin by focusing on the Housing Benefit cuts so why not organise a sit in, protest or demonstration in your local Civic Centre or Town Hall.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=181074851903167&

UG#526 - Understanding Economic 'Development' (Black Power & Economic Hitmen)

This week we hear three complementary views on the topic of 'economic development'. First, a short article by Helena Norberg-Hodge on the global culture of consumerism. Next, a radio adaptation of the Adam Curtis' 1992 documentary, Black Power. Focusing on Kwame Nkrumah's Volta Dam Project, this tells how the rich West African colony of the Gold Coast because the highly indebted country of Ghana. Finally, former 'economic hit man', John Perkins, tells how he helped corrupt foreign elites to ensnare their countries in debt.

Sheffield students protest against tuition fee rises - Photos

Sheffield students march to Nick Clegg's office to protest against the rise in tuition fees. After marching back to the university they set up occupation in the Richard Roberts building.

http://sheffieldoccupation.tumblr.com/

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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.

Police entrapment on student demo in London 24.11.10

Letter sent to the Guardian about the policing of the student protest in London

Sheffield Anti Cuts Alliance Meeting

A packed Novotel meeting room saw the first meeting of the Sheffield Anti cuts Alliance tonight. Could this be the beginning of something big??

Interview with an anarchist student occupier at Sheffield University

Interview conducted today (24th November) with a student currently involved in the occupation of the Hicks Building at Sheffield University as part of the national wave of actions against education cuts.

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Full details of Reimagine the University Event

ROU | 23-11-2010 20:54 | Public sector cuts | Social Struggles | Sheffield

Full details of the Reimagine the University event are now available at:

http://reimaginetheuniversity.org.uk

Statement from NUT executive members in support of the school walk outs

We the undersigned members of the National Union of Teachers National Executive wish to express our wholehearted support for, and solidarity with, the national day of protests and walkouts being organised by the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts on November 24th.

Three Alternative Reforms for a Different Future for Higher Education

The British university system is at a crossroads. The recent Browne Review combined with the Lib-Con spending cuts spells out a dire future for the university. The proposal to remove the cap on fees, to slash funding for teaching in all the arts and humanities, and the continued imposition of market models on research and teaching are leading to far more than a ‘tightening of the belts’ – they will completely change the nature of the university.

Reimagine the University -24th-26th November - Leeds

Are you a skint student? An overworked member of University staff? A Leodian with a vision of a more inclusive University system?

The Really Open University invites you to ‘Re-imagine the University’, a three-day event dedicated to exploring and demonstrating an alternative educational system.

Download the programme here:

http://reallyopenuniversity.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/programme-of-events1.pdf

Less than a week to go till the Northern March Against Racism 2010!

With less than a week to go now to the march, TCAR reminds you of the urgent need to take an anti-racist message onto the streets of Newcastle.

Check out the video (and share widely!):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQNPAcKbJ0w&feature=autofb

Reimagine the University - 24/11-26/11 - Leeds

How could we transform the university, how could students and lecturers learn differently through more creative, critical and empowering processes, is it even possible to transform the university, or do we need to create an entirely different system?

We invite you to be a part of exploring and demonstrating an alternative educational system over three days. Be it a workshop, a lecture a discussion a film an event, we are calling... on students, lecturers and staff and others to come together and show another university is possible.

UG#523 - Ivan Illich & The Collapse of Power

This week we take a look at that enigmatic modern prophet, Ivan Illich. His writings covered a wide range of areas, from health to technology to economics to church history and way beyond. Robert Hutchinson will give a quick biographical sketch and introduce some of his radical strands of thought, before we focus on a single major prophesy, the sudden collapse of social power, its revelation as a fiction. We link this to the confidence based backing of centralised currency and hear from Marshall Rosenberg, George Draffan and others on related fictions which people internalise as a response to hierarchy.

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The Molly Maguires film showing

at the SUMAC Centre, Tuesday 16th November

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Sheffield Social Struggles Newswire Archive

Sheffield Anti-Cuts Alliance: Communiqué No.1

UG#528 - The Bilderberg Group (Conspiracies and The Fiction of Government Power)

Presstv Journalists attacked with hammer during tuition fee protests

National Day of Protest Against Welfare & Housing Benefit Cuts - 15/12

IMC Brazil supports Wikileaks and Julian Assange.

National Day of Protest Against Welfare & Housing Benefit Cuts

UG#526 - Understanding Economic 'Development' (Black Power & Economic Hitmen)

Sheffield students protest against tuition fee rises - Photos

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

Police entrapment on student demo in London 24.11.10

Sheffield Anti Cuts Alliance Meeting

Interview with an anarchist student occupier at Sheffield University

Full details of Reimagine the University Event

Statement from NUT executive members in support of the school walk outs

Three Alternative Reforms for a Different Future for Higher Education

Reimagine the University -24th-26th November - Leeds

Less than a week to go till the Northern March Against Racism 2010!

Reimagine the University - 24/11-26/11 - Leeds

UG#523 - Ivan Illich & The Collapse of Power

The Molly Maguires film showing

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