UK Indymedia - Sheffield Newswire Archive

Climate Camp Exhibition comes to Leeds

marmite | 30-01-2008 11:09 | Climate Camp 2007 | Sheffield

The Climate Camp exhibition, a huge hit in London and Nottingham, continues it's maiden tour...
and is finally coming to Leeds!

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

Children in UK detention centres

Comtessa | 28-01-2008 20:33 | Migration | Sheffield

The British government frequently imprisons both adult and children asylum seekers, this is contrary to EU human rights guidelines.

Petition For The Lives Of Two Iranian Gay Guys: Hamzeh And Loghman

Petition for the lives of Hamzeh and Loghman: two young gay men who are in love and who risk the death sentence in Iran. And let's not forget Pegah: the United Kingdom could still hand her over to the executioner.

BP: Climate Policy Will Cause Peak Oil

In a unbelievable presentation to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil and Gas on 16th January BP's Special Economic Advisor Peter Davies (no other oil company was prepared to address this group) claimed that "there's a distinct possibility that global oil consumption could peak as a result of climate policies" -- in other words NOT because supply problems but because of a reduction in demand! If you believe that governments around the world are going all out to reduce oil demand and switch to renewables then perhaps you might believe this... Of course they are not...

The APPGOPO Press Release on this presentation, which links to a MP3 of the event, follows, this presentation is being discussed on the PowerSwitch forum:

http://www.powerswitch.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6231

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.

Midlands and South Yorks Activists Organise Against Racist BNP

Nottinghamshire Stop the BNP | 20-01-2008 19:12 | Stop the BNP's Red White and Blue festival | Anti-racism | Sheffield

Today, activists from across the Midlands and South Yorkshire met in Nottingham to co-ordinate activities against the British National Party (BNP). Around 100 campaigners met at the Queen's Walk Community Centre in the city for a conference organised by Nottinghamshire Stop the BNP.

Was there a need for police in riot gear..

M M Wallis | 20-01-2008 10:43 | Sheffield

pretentiousartist.com have been asked by some football fans to photograph the grate game we have been to both teams in Sheffield and watched the police watching the football fans. taking photographs here are some from the game 19 1 07 oh well don Sheffield Wed from a united fan that is gutted see you in four weeks at the lane..

Martin Luther King Jr Celebration

MLK 2008 | 16-01-2008 16:05 | Anti-racism | Sheffield

Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr Day
Monday 21st January From 7pm @ the Welcome Centre, Nottingham Street, Pitsmoor
Bring and share food, Music, Dance, Drama, Discussion.
This years theme “He had a dream what is yours?”

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.

Demonstrate to Save Woodhead - 12th January @ 1.00 p.m.

Navvy | 11-01-2008 20:58 | Climate Chaos | Sheffield

We have called a demonstration tomorrow at the Western entrance to the Woodhead Tunnel in the Peak District, Derbyshire. National Grid are threatening to close it and thereby shut out low carbon alternatives to road transport. This is the start of the fight against their plans.

End the Gaza siege protest this Saturday / Public meeting: Break the siege 23rd Jan

Sheffield PSC | 10-01-2008 22:31 | Palestine | Sheffield

Don't remain silent! Join us on Saturday to speak out Join the International day of action against the siege on Gaza at our protest in Sheffield

Saturday 12th January 2008, End the Gaza siege protest, Sheffield Town Hall 12 - 1pm.

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...

Six years of Guantanamo - Orange Friday National Events

After the US government declared war on Afghanistan, hundreds of people were kidnapped by the Northern Alliance and US military forces under "suspicion" of fighting for the Taliban. What was carefully hidden were the leaflets distributed among mainly Northern Alliance fighters and tribal leaders which encouraged them to kidnap anyone they suspected of fighting.. for a $20,000 dollar reward.

Coal, Climate & Environmental Racism - Grassroots Resistance talks!

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

Nafeez Ahmed: The Hidden Holocaust - Our Civilizational Crisis

Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed speaking on The Hidden Holocaust — Our Civilizational Crisis at a public meeting held on 20th November 2007 at Imperial College, London.

See also the notice of the meeting and the first three parts of a four part write-up of the talk:

The Hidden Holocaust -- Civilizational Crisis, Part 3: The End Of The World As We Know It?

Part three (see part one and part two) of an article by Nafeez Ahmed on the history of imperial genocide follows, the subject of this article was the subject of recent public meeting, The Hidden Holocaust - Our Civilizational Crisis.

Oil Price Touches $100 a Barrel; Signal of Pending Oil Shortages Ignored

The price for West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil touched $100 on January 2, 2008, a new milestone. According to TheOilDrum.com, WTI oil price has been giving a very clear signal of pending shortage for over five years now, and in breaching the symbolic $100 a barrel mark, continues to do so. Those driving the world economy have steadfastly ignored this red warning light. In doing so, they are steering the world toward an energy disaster characterized by shortages, high energy prices, inflation, growing inequity, civil unrest and famine.

Local Songwriters make CD to support Sheffield Charity

Nike Evans | 05-01-2008 11:41 | Culture | Sheffield

A CD featuring 22 songs has been produced by Sheffield Songwriters to support the work of Hillborough based Burton Street Foundation. The CD recorded Live in November at Burton Street costs just £5 and is also available for legal download from www.indiestore.com/songwriterscircle.

'Smarter than Yeast” - Sustainability event 3rd Feb

IMC Volunteer | 05-01-2008 10:36 | Sheffield

The date for this is Sunday the 3rd of Feb, from 2-10:30pm. Venue is The Art Organisation, 21 Station Street, Nottingham. The name of the event is 'Smarter than Yeast?' Check out the dictionary definition of yeast and lets hope we can prove we are!

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