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Sheffield Anti bush demo & analysis

An analysis of yesterday's Sheffield demonstration against George Bush.

Demo apathy - what is it, what causes it.

Why we keep on repeating the same tactics that never achieve the results we want?

Anti-war pupils to face crackdown

Independent article: Schools are ready to crack down on pupils who miss classes next week to attend anti- war protests during President George Bush's three-day visit.

The National Trust Votes Against GM

togg | 16-11-2003 19:37 | Bio-technology | Ecology | Sheffield

At the National Trust AGM, members have voted to express their opposition to GM.

What is the point of marching?

This is suppose to help people re-evaluate the point of protest so next time we can be more effective. Although it is specificly to do with the sheffield saturday november 15th demo.

Sheffield Against Bush March

Sheffield played host today to a march of 150-1000 people. And guess what, Sheffield Samba Band joined in! A quick chat with a Sunday Times photographer suggestions national coverage tomorrow...

Sheffield Shoppers encouraged to go on a Bush Hunt

Stephen Cole | 15-11-2003 18:46 | Bush 2003 | Sheffield

Sheffield shoppers were today attracted by samba sounds in the city centre.

Michael Moore video

Michael Moore urges everyone to go to London next week to protest the Bush visit.
The video is about 1 minute long and requires Quick Time to view. It is about 500k.

Buy Nothing Day

unconsumer | 15-11-2003 01:29 | Culture | Sheffield

Saturday November 29th is Buy Nothing Day and a good time for fun for anti-consumer action everywhere. Here are some of the ideas from a new UK site

http://www.buynothingday.co.uk.

Bush Up North

The Sedgefield Welcoming Committee invites you to come to Sedgefield on Friday 21st to meet and greet President George W Bush and Tony Blair.

A REPLY TO GEORGE BUSH

KAMIKAZE BARD | 14-11-2003 11:33 | Bush 2003 | Sheffield

On the eve of Bush's visit to Britain, events in Iraq & elsewhere may give him a reality-check...Let's tell him loud & clear, so he gets the message!

CALL FOR ACTION - THE EAGLE IS LANDING LETS GIVE BUSH A WALM RECEPTION

The invader is preparing to fly in on Wednesday 19th November: LIGHT A BEACON ON TUESDAY 18th NOVEMBER AND ILLUMINATE THE NATION’S DISTASTE AT THE SUPREME WAR PIG

BIOMETRIC ID CARDS

Tony Goddard | 13-11-2003 17:32 | Sheffield

David Blunkett wants us all to have biometric ID cards. The question
has become an issue for law 'n order politicians to gain their macho
credentials. David Blunkett and Tony Blair can stand in the pantheon of
reactionary right wing fundamentalist zealots along with Abdul Aziz Bin
Bas, the blind Saudi cleric who condemned a woman to death for marrying
outside family and John Ashcroft who holds prayer breakfasts for his
acolytes in the USA department of Justice.

Stop Bush! Upcoming demos.

Jase | 10-11-2003 01:49 | Bush 2003 | Anti-militarism | Sheffield

Protest against the visit of the man who serves as a mouthpiece for US economic and military domination.

successful samba caterpillar protest in camden this afternoon

rikki | 09-11-2003 17:57 | Indymedia | London | Sheffield

rhythms of resistance samba band and several pro-palestinian groups scored a victory against caterpillar in a protest in camden this afternoon. the manager of a chain of shoe shops agreed not to stock caterpillar boots anymore after he was made aware of the issues.
caterpillar is the company that also supplies bulldozers and tanks to the israeli army for use against palestinian people.

Foundation Hospitals in Sheffield: The Facts

Sheff-Man | 06-11-2003 11:10 | Sheffield

A talk on the real nature of foundation hospitals given by a Unison official (long)

WP: Stop Bush meeting

Workers Power Public meeting
Showroom Cinema (screen 5)
Thursday 6th November 7.30pm

Occupation at Sheffield University

christina | 05-11-2003 03:47 | Education | Sheffield

About 150 Sheffield University students, mostly first years, occupied earlier today (4/11)the University House. The intention is to stay in the building overnight. The occupation, which happened spontaneously and was self-organised by the students’ involved, is being held in protest against the University’s under-hand surplus charges on accommodation.

Is Capital taking over Linux?

Chris | 04-11-2003 22:35 | WSIS 2003 | Technology | Sheffield

The latest version of Red Hat Linux will be out this week and it will be called Fedora 1 not Red Hat 10, also SuSE Linux has just been bought by Novell and this has been bankrolled by IBM. What is happening here and what does it mean for the world's most popular versions of the free GNU/Linux computer operating system?

Multicultural Diversity

Fly on the wall | 04-11-2003 14:43 | Sheffield

If anyone saw the documentary 'Disunited Kingdom' on Channel Four last week - for those who didn't see it - below is the main content from the programme, witten by Kenan Malik.
This guy used to write for Living Marxism(!) a magazine that nearly always published views looking at issues through a perspective from which the rest of the "politically correct" Left were afraid to look.

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