UK Indymedia - Sheffield Newswire Archive

I am looking for witnesses who saw me being arrested on the July 4, "Independence Day" Demo. It took place at about 2:30pm not long after we started the attempt to walk around the bases. A police man is claiming I hit him twice on the back - I did not.

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DSEi warm-up: Caterkillar HQ protest

Activists from Birmingham staged a roof-top protest at the headquarters of Caterpillar(UK), in Desford, near Leicester this morning. The action was in protest at the sale of Caterpillar D9 armoured bulldozers to Israel, and to highlight Caterpillar’s presence at the DSEi arms fair in London next week.

masked up and ready

3dom | 05-09-2003 13:42 | Sheffield

images from the 3dom fest on devonshire green over the auguest bank hols..

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Open letter to Blunkett

Davy King | 04-09-2003 15:08 | No War F15 | Anti-militarism | Sheffield

I've been writing to my MP, David Blunkett, about Britain's use of D.U. weapons. Predictably, he refuses to answer any questions about them. I had a lengthy correspondence with him & a face-to-face interview before the invasion of Iraq. Needless to say, he is DEAF as well as blind...

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Poverty and the economics of Sheffield..

Mozaz | 04-09-2003 12:58 | Sheffield | World

Some stats/facts about Poverty and economics in Sheffield..

SPACE INVADERS - Drama based on the Aspire Social Centre Raid

tim - pandemonium theatre collective | 04-09-2003 12:25 | Free Spaces | Sheffield

A THEATRICAL SPECTACULAR BASED ON EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE ASPIRE AUTONOMOUS SOCIAL CENTRE IN NOVEMBER 2002.

8.00pm, September 13th and 14th,

Fluent anti-DSEi action in Sheffield

Around twenty people took action against Fluent Ltd, a computer modelling software company on an industrial estate next to Sheffield airport today.

Fluent Deals in Death - Anti-DSEi Protest

Chris | 02-09-2003 16:46 | DSEi 2003 | Anti-militarism | Sheffield

Fluent Inc had their European HQ in Sheffield targeted by anti-war protestors because they are an exhibitor at the DSEi arms fair in London next week.

Protestors barricaded themselves in the main entrance revolving door, scaled the entrance canopy to drape a Fluent Deal in Death banner and two protestors locked themselves to the front door with d-locks.

Previous Sheffield DSEi actions include a protest in the city centre and public meeting.

lets make love to mother earth

mozaz | 02-09-2003 10:51 | Sheffield

lets make love to mother earth

EU Software Patent Plans Shelved Amid Massive Demonstrations

On Aug 28th, the European Parliament postponed its vote on the proposed EU Software Patent Directive. The day before, approximately 500 persons had gathered for a rally beside the Parliament in Brussels, accompanied by an online demonstration involving more than 2000 websites. The events in and near the Parliament were reported extensively covered in the media, including tv and radio, all over Europe and beyond. Within a few days, the petition calling the European Parliament to reject software patentability accumulated 50,000 new signatures.

al-jazeera website relaunches - but for how long???

The Arab satellite station Al-Jazeera launched an English-language Web site yesterday, five months after hackers brought down a temporary site at the height of the Iraq war but how long will it stay up for?

After Capitalism: Public Meeting

snowball | 01-09-2003 22:18 | Analysis | Sheffield

Sheffield No War But The Class War Public Meeting: "After Capitalism: How do we overthrow the system and what will a new society look like?." Rutland Arms, 8.00 p.m. on Wednesday September 3rd 2003.

GM Food and Crops: What Next?

This briefing is an update on what has been happening on genetically modified (GM) food and crops and what is coming up in the near future. This autumn will see a number of key dates, including a report on the Government's public debate, GM Nation, a report on the Farm Scale Evaluations and the next steps in the GM Trade War between the US and Europe.

The decisions made over the next few months could have widespread repercussions for our food, farming and environment. Chief amongst these will whether the Government will allow GM crops to be commercially grown in the UK. If they do, the first could be grown as early as spring 2004.

Sheffield Flash Mob

PurplePippa | 29-08-2003 06:51 | Culture | Free Spaces | Sheffield

Sheffield Flash Mob on Saturday

Arms Dealers Chased Through City Centre

Sheffield Indymedia | 24-08-2003 01:03 | DSEi 2003 | Sheffield

A pair of arms dealers wielding a massive gun were pursued through Sheffield City centre by the Sheffield Samba Band yesterday.

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