UK Indymedia - Sheffield Newswire Archive

Voices from Guantánamo - How the War on Terror terrorises the Innocent

Sheffield Guantanamo Campaign | 13-06-2007 14:21 | Guantánamo | Terror War | Sheffield

Attached is a flyer for a public meeting organised by the Sheffield Guantánamo Campaign titled, "Voices from Guantánamo, How the War on Terror terrorises the innocent". The meeting is to be held at 7pm on Thursday 28 June at the Quaker Meeting House in Sheffield. The full details follow, please print and distribute this flyer.

Sheffield Anarchists launch local community news sheet

The Fargate Speaker | 08-06-2007 15:38 | Other Press | Workers' Movements | Sheffield

The Fargate Speaker is a community based anti-capitalist, anti-fascist, libertarian publication designed to engage with the real issues that effect local people. We also hope to offer practical solutions on how to tackle these problems and advice on strengthening ones own community.

Taking Aim: The Destruction of Palestine, Part One

One hour radio show from Ralph Schoenman and Mya Shone titled: The Destruction of Palestine, Part One.

Stop the Mast in Nether Edge

steve | 07-06-2007 21:48 | Health | Sheffield

A new campaign group of Nether Edge has been set up to oppose a new mobile phone base station on Union Road, Sheffield.

Refugee Week

Celebrate Refugee Week in Sheffield 18-24 June

NVDA Training and Plane Stupid Benefit

Sheffield Plane Stupid | 06-06-2007 10:34 | Climate Chaos | Sheffield

Plane Stupid NVDA Training and Benefit Gig

Join us for some Plane Stupid fun!

There she goes, my beautiful world...

pretentiousartist.com | 05-06-2007 12:22 | Sheffield

pretentiousartist.com document the changing world... As part of a wider collective named Sheffield Digital Media Group we take images of the abstract (as in not sure what they are), urban (as in the metropolis of sheffield), bucolic (as in the green side of sheffield).

Call-out for Sheffield Faslane action

Sheffield Faslane Blockadeers | 04-06-2007 22:27 | Faslane | Anti-militarism | Sheffield

Sheffield activists looking to blockade Faslane 28th June-3rd July

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G8 protests in audio and pictures

Large protests are taking place in Rostock, Germany, against the G8.

Peace In The Park Radio

2%Human | 04-06-2007 13:35 | Anti-militarism | Culture | Sheffield

Audio report from Peace In the Park (Sheffield, June 2 2007)

More Peace in the Park Pictures

Mark | 04-06-2007 13:20 | Anti-militarism | Culture | Sheffield

Additional photos of a Sunny Saturday in Endcliffe Park

Photos from Sheffield's Peace in The Park

Chris | 02-06-2007 20:47 | Anti-militarism | Culture | Sheffield

This years Peace in the Park festival was held in Encliffe Park on 2nd June 2007 and it was the biggest yet.

Solidarity needed; Rigaer Strasse 84- Berlin

Rigaer strasse 84, a housing project in Berlin-living place for 48 people,a
space for international guests, public cooking space, cinema, free space
for politcal groups, concert space, and a bar.

BAE Systems - Coming To A Hotel Near You?!

BAE Systems, the infamous arms dealers, are holding a number of recruitment events in the UK. This company is responsible for the deaths of thousands of people bombed, shot and murdered across the globe

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4th of July 2007 - USAF - Menwith Hill Demonstration

CAAB | 31-05-2007 16:00 | Anti-militarism | Terror War | Sheffield

Annual 'Independence FROM America' demonstration

Wednesday 4 July 2007 - 12 noon - 5pm

Speakers -
Mark Steel - comedian and socialist columist
Anas Alkitriki - spokesman - British Muslim Initiative
and apppearance of a special guest

Organised by CAMPAIGN for the ACCOUNTABILITY of AMERICAN BASES (CAAB)

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Empire as a Way of Life, Part 8

The current imperial slaughter in the Middle East, justified by the "Global War on Terror", that has resulted in at least 600,000 deaths in Iraq, is nothing new — the U.S. Empire has a long and sordid history of genocidal mass murder.

The history of the US imperialism and Empire is the subject of a series of ten monthly seminars from Dr John Marciano, "Empire as a Way of Life". Attached is a recording of the eighth of these seminars and the text upon which it was based. The first 9 of these seminars have taken place and the intention is to have the whole series published on this site; the last one will take place on 19th June.

This seminar, recorded on 17th April 2007 by the L.A. Sound Posse, runs for 39 minutes and includes the discussion following. It has been made available under a Creative Commons license. If this recording is broadcast please let the L.A. Sound Posse know. This recording was originally made available on the A-Infos Radio Project site.

The following text has been reproduced here with the kind permission of Dr John Marciano and he can be contacted at johnmarciano@mac.com. He introduced this series of seminars in the following way:

A fundamental purpose of our meetings is to understand the systemic nature of the U.S. Empire and the economic and military imperialism that is its lifeblood. The historian William Appleman Williams argues that empire became "a way of life" in the U.S., a "combination of patterns of thought and action that, as it becomes habitual and institutionalized, defines the thrust and character of a culture and society." This "way of life" has convinced many U.S. "Americans" they have a right or "manifest destiny" to impose their political and economic policies upon others.

Dr John Marciano is Professor Emeritus, State University of New York at Cortland, where he taught courses on social and historical foundations of education and class, gender and race.

Previous parts of this series:

Empire as a Way of Life, Part 1 | mp3 | doc
Empire as a Way of Life, Part 2 | mp3 | doc
Empire as a Way of Life, Part 3 | mp3 | doc
Empire as a Way of Life, Part 4 | mp3 | doc
Empire as a Way of Life, Part 5 | mp3 | doc
Empire as a Way of Life, Part 6 | mp3 | doc
Empire as a Way of Life, Part 7 | mp3 | doc

Public Meeting: Craig Murray: After Blair -- breaking with Bush's Endless War

Sheffield Stop the War Coalition public meeting:

Wednesday 20 June, 7pm 'After Blair-- breaking with Bush's Endless War'

With Guest speakers:

Craig Murray (former UK ambassador to Uzbekistan)
Rose Gentle (Military Families Against the War)
Andrew Murray (National Chair Stop the War Coalition)

Quaker Meeting House, James Street, Sheffield.

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Public Meeting: BP in Colombia: Oil workers, communities speak out

On Tuesday 19 June, (7.30pm Victoria Hall, entrance on Chapel Walk), representatives of oil workers and communities in Colombia visit Sheffield as part of a UK tour seeking solidarity with their resistance to BP's anti-union policy, its collusion with death squads and its destruction of their environment. They are Edgar Mojica, Human Rights Commission of the Oilworkers Union USO; Manuel Vega and Martín Ayala, Casanare oil field communities; and Luis Hernandez, researcher at Universidad Nacional.

Public Meeting: Cuba's response to the Kashmir earthquake

Cuba Solidarity Campaign - Sheffield | 31-05-2007 13:00 | Social Struggles | Sheffield

On Monday June 11 Dr Juan Dupuy, leader of 2,500 Cuban doctors who went to Kashmir to help the victims of the October 2005 earthquake, will talk about their experiences (preceded by a moving 15min documentary "On the Slopes of the Himalayas") - Quaker Meeting House, St James Street S1 7.30pm.

Clamp Down On Racism In Sheffield South

Sam Beatson | 31-05-2007 11:26 | Anti-racism | Sheffield

Unlike other parts of Sheffield, Sheffield South's minorities are far fewer amongst the townships. Recent racist attacks give reason to call for clamp down and eviction of racist tenants.

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