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Communist Discussion Group: Imperialism and the National Question

Attached is a recording of the Sheffield Communist Discussion Group on Imperialism and the National Question which was recorded on Tuesday 11th May 2010.

DEGROWTH - Planned Contraction - 1st N.A. Conference

Drastic reduction of footprint before we collapse. 1st North American Degrowth Conference April 2010, Vancouver. Intro by Rex Weyler. Tom Walker on Barcelona Conf. Overview of peak fossil fuels by ASPO'S Dave Hughes. Maximum sustainable human population, Jack Alpert. Radio Ecoshock 100514

Altruistic Economics: Collapse of Hierarchy

Audio and slides from a presentation which traces the historical origins of hierarchy, highlighting the role of the international financier clique in financing European wars. Continues by explaining the importance of hierarchy in education and other social structures such as politics, law and business. It highlights its weaknesses such as wastefulness, proneness to subversion by secret societies & general lack of resilience to disruptions. It examines the role of psychopathic ideologies in furthering sociopathic behaviour, and looks at the hold they have over normal people.

Audio: Communist Discussion Group - Alienation

Attached is a recording from the Communist Discussion Group meeting held in Sheffield on 15th April 2010, the subject was alienation.

Communist Discussion Group: Alienation - 14th April

The next Communist Discussion Group meeting will be held at 6:30pm, Wednesday 14th April in The Rutland Arms (Sheffield). The topic of the discussion is “Alienation”. Below is a reading list to give you a general introduction to the topic, but by all means also look elsewhere for further information to enrich the discussion.

Assassination of Reuters staff in Iraq. A US war crime.

Both Reuters journalists are dead, along with at least fifteen others. The Apache crew guide in ground troops to the scene and when the child is found, the crew casually dismiss the crime. Two Reuters journalists with exclusive access to the ground through their 'insurgent' contacts, who have long been a thorn in the side of occupying forces, lay dead. The Apache crew's primary work is done. The child, and the others, are collateral damage.

Audio: Ideas Around Hacking / How Does Openness Work?

Attached are recordings of two discussions, Ideas Around Hacking and How Does Openness Work? which were held at Access Space

http://www.access-space.org/ in Sheffield on 27th March 2010.

When Facts and Propaganda Collide - The BBC and Israel

When a Thai kibbutz worker was killed in Israel by a rocket launched from Gaza last week, BBC News online gave the incident headline coverage flagged up on its home page. (BBC news online, ‘Rocket fire from Gaza kills man in southern Israel’, 23:42 GMT, Thursday, 18 March 2010)

By contrast, the killing of two Palestinian teenagers, Mohammad Qadus and Osaid Qadus, by Israeli soldiers on Saturday was buried at the end of a short news report on UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon's Middle East visit. Even worse, the BBC’s footnote simply echoed Israeli propaganda that “no live bullets were fired, only tear gas and rubber bullets”, despite ample evidence to the contrary. (BBC news online, ‘UN chief says Gaza suffering under Israeli blockade’, 11:26 GMT, Sunday, 21 March 2010)

Leaders with a Common Purpose

Here in the UK, there are many who believe that there are those who are working behind the scenes to weaken the UK from within, while also preparing new government structures and putting in place new leaders via a quasi secret society that doesn’t declare itself to ordinary people.

New Anti Fascist publication

The Anti Fascist Special Edition
An Anti Fascist compilation pamphlet of 3 articles and introduction;
£1 Spring 2010 ISSN 2042-048X
Introduction "Why Anti Fascism, why autonomous, why now?"
1) “Popular Front Anti Fascism”
2) “Autonomous Anti Fascism: Towards Praxis”
3) “BRITISH FASCISM PAST AND PRESENT”

Chris Martenson: Peak Oil and Economic Growth

Chris Martenson, Fellow of the Post-Carbon Institute, presented to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil and Gas on the issue of Peak Oil and Economic Growth, on February 23rd 2010 to a full Grand Committee Room in the Houses of Parliament.

The Iran Threat: more of the same

The pressure is cranking up on Iran. During her recent tour of the Middle East, US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton declared that Iran is "moving toward a military dictatorship", because the civilian government is being "supplanted" by the Revolutionary Guard, which "poses a very direct threat to everyone." She added: "We don't want to be engaging while they're building a bomb." About a week earlier US National Security Adviser Jim Jones described the Iran nuclear issue as the "top global security threat."

GATES OF DELUSION: Media Distortions And +Real+ Climate Scandals

Since November last year, the public has been bombarded with the story of stolen emails from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia, revealing a supposed "scandal" of scientific malpractice, stupidly and lazily named "climategate". Further media frenzy erupted over an erroneous Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change statement that 80 per cent of Himalayan glacier area would very likely be gone by 2035. Other climate-related storms in a teacup have been appearing in the corporate media almost on a daily basis. This nonsense is distracting attention from a mountain of evidence that human-induced climate change is accelerating and poses a deadly threat to civilisation.

The rise of the far right and anti-fascism

Attached is a recording of a communist discussion group meeting held in Sheffield on 16th February 2010 titled, the rise of the far right and anti-fascism.

What Do Empires Do?

When I wrote my book Against Empire in 1995, as might be expected, some of my U.S. compatriots thought it was wrong of me to call the United States an empire. It was widely believed that U.S. rulers did not pursue empire; they intervened abroad only out of self-defense or for humanitarian rescue operations or to overthrow tyranny, fight terrorism, and propagate democracy.

Peak soil

Ugo Bardi | 14-02-2010 22:14 | Analysis | Ecology | Sheffield

"Dirt" (2008) by David Montgomery deals with the relation between soil erosion and civilization collapse. It is neither the first nor the only book that examines this subject. It is, however, written by a soil scientist, and it brings to a deeper level the understanding of how soil disappears and how this affects agriculture and, in turn, society.

Danny Dorling: Why Social Inequality Persists

Chris | 04-02-2010 00:08 | Analysis | Social Struggles | Sheffield

Attached is a recording of Prof. Danny Dorling speaking on "Why social inequality persists" at a Sheffield Humanist Society meeting held on 3rd February 2010.

Sheffield Humanist Society meeting: Why Social Inequality Persists

The next Sheffield Humanist Society meeting on 3rd February will be on "Why social inequality persists" with Prof. Danny Dorling as our speaker.

The meeting is at 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday 3rd February at the University Arms, 197 Brook Hill, Sheffield, S3 7HG.

Nafeez Ahmed interview on Obama, the War on Terror, energy resources and more

Dr. Nafeez Ahmed provides us with an overview of the role played by US military and intelligence practices in the creation of terrorism, particularly Al-Qaeda. He tells us about the status of investigations into the Blair government’s complicity with the Bush administration in supporting the invasion of Iraq. He discusses possible factors behind Americans’ long-held denial and dismissal of dark US foreign policy practices as conspiracies. Mr. Nafeez talks about the Obama administration, the ongoing posture of US corporate interests and the desire to dominate world energy supplies, the so-called liquid bombing plot and how it was mythologized in the US, and more.

Yemen, Energy Crisis, and the Nigerian Crotch Bomber

On Christmas Day, 2009, 23-year old Nigerian, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, allegedly tried to blow up a plane on route from Amsterdam to Detroit by detonating a device stitched to his underwear. Fortunately, in yet another example of the level of sophistication of the new league of violent extremists, Abdulmutallab succeeded only in setting fire to his own crotch, before being apprehended by fellow passengers.

Sheffield Analysis Newswire Archive

Communist Discussion Group: Imperialism and the National Question

DEGROWTH - Planned Contraction - 1st N.A. Conference

Altruistic Economics: Collapse of Hierarchy

Audio: Communist Discussion Group - Alienation

Communist Discussion Group: Alienation - 14th April

Assassination of Reuters staff in Iraq. A US war crime.

Audio: Ideas Around Hacking / How Does Openness Work?

When Facts and Propaganda Collide - The BBC and Israel

Leaders with a Common Purpose

New Anti Fascist publication

Chris Martenson: Peak Oil and Economic Growth

The Iran Threat: more of the same

GATES OF DELUSION: Media Distortions And +Real+ Climate Scandals

The rise of the far right and anti-fascism

What Do Empires Do?

Peak soil

Danny Dorling: Why Social Inequality Persists

Sheffield Humanist Society meeting: Why Social Inequality Persists

Nafeez Ahmed interview on Obama, the War on Terror, energy resources and more

Yemen, Energy Crisis, and the Nigerian Crotch Bomber

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