http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/sheffield/newswire.rss Sheffield Independent Media Centre (IMC) — independent grassroots news from Sheffield and beyond! IMC UK Open Content License, http://www.opencontent.org 2009-07-05T02:18:05+00:00 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/07/433785.html Sheffield University is about to be hit by massive cuts, job losses and cuts in workers pay. This is a call to arms from the One Big Union! 2009-07-04T17:09+02:00 2009-07-04T17:09:09+00:00 Education Sheffield UK Workers' Movements IWW (IU 620 - Sheffield) en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/07/433755.html Placate is to appease or pacify, esp. by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry and they come with there fine words, here is your soap box sir do as you are told ask your question, so we asked the following.. 2009-07-03T18:17+02:00 2009-07-03T18:17:40+00:00 Sheffield underclassrising.net en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/06/433536.html Local Campaign Groups and the TUC mobilise against unwelcome Fascist event 2009-06-30T21:08+02:00 2009-06-30T21:08:13+00:00 Anti-racism Migration Nottinghamshire Sheffield Workers' Movements Ben en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/06/433517.html The old Crookes Valley Methodist Church in Crookesmoor Road “is in imminent danger”, says Sheffield City Council. Although the listed building is in private hands, the council is preparing, if necessary, to carry out the repairs itself to halt the deterioration. 2009-06-30T14:38+02:00 2009-06-30T14:38:00+00:00 Analysis Sheffield underclassrising.net en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/06/433502.html You have the Power to Stop Deportations <br/><br/>You will need Courage, Persistence and Faith <br/><br/>An Anti-Deportation Campaign involves organizing resistance to restrictive immigration legislation, and simply means making the government change their minds regarding an individual case. 2009-06-30T10:28+02:00 2009-06-30T10:28:00+00:00 Migration Promoted Sheffield Social Struggles UK Workers' Movements World John O en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/06/433378.html Last June 29 people stopped a train taking coal into Drax power station to draw attention to Climate Change and the contribution of carbon emissions from coal powered fire stations and in particular Drax. <br/><br/> 2009-06-28T18:31+02:00 2009-06-28T18:31:43+00:00 Climate Chaos Leeds Bradford Repression Sheffield Social Struggles UK mini en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/06/433107.html "The following is a guest post from Slavoj Žižek, Apparently the mainstream media has not shown interest in publishing it. The piece is copy-right free and you should feel free to republish this on your own blog. " <br/><br/>one would be expecting a miracle to expect Ahamdinejad apologists, who have been supporting his govornment based on illusioins that a middle class uprising is in place in Iran. Mind you Sepah, the main supporter of Ahmadinejad is a multi- million corporation. most people in the rural areas of Iran, who many in the left believe have voted for Ahmadinejad, are from ethnic minorities who would either, NOT vore, or should they come to the polls is to protests to the pro-regime candidate. Ahmadinejad govornment has the control of the Media, the Police, Riot police, funded by a multi million corporation (Sepaah e Paasdaaraan) and the new regime-dependant corporations and middle class. Open your eyes, only a tyranny who has acknowledged lack of legitimacy, would kill cruch demonstrations in such a scale , to save their position. Is the British left really that blind? 2009-06-25T01:31+02:00 2009-06-25T01:31:38+00:00 Anti-militarism Manchester Repression Sheffield Social Struggles UK Nima Barazandeh en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/06/433005.html Autonet is a project to create a wireless, global internet that can provide more reliability than corporate phone companies by being community based and freely licensed. <br/> 2009-06-23T11:35+02:00 2009-06-23T11:35:18+00:00 Repression Sheffield Technology UK World Repost en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/06/432983.html <br/>25 years ago Doncaster’s towns and villages were physically attacked by a Tory government hell-bent on destroying the unions and close-knit communities whose collective strength presented an obstacle to the greed-centred, Thatcherite/Neoliberal economic policy (the economic policy that led directly to today’s global recession). Thanks to the miners strike Doncaster remains one of the poorest regions in the UK. 2009-06-23T07:54+02:00 2009-06-23T07:54:54+00:00 Sheffield UK underclassrising.net en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/06/432932.html Last week 900 workers were sacked at the Lindsey Oil Refinery. The men were dismissed by the French oil giant, Total, because they were taking action to protest against the loss of 51 jobs. The sacked workers were told that they should re-apply for their jobs by today. 2009-06-22T11:06+02:00 2009-06-22T11:06:00+00:00 Nottinghamshire Sheffield underclassrising.net en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/06/432894.html Economic inequality in the UK is at the highest it has been since records began in 1961. The gap between the rich and the poor in Britain has almost reached a record level. 2.9 million children are currently living below the breadline. A child’s social class background at birth is still the best indicator of how well he or she will do in school and later on in life. 2009-06-21T18:34+02:00 2009-06-21T18:34:00+00:00 Sheffield underclassrising.net en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/06/432871.html English Democrat and newly elected Mayor of Doncaster, Peter Davies – the man with the Welsh name who wants to reclaim Monmouthshire – has threatened to cut funding to the town’s annual Gay Pride event. He says… <br/><br/>“My policy on gays and lesbians is very simple. I don’t think councils should be spending money on them parading through town advertising their sexuality.” 2009-06-21T18:20+02:00 2009-06-21T18:20:08+00:00 Anti-racism Gender Leeds Bradford Sheffield Social Struggles underclassrising.net en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/06/432826.html As you will know some 1,200 contract staff went on stike last week in order to save 51 jobs at Total’s Lindsey oil refinery in North Lincs. There were many sympathy strikes around Britain including Yorkshire’s Drax and Eggborough power stations, Nottingham’s Ratcliffe station, the Aberthaw power station in South Wales, the Stanlow Oil Refinery in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire and BP’s Saltend refinery near Hull. 2009-06-21T09:41+02:00 2009-06-21T09:41:22+00:00 Sheffield UK underclassrising.net en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/06/432606.html To mark 25 years since the Battle of Orgreave, we have created an ironic Parody of the battle using an 80s sountrack and game format of the time. 2009-06-18T07:49+02:00 2009-06-18T07:49:07+00:00 History Sheffield Technology UK Workers' Movements Simon en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/06/432584.html Activists from Tyneside Community Action for Refugees (TCAR) gathered outside Government Offices North East this morning (Wednesday 17th June) to protest against racism and all immigration prisons. 2009-06-17T22:16+02:00 2009-06-17T22:16:00+00:00 Anti-racism Leeds Bradford Migration Promoted Sheffield Social Struggles UK Tyneside Community Action for Refugees (TCAR) en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8