Sheffield Green Party organised a protest yesterday at the site of a proposed 24 hour drive-through MacDonald’s, on London Road. Despite the previous planning application being turned down, McDonald’s have resubmitted an almost identical application without addressing any of the concerns of local residents. The protest was attended by Councillors, including Green Party Councillors AlexiContinueContinue reading “Greens are Not Lovin’ It”
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Sheffielders join flashmob choir of 100 singing against Rosebank in London Stations
The Climate Choir Movement hope to convince Labour to reject the controversial planned North Sea oilfield A hundred Climate Choir Movement members performed surprise flashmobs in St Pancras and King’s Cross stations to call on the government to reject the planned Rosebank oilfield. The choir performed reworded versions of Handel’s Hallelujah chorus and Andrew LloydContinueContinue reading “Sheffielders join flashmob choir of 100 singing against Rosebank in London Stations”
Make Them Pay and Palestine protests at the weekend.
In a busy weekend for protests the Make Them Pay demo in London saw thousands take to the streets to demand the Government Tax the super-rich Protect workers, not billionaires Make polluters pay Make Them Pay is supported by more than 50 organisations and groups fighting for social justice in the UK including Extinction Rebellion,ContinueContinue reading “Make Them Pay and Palestine protests at the weekend.”
Sheffield Activists help blockade AXA and AIG in Manchester as part of global Insure Our Survival protests.
by Graham Wroe Changing your insurance company could help in the battle to stop the climate catastrophe and end the genocide in Gaza. Want to know how? Then read on! https://youtu.be/qNJ646BqVng Damage caused by flooding and storms has seen the biggest rise in insurance claims in the past 10 years. Global insured losses from naturalContinueContinue reading “Sheffield Activists help blockade AXA and AIG in Manchester as part of global Insure Our Survival protests.”
Sheffielders say Stop Rosebank
by Catherine Fish On Saturday, 6th September, people in Sheffield joined the Stop Rosebank National Day of Action. Turning up to say: Rosebank is a bad deal for us all. What is Rosebank? Rosebank is the UK’s largest undeveloped oil and gas field located about 80 miles off the Shetland coast in the North Sea,ContinueContinue reading “Sheffielders say Stop Rosebank”
The UK is now in a water crisis.
It’s been a strange summer with hardly any rain. I started picking blackberries in July, which is unheard of. Many of my pears are already harvested, the apples need picking too, and it’s only mid-August! With reservoirs at record lows and stream flows exceptionally low, England is desperate for rain. Dave Kaye, Yorkshire Water’s directorContinueContinue reading “The UK is now in a water crisis.”
The Filton 24 have spent a year in prison without trial.
A guest blog by Catherine Fish While men, women and children have been killed in Gaza”and a genocide unfolds, activists who tried to halt the British cog in the Israeli war machine were arrested over a year ago under the Terrorism Act, but after over a year remaining in custody, have not been tried underContinueContinue reading “The Filton 24 have spent a year in prison without trial.”
More Power to the Global South!
Here are some highlights from yesterdays rally for Palestine outside Sheffield Station. Annie spoke about recent international developments. She said “I want to build on what Musheir said about the disgraceful attitude of the British government and the Americans to Israel standing firm in front of this shocking genocide. I’ve got good news and I’veContinueContinue reading “More Power to the Global South!”
Aviva Employees challenged to be Climate Heroes.
Employees arriving for work at Aviva this morning were met with a cheery group of Extinction Rebellion activists challenging them to become Climate Heroes. They were handed leaflets explaining how their business could stop oil gas and coal companies from burning down the planet by refusing to insure them. Employees were urged to talk toContinueContinue reading “Aviva Employees challenged to be Climate Heroes.”
We need the right houses, built in the right way, in the right place.
A guest blog by Karine Nohr Recently, a young friend, Ayesha, whilst walking through the Winter Gardens, passedanother young woman in tears (let’s call her Maria). Being the kind person that she is,Ayesha stopped and asked Maria what the matter was. Maria explained that she had been made homeless and had slept under a bridge.ContinueContinue reading “We need the right houses, built in the right way, in the right place.”
