Category Archives: Media

Safe Streets Now! Join us in Walkley and Park Hill this Saturday.

Every week in the Sheffield Telegraph it’s a sure bet that there will be various stories about car crashes. Each crash means misery for the people involved, more expense for the NHS, delays for other travellers and at its worst life-changing injuries or death. Across the UK, someone is killed or seriously injured on our roads every 16 minutes.

Palestinian Prisoners must be released

We hear a great deal about the Israelis taken captive on October 7th, the need to release them and bring them home safely, the distress of their families – all of which are legitimate concerns, and we want them to be released.

However, we hear next to nothing about the 8100+ Palestinians taken as captives by Israel in the West Bank since 7th October. Nor do we hear about the hundreds recently taken captive from Gaza.

Long before October 7th, thousands of Palestinians were captured by Israel and imprisoned, many without trial or charge, for years on end.

Change Everything

Natalie Bennett, Baroness of Manor Castle has written a book, called Change Everything. It is not mistitled, she really does want to Change Everything and it is an excellent introduction to what it means to be Green today. As Natalie writes in the introduction, the book is about “ innovation in the way our societies work, how we care for each other, relate to each other and the natural world and meet our most basic needs. And most crucially, how we think about our lives.” 

We must stop providing this Genocidal Israeli Government with weapons.

A letter to the Sheffield Star Dear Editor Today Labour confirmed that it will continue selling weapons to Israel if it wins the General Election. Shadow Minister Pat McFadden said on Sky TV: “We don’t have a boycott of selling arms to Israel”, claiming that Israel is “abiding by international humanitarian law”. https://twitter.com/ZackPolanski/status/1775274600953479508?s=20 This wasContinueContinue reading “We must stop providing this Genocidal Israeli Government with weapons.”

Let’s commit to no more road expansion

The stress of traffic is a burden. Whether we’re stuck in it, trying to keep our kids safe beside or crossing it, if we’re straining to hear someone talk over it, or even just breathing near it.  It’s costing lives and money, and we can’t afford it any longer. We can do better than this. ContinueContinue reading “Let’s commit to no more road expansion”

I’m an adman’s nightmare! 

I was very pleased by Sheffield City Council’s recent decision on advertising. Last Monday the Finance Committee agreed to a ban on ads for junk food, sugary drinks, petrol cars, flights, alcohol, gambling and vaping. Sheffield has gone further than other cities like Bristol and Norwich as they have also banned high-carbon car and flight advertising. 

Stop Genocide banner drop and rally 15th March

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0XwsJ-Vz58&ab_channel=GrahamWroe Banner drop at the bridge over Sheaf Street between Park Hill and Ponds Forge. Very encouraging to hear the constant support from passing motorists. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOudl4KdQcM&t=3s&ab_channel=GrahamWroe Later there was a rally outside the station. Here is Stephanie Hewett reading her poem, What about October 7th “What about October the 7th?”  By Stephanie Hewitt  History didContinueContinue reading “Stop Genocide banner drop and rally 15th March”

Climate Choir Flash Mob in Parliament

A guest blog by Steph Howlett and June Cattell MP’s stood amazed as a Climate Choir flash “mob” serenaded them in Parliament. Five women from the Sheffield Climate Choir travelled to London on 7th March to join 12 other choirs in the Climate Choir Movement. Outraged by the UK government’s decision to give the greenContinueContinue reading “Climate Choir Flash Mob in Parliament”

Can Do Communities  

There’s a ‘can do’ mood developing in lots of communities, across South Yorkshire and elsewhere, as people wonder what they can do to help tackle the climate and nature emergencies.