Forged Solutions, complicit in Genocide

Today campaigners from around the country blockaded the Forged Solutions Factory in Meadowhall, Sheffield. Here is what happened. https://youtu.be/jKUBgGK0M_Y Hilary explained why Forged Solutions are complicit with Genocide, by manufacturing parts for F-35 fighter jets that are exported to Israel. She asked Forged Solutions “Why do you still have two licenses to produce components forContinueContinue reading “Forged Solutions, complicit in Genocide”

Greens are Not Lovin’ It

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”

“Just” Economics. Is there really no money?

By Rosalind Dean On Saturday morning, 20th September, over 100 people turned up at St Mark’s Church in Broomhill to try and get their heads around the ways in which our country’s economy could better serve all our people, rather than disproportionately benefitting the richest.  Our guide was Ann Pettifor, the economist, academic, advisor, authorContinueContinue reading ““Just” Economics. Is there really no money?”

Police waste £3m arresting climate protesters while the real criminals continue to overheat the planet.

By Graham Wroe In August 2024, Reclaim the Power was organising a climate protest camp near Drax Power Station, the UK’s single largest carbon emitter. But it never happened as police arrested many of the organisers before it began. The protest camp was to involve “six days of workshops, communal living and direct action toContinueContinue reading “Police waste £3m arresting climate protesters while the real criminals continue to overheat the planet.”

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”

Palestine motion passed by Sheffield City Council, but it fails to include any action points.

Last week at the Sheffield City Council meeting Councillors debated the awful situation in Gaza. During the Public Questions section at the beginning campaigners made it very clear they wanted the Council to act. https://youtu.be/PS211hLSNnY Complicity with War Crimes Annie O’Gara said “In the last council meeting, a Green Counsellor listed UK support for Israel’sContinueContinue reading “Palestine motion passed by Sheffield City Council, but it fails to include any action points.”

Your heart will thank you: and so will the animals.

Karine Nohr Standing on the periphery of a Sheffield protest about the environmental crisis, and in my capacity previously as doctor, a question that often arose was “Yes, but what can I, as an individual, do? I am worried about the environmental crisis, I am very worried about what the future might hold for myContinueContinue reading “Your heart will thank you: and so will the animals.”

Who do you believe?

Cyril Olsen asks a good question (Star 29th August): who should we believe? Should we believe Cyril and the propaganda fed to him by the Israeli Government?  Or should we believe the International Criminal Court, the International Court of Justice, the United Nations, Oxfam, UNICEF, the World Health Organisation, UNRWA, Al Jazeera, the Red Cross,ContinueContinue reading “Who do you believe?”