Two Palestinian women, Lena Mussa and Sahar Awadallah, have started a week-long camp outside Sheffield Town Hall to raise awareness of the ongoing Genocide in Gaza. https://youtu.be/lUq2F-yJ_Vs Today they were joined by the Tadhamon Singers and the Well Dressed Band. Lena starts a hunger strike on Sunday night. Hear in their own words why theyContinueContinue reading “Sahar and Lena explain why they are camping outside Sheffield Town Hall.”
Category Archives: Protests
New Justice Now camp at Town Hall. Don’t buy goods grown on stolen Palestinian land.
Today Sheffield Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid rallied and marched from Waitrose to Sainsbury’s and then on to the Town Hall where a Ceasefire Now! camp has been set up. Waitrose and Sainsbury’s continue to sell goods grown on land stolen from the Palestinians, such as Dates, Peppers, Hummus and Avacados. Coca-Cola is also part ofContinueContinue reading “New Justice Now camp at Town Hall. Don’t buy goods grown on stolen Palestinian land.”
Palestine and Climate Chaos-how are they related?
On the Now We Rise march for Climate Justice last Saturday there was a massive bloc of people with Palestinian flags. “Are these two things really related?” a friend asked me. Most definitely, I replied! A recent packed meeting at Sheffield’s Central URC Church examined the many connections between the conflict in Palestine and theContinueContinue reading “Palestine and Climate Chaos-how are they related?”
Protesters take direct action at Waitrose and Marks and Spencer in call for boycott of Israeli Goods.
As the death toll in Gaza exceeded 19,000, Members of the Sheffield Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid visited Waitrose and Marks and Spencer on Saturday and removed stock from the shelves that had been grown on land stolen from Palestinians. Spokesperson Hils explained to the demonstrators outside that the dates they had removed were Medjool Dates,ContinueContinue reading “Protesters take direct action at Waitrose and Marks and Spencer in call for boycott of Israeli Goods.”
Now We Rise
Some video highlights from yesterday’s Climate Justice March. https://youtu.be/SRKIyC0TdVg?si=nPtQFtPUnTycqeto https://youtu.be/OtCaYX5OxL4?si=hKQbzdaWh66EXDN5 https://youtu.be/_8iAGCTYTD8?si=GnfsJtYvFIqCN_0- https://youtu.be/LrBbaIknM7U?si=f7D544xwr_Dtw_F9 https://youtu.be/0GVfeA90wGI?si=5usaaU9A7XoqS8wa https://youtu.be/rWU15NUzFN8?si=Fzqljj24DXJ7ynj6 https://youtu.be/jlO-Dwsa0C4?si=uFIrSCq7F6HJppEL
Join the March for Climate Justice tomorrow and support Tell the Truth Sheffield.
Don’t forget to join the March tomorrow! I will be videoing and distributing these leaflets to promote this blog. This week has been an important reminder of why this blog is so important. Locally and nationally the mass media have failed to cover Defend our Juries. The Sheffield Star continues to print letters supporting Israel,ContinueContinue reading “Join the March for Climate Justice tomorrow and support Tell the Truth Sheffield.”
Defend Our Juries activists risk arrest in Sheffield.
https://youtu.be/BBXtzh4ao2o Geraldine Roberts explains the background to the Defend Our Juries action. Twelve Defend our Juries activists risked arrest outside Sheffield Crown Court on Monday December 4th as part of a national campaign that included 52 Crown Courts. Apart from this excellent coverage by Now Then Magazine the local press have so far ignored thisContinueContinue reading “Defend Our Juries activists risk arrest in Sheffield.”
Local residents defend the historic role of juries outside Sheffield Crown Court
A press release from Sheffield Defend our Juries On Monday 4 December from 8:45am until 10am, a group of 12 Sheffield residents joined hundreds of others around the country in holding signs outside Sheffield Crown Court, as part of the growing public campaign Defend Our Juries. Their signs display the centuries-old principle of ‘jury equity’,ContinueContinue reading “Local residents defend the historic role of juries outside Sheffield Crown Court”
COP28. Please share the details of the march on December 9th on your social media.
Here are 3 templates for social media to advertise the march on December 9th, organised by the Climate Justice Coalition. Please share these everywhere and make this massive! Template Facebook/Instagram/LinkedIn Template TwitterPosts Template Whatsappmessage
Israel is a terror state
A letter to the Sheffield Star Cyril Olsen doesn’t believe Israel is a terrorist state (Star 11/11/23) and justifies this because they have a democracy. Being a democracy does not entitle Israel to carry out war crimes. I am currently watching Al Jezera (the BBC is consistently failing to report the full horrors of theContinueContinue reading “Israel is a terror state”
