Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone should be reinstated to BBC i-player

I was very disappointed to see that the excellent BBC documentary, Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone, has been taken down following complaints. Here is some background to the issue. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kezV1trTC5w&ab_channel=DoubleDownNews This is what BBC i-player are currently displaying. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00285w7 So I have written to the BBC as follows and would encourage you to doContinueContinue reading “Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone should be reinstated to BBC i-player”

Sheffield calls for an end to arms sales to Israel.

As the bombing of Lebanon and the Genocide in Gaza continued, Sheffielders came out in force on Saturday to demand the Government stop selling arms to Israel. Here is the march- it took more than 5 minutes to come past me and I estimate there were about 1000 people. https://youtu.be/A-XsD810BaM Emma Davis from the NEUContinueContinue reading “Sheffield calls for an end to arms sales to Israel.”

Rally for Palestine at Sheffield Station

20th September 2024 Here are the highlights from this evening’s rally. https://youtu.be/fu3z1C5qKMg I also spoke briefly to tell people about the Green Party’s successful Conference Motion. Details of forthcoming local events for Palestine follow. For more info see https://www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk/ Unfortunately the Assembly clashes with the Restore Nature Now march but it is possible to goContinueContinue reading “Rally for Palestine at Sheffield Station”

Axe Drax!

27 arrests foil Climate Camp but real climate criminals are given Government subsidies. A week-long climate camp planned by Reclaim the Power, to raise awareness of the climate-damaging wood-burning power station near Selby in North Yorkshire had to be cancelled following the arrest of 22 of the organisers and the confiscation of toilets, wheelchair rampsContinueContinue reading “Axe Drax!”

Sheffield stands firm against racism and thuggery.

Sheffield was at its best on Saturday with a fantastic display of opposition to the racism and thuggery we saw earlier in the week. Here are some of the speeches. My favourite moment of the rally was this speech from Rev Huw Thomas, from Christchurch Pitsmoor, who clarified that we should call these riots theContinueContinue reading “Sheffield stands firm against racism and thuggery.”

Sheffield, Stand up to Racism. Rally on Saturday. Demand your MP helps Asylum Seekers by lifting Reporting Conditions.

On Tuesday I attended the massive gathering at SADACCA, organised by Stand Up to Racism,  to plan our response to the far-right racist violence we have seen in our community recently. The thugs that came to the Hotel at Wath could have succeeded in burning down the building, seriously endangering the lives of all theContinueContinue reading “Sheffield, Stand up to Racism. Rally on Saturday. Demand your MP helps Asylum Seekers by lifting Reporting Conditions.”

Don’t pay attention to the fossil fools.

A recent letter to the Sheffield Star dismisses the combined knowledge of all the world’s climate scientists because we have had a bad summer! The writer should consider if the UK’s cold wet summer is actually the result of climate chaos.  The jet stream is a ribbon of air high up in the atmosphere. ItContinueContinue reading “Don’t pay attention to the fossil fools.”

Protesters commemorate Nakba day as Councillors gather for the AGM.

https://youtu.be/Vcr6YB12enM https://youtu.be/6bmQIgPI0VI https://youtu.be/9B-UMSvlEso https://youtu.be/jKQEeKizE64 https://youtu.be/OyXCnOUKW2Q https://youtu.be/PXxWET91yrg

The immigration system is hostile by design

As floods hit Brazil, Afghanistan and Kenya, Sheffielders call for an end to the hostile immigration system and the cruel threats of deportation to Rwanda,

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”