https://youtu.be/4Bz7zrvqQQ4 And at Downing Street https://twitter.com/PSCupdates/status/1787908144888189035 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/7/the-goal-is-to-destroy-gaza-why-israel-rejects-a-ceasefire-with-hamas
Nakba “The Catastrophe”: the roots of the current genocide in Gaza.
Sheffield Palestine Coalition against Israeli Apartheid have sent me the following. Wednesday 15th May is AL-NAKBA DAY. This day marks the time in 1948 when 750,000 Palestinians were driven out of their homes and villages by the Haganah [armed Zionist groups], and into tents in refugee camps in Gaza, in the West Bank and in nearbyContinue reading "Nakba “The Catastrophe”: the roots of the current genocide in Gaza."
Sheffield doctors speak up for suspended Dr Benn.
Doctors in Sheffield and throughout the country have been outraged by the decision of the General Medical Council (GMC) to suspend Dr Sarah Benn for 5 months.
Palestine and the Local Elections
Sheffield Coalition against Israeli Apartheid are very disappointed with the Council's response to their petition. On Wednesday 6th March the Sheffield Palestine Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid presented a petition signed by over 7,500 Sheffield citizens at a full council meeting. They called on the Council to: Stand in "unity and solidarity" with Palestinians, as theyContinue reading "Palestine and the Local Elections"
Landmark decision in the Royal Court of Justice finds in favour of Trudi Warner
Sheffield Defend Our Juries are celebrating following the High Court decision on Monday to dismiss the application of Robert Courts MP, the Solicitor General, to imprison Trudi Warner, a 69-year-old retired social worker. She held a sign outside Inner London Crown Court in March 2023 saying “that a jury has the right to acquit a defendant as a matter of conscience, whatever the directions of the judge” and coincided with the prosecution of a group of people for taking direct action to tackle climate breakdown and fuel poverty.
Residents demand Safe Streets in Park Hill and Walkley
https://youtu.be/ked2YmdubLg This was a fun family-friendly dual protest to demand pedestrian lights at the traffic lights at Duke Street crossing, safe streets in Walkley and Safe Streets everywhere! See https://safestreetsnow.co.uk/ for more details. Here are some photos from the Walkley protest thanks to Jeremy Abraham's. The video includes the Zebra bravely crossing the roads (butContinue reading "Residents demand Safe Streets in Park Hill and Walkley"
Sheffield stands Together for Safe Streets
Press Release from Sheffield Safe Streets Now • Campaigners gather at Park Hill and Walkley on Saturday, April 20 to participate in a national call for safer streets • “We are gathering to demand safe streets at notorious junctions where the failure to provide adequate crossings or design safe street layouts is putting people atContinue reading "Sheffield stands Together for Safe Streets"
Sheffield University and Britain are complicit in genocide by developing and selling arms to Israel
March and Rally this Saturday, April 20th, at 11.00am from Mount Pleasant Park Press Release from the Sheffield Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid The Israeli government’s recent attack on the Iranian consulate in Syria, and Iran’s retaliation, have pushed the Middle East to the brink of regional conflict. But the origin of this conflict lies inContinue reading "Sheffield University and Britain are complicit in genocide by developing and selling arms to Israel"
14 local residents defend historic role of juries outside Sheffield Crown Court
This morning, 16.04.2024 at 8:45am a group of Sheffield residents sat outside Sheffield Crown Court holding signs with the words “The right of juries to give their verdict according to their convictions” Joining hundreds of others around England and Wales as part of the Defend Our Juries National Week of Action, April 13th - 21st, where every crown court in England & Wales will be visited by people to remind jurors that they have the right to acquit a defendant based on their conscience, irrespective of the directions of the judge. Their signs display the centuries-old principle of ‘jury equity’, i.e. the right of all jurors in British courtrooms to acquit a defendant according to their conscience and irrespective of the directions of the judge. Famously, in 1984, a jury acquitted the civil servant, Clive Ponting, on this principle after he exposed government misinformation to the public and Parliament concerning the ‘Falklands War’
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.
