I usually restrict posts on this blog to the Climate and Nature Emergency, but the current crisis in the Middle East can’t be ignored. I was horrified that the Israeli flag was flown at both Sheffield and Rotherham Town Halls. I thought it showed a very poor understanding of the situation from those in chargeContinueContinue reading “Now is not the time for flag-flying. We must protect all civilians.”
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Mayhem at Barclays. But Sheffield Council continue to bank with them.
There was mayhem at the Barclays Sheffield branch last Monday (14th November). Dressed as cleaners, many in drag, complete with mops, buckets sponges and brushes the “Dirty Scrubbers” from Extinction Rebellion arrived to give the bank a spring clean. As tunes such as “Carwash” by Rose Royce, “Stayin Alive” by the Bee Gees and “IContinueContinue reading “Mayhem at Barclays. But Sheffield Council continue to bank with them.”
Solidarity with Palestine
May 15th is marked every year as Nakba (Catastrophe) Day. It commemorates the expulsion, during 1948-9, of 700,000 Palestinians from their land. Today Israel’s oppression has become so entrenched that Human Rights Watch report in April 2021 states “Abusive Israeli policies constitute crimes of Apartheid. Here’s my video from the vigil. https://youtu.be/NaulIZRFwMA Please sign thisContinueContinue reading “Solidarity with Palestine”
