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Saturday 21 November “Save Our Steel” Rally Sheffield City Hall 2pm – 5pm Families will be welcome at the event, which is aimed to celebrate our steel and metal industry and send a strong message to the government to ‘Save Our Steel’. There will be speakers, music and face painting for the children. Irwin Mitchell …
Monday 9th November “Mouthpiece presents…Asian Youth Movement” 6pm, Regather Works Club 57-59 Club Garden Road, Sheffield. #1 in a series of radical histories talks, that seek to connect local communities with their history. The Asian Youth Movement was an anti-racist network in Sheffield that sought to combat growing fascist street violence from the National Front …
5pm Outside Sheffield Town Hall Monday 2nd November Bring your banners! Sheffield Trade Union Council is stepping up the fight to stop the Tories new anti-union legislation which will severely restrict the right to strike – and push unions outside of the law. It is also designed to cripple the Labour Party by making …
Saturday 17th October. Vigil against Israeli occupation of Palestine 12 noon Sheffield Town Hall The Palestinian popular resistance is on the rise; so is the Israeli brutal oppression in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Organised by Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Monday 19th October Banner Theatre’s “Chicago – The Great Teachers Strike” 7.30pm Sheffield …
1. Sunday 4th October TUC rally against Tory Party Conference, Manchester Please join us (and tens of thousands of others!) in a massive street protest against Austerity – and especially the new attacks on Trade Union Rights! Organised by TUC. and supported by Peoples Assembly. Saturday 10th October “South Yorkshire Welcomes refugees” demonstration …
Friday 11th September “Defend Our Unions” public meeting 7pm Central United Reform Chapel, Chapel Walk Speakers include Tosh McDonald (ASLEF President); Ian Hodson (BAFWU President); Rally against the Tories’ new anti-union Bill plus solidarity with Greek unions v austerity (includes live link-up with Greek trade unionist). Organised by Sheffield Trades Council and …
2pm Saturday 29th August There’s already been a fantastic response to the news that Jeremy Corbyn is coming to Sheffield this Saturday. In fact all 950 tickets inside Crucible Theatre went within 12 hours of going on Facebook! For this reason, it has now been agreed that Jeremy Corbyn will be talking to the (inevitably!) …
Saturday 28th August Jeremy Corbyn comes to Sheffield! 2pm Crucible Theatre/Tudor Square The Crucibles’ entire 950 seating capacity was sold-out on Facebook within 12 hours! So Jeremy will speak first to the (inevitably!) big crowd outside Crucible on Tudor Square at 2pm before heading inside to speak to theatre audience. N.B. We …
This month’s top dates are: Saturday 25th April – March for the NHS. Assemble 1100hrs Endcliffe Park, Sheffield. Organised by Peoples NHS this short march over just over a mile will proceed along Oakbrook Road through Nick Clegg’s constituency to Nether Green. Please bring your banners! And make some noise!! Tuesday 28th April International Workers …
This month’s 2 top dates are: Saturday 18th April events in Sheffield City Centre. There’s a lot going on starting at 11am with the “Stop TTIP” International Day of Action on Fargate (look out for the gazebo near Norfolk Row). Can you help hand out leaflets and signing the EU Citizens Petition against TTIP (Transatlantic …