Category «Events»

Diary of events for November/December 2015

Tuesday 24th November Sheffield TUC Delegate Meeting 7pm-9pm Matt Fawcett CND Speaker. With Trident renewal very much in the news this is a very topical issue. Visitors are welcome – just register at the door. Sheffield Trades and Labour Club, 200 Duke Street S2 5QQ (please use side entrance on Talbot Street)   Wednesday  25 …

Diary of Events 14th November 2015

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 …

Diary of Events 5th November 2015

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 …

“Kill the Bill” Rally against Tories’ anti-union laws

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 …

Diary of Events 16th October 2015

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 …

diary of events 2nd October

  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          …

Diary of Events 10th September 2015

  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 …

Jeremy Corbyn to speak in Tudor Square (outside Crucible)

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!) …

diary of events

  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 …