14-19 November ‘Dare Devil Rides To Jarama’ by Neil Gore, Townsend Productions 7.30pm The Lantern Theatre, Kenwood Park Road, Sheffield, S7 1NF. Theatre Show: ‘Dare Devil Rides To Jarama’ by Neil Gore- about 1930s speedway superstar and wall of death rider, Clem ‘Dare Devil” Beckett who joined the International Brigade to fight in the Spanish Civil War marking the 80th anniversary. Townsend Productions, in association with IBMT Harrogate Theatre, The Place Bedford and Unite the Union
(Box office: 0114 255 1776; www.lanterntheatre.org.uk tickets £5 -£30 ★★★★★ ‘Dare Devil Rides to Jarama is quite simply the best political theatre produced for a long, long time.’ MORNING STAR
Saturday 19th November “Profiting from children in prison: G4S and outsourcing”
1000hrs to 1600hrs. Day school organised by Stop G4S Sheffield and South Yorkshire. Quakers Meeting House, St James ST S1 2EW. Speakers: Carolyne Willow children’s rights campaigner and author of ‘Children Behind Bars’
Clare Sambrook investigative journalist for OpenDemocracy.net,
Eric Allison prison correspondent of the Guardian since 2003
Kiri Tunks Defence for Children International Palestine (DCIP)
Workshop sponsored by South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action Group (SYMAAG) Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Barnsley TUC Admission Free (Room hire and refreshments donations welcome). See flyer attached.profiting-from-children-in-prison-19-nov
Saturday 19th November – Help needed in city centre!
Sheffield Peoples Assembly stall outside Town Hall 12 noon till 2pm All help welcome
SUTR stall in town, 2-4pm on the Moor. All help welcome
Tuesday 22nd November Sheffield TUC Delegate Meeting 7pm Trades and Labour Club 200 Duke Street Sheffield S2 5QQ (use side entrance on Talbot ST)
Guest Speakers: Eileen Turnbull Shrewsbury 24 Campaign . 24 pickets were arrested after the 1972 national building workers strike and charged with conspiracy. Some including Ricky Tomlinson and Des Warren were jailed. The call for justice is as relevant today as it was then.
David Etherington – Austerity and Devolution. David presents the major findings of his research into the effects on local communities of a City Region Devolution deal that devolves central government’s austerity spending cuts onto our local government structures.
PLUS: all the latest on our fantastic Sheffield Needs a Pay Rise Campaign.
Visitors/observers welcome. Please register at the door
Tuesday 22nd November Sheffield Festival of Debate – “Our NHS is under Pressure -Why?” 7pm Quakers Meeting House St James St Sheffield. Expert panel includes Chair of Sheffield NHS Clinical Commissioning Group; Chief Executive, Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust; Deputy Director, Sheffield School of Health and Related Research (University of Sheffield), Dr john Carlisle and others. Sponsored by Sheffield Save Our NHS.
Flyer attached debate-on-nhs-22-nov
Wednesday 23rd November UCU Andy McEwan Memorial Lecture
“Neo-liberalism, deregulated labour markets and BREXIT” Speaker Martin Mayer
5.30pm University of Hallam, Cantor building Arundel Street, Sheffield
Wednesday 23rd November – Sheffield Stand Up to Racism rally
7pm, Central United Reformed Church, corner Norfolk St/Chapel Walk. Speakers include Cllr Magid, Cllr Maroof, MEND, Rotherham12 and Amy Murch NUT. STUTR flyer: stand-up-to-racism-events-and-news-november-2017
Thursday 24th November Building Bridges Beyond BREXIT
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sheffield-pro-europe-conversation-tickets-29242678639
Friday 25th November Sheffield Stand Up to Racism Community Meal
Fundraiser for refugees. Pay what you feel. Sharrow Community forum, Old Junior School,
South View Road S7, 7.30-10pm
Thursday 24th November BOYCOTT SATS Public Meeting
7pm to 9pm Victoria Hall, Methodist Church Norfolk St Sheffield S1 2JB. Public Meeting for parents, teachers etc. Creche available, Organised by NUT. Flyer attached.
Thursday 1 December Stop the War Public Meeting “The War in the Middle East: Why More Bombing Won’t Help Syria”
19:00-20:30hrs Room 1031, Owen Building, Sheffield Hallam University, Howard Street
Sheffield S1 1WB
Friday 2nd December Candlelit vigil for refugee children.
Railway station to Town Hall, 5-6pm. Organised by Sheffield Stand Up to Racism
Tuesday 13th December Sheffield Needs a Pay Rise 2nd Coordinating Committee meeting
7pm United Reform Chapel. All those interested in taking a active role in this essential campaign are welcome to attend. Get involved and help us make this campaign a success.
Saturday 17th December Sheffield Needs a Pay Rise demonstration
Assemble 12 noon Devonshire Green. March through city centre then rally at Barkers Pool with speakers. Organised by Sheffield TUC in alliance with many unions and other organisations
Tuesday 3rd January 2017 Action for Rail Day of Action at rail stations nationwide
http://actionforrail.org/rail-privatisation-is-daylight-robbery-take-action/
Leafleting Sheffield Rail Station 0800hrsto 0900hrs Organised by Sheffield TUC
Saturday 21st January Morning Star Burns Supper
Wortley Hall. Raises funds for Morning Star.
Friday 27th January 2017 – Holocaust Memorial Day.
Saturday 4th March 2017 With Banners Held High
Unity Works Wakefield. Sponsored by Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign and NUM. Flyers attached.
