Friday 30th August “END THE GENOCIDE!” -RAILWAY STATION RALLY
5pm outside Sheffield Station. Please join us for this regular protest in solidarity with Palestinians facing genocide in Gaza. Organised by Sheffield Palestine Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid
Also Friday 6th September – a regular event
Saturday 31st August Boycott Barclays Bank
Join our protest 10-11am Barclays Bank (opposite Peace Gardens)
Barclays is bankrolling Israel’s genocidal assault on Palestinians through its financial ties with arms companies that sell weapons to Israel. A new research by PSC released this month has found that Barclays now invests over £2 billion in, and provides financial services worth £6.1 billion to, companies arming Israel.
Organised by Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Tuesday 3 September “UNITY over DIVISION” open public meeting
7pm, @ United Reform Church, Norfolk Street.
Organised by Sheffield TUC
The recent far right, racist riots that have taken place across the UK have demonstrated the threat posed by the far right to unity & safety in our communities. Right here, in South Yorkshire we have seen a horrific racist attack on a hotel used to house asylum seekers in Manvers, Rotherham, where rioters attempted to set fire to the hotel.
Sheffield TUC strongly believes that 14 years of Tory austerity, which has decimated services and destroyed the living standards of the working class, has created fertile ground for the far right, who dishonestly scapegoat refugees & migrants for the deprivation in our communities. We recognise the vile role played in whipping up racism by the likes of Nigel Farage & Reform, who are now represented in Parliament. But we also recognise that the conditions that allow the racists & fascists to recruit & spread division have been created by successive Labour & Tory governments.
The only way to defeat the racists & fascists in the long term is to combine our opposition to them in the streets, with building a movement to demand the things our communities need – good quality council & social housing, a fully funded & publicly owned NHS, free high quality education, & decent pay, terms & conditions for all workers. The far right feeds off the despair that is felt in our communities. We believe that trade unions are uniquely placed to assist in building this movement.
Following an emergency proposal put to the Executive committee by two ASLEF branches, Sheffield TUC is calling an open meeting on Tuesday 3rd September, 7pm at the Central United Reform Church. We intend at this meeting to form a coordinating committee, in order to bring together anti-racist groups, migrant & refugee rights groups, community organisations & trade unions. We believe that this committee can play an important coordinating role, both in terms of opposing racism & fascism on the streets, but also by building anti-racist & working class struggle in our workplaces & communities. Please come to our meeting to discuss our proposals.
Solidarity Sam Morecroft – President STUC Carrie Hedderwick – Sec STUC
Wednesday September 4th “Flying High for Palestine” Hot air balloon launch
5 pm to 6.30 pm, Norfolk Park’s Event Bowl.
Dramatic balloon flight over Sheffield trailing large Palestine flag in solidarity with Gaza
Sponsored by SPaCE, a Sheffield charity supporting children in Palestine
Please donate by clicking this link: https://bit.ly/49WFeYV?r=qr
The balloon will carry one passenger, Sahaar Awadallah, who is a Palestinian refugee from Gaza and a doctor living in Rotherham. The event will be a dramatic visual reminder to the people of Sheffield of the horrific plight of my people in Gaza, and the UK Government’s complicity in genocide. They have suffered the most intensive and destructive aerial bombardment anywhere in the world, with nearly 35,000 killed mostly women and children. Most of Gaza has been destroyed – there is no health care, no education, most of the housing has been destroyed and 1.8M displaced families are barely surviving in makeshift tents in Rafah. Over 2 million Palestinians face starvation, disease and ultimately imminent mass deaths through famine. We have to stand up and say NO to this.
Saturday 7th September National March for Palestine
12 noon Central London
End The Genocide!
STOP arming Israel!
NO Middle East War!
NO to Islamophobia!
For coach tickets from Sheffield, click here:
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/palestinesolidaritycampaign
| Chile Solidarity Campaign
We have three fantastic events to share with you this Sept, for the 51st anniversary of the coup in Chile. Thurs 5 Sept @ 6.30pm at the Lescar, Mother, Country doc screening + Live Q&A Our friends at Alborada Films bring us a new documentary about the experiences of the Director’s parents, Cristina Godoy-Naverette and Roberto Navarette under a horrendous regime and their and Chile’s continued struggle since. This is only its second showing in Sheffield so make sure you buy your ticket soon! Film starts at 7pm followed by a live Q&A until 9.15pm. See here for tickets/info. Wed 11 Sept @ 6pm at the Showroom cinema, Chileans of the North + Q&A A must see film for all northerners (and non!) this doc tells the story of the arrival of Chilean refugees to Sheffield and Rotherham. Followed by Q&A with the director and participants, come and commemorate the day which changed not only Chile but the world. Buy tickets here. Sat 14th Sept @ 1pm at Nursery Street Pocket Park Unveiling of tree and plaque for the disappeared Thanks to Sheffield Green Party, Sheffield will see the unveiling of a tree and plaque in honour of all those who disappeared during Pinochet’s regime. With music and contributions (including from Chile), we will be remembering those who paid the ultimate price in their fight for a better world.
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Sunday 15th September SUtR public meeting “How Do We Stop the Far Right?”
SADACCA 48 The Wicker S3 8JB
We are organising a summit in Sheffield on Sunday 15 September. We want to make sure the organisation and unity shown by our communities over 10 days of anti-racist and anti-fascist resistance grows into a new movement to confront the far right and challenge racism. Join us for a day of workshops, discussion, culture and more. Keep an eye out for updates.
Saturday September 21st “Performing Resistance
1pm to 4.30 pm at the Working Class Movement Library in Salford. You are warmly invited to an afternoon of talks and workshops on performance, art, and culture in the labour movement
The event celebrates the culmination of the project Performing Resistance – The Role of Theatre and Performance in 21st Century Workers’ Movements, and is a chance for people to get-together in person. Places are free but limited. Reserve your spot on Eventbrite here. (Please cancel your order if unable to attend so someone on the waitlist can take your place.) A full schedule will be circulated in due course, but the talks and workshops will be led by project participants and others working in a similar vein. See below for more information as well as participating organisations confirmed so far.
Saturday 21st September World Peace Day
Event organised in Chesterfield by CND. We await further details.
Sunday 22nd September Mass Lobby of Labour Party conference
12.00 – 2.00) Liverpool. Organised by Peoples Assembly. “Austerity is a Political Choice. Tax the Rich!” “No to Cuts!” “No to Privatisation!” “No to Racism!”
Stunt: Large begging bowl / People bringing bowls and spoons / Dressed up as Dickens characters / Home-made placards (Oliver Twist – ‘More’ theme) / Choir singing Food Glorious Food?
Speeches to be held after stunt (12.30?) and to be interspersed with musical / spoken word accompaniment.
- Chantelle Lunt (BLM / SUTR)
- Lindsey German / John Rees (Stop the War)
- Mick Lynch / Alex Gordon (RMT)
- Daniel Kebede / Louise Regan (NEU)
- MPs: Zarah Sultana / Richard Burgon / Apsana Begum / Dan Carden / Jeremy Corbyn /
- John McDonnell / Ian Byrne
- Alan Gibbons (Independent Councillor)
- Unite speaker (Council cuts?)
- DPAC
- NPC
- KONP
Tuesday 24th September Sheffield TUC Delegate Meeting
7pm Trades and Labour Club, Dule Street S2 5QQ
Open to non-delegates who are trade union members. Not a delegate? Ask your branch to affiliate to Sheffield TUC and nominate you as a delegate!
Thursday 26th September ‘The Lions of Rotherham’.
7:30pm Wortley Hall
This is a play about the brave men who went out to Spain to fight alongside the democratically elected Republic against Francos forces.
THE FIGHT against fascism in the 1930s was the defining battle which shaped the
lives of a generation of working-class men from towns like Rotherham.
The Spanish Civil War was one of the pivotal events of the 20th century, as historians have
noted, for some a rehearsal for the Second World War, for others the last great cause.
As George Orwell’s memoir Homage to Catalonia details, a revolution by Spanish workers
and peasants rising up against a fascist coup in July 1936 inspired thousands from around
the world to fight in the International Brigades. Four men related to Rotherham who fought on the side of the democratically-elected Republic against the forces of fascist dictator General Franco, are vividly brought to life in a stunning new production telling their incredible stories.
Masses of research from a year-long project has been drawn together so as to intertwine the
men’s lives, with different time lines, to reveal their backgrounds, and experiences.
Running to just one hour 15 minutes, it is both evocative of a world of poverty and equality
from more than 80 years ago, and a provocative call to arms to stand and fight for peace and
justice.
Cost is £25 and includes pie and peas prior to the play. To book, please contact reception on 0114 2882100
Why not stay the night?
E mail; PoliticalSecretary@wortleyhall.org.uk
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We look forward to seeing you at this and other events at the Hall
Thursday 26th September: A fundraising screening of Musheir El Farra’s remarkable film, “Shanshula”, about the fishermen and women of Gaza, made before the genocide began and now finalised with updates on some of those in the film. Plus information on the Emergency Relief Fund and a raffle. Venue Broomhall Centre. Saturday September 28th: A full-day Coalition Assembly, St Aidan’s Church. This is a chance for us all to look back, celebrate our work and review it, discussing in workshop groups how to do even better as we move forward together to make our city an Israeli Apartheid Free Zone. Everyone is welcome and we want to know your views and hear your ideas.
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