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Sheffield Pride Parade bans police
The march will be Sheffield’s only Pride event this year and has been organised by activists who say they want to, “bring the protest back to Pride.”
Students occupy University of Sheffield to protest involvement in arms trade
A group of students at the University of Sheffield have occupied the Diamond (a prominent engineering building) to protest the University’s relationship with arms companies. The University claims to have divested from arms companies, calling investment in them irresponsible. Despite this, they have failed to cut all ties with the arms trade by still receiving
Longest gig-economy strike escalates as Sheffield couriers blockade Sheffield McDonald’s
Yesterday, striking food delivery couriers, employed by the JustEat subcontractor Stuart Delivery, demonstrated outside of the Sheffield Archer Road McDonald’s. 60 drivers and supporters, joined by Paul Blomfield MP, blockaded the entrance to the McDonald’s, shutting down all orders for 45 minutes. Speeches were given by drivers and local business owners who came out to
Sheffield and Blackpool: UK’s longest ever gig-economy pay strike resumes after secret pay talks exposed
The UK’s longest ever gig-economy pay strike resumes today as Sheffield and Blackpool couriers from the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) relaunch industrial action and will picket McDonalds branches every day this week. Last week courier company Stuart invited selected riders to closed-door meetings on pay which excluded all unionised workers. When IWGB
Sheffield JustEat Couriers Set to Strike Protest against “Shocking” Pay Cut
On Sunday 28 November at 12 noon, Sheffield food delivery couriers from the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) are protesting outside of Sheffield Town Hall to demand that Stuart delivery cancels a planned pay cut of nearly 25%. Having previously been promised a postponement to the cuts in October 2021, couriers are set
Pioneers of British anarchism: Edward Carpenter
Dublin Pride is tomorrow, and for this Pride season we note the 90th anniversary of the death of Edward Carpenter (1844-1929), a man who in the most repressive of times against homosexuality in Britain was out and proud. As a small homage to one of Sheffield’s great socialist bohemians, below is a quick once-over of his
Your guide to 2017 anarchist bookfairs in the British Isles
Every year the anarchist movement has its biggest get-together at the London Anarchist Bookfair at the end of October. But there’s a lot of similar events going on between now and then, and we’ve done a roundup below so you’re never short of a book or two. April 29th: Cambridge Radical Bookfair Venue: Portland Arms, 129 Chesterton Road,
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Russia: Prison sentences for “terrorist” graffiti
A military court has sentenced the Chita anarchists – 19-year-old Alexander Snezhkov and 16-year-old Lyubov Lizunova – to six years and three and a half years in prison, respectively.
“No Gods, No Masters, No Husbands”
An exhibition showcases women editors, translators, proofreaders, typographers and packagers in anarchist print culture
SHAG fights for Sheffield’s universities to dump the arms trade
SHAG has been fighting for both of Sheffield's universities to cut all ties with the arms trade and the Ministry of Defence for over two years.
After Nazi attack, Swedish anarchist publisher says he will not be silenced
On Wednesday a meeting about antifascism in Stockholm was attacked by a group of Nazis.
