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Politics
Action for Involvement
A Sheffield-based think tank which runs free events, open to everyone, to stimulate debate and educate people on ways to get involved in community decisions to improve the quality of their lives. It's all about increasing value for money from service providers through greater community involvement, corporate social responsibility, public-private partnerships etc....
Black Rope Walking Group
Black Rope Walking Group is a good excuse for libertarians and anarchists to get together for pleasant days walking and chatting in the hills and industrial valleys around Sheffield. Not forgetting refreshments in pubs along the way. Newcomers welcome, contact email: sheffield @ af-north.org
Books for a Better Future reading group
A reading group based in Sheffield Central Library, started in 2010. They read books that they hope will inspire a better future: green politics, etc. Meets on the second Wednesday of the month at 6pm in the library.
Cinema Coatimundi
A Sheffield-based collective which shows films and raises money for activist groups and projects. Screenings take place on the last Sunday of the month, and there is always vegan food available.
Cinema Syndicate
Cinema Syndicate is an anarchist cinema collective which shows of political and activist films for FREE. This happens almost every Tuesday night, at least when Lecture Theatre 2, The Arts Tower, University of Sheffield is open, which is the usual venue. Events are open to all. They say that Anarchism is not an argument to be won or a cause to sign up to. It is a process.
Green Party Trade Union Group
This is a grouping within the Green Party which aims to provide a discussion forum and support for Green Party members who sometimes find themselves in a minority in their trade unions. It aims to further good relations between the Green Party and trade unions, and the labour movement generally
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) Sheffield
The IWW is a grassroots, democratic union helping to organise all workers in all workplaces. Unlike traditional trade unions, they believe that workers have greater voice if organised within our own industries. (For example teachers, cleaners and secretaries who work in a school should be classed as education workers, and all be in the same union.) The IWW is not full of stifling bureaucracy or linked to any political party, nor led by fat-cat salary earners who carry out deals with bosses behind your back. Their aim is to see society re-organised to meet the interests of all people, not just shareholders and corporations.
Karl Marx's 'Capital' reading group
The original work analysing the capitalism system, Karl Marx's 'Capital' is a huge book. This Sheffield group meets to discuss it, along with David Harvey's lectures, available free on video at www.davidharvey.org. Newcomers to the group are welcome; for details of meetings click to send an email
Maggie's Dead.com
Margaret Thatcher was the 1980s Conservative prime minister who brought destruction to industries and working class communities like South Yorkshire. The deliberately engineered miners' strike smashed the unions. Repressive laws banned many forms of freedoms to party and protest. Public assets were sold cheaply into private hands, and the bankers got massively richer. This is an unapologetic campaign to get Thatcher's death anthem to No.1 on her death, when it happens.
Morning Star Readers and Supporters Group
Britain's only socialist daily newspaper, long running, solid news from the original anti-capitalist perspective. Order it at newsagents or on-line.
Open Rights Group Sheffield
This group offers open meetings for anyone interested to discuss and learn about the various issues thrown up by new technology, Things like digital rights and privacy, copyright, 'copyleft', open data, censorship and freedom of speech, software freedom and open source, social networking, digital inclusion, electronic democracy and internet law....
Rebel Grrl Zine
Zines are personal or group-made, self-published magazines distributed through mail order and word of mouth. An extraordinary change from 'ordinary' glossy magazines. Radical and rebellious Rebel Grrl Zine is Sheffield-made, and available to buy via the website.
Rotherham Red Choir
Left wing singers of songs about the lives of ordinary people, and what they are up against, inspired by folk songs, protest and campaign songs from the British Isles and around the world.
Save Our NHS
Sheffield Save Our NHS is fighting the appalling government plans for major changes to our Health Service. Cuts, competition and privatization is all for the benefit of private companies. Time to get involved, show your support for the NHS.
Sheffield Anarchist Federation
Sheffield group of the Anarchist Federation, which aims to create a free and equal society through abolition of capitalism and all oppression (racism, sexism and other forms of oppression, as well as war and environmental destruction, by which the ruling class weaken and divide us). Sheffield AF publishes The Fargate Speaker
Sheffield Anarchist Feminist Network
Some anarchist feminists in Sheffield have created a network to share ideas, work together in direct action and join together in solidarity. We invite anyone who wishes to discuss anarchist feminist issues, whether they would class themselves as anarchist feminist or not, to join us in at our meetings or events, regardless of gender. We only require that people are respectful and we reject all racist, sexist and homophobic views because this network is a liberated space.
Sheffield Anti Cuts Alliance (SACA)
An autonomous and independent organisation fighting all cuts to jobs and services in Sheffield. It's made up of workers, students, the unemployed, pensioners, trade unionists, volunteers, and residents. The group was initially proposed by the PCS trade union, quickly gaining support from plenty more, as well as the trades council and the Labour and Green Parties. Whilst it remains independent from all of these, members can be from any background with an anti-cuts agenda.
Sheffield Climate Alliance
An alliance of organisations and individuals urging effective action on climate change. It is pressing Sheffield Council to engage with the issue. Through the alliance, groups not specifically set up to campaign around climate change can still voice their concerns on this urgent issue. Add your organisation or yourself to the petition.
Sheffield CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament)
The pressure continues, urging government to resist the temptation to wasteful, dangerous spending of our money on nuclear weapons of mass destruction.
Sheffield Equality Trust
We live in a very unequal city, in one of the most divided developed countries on Earth. As one example, some northern and eastern areas of Sheffield have an average 14 year shorter life expectancy than the wealthier west side. Sheffield Equality Trust plans to change this situation.
Sheffield for Democracy
This is an informal group campaigning for greater democracy, citizens rights, a fairer voting system and more accurate representation of the public will in Parliament. It welcomes supporters of all political parties or none.
Sheffield Indymedia
Sheffield's finest independent news online.
Sheffield No Borders
Part of a network in solidarity with refugees, migrants, asylum seekers and other groups. No Borders is committed to practical solidarity, mutual aid and direct action in the fight against dawn raids, deportations, detention, exploitation, poverty and racism, supporting individual asylum seekers and raising awareness, campaigning and lobbying on immigration issues. This network is rooted in the belief that all immigration controls are racist and divisive methods of authoritarian control, which should be opposed and ultimately abolished. Although this viewpoint often gets marginalized and drowned out by the 'common sense' and 'realist' approaches of fellow campaigners who seek to reform the systems of controls or to create 'fairer' asylum policies, No Borders values these contributions to migrant struggles, but wishes they would go further. It adds to the fight for decency by providing a space to come together with a 'no one is illegal' perspective, and campaigns to end the imposed state restrictions to freedom of movement.
Sheffield Samba Band
Formed in 2001, inspired by the power of radical Samba Bands with wicked tunes in protests and demonstrations. It encourages everyone to join, from people who have never picked up a musical instrument in their life to the most experienced. Excellent website, even includes video clips!
Sheffield Social Centre
Sheffield Social Centre is a collective for libertarian DIY space in the city. If you're interested in getting involved with the social centre project (or are intrigued by it at the very least) you're very welcome the project is open to all who share its core principles of non-hierarchy, anti-capitalism and equality/non-discrimination.
Sheffield Socialist Choir
Formed over 20 years ago, and still having fun in the long tradition of radical singing in Sheffield and the industrial north. New singers welcome!
Sheffield Socialist Party
Fighting for a socialist society, instead of the capitalist system. Weekly meetings with themed talks, friendly and welcoming to anyone interested, members and non-members.
Sheffield Uncut
Sheffield group of the UK Uncut movement. They organise protests against the brutal, unnecessary, ideologically motivated cuts, inflicted by the current Government, serving the rich elite and damaging the rest of us. Now is the time to get angry, to get organised and to build a resistance to austerity
Sheffield Universal Education Collective
Students, teachers, lecturers and anyone interested in radical education are welcomed by Sheffield Universal Education Collective. Inspired by student protests and activism, it provides an open and democratic education space in the city. Free, critical thinking lectures are offered about the political situation and ways to change the world around us.
Sheffield Zeitgeist Movement
The Zeitgeist Movement is the activist arm of the Venus Project, based on the ideas of Jacque Fresco and Roxanne Meadows. This non-static grassroots movement of around 300,000 people aims to investigate how technology, through the use of a resource-based economy, to free humanity from the crippling forces of fiat currency (paper/digital money), global debt and slave labour.
Sheffield contact: click to email
The Fargate Speaker
This long-running bi-monthly publication of the Anarchist Federation in Sheffield now in the form of an online blog, and print newssheets on an occasional basis. Regular reports on events, anarchist news and views from the steel city.
Unite Against Fascism
Anti-BNP anti-racism group, local contact 07890 131138
University of Sheffield Green Party Society
This newly formed group (Dec 2010) invites students studying anywhere to join via Facebook or contact 07837 521226
Unlock Democracy
The UK's leading campaign for democracy, rights and freedoms. A grassroots movement, owned and run by members which campaigns on issues like fair and open elections, a written constitution and bringing power closer to the people. It incorporates a predecessor organisation, Charter 88
The website above is the UK national one but there is a Sheffield group, for details call Sheff. 2664607
World Development Movement (WDM) - Rotherham
Activist group working alongside people in the developing world to tackle the underlying real causes of world poverty, standing up to injustice, lobbying decision makers, and researching positive alternatives. This is the Rotherham group, there is also a Sheffield one (see below).
World Development Movement (WDM) - Sheffield
Activist group working alongside people in the developing world to tackle the underlying real causes of world poverty, standing up to injustice, lobbying decision makers, and researching positive alternatives. This is the Sheffield group, there is also a Rotherham one (see above).
Yorkshire Anarchist Federation
Collective of anarchist groups based in Sheffield and Leeds, affiliated to the national anarchist federation (AFed).
