Banner Theatre bring their performance of “A Just Transition – Jobs – People-Planet” to Barnsley. Live music, songs and filmed interviews on a worker-led transition to a climate-friendly world. Event organised by Barnsley Trades Council.
Sheffield Transformed organises radical, collaborative and creative political education events to promote left-wing activism at a local level, through discussion, arts and culture. The Visions festival is a chance to inspire each other, build our movement, and express our collective vision for the future. Come and hear new ideas, take part and get organised to support our communities, fight oppression,…
A talk and Q&A presented as part of this year’s Festival of Debate. Rebecca Jane Morgan discusses her book, Deviants and Trailblazers: A History of Trans Activism in Britain. It reveals a rich, overlooked history, from the first legal gender changes in 1944 to the groundbreaking Gender Recognition Act of 2004 and the ongoing battle for reform today, a story of…
Mum’s United Community Centre, 19-21 The Wicker, Sheffield S3 8HS (close to city centre)
Sheffield Radical Mutual Aid offers a free monthly meal, made by volunteer activists and served in the canteen behind a community centre shop. It’s open for everyone, pay what you can afford. Come for a chat and a delicious choice of food. This is a Mutual Aid group, working towards radical anti-capitalism, social change and non-hierarchy, rather than just charity.…
Peace Gardens, 50 Pinstone St, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2HH
A rally to reclaim the streets for our city and South Yorkshire’s anti-racist majority. As all major cities are having to do, Sheffield is standing up and speaking out against hatred and division, which is being fed by far right influencers, and some of the media and politicians. The location (Sheffield’s Peace Gardens) is notably the site of the Spanish…
An all-day event over the Pennines in Manchester. It celebrates The Lucas Plan which was a huge proposal by workers, activists, students and academics for socially useful production. Fifty years ago, faced with threats to their jobs, workers at the Lucas Aerospace arms company launched their pioneering Alternative Workers Plan, a visionary, positive plan that challenged economic orthodoxy. They proposed…
