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Your Class Needs You - IWW Speaking Tour

Your Class Needs You – IWW Speaking Tour

10 July 2015
Posted by AFed

The National Secretary of the Industrial Workers of the World, Dave Pike, is undertaking a speaking tour to introduce the fighting union, what it stands for and how it is winning victories for the working class.

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WAKEY WAKEY!

WAKEY WAKEY!

7 July 2015
Posted by AFed

Wake Up! gatherings, where people are given opportunity to use quality PA on the streets of towns and cities, are mushrooming over the country. But what are they and how can we get involved?

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Sheffield Anarchist Bookfair - Saturday 12th July 2014

Sheffield Anarchist Bookfair – Saturday 12th July 2014

6 April 2014
Posted by AFed

The 5th Sheffield Anarchist Bookfair is being held on Saturday 12th July, and is an amazing opportunity for you to sell some books and merchandise,…

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Sheffield Anarchist Bookfair -  11th & 12th May 2013.- updated with report, audio, photos & tweets

Sheffield Anarchist Bookfair – 11th & 12th May 2013.- updated with report, audio, photos & tweets

16 February 2013
Posted by AFed

2013 Sheffield Anarchist Book Fair Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th May 2013 Updates post-event: Read this report from Bristol AF: http://bristolaf.wordpress.com/2013/05/16/creating-a-new-world-in-the-shell-of-the-old-report-back-from-sheffield-anarchist-bookfair-2013/ Listen to audio of…

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Sheffield Anarchist Bookfair - 23rd June 2012

Sheffield Anarchist Bookfair – 23rd June 2012

4 April 2012
Posted by AFed

Sheffield Anarchist Bookfair 2012 will take place on Saturday 23rd June Bank Street Arts, Bank Street, Sheffield S1 10:00 – 18:00. Stalls, meetings etc. More…

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The Sheffield Black Rose Centre

The Sheffield Black Rose Centre

24 February 2012
Posted by AFed

The Black Rose Centre is a new social centre project at 268 Verdon Street, established by the Sheffield Social Centre Collective. Like Social Centres in…

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LaDIYFest Sheffield - 12th-13th November 2011

LaDIYFest Sheffield – 12th-13th November 2011

18 August 2011
Posted by AFed

LaDIYFest Sheffield is a DIY, anti-capitalist, community based, feminist festival, which will take place on the 12th-13th November 2011 (note change of date). The organisation…

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Bristol and Sheffield anarchist bookfairs both  in May 2011

Bristol and Sheffield anarchist bookfairs both in May 2011

3 April 2011
Posted by AFed

Bristol Anarchist Bookfair, Saturday 7th May 2011 10.30am to 6.30pm, Hamilton House, 80 Stokes Croft, Bristol BS1 3QYIn The Tradition Of May Day… Resistance and…

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Interview with an anarchist student occupier at Sheffield University

Interview with an anarchist student occupier at Sheffield University

24 November 2010
Posted by AFed

This article comes from The Fargate Speaker, one of the many local AFed blogs that you can see there in the blogroll on the right.

Interview with an anarchist student occupier at Sheffield University

Mark is a third year Biology student studying at Sheffield University and a member of the Anarchist Federation. He is one among many students currently occupying the Hicks Building on Sheffield University campus. The views expressed in the interview should be considered his alone and not that of the occupation’s general assembly.

–          Why are you occupying the Hicks building today?

We are occupying for a variety of reasons but generally around the common purpose of being against the cuts in this university, to other universities and to education in general. Particularly we want to demonstrate against the proposed rise in tuition fees and the ongoing privatisation of higher education. However, we are also tying our actions to a wider struggle against austerity measures and cuts. So our occupation is about more than just education cuts but this is currently our primary focus.

–          What has been the reaction of University security/the police so far?

They haven’t taken any action to stop us occupying yet but they have told us after 6pm that everyone who is leaving won’t be able to return. This will presumably be until tomorrow morning. It might open up again after 8am. We haven’t had any major trouble so far but police have been inside to observe what was going on. It should be stated thought that we have no intention of damaging university property. This is a peaceful occupation.

–          Why should the occupation be supported?

Because the tactic of occupation, as opposed to lobbying or simply asking political representatives to make changes for us, is a tactic that has been historically successful. Clegg and his broken promise to scrap tuition fees is just one example, among many, that politicians cannot be trusted to make decisions for us. Direct action puts a lot more pressure on university management and by extension government ministers to act.

Aside from the past success of these kinds of tactics what we are fighting for is essentially access to education for everybody regardless of income. We also recognise that there is a much wider struggle beyond simply what is happening to education right now. We need to extend these tactics into all of these areas where we are currently under attack.  This is a fight that all of us should be taking on and working in solidarity with each other.

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The Fargate Speaker blog - Sheffield AF group local bulletin

The Fargate Speaker blog – Sheffield AF group local bulletin

10 November 2010
Posted by AFed

New on the web: Fargate Speaker blog – local paper of Sheffield AF. Take a look. See Contacts & Groups for other local blogs and…

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As anarchist communists we fight for a world without leaders, where power is shared equally amongst communities, and people are free to reach their full potential. We do this by supporting working class resistance to exploitation and oppression, organise alongside our neighbours and workmates, host informative events, and produce publications that help make sense of the world around us.

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