Events Listings
Fri 19 Jul 2019, 7pm, Sheffield College, Hillsborough Campus, Livesey St. S6 2ET
The Dabke Dance group are young people from the Dar al Fonon Centre in Nablus in Palestine. Tickets are free but a donation to the travel costs of the young people would be welcome.
Hillsborough Campus is opposite the dog track on Livesey Street. Easily accessible by tram, take a Malin Bridge tram, get off at Hillsborough, the venue is about 5 minutes away. There is plenty of on-street parking available. They also perform the following day at Devonshire Green.
Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Sat 20 Jul 2019, 12.30pm, Devonshire Green, Sheffield
The Dabke Dance group are young people from the Dar al Fonon Centre in Nablus in Palestine. This performance at Devonshire Green is part of Tramlines Fringe Festival.
Tickets are free but a donation to the travel costs of the young people would be welcome.
Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Sun 21 Jul 2019, 10am-4pm, Union St, 18-22 Union Street, S1 2JP
Training run by Extinction Rebellion, a peaceful movement addressing the climate crisis through non-violent direct action (NVDA). Find out how to take part in Extinction Rebellion actions. The training will cover the practice of non-violent techniques: how to de-escalate tense situations, how to interact with the police, what to do if you get arrested and much more.
This training is designed to give you confidence when on protests and is essential for anyone who wishes to get more clued up on their rights and non-violent direct action. Please note, this is not just for those who are willing to get arrested! It is for everyone with an interest in the cause.
Training is free, but small donations to cover room hire costs are appreciated. Please reserve a space so they can keep track of numbers.
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Mon 22 Jul 2019, 7pm, Victoria Hall Methodist Church Norfolk St, S1 2JB
An event hosted by Sheffield Socialist Forums, with Jill Mountford on Women in Solidarnosc, and Demaine Boocock on women’s struggles in China.
States run on the oppressive Stalinist model have claimed to defend women’s rights. However, in the USSR abortion was illegal from 1936 to 1955 and the state strongly encouraged the role of motherhood for women. The Chinese state has attempted to control women’s bodies through the one child policy, and recent drives encouraging women to have more children. The events in Poland 1980 that led to the collapse of Stalinism in the Eastern Bloc in 1989 will also be discussed. Polish women workers made a contribution to these events yet their story is often downplayed.
Against the authoritarian Stalinist systems women have been at the forefront of the struggles. More details on the page below.
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Mon 22 Jul 2019, 6pm, Foodhall, 121 Eyre St. S1 4QW
The excellent Foodhall holds its second general meeting, after the great turnout and positive feedback from the first one last month. Everyone welcome, whether you’re a volunteer or you’ve never been to Foodhall before.
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Wed 24 Jul 2019, 6.15pm, Union St, 18-22 Union Street, S1 2JP
General Meeting of ACORN, an activist group campaigning on housing and other issues.
They have big plans for the summer, including an app to take ACORN’s work to the next level and save people in need from violent and traumatic situations, and for self-organising and peer-to-peer led solidarity. Come along if you might like to get involved.
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Thu 25 Jul 2019, 6pm, Red Haus Books, 232 Abbeydale Rd. S7 1FL
Leeds-based Filipino American Marlo De Lara is a prominent figure in a thriving and diverse international scene of female experimental music performers. As curator of the pioneering Ladyz in Noyz compilation series since 2008 she continues to promote emerging artists from around the world on her record label Corpus Callosum.
She talks and performs about the ‘artist struggle’ in the context of current political unrest and socio-historical gender barriers. As she explains: "The work of making art is more critical than ever to the individual and the social body. It nourishes our emotionally exhausted souls by allowing another method to exist and create. Sharing and talking about surviving these tumultuous times feeds the community of individually suffering marginalized peoples. In this way, it is a revolutionary act and a survival method. We must live through this. We must create. We must commune with others and extend our selfcare to the larger community."
Free/£3.50 solidarity tickets.
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