Speakers from Nablus and the West Bank on the illegal Israeli occupation and creeping annexation. Also a speaker from the Free Marwan Barghouti campaign and the campaign to free all Palestinian hostages/prisoners. Nearly 10,000 Palestinians are in Israeli detention, more than a third of whom have not been charged with any offence and are held indefinitely under so-called “administrative…
Outside the Town Hall, Pinstone Street, Sheffield S1 2HH
A commemoration of International Workers Memorial Day, which is on 28th April every year, a day of remembrance and action for workers killed, disabled, injured, or made unwell by their work. Meet at 12.30pm by the Memorial Tree outside Sheffield Town Hall, Pinstone Street, where Sheffield TUC (Trade Union Council) will hold a wreath laying ceremony with speeches. Branches…
Barnsley, South Yorkshire (Neighbouring town: public transport available from Sheffield)
It is 100 years since the depression-era General Strike, and Unite the Union is working with Durham Miners Association and the National Union of Mineworkers to mark the anniversary. They will be bringing together trade unionists, historians, musicians, artists and authors to make this a truly memorable celebration of working class pride, and a good day to visit Barnsley. Sheffield…
Sheffield Trades Union Council (TUC) is pleased to announce the launch of a new pamphlet commemorating Sheffield’s – and Sheffield TUC’s – involvement in the General Strike of 1926. It is being produced by archivist, local historian, GMB trade union rep and Labour Party activist Edd Mustill (also the author of a new centenary history, Britain’s Revolutionary Summer: The General…
