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Extinction Rebellion 2022 XR Strategy Tour arrives in Sheffield

Quaker Meeting House, 10 St James St. S1 2EW
The biggest civil resistance movement in Britain, with groups in over 100 countries and on every continent, is stepping up in 2022 with a tour to discuss strategy. This is a chance to catch the tour, meet some of the people who wrote the 2022 strategy (and are putting it into practice), to ask questions, and to get inspired and…
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Play: "Spygame"

Sheffield University Drama Studio, Shearwood Rd, S10 2TD
Support your local theatre troupe, back on stage for the first time in 2 years! Sheffield’s Midland Players present a comedy-thriller, ‘Spygame’, by Bettine Manktelow. The story questions how far people are willing to go to achieve fame. It involves trust, deception and intrigue, reflecting the unreal world of ‘reality TV’. Performances run from Wed. 26th to Sat. 29th Jan.…
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Bus services lobby of Mayoral Authority Meeting

SYMCA Offices, 11 Broad Street West, S12BQ
A demonstration outside the South Yorkshire meeting to demand the Mayor and council leaders act now to bring our bus services into public control. Banners and placards are welcome, and bring your singing voices as the South Yorkshire Climate Alliance have written a song! Also present will be the Unite the Union’s giant rat to represent the shocking attitude of…
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XR meeting: "Glasgow failed. What next?"

Union Street co-working space, 18-22 Union St. S1 2JP
Sheffield Extinction Rebellion meeting on the topic “Glasgow failed. What next?”, following on from their brilliant Amazon blockade on Black Friday. The meeting starts at 6.45pm but you can arrive early to chat. From 6pm-6:45pm is a social, bring your own food and a mug (for tea, provided). This is Sheffield XR’s Main Monday Meeting which is very friendly and…
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Manchester & Salford Anarchist Bookfair

People’s History Museum, MANCHESTER Left Bank, Bridge Street, M3 3ER
Sheffield no longer has an annual anarchist bookfair, but Manchester & Salford Anarchist Bookfair is happening this year. Well worth crossing the Pennines for a good selection of books, zines, talks, films, tee shirts, etc. etc. And of course an update on anarchist thought and activities in 2021.
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Global Day of Action for Climate Justice

Devonshire Green
This Global Day of Action for Climate Justice has been called by the COP26 Coalition, halfway through the COP26 negotiations in Glasgow. It will be followed over the next four days by a People’s Summit for Climate Justice. The message of the Coalition (hundreds of individuals, trade unions, NGOs, faith groups, and grassroots groups) is that justice won’t be handed…
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