Just one event among many in this year’s Sheffield Film Festival. A look at film archives, a compilation of short films, screening alongside two brand-new shorts made by young people on the theme of Protest. Tickets are £5 plus booking fee.

Zest and Upperthorpe Library present the Sheffield Educational Settlement Upperthorpe Project exhibition with the launch at 3pm at Zest. The event runs till 6pm. It showcases the history, injustices and development of Upperthorpe, and Educational Settlements which were forerunners of today’s working class community education and entertainment organisations. The event includes a performance from local folk legend Ray Hearne. All…

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,…

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…