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…

  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…

The annual Festival of Debate this year kicks off with author and researcher Kate Pickett, from the University of York. She was part of the pioneering team that produced “The Spirit Level” (2009), which shifted scientific understanding of inequality. How to make a good society prioritising health, care, education and rehabilitation is her current focus. The conversation will be hosted by…