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2011 ‘Free School’ & benefit gig success

The Free School on Saturday 15th October 2011 at CADS (Creative Arts Development Space) was very well attended and successful, as was the benefit gig at the Redhouse pub. There is a report with photos on Sheffield Indymedia, and some of the workshops are available as MP3 audio recordings, shown below.

The full timetable included the following

(for more details see Archive: 2011 Free School)

YOU’VE BEEN “FARMED”: SOCIAL MEDIA AND SECURE/NON-CORPORATE ONLINE COMMUNICATIONS
CO-COUNSELLING
HUNT SABBING
WORKPLACE RIGHTS (AUDIO RECORDING: click here)
LaDIYFEST PRESENTS: RIOT GRRL RETROSPECTIVE FILM ‘DON’T NEED YOU’
YOGA
GROW OUR OWN
ANARCHA-FEMINISM
FILM: THE PIPE
LUDDITE UPRISINGS: TECHNOLOGY POLITICS THEN AND NOW
SQUATTING AND AUTONOMOUS SPACES (AUDIO RECORDING: click here)
FREE SOFTWARE CLINIC
CIDER AND WINE-MAKING
DISCUSSION: CUTS, CRISIS, CAPITALISM (AUDIO RECORDING: click here)
CREATIVE WRITING
PLENARY (AUDIO RECORDING: click here)
ALSO: Recycled art and recycled puppet-making for all, tool-sharpening, bike-fixing, various stalls, food served by Sheffield Animal Friends.

The benefit gig line-up was …….

Toein’ In The Dark
Christine Moon
Mental Block
Skiprat
DJ

WHAT’S THIS ALL ABOUT?

You might have noticed that our everyday lives involve being bombarded from all angles by people whose primary desire in life is to make money. This can have one or two downsides: the creation of a culture in which happiness and well-being are measured in pounds and pence, the systematic sacrifice of planet earth in the name of business, and the life of a person coming to be quantified in terms of their financial worth instead of their intrinsic value as a thinking, breathing human being.

On 15th October 2011, people in Sheffield came together to resist the tide of consumer capitalism, exploitation and crisis, creating a space for the free sharing of skills, ideas and knowledge, the Sheffield Free School.

Plans for a permanent Sheffield Social Centre

Sheffield Social Centre group is currently in the process of registering as a co-operative, joining the Radical Routes network and seeking premises for a permanent space in the city, run on anti-capitalist, non-hierarchical, non-discriminatory principles.

You are welcome to come to our meetings, for details see NEXT MEETING

CONTACT US BY EMAIL: info@sheffieldsocialcentre.org.uk

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