Campaigners call for Sheffield Council to take a stand against Israeli apartheid and divest from the war in Gaza 5 February 2024 The move would mirror the 1980s, when Sheffield became the UK’s first city to reject racial segregation in South Africa.
Activists from Sheffield disrupt major weapons supplier to Israeli military 13 December 2023 The blockade targeted four factories across the country that manufacture fighter jet components used in the assault on Gaza.
Sheffield rallies again for peace and for Palestinian lives 30 October 2023 A week after the first demonstration, around 1,000 people took to Barkers Pool to call for an end to the war in Gaza.
“I started 2020 as a lefty socialist and finished as a conservative”: 2023 in the People’s Republic of South Yorkshire 22 February 2023 Sam Baker takes a look at the changing nature of protesters in Sheffield, speaking to an eclectic mix of demonstrators in the city centre.