This is how the meeting was advertised:

An open, independent forum to discuss class struggle and communist theory in Sheffield and South Yorkshire.

Questions:
Do we simply defend the "welfare state"?
Will the cuts smash or restructure "welfare"?
Are the cuts an economic necessity?
Can Trade unions defend jobs and services?

 http://alt-sheff.co.uk/events/1067/
 http://yorks-afed.org/2010/10/sheffield-communist-forum-defending-the-state-welfare-cuts-and-the-social-wage/

With further links to background reading on the Commune site:
 http://thecommune.co.uk/2010/10/12/welfare-capitalism-and-the-cuts-sheffield-wednesday-3rd-november/

Sheffield Communist Forum Facebook
 http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=152244801465099

Audio of past meetings:

Imperialism and the National Question
 http://sheffield.indymedia.org.uk/2010/05/451151.html

Alienation
 http://sheffield.indymedia.org.uk/2010/04/449172.html

The Rise of the Far Right and Anti-Fascism
 http://sheffield.indymedia.org.uk/2010/02/446261.html

What would our alternative society look like?
 http://sheffield.indymedia.org.uk/2010/01/445008.html