Liverpool Social Struggles Newswire Archive

01-04-2008 10:05 | 2 comments

Women are more troubled by bag theft than rape, says senior BNP candidate

How vile is the BNP? Very. Read more >>

29-03-2008 11:49 | 9 comments

CDG - the lying continues

The lying at CDG has evolved from little white lies to massive big black lies. Read more >>

27-03-2008 22:41

NO2ID Informal Meeting, Liverpool, Friday 28th March

A number of North-West NO2ID supporters will be meeting on Friday evening at Liverpool Lime Street station for drinks, chat and planning. National co-ordinator Phil Booth will be there, along with Liverpool co-ordinator Kev Beaumont and Manchester co-ordinator Dave Page. Read more >>

27-03-2008 21:01

Repost of a report of protests outside Chiapas State Government HQ

English/Spanish Translation report of hunger strike and police reaction in Chiapas by an eye witness Gabriela. Read more >>

20-03-2008 12:53 | 4 comments

Stopping of benefits

Many claimants are finding their benefits are being stopped on entirely bogus grounds. The intention being to force them off benefits. If they appeal, they usually win and get their benefits reinstated, but at what cost in terms of stress and peace of mind? Read more >>

18-03-2008 14:41 | 1 comment

Demo Callout: April 12th Manchester: Freedom of Movement and Autonomous Spaces

On the evening of Saturday 12 April 2008, there will be a demonstration and street party in Manchester for the FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT FOR ALL and to DEFEND AUTONOMOUS SPACES. This forms part of the international days of action in defence of autonomous spaces that have been called for this weekend (

http://april2008.squat.net:8080/).

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17-03-2008 23:25

Preston Prepares to Oppose the Database State

Preston locals are planning to kick-start a new local group of the national NO2ID campaign against identity cards and the Database State. A meeting is being held at the Bluebell pub on Church Street at 7:30pm on Thursday 20th March to re-launch the campaign locally.
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11-03-2008 13:22

Manchester Space Invaders.....Taking Over the City

Manchester Space Invaders are a collective of autonomous groups and inidividuals working together to reclaim our city...we are mobilising to fight gentrification, 'regeneration' and all the borders that exist within the city. We call for all groups, individuals, networks and families to get involved and to join in our glorious celebration of autonomous spaces... Read more >>

08-03-2008 23:32 | 4 comments

Liverpool Women Reclaim The Night...Sort Of

On Saturday night, about forty women and some male supporters marched from St George's Plateau on Lime Street around the city centre, returning to the Adelphi hotel for some entertainment. The Reclaim the Night demonstration is thought to be the first in the city for over thirty years, and took place on International Women's Day. Read more >>

08-03-2008 01:05 | 2 comments

Leon Greenman OBE, Auschwitz survivor 98288 (1910 – 2008)

A truly inspiring man Read more >>

05-03-2008 17:46

Vauxhall Staff Wildcat In Ellesmere Port...Again!

Around five hundred staff at the Vauxhall plant in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, are reported to have walked out yesterday, over rumours that the company plan to axe 460 jobs. Read more >>

01-03-2008 19:14

Unions prepare to sell out jobs fight at Rolls-Royce

At the beginning of this year, aircraft engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce announced plans to axe 2,300 highly skilled jobs, about 6 percent of its 39,500 global workforce. The company is the world’s second largest manufacturer of jet engines after the American giant General Electric, with a 36 percent share of the market. Most of the job losses are expected to hit the company’s 23,000-strong UK workforce and affect white-collar workers based at its main site in Derby. Read more >>

26-02-2008 19:08 | 2 comments

Cops become animal rights activists

'the police have asked the restaurateurs to take the ingredients off the menu' Read more >>

26-02-2008 12:10 | 1 comment

Manchester Space Invaders Landing April

11th & 12th April have been named as ‘international days of action on autonomous
spaces’. There will be things happening in Europe including squatted
buildings, parties, Reclaim the Streets, land occupations and more!
We have started an organising group to kick start ideas for action in Manchester. From reclaiming the streets to guerilla gardening..from a ceilidh to a
vegan cafe...free party to permaculture space... Read more >>

26-02-2008 01:27

Lismullen Woods near the Hill of Tara under threat from M3 Motorway

The Lismullen Woods near the Hill of Tara in Ireland are now under threat from the M3 Motorway, which has now expanded to cover the woods and unexcavated archaeological structures there. Read more >>

24-02-2008 17:14

Hands Off Iraqi Oil - Liverpool Picket

Activists from the Liverpool Social Forum picketed the Shell garage on Aigburth Road yesterday, as part of Hands Off Iraqi Oil's day of action. Read more >>

19-02-2008 18:22 | 9 comments

Che Guevara’s deputy speaks in Liverpool and Manchester

This Saturday, Liverpool will host a meeting at which Che Guevara’s closest comrade from Cuba, Orlando Borrego, will speak. On Sunday it will be Manchester’s turn. The events are part of a speaking tour of Britain organised by the campaign group Rock Around the Blockade. The tour comes at a crucial time for Cuban socialism as the people give their decisive and defiant answer to the oft-asked question ‘what happens when Fidel goes?’ Read more >>

18-02-2008 11:13 | 1 addition | 4 comments

Cuban speaking tour this week!

From Saturday 23rd February three Cuban revolutionaries will begin the North West leg of a national speaking tour of Britain entitled 'Cuba: socialism into the 21st century', organised by Rock around the Blockade. Read more >>

13-02-2008 18:55 | 1 addition | 4 comments

Women To Widdecombe: "Get Your Rosaries Off Our Ovaries"

A group of about sixty protesters - three quarters of whom were female - showed up at the Liner Hotel in Liverpool City Centre last night, to show their anger at Ann Widdecombe's anti-abortion 'Passion For Life' tour. Read more >>

12-02-2008 22:45 | 1 comment

Public Meeting: Iran, Imperialism and Solidarity

ALL WELCOME! ALL WELCOME! ALL WELCOME! ALL WELCOME! Read more >>