Liverpool Social Struggles Newswire Archive

02-06-2008 20:19

North West Aerosols Ltd On Trial For Killing Worker

The Aintree-based company North West Aerosols Ltd was put on trial today at Liverpool Crown Court. The company is charged with two breaches of the Health and Safety At Work Act, after an accident at the factory on 13th December 2005, when one of their workers, Chris Knoop, was burned to death. His co-workers Kevin Armstrong, Gary Ryan and Graham Ryder, spent 10 days in hospital. Read more >>

02-06-2008 18:13

Of Barnbrook, his cream carpets and the mystery of the twenty year-old DNA...

Read on. Read more >>

14-05-2008 08:07 | 1 comment

BNP's Eddy Butler attacks 'joke' leadership challenger

More skullduggery from the BNP... Read more >>

13-05-2008 19:01

The Tax Credit Gamble

Millions of families each year are pushed into debt because of the incompetence of HMRC.
Read more >>

08-05-2008 21:53

BNP loses three after less than a week

Whoops... Read more >>

04-05-2008 00:44 | 1 comment

436,000 Liverpool Residents Snub May Day March

Imagine a May Day march with no chants, no demands, and very few banners. Who'd want to go to that? What if the keynote speaker was a parasitic class collaborator, who had recently sold out tens of thousands of workers? Would that inspire anyone? Not really. Read more >>

26-04-2008 21:02 | 1 comment

Mass stall - stand up to the police - Saturday May Day weekend

Calling all activists! Read more >>

25-04-2008 12:38 | 1 addition

May Day Party In Liverpool

Liverpool Social Centre invites all workers & strugglers to our May Day '08 party on Thurs 1st May Read more >>

23-04-2008 18:31

Chernobyl Day Event - Saturday 26th April 1pm

Merseyside Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

Chernobyl Day Event - Saturday 26th April 1pm

In The Peace Garden
St.Johns Gardens
(Back of St.Georges Hall) Read more >>

17-04-2008 15:43 | 1 comment

Pavilion facing bankruptcy?

The Housing Corporation has admitted that at least ten housing associations are facing bankruptcy in the growing credit crisis. Is Pavilion Housing Association one of this select group? Read more >>

17-04-2008 09:13 | 1 comment

Immigrants Fighting Gentrification!

Speaker tour - Immigrants Fighting Gentrification in NYC
7.30PM Thursday 8th May 2008 at the Town Hall Tavern, Manchester
Part of the International Campaign in Defence of El Barrio
Read more >>

16-04-2008 15:18

Pavilion threaten critics

Pavilion Housing Association are behaving like spoilt playground bullies, threatening and intimidating their critics in a crude attempt to shut them up. Read more >>

14-04-2008 16:05

Coastguards hold second strike

British coastguards took part in a second 24-hour strike last Friday 11th April over pay. Read more >>

14-04-2008 14:28

Pavilion asbestos scandal

Pavilion Housing Association fail to take proper precautions when removing hazardous asbestos. Read more >>

11-04-2008 20:33 | 1 comment

Kirkby Nan's Planning War!

Which plan do you prefer? Read more >>

11-04-2008 07:52 | 1 comment

Another TOTAL demo in Chester

Members and supporters of Wrexham Women for Peace and Wrexham Peace and Justice Forum visited the TOTAL petrol station in Hoole, Chester again last night as part of the continuing calls for TOTAL to get out of Burma. Read more >>

09-04-2008 12:58 | 5 comments

Pavilion – the new slum landlords

It used to be the private landlords that were the Rachman landlords, the ones the tenants feared, now it is housing associations who are managing the slum estates. Read more >>

07-04-2008 23:13

This Saturday: Demo / Street Party for Autonomous Spaces, Manchester

This Saturday (12th of April), from 5pm, there will be a demonstration and street party held in Manchester city centre in defence of autonomous spaces and for freedom of movement. Support would be much appreciated. The event takes place as part of an international day of action (www.april12.squat.net). Read more >>

07-04-2008 19:34 | 3 comments

Usborne children's books and the BNP

Anything for a quick buck! Read more >>

02-04-2008 21:39 | 3 comments

Urban conricerca 2008: inside the Culture of Capital

Starting this Friday, 4th April, a 'conricerca' or workers' inquiry into the class composition of Liverpool will begin. More details will be posted on Indymedia, but here is a short analysis from one of the founding members of the group, who has recently moved to the UK from Slovakia. Read more >>