Manchester Newswire Archive

Celebrating the hypocritical city?

MULE, 14-06-2010 15:12

Sunday 20 June is Manchester Day – the city’s first ever. Dozens of colourful floats and thousands of people will take part in a parade to celebrate Manchester’s cultural diversity and creativity. That same day is also World Refugee Day – a fact conveniently forgotten. There are more than 20,000 refugees living in Manchester. Most of them have little to celebrate. Read more | 1 comment >>

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Manchester College cuts off contact with UCU as staff vote for strike action

MULE, 14-06-2010 15:11

Principal of The Manchester College (TMC) Peter Tavernor yesterday severed ties with the University and College Union (UCU), accusing the union of “underhand tactics” and trying to “agitate staff” in the row over contracts. Read more >>

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Movieclip about occupation of Dutch Monsanto-firm

pinky, 14-06-2010 10:57

On the 17th of May, the action group Round Up Monsanto successfully shut down the main Monsanto plant in the Netherlands, formally De Ruiter Seeds. Forty activists blocked the entrance gates at the wake of day and prevented personnel from entering the office buildings and greenhouses.
Thiery Boyer, head of Monsanto's European vegetable division, contacted his superiors and decided not to press charges. As a result the police did not interfere. Read more >>

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direct action in solidarity with palestine especially free gaza

actions speak, 14-06-2010 10:24

On wednesday 2nd june a tesco express in hartshill, stoke on trent was visited out of hours by palestinian solidarity activists.
Read more | 1 comment >>

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Aryan Strike Farce Trial

'Malatesta', 12-06-2010 07:57

2 Nazis are on trial this week over website content and they happen to have been in the EDL! Read more | 2 comments >>

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Circus Jam, Junk Jam, Swap Shop, Magical Event

mowgli, 11-06-2010 04:15

Sunday 13th June, Antwerp House (the mansion), Rusholme, Manchester Read more >>

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Manchester Day Parade

mowgli, 11-06-2010 04:00

1st ever, 20th June
Read more >>

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University of Manchester falls again in Guardian rankings

MULE, 10-06-2010 00:36

For the second consecutive year the University of Manchester has fallen in the Guardian’s league table of satisfaction levels among undergraduates. Read more >>

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New contracts strictly imposed on Manchester College staff as principal raises o

MULE, 09-06-2010 10:20

Staff at The Manchester College (TMC) are having new contracts imposed under little or no consultation, with significant changes to working conditions. Meanwhile, much criticised principal Peter Tavernor has awarded himself a 10 per cent pay rise and now earns more than the Prime Minister. Read more | 1 comment >>

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French unions call for ban of Islamic regime in ILO

Kawah, 06-06-2010 10:36

On Sunday May 9th, the Islamic Iranian authorities executed 5 activists : Ali Heydarian, Farhad Vakili, Shirin Alam-Houli and Mehdi Eslamian but also Farzad Kamangar, previous spokesman of Union of technical teachers of Kurdistan, member of the Human Rights Defense League. Read more >>

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The Left and the crisis in Germany

antifa, 04-06-2010 15:00

An interesting call for an anticapitalist block for the na­tio­nal de­mons­tra­ti­on on the eco­no­mic cri­sis! on June 12th, 2010 | 12h | Rotes Rat­haus in Ber­lin (Germany). Its time to connect - in europe and worldwide. Read more >>

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‘Shema Israel!’: The EDL Jewish Division

'Malatesta', 04-06-2010 10:54

The EDL are trying to set up a Jewish division which is bound to please some of the less tolerant amongst them. Read more | 1 comment >>

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Blog of a Civil Service whistleblower within Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.

Danny, 03-06-2010 12:05

Would you keep quite if you knew your employer had misused used public funds to charge you with being an extremist for heckling the Neo Nazi BNP after your details had been put on a Neo Nazi hit list called Redwatch? Would you refuse to drop your case with the Civil Service Commissioners if you were warned - threatened by your employer you would be sacked if you did not? If your wondering why I did then perhaps when you read my blog you will understand. Read more >>

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The EDL: 1 Year On by ‘Malatesta’

'Malatesta', 03-06-2010 10:43

1 year older so what's going on with those cheeky monkeys in the EDL? Read more | 11 comments >>

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delegitimize.com - new media library on Israel; currently Gaza Flotilla archive

Nobody does it better than Israel, 03-06-2010 06:16

delegitimize.com is a new media library project that plans to publish a series of both topic-specific and current event-focused archive websites, with the help of the pro-Palestinian community and beyond. Read more | 2 comments >>

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800 Protest against Israel’s massacre on the high seas in Manchester

RT, 01-06-2010 12:23

Over 800 people gathered outside the BBC in Manchester in what was an angry and determined protest. Everyone gathered was outraged by the massacre committed by the Israeli military against aid workers bound for Gaza aboard a humanitarian flotilla organised by activists, MEP’s, trade unionists and journalists from across the world. Read more >>

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Manchester protesters try to storm BBC

vast minority, 31-05-2010 21:05

PROTESTERS demonstrating against the Israeli attack on a Gaza-bound aid ship have attempted to storm the BBC in Manchester Read more | 9 comments >>

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Manchester Class Struggle Forum #4 - The Organisation Question

Manchester Class Struggle Forum, 31-05-2010 15:32

The next Manchester Class Struggle Forum will host a discussion on the organisation question. Read more >>

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EDL Bank Details On Facebook

Snowball, 30-05-2010 00:00

EDL publish bank details on Facebook so that members can donate. Read more | 6 comments >>

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EDL Plots August Race Riot in Bradford

Weatherman, 29-05-2010 14:48

The violent fascist EDL have confirmed they plan to inflict Bradford with Britain's deadliest-ever race riot in late August. Having cancelled an earlier visit to the multicultural rubble-strewn wreck of a city, the racist street-fighting army of football hooligans and hardcore white supremacists will invade Bradford, unleashing a pandemonium of ultra violence with chisels, bottles, knives and petrol bombs.
Read more | 1 addition | 20 comments >>

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