Manchester Newswire Archive

Manchester Cyclogeddon Festival

I Bike MCR, 30-09-2010 11:11

A week long festival to celebrate the bicycle through a variety of FREE events and activities

From Sunday 24th October to Sunday 31st October Events shall be open to everyone in Manchester with the aim to give cyclists skills and confidence to ride a bike as a form of transport. BUT! also to have loads of fun on bikes too.
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Call out for demo (Amsterdam) against ban on squatting

nn., 29-09-2010 09:59

Call out for demo (Amsterdam) against ban on squatting Read more >>

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Wednesday is International Radioactive Waste Action Day

marianne Birkby, 28-09-2010 12:54

The date was chosen to commemorate the worst known radioactive waste disaster -- a reprocessing storage tank explosion, following loss of cooling water, in the Ural Mountains of Siberia on Sept. 29, 1957 . An entire region contaminated, hundreds immediately killed and the poisoning and death of many more since, due to the lingering radioactive contamination of a vast area of the environment. Read more >>

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Manchester Anarchist Bookfair - Full List of Talks

D., 27-09-2010 21:33

The full details of the talks this weekend's Manchester Anarchist Bookfair are now available online. Read more >>

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An age of consent of 14?

Peter Tatchell, 27-09-2010 15:33

Peter Tatchell’s speech to the Sex and the Law conference in Sheffield, England, on 23 September 2010, organised the Centre for HIV and Sexual Health:
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Brow Well - Supporting Animal Abuse & Eco-Destruction

NAVA, 23-09-2010 19:38

TELEPHONE, EMAIL, DEMO! Read more >>

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The Crude Awakening, Mass Action, 16th Oct

Crude Awakening, 22-09-2010 11:07

THE CRUDE AWAKENING
A mass action to switch off oil
Saturday, 16 October 2010, Central London Read more >>

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The Invisibles are Coming! Menwith Hill - Sat Oct 2nd

Invisibilii, 21-09-2010 18:22

Powerful protest at Menwith Hill from 1pm. Start at Kettlesing lay-by, HG3 2RF, for walk around the foremost US spybase in the world - and just outside Harrogate, North Yorkshire. Read more >>

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High Level Nuke Dump Opposition

Marianne Birkby, 21-09-2010 10:04

Who in their right mind would oppose "Managing Radioactive Wastes Safely" ?

The cleverly (Orwellian) titled: Managing Radioactive Wastes Safely Partnership is designed to stifle any opposition to thegeological 'disposal' of high level nuclear waste. Read more >>

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English Defence League pull EDL clothing following complaints over profits

anon, 21-09-2010 04:02

The English Defence League have stated that they they have pulled the merchandise ie clothing range following accusations from some EDL that Tommy Robinson and Kev Carrol were keeping the money. English Defence League insiders however know that the truth is rather different. The real reason for the clothing line being withdrawn by Tommy Robinson is as follows in the video. Read more | 25 comments >>

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A call out from Amsterdam

amsterdamned, 20-09-2010 12:48

The squatting ban is not a threat - it's an opportunity and a tool. Read more >>

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Tory conference to kick off winter of discontent

Jake, 18-09-2010 00:32

The demonstrations opposing austerity at the tory conference on october 3rd will, say trade union reps, herald the start of a winter of discontent in the UK as the cuts move beyond government memos and newspaper opinion columns and become a horrendous part of daily life. Unsurprisingly, west midlands police are attempting to stall and limit the scale of action at the demo. It seems the anti-cuts campaign is beginning to spring into life as a mass movement just in time to assert itself in the face of state-sponsored class war and protest repression. Read more | 3 comments >>

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Take Action Against Animal Airports

NAVA, 17-09-2010 17:15

"Before long the primate was nothing more than a bloody flat mass, quickly
scooped up and tossed into the garbage can at the end of the table as
Stephanie poked her head in asking if they were ready for another one."
- Undercover worker at Huntingdon Life Sciences.
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leeds 2nd Queer Film Festival

queer mutiny, 16-09-2010 18:58

Leeds 2nd Queer Film Festival - 22nd to 26th Sept 2010 Read more >>

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anon

anon, 15-09-2010 20:02

The English Defence League are holding a flash demo in Gateshead. NOW.

One of them has been arrested for burning a Qur'an and they have put a call out for help at the Gateshead police station where they are holding a "flash demo". Read more | 2 comments >>

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EDL Flash Demos

'Malatesta', 15-09-2010 08:41

The English Defence League’s new strategy of ‘flash demo’s’ is providing mixed results. Read more | 18 comments >>

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Stop Nuclear Power gathering Bristol 23rd Oct

Waylon Smithers, 13-09-2010 16:35

The Stop Nuclear network is a grassroots network of groups and individuals taking action against nuclear power and its expansion and supporting sustainable alternatives.

Date for your diaries:
Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th October, Bristol

Meet people from your region that are taking action, make plans together and build solidarity with people who live next door to Hinkley. Read more | 3 comments >>

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URGENT: Stop Tonight's Monkey Flight!

NAVA, 13-09-2010 14:55

STOP TONIGHT'S MONKEY FLIGHT Read more | 1 comment >>

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Action Alert - Stop Charter Airlines Flying Primates

NAVA, 10-09-2010 01:26

SHUT DOWN THE MONKEY FLIGHTS Read more >>

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The EDL, Cash & Zionism

'Malatesta', 09-09-2010 12:01

Crivvens, all is not well at the house of the EDL what with the poor show at Bradford, the division over tactics and politics, the continued attendance of fascists at demos and the behaviour of unrepentant hooligans and ‘chav scrotes.’ Read more | 7 comments >>

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